*** g74 11/8 ***9 is this the time to have children?
there has always been a positive attitude about childbearing.
families with many children have been praised and honored.
Same old stuff:
My grandmother told my Mom she would never graduate school in this system, or get married and have kids.
My Mom told me the same.
I thought it but never said it to my kids.
I now have grandchildren and I will never say it or think it.
Too bad we just can't be Christians without stupid dates.
as far as i can remember, the district convention was always the last week of june or first week of july in my region.
in either case it was always very hot out, and where we gathered for the convention it was always very hot there also.
this year would have been no exception since it was in the upper 80's and lower 90's since a few days here.. i can remember a couple of times when the temperature inside the olympic stadium in montreal was about 90f.
Rose Bowl, Pasadena CA. 1963, 8 days in the sun, cant believe the physical stress on families, not to mention the expense involved. Then Knorr rambled on for two extra hours into the darkness. My poor Dad then had to drive 10 hours all night, then go to work (Mon) at noon. Unbelievable.
when i was a kid, my grandfather used to go to the local radio station and do a radio show called "things people are thinking about.
" there were two characters, mr robbins and mr lee.
mr robbins was the good guy if i recall.
I remember it. It was in the early 60's. It was a 15 min live program that
also included a narrator. My dad was on the show, it aired where I lived
at 630am Sundays.
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i have read that some of you here who leave the truth, have still your wife inn the religion, some of you have devorse beaucaurse you left and she still inn.. this must be a very difficult situaition.
myself have a very devoted jw wife,she is all that you here say jw are not, always ther fore the peopel who need help.always have here door open fore evryone .. go a lot in sevice, take care of evrything in the home , try to help evryone.. when i tell here some of this stuff, i see the brightness in here eyes was going down, happiness was perhaps littel bit away, now i must ask you who have been in this situation, can it realy be worth the price, to see your loved ones bee unhappy, and even perhaps lost ther hope and happiness..
Happyman,
When I used to go from door to door and I came across someone bubbling over with enthusiasm over a new found faith, I treated them with a great deal of respect knowing that their faith was in an infancy stage. I could never say a thing to break their faith.
Sonoita
so, what's the watchtower's future?.
begging!.
see nov 1 2002 pg 30 "voluntary giving".
Thanks Metatron
Sonoita
so, what's the watchtower's future?.
begging!.
see nov 1 2002 pg 30 "voluntary giving".
TO METATRON:
That info on parkinsons, was the nightly news with Tom Brokaw? I checked the NBC website..couldnt find anything? What is CoQ10?
Sonoita
Edited by - sonoita on 14 October 2002 21:55:59
*** watchtower september 1 1975 p.543 questions from readers *** .
how many years of secular education are advisable for children in christian households?
today, there are many teenage baptized servants of jehovah... how far should they go with a secular education?
Ditto JT,
Just another thing that was none of their business to comment on. It should have been and should still be an entirely personal decision based on ones own conscience.
for those of you who have an interest in jw history, and have studied it, what do you see as the similiarities and differences between russell and rutherford.
now, i am not looking for superficial answers like, they were both full of shit.
i am looking for some content here.
Russell disliked organized religion and produced a kinder, gentler generation of people, more Christlike. This was my grandparents generation. Rutherford was bombastic and intolerant which put a chip on the shoulder of many in the organization and its subsequent generation.
I could be corrected on the following: I have my doubts if Rutherford wrote any books that carry his name, I would guess there was a silent author (Franz, F?).
i was laughing at the thread talking about the blue smurfs, how demonic they were.
:) it made me remember other stupid phobias the witnesses had, and how easy rumours were to spead around.
one for instance, was the false rumour about proctor and gamble, and how their business emblem/ picture/ whatever you call it was demonic, and how it was the sign of the devil, and to stay away from anything to do with that company.
Yup, I remember the same phobias also. In the mid 60s M & M's
were supposed to have blood in them, which may have been tied
in with the lecithin phobia, who knows? Of course the Proctor and
Gamble thing. One not mentioned was the fantastic amount of
eggs vultures and other carrion birds were laying...getting ready for
Armaggedon. Of couse this was debunked by experts.
how do I get rid of these double spaces?
Sonoita
Edited by - sonoita on 27 August 2002 16:4:0
on the net you see many talk about 1975 and how it affected so many.
obviously, some left the organization when nothing happened in 1975. were you personally affected by 1975?
has the fixing of dates been a major reason for your disappointment with the witnesses?
It didn't bother me. What bothers me is the denial of it all. With the great
influx of people into the organization, no one pulled the reins in. DOs and COs
kept the hype going and then later the rank and file gets blamed for reading
too much between the lines.
