just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.
he was diagnosed in early august.
this has been really tough for me and my family..
((((poppers)))) May you find strenght at this very difficult time. I lost my sister in April to cancer, so I know how hard it is. I don't believe that time HEALS all wounds, but I do believe that times eases the pain of such woulds. Take your time in mourning and hold all your memories of your brother forever in your heart. My heartfelt condolences to you.
peace,
gwen/somebody
following recent posts, articles, blogs (thanks cedar and others for their excellent work) i would like to contribute something, to show the hypocrisy and the constant doctrinal changes of the society.. .
to begin:.
qualified to be ministers (1955) p.156 par.
Hi MacH! I remember a post you made years ago on the subject called "The 1900 year old Faithful and Discreet Slave" or something like that. It's WONDERFUL to read your post and all your research. With more recent updates too!
I can't understand how some JWs will not even blink an eye over the "new light" regarding who the faitful and discreest slave is, according to the men who make up GB, governing over MILLIONS of JWs. It STILL baffles me! ESPECAILLY with all the history you just posted.
peace,
somebody/gwen
i know quite a few from both of these schools who basically crashed and burned once they got into their assignments.
graduates of these schools would be thrown into foreign territorities or remote areas without a good visible means of support and would get emotionally, mentally, financially burned out.
post your experiences or of those you know that went to these pitiful excuses for educational institutions..
SHAMELESS BUMP.
peace,
somebody/gwen
you can cut & paste all the excerpts from articles you want...you can leak all the boe letters, you can pretend to be witnesses and come to the conventions and meetings...but.
no other organization can begin to rival the success and magnitude of the prophecy found in mt 24:14. so apostates....don't waste your time spending countless hours digging up articles and reading books to convince yourself to turn away from jh's organization.
no matter what "evidence" you find you cannot ignore the obvious fulfillment of matthew 24:14.. .
Tell us all here, just what "this good news" is that no other organization preaches. It certainly is NOT the SAME message that Christ and HIS followers preached in the Bible. We already know that.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=avfu7b3mefo4npnl70kkwursy6ix;_ylv=3?qid=20121001075010aadf0vw.
00DAD, you speak the truth! How many JWs would give up their own lives to save a brother?
Answer: NONE/ZERO
peace,
somebody/gwen
there is a lovely site where one may light a candle for a moment of silence.. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles.
i set up a group, where they may all flicker together, if you like.. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=oompa.
(we love and miss you, oompa.).
Lighting one too.
may you all have peace!.
i received the following via email from a family member just a moment or so ago (bold is mine, fyi).
again, peace to you all!.
Thank you again shelby!
((((palmtree67))))
peace,
somebody/gwen
http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/oompaakaericreed/homepage.aspx.
thank you shelby , eric deserves to be remembered properly !
i have posted this on my facebook account too ..
Thank you, Shelby. And thank you,troubled mind, for posting this. Many here may have missed it otherwise!
peace,
somebody/gwen
i didn't know eric particularly well, and i feel terrible that i didn't reach out to him more or try to help him while i still had the opportunity.. i feel extremely helpless, but the least i can do is help others remember him who knew him better.. here is a video i've uploaded to youtube in his honor.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67a0imd6dng.
i hope it helps us as we mourn a much-loved member of this forum.. .
Thank you, cedars. That is beautiful. ( although I thought I was done shedding tears, but apparently not!)
May we never forget Eric Reeders.
peace,
somebody/gwen
well, the big five o today.. how did that happen?
i can't be half a hundred for fucks sake, i only just got born again (and not in the christian sense)!.
can i get seniors discounts and insurance i wonder?
HAPPY 50th to you Aussie!!!!
One week before I turned 50, I started getting e-mails from "senior" dating services! And I also got papers to fill out, via snail mail, to become a member of AARP. Ouch!!
peace to you,
somebody/gwen
