well, i finally found him on facebook!.
his name is tollie padgett.
he was my congregation overseer (before the "elder" changeover) when i was in prison in seagoville in the late 60's.. i've been searching for him for years and years.
Terry why only say one thing? Why not just start small talk and try to renew a freindship of long ago. You can do so with a profound expression of what good he did in your life. Get connected.....then have a conversation. I suppose he isn't anywhere near you?
I know a couple men like that Terry. They usually do not last at their post forever. It is odd that some of the best, just seem to not quite make it as an elder at some point. Know what I mean?
here's an interview with my buddy gregg i did last year when an elder visited him.
he was a bit shook up at the time but he handled himself really well imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kg6ehebenm.
Hawaiian Island chain vs. Insight Book geology
Can you elaborate as to what this is? Just curious.
i just stumbled uopn this 79 second video on youtube and find it quite disturbing.. is it just me?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14cwutvv9ya.
This is only cute to those that are believers. Otherwise it appears indoctrinating, dangerous, and embarrasing.
Both are correct of course. It just depends on which side of the fence you stand.
professor massimo tistarelli:.
"my sister gave me a copy of the book life - how did it get here?
by evolution or by creation?
I think the most alarming part is that he declares to find some books interesting published by JW's, but not to tell the person he is a JW.
however- many jw's who have come into the jw organization from like 1985 forward virtually may have no knowledge of the wt society's 1975 debacle and false predictions of the end times or armageddon predictions.
just like in in the book 1984 by george orwell the wt society has a way of not only erasing it's history so no newer witnesses will be aware of their false predictions, but also they are re-writing their history as if those false predictions never happened.. so for those of you here who may have never read or heard of how whipped up into an emotional frenzy witnesses were in the years just before 1975 by the wt society claiming the end was any day now- this threads for you.
to see the pressure that was put on jw's by the wt society to get rid of everything before " armageddon " .
Here is what trips me out. 1975 was a mess. Clearly. But in the 80's and 90's JW's grew quite a bit. I figure if 1975 didn't bring it all down in a more modern age, then there are certain people who will jsut believe anything, and that is it. Nothing can be done.
dear friends:.
forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.
this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.
I have family fighting similar fights. Keep on fighting man.
sorry it's gonna be long winded.
i've done my best to reconstruct from memory.
my husband was next to me the whole time.
It is still mind blowing to me that it is legal to DF someone who has not commited "sin", but rather just expresses doubts int he veracity of truth, that the organization itself admits to.
I mean, it is just mental gymnastics on another level. I think you handled it well. The "loyalty question" as we have come to know it, ALWAYS comes up. I spoke to my brother a few months ago, and he even reverted right to this line of thinking.
my wife and i stopped going to meetings in 1988 and da'd in 1989. for a few years we both actively participated in the xjw world, she quit doing that a long time ago, and has pretty much completely moved on.
the other night i told her about my planned blog (which will probably launch this weekend) it will mostly be about my writing, a lot of which is mostly about jw related issues.
she asked why i am still so drawn to this subject.
I'm new, but one day I will not be. Community needs no explanation. It just exists. I am thankful there is a place like this because it is an outlet for many, an educational source for many, and it CONSTANTLY is proving the society wrong by showing that "apostates" are not mentally diseased, but unselfish with their time, research, and caring for others.
here is what got my spidey senses tingling: paragraph 16, reference to daniel p mannix book, was wondering if his statement was mis-quoted so i did my research.......but was even more shocked when i saw this: .
from amazon dot com reviews................ probably the most provocative work of historical fiction published this century,"those who are about to die" is pure mannix at his best.
a uncensured exploration of what likely took place in the circuses of ancient rome.
I think all we really need to know is if there is coroborating evidence that his statement which is oft quoted here regarding the fire, is accurate or not. Any Roman historians in the building?
here is what got my spidey senses tingling: paragraph 16, reference to daniel p mannix book, was wondering if his statement was mis-quoted so i did my research.......but was even more shocked when i saw this: .
from amazon dot com reviews................ probably the most provocative work of historical fiction published this century,"those who are about to die" is pure mannix at his best.
a uncensured exploration of what likely took place in the circuses of ancient rome.
Yeah lets not jump to conclusions guys. Even if it is historical fiction, historical fiction is usually based on real events. i think we are more concern with the actual claims made and wether they are accurate, that what % of the book is fiction and what is not.
