in the crowded corridors at the district convention, there was a purse snatcher.
i was in the right place at the right time to catch it all.. this guy grabbed this sister's purse and made off with it.
she screamed and several brothers were in purseuit.
Wendy,
That was one of the things that opened my eyes, besides the Jimmy Swaggart mess. Every week they were browbeating us during the service meeting, to give, give, give. I began to think we were on the Bakker's religious program. Or else we were now serving the Great God Gimme Gimme instead of Jehoover.
RCat
after i left the wt, i spent years isolated, dealing with the effects of my ethical dilemma on my own.
i pondered the nature of god and my place in his scheme of things, assuming, childishly, that such a scheme existed.
i prayed.
Good point.. nice food for thought..
RCat
i'm just trying out the new password.
i rarely post to chat rooms.
i couldn't log on.
Welcome, Voltaire. Nice to meet you!
RCat
i read this in the news on cnn's website today.
will the watchtower set it's dooms day clock back a few minutes?
what dou you think?.
Yeah, Logical. Ain't it grand?
RCat
oh, man!
i just had to bring this one to everyones attention.. i pressume that this is rick going off.. .
bronze member .
Hmmmmmmm......
RCat
first email........ yes, don't be a silentlamb.
speak out when people are doing the.
molesting, not years later.. that is ridiculous for an adult to say that when they were a child, someone molested her/him.
LovesDubs, I do believe you are correct. I got the same impression as I was reading through his letters. He was trying to justify his own actions.
RCat
my name is ashley and i'm 17 years old.
i'm from abbotsford b.c., canada (an hour out of vancouver).
i have blond hair and blues eyes, thin, 5'5.
HI Ashley,
If you're still here, welcome to the board! I started out in the Organization when I was just a bit younger than you. If you have questions, feel free to ask! But I would get an education before pioneering, for sure. When I was your age, we were encouraged NOT to get an education, that Armageddon was right around the corner, and it would be a waste of our time. Now I'm 46, and sure wish I'd gone to college back then! My kids that I wasn't supposed to have time in this system to have sure would have eaten better! Now they're all grown up with babies of their own!
RCat
keep in mind, now, i haven't been out in field service since sometime in early 1987.. this morning i headed off out the door and down the stairs, cheerful and ready to tackle the day.
got to my ride, and realized i had forgotten to pick up the case that contains my laptop and paperwork.
so, back up the stairs, in the door.
Yeah, remember the thick ones about 6 inches across, and how they were finally instructed to quit putting their bags in the aisles where people could trip over them?
Guess the gigantic bags made them feel important.. lol
RCat
my flyers merely said: if as a jehovahs witness, a member of your family has been molested information is available for further information see: www.silentlambs.org or call 1-877-wtabuse.. nothing overtly inflammatory, actually more like a public service announcement.. i guess thats what most of the local organizers and friends thought in my neck of the, woods for the first two days of the district convention!
but once the 'friends' realized that the website i was promoting with my flyers and moving car billboard was not an approved wt site, the powers that be got ... well ... pissed is the word!.
nobody bothered me on friday as i went smiling about my posting flyers on the light and utility poles on the routes to/from the convention site.
Excellent! You really should check the stalking laws in your area for next year, though! Good job!
RCat
i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.
i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.
and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.
Since we've got these freaking bleeding heart liberals who say "Oh no, we musn't make the prisoner work, that would be slavery!" BULL SHIT.I say, give em three choices.
1) Lifetime enrollment in the Military, any branch. (teach these a**holes some discipline)
2) Full time supervised work for society. (Supervise em and let them build roads, houses for the poor, 60 hours as week like all of the other hard working Americans etc etc)
3) DEATH.
Let's not forget, these people had a CHOICE about their criminal enterprise--their victims did NOT.
Lisa,
Not in the mood to hear about criminal's rights class
Bravo, Lisa! Well said!
RCat
