more food eh!.
beans.
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com .
Gosh, next time I'm at the movie theatre waiting for the movie to start, and that ridiculous song comes on, I wonder if I could get them to stop playing it on religious grounds??? LMAO LMAO
Redhorsewoman....can you clarify.....WIND CHIMES??? What did I miss??
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).
" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).
"In another case, Laurie's parents were disfellowshipped. Yet she says: 'My association with them never stopped but increased. As time went on, I became more and more inactive. I got to the point of not even attending [Jehovah's Witnesses] meetings.' Then she read material in The Watchtower of September 1 and 15, 1981, that stressed the counsel of 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 and 2 John 9-11. "It was as if a light bulb were turned on in me," she writes. 'I knew I would have to make some changes. I now better understand the meaning of Matthew 10:34-36. My decision was not an easy one for my family to swallow, for my son, five, is the only boy, and they love him dearly.' It is hoped that losing such association will touch the parents' hearts, as it did Margaret's.""What may seem harsh to outsiders is both necessary and really a loving thing to do."
SIGH. Reading things like this is difficult as it brings back many memories of what I used to think when I read it while in the Borg. We truly thought we were doing the right thing, because the brothers told us to!! It breaks my heart now to think of how I treated my disfellowshipped aunt. When I saw her, she would say hello, and I would simply return the greeting and walk away. We thought we were giving her "tough love". Who was I to act like such a little snot??
:( I hope that when I die, if some afterlife does indeed await, it will be kind to me in spite of the fact that I was once a JW.
i was a 3rd generation witness on both sides of the family.
even my great-grandomthers were considered witnesses, but i don't know if they were baptized.
my parents however were always considered weak and still are even though my mom has become more involved & for longer periods of time in the last 15 yrs.
My father is the Presiding Overseer of their cong; and my mother is absolutely, completely and totally brainwashed. I would hold out more hope for my dad to leave than my mom; but it won't happen for either of them.
by that i mean from the platform at the kingdumb hall?
i remember some study conductors who had the habit of calling on people in the audience that seemed distracted or unprepared--on purpose so as to embarass them.
some were so out of it when the mic was handed to them they had to ask what was the question, why did you call on me i didnt have my hand up, etc.
My father, the Presiding Overseer, conducted the Watchtower study, and the bookstudy which was held at our house. He would glare at me if I wasn't answering. Sometimes I cared; most times I didn't.
There were times when the material was really, really deep and no one put their hands up and he would call on my mom or me or one of my older brothers when they lived at home.
2 tim.2:15 says," do your utmost to present yourself approved to god, a workman with nothing to be ashamed of,handling the word of the truth aright.
" when you were at work, school or play did you find yourself ashamed to tell anyone that you were a witness?
what if they found out anyway?
Yes, when I was in public school and high school (which coincided with the greater portion of the time I was in the Borg) I would absolutely die if someone I knew from school answered the door during service. And avoided discussions of the subject in school, like the plague.
And my parents always made me call on my teachers. SIGH.
volume 1 issue 4
is this not a beautiful thing, beer & women .
welcome to edition 4 of "the kegdom ministry school".
Good stuff! If you guys are planning a trip down this way, let me know; we should get together for a coffee. Maybe Hawk would like to join us. :) Take care!
volume 1 issue 4
is this not a beautiful thing, beer & women .
welcome to edition 4 of "the kegdom ministry school".
Great! Had an email from Quotes a few weeks ago; if I remember correctly he said your families spend xmas together? How was that?
volume 1 issue 4
is this not a beautiful thing, beer & women .
welcome to edition 4 of "the kegdom ministry school".
Hi, Beans, how are things? :)
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today, for some reason, i've had the kinks tune victoria stuck in my head.
what songs are stuck in your head tonight?
Lovely Day by Bill Withers.
under the category of "brother franz would be spinning in his grave if he knew...":.
a poster on another message board (a religious debate board, not jw-specific) mentioned that just before xmas, her husband was accosted outside their home by jws who managed to place literature with him.
instead of mentioning this to his wife, he simply placed the literature in her xmas stocking!
Under the category of "Brother Franz would be spinning in his grave if he knew...":
A poster on another message board (a religious debate board, not JW-specific) mentioned that just before xmas, her husband was accosted outside their home by JWs who managed to place literature with him. Instead of mentioning this to his wife, he simply placed the literature in her xmas stocking! LMAO LMAO
Reading that somehow made my night!
