i was thinking today about all the time i spent on the ministry.. walking down the street with my suit and briefcase ready to defend the truth.. i recalled some of the conversations i had , had.some of the bible studies i conducted, the talks i had given the groups i had taken.. i remmebered the way i defended my faith and belief in jehovah and the jehovahs witness organisation.. how much i must have believed it was the truth.. i spent 3 years as an auxillary pioneer and called on many thousands of people.. yet all along i was wrong.. every time i defened my beliefs i was wrong.. every talk i studied and prepeared long and hard for, i was wrong.. all the things i gave up for the truth i was wrong.. what an idiot.
The only people that should feel stupid are the ones who joined the Borg after becoming adults, then only to leave again after years of faithful service...bitter, disgruntled, etc....bought that ticket and took that ride as it were...
For those of us born in the borg, well we should probably feel stupid for not running away from home shortly after birth!
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
i know that there were some pics of russels grave posted sometime back.
does anyone know the link or where i can find some info on russell?
i am trying to send this to my mother.
It is expected the monument will be in place before the next Decoration Day
Ah the good old days, when JWs used national holidays to mark the passing of time. Decoration Day=Memorial Day for those of the "I'm way too young and don't hang out with any old fogies to know that" class.
I wonder what we would put in an Apostate Time Pyramid?....
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
has anyone ever seen a statement in one the wts publications saying that a limited nuclear exchange could start the great tribulation?
i seem to remember that from my childhood days at the book study.
Nathan, Alamagordo Air Base, New Mexico. Sorry, I been rolling with pages from the Watchtower again.
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
it looks like there are some new artists at bethel these days.... .
sincerely, .
district overbeer
Hello Clarice....Sorry all, I couldn't resist this one, seeing how we have all these lambs running amok...where is that sheppard anyway?
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
anyone fancy a break from all this dateline and you knows world war 3?.
what about gaming?
who's into unreal and lan gaming?
I like Age of Empires and am up for most RPGs if they are too hard to learn. I've played D&D, AD&D, Gorps, and a couple others I can't remember due to no short term....I also play Age of Empires sometimes. See I told you..no short term memory...
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
the following is a post dealing with dateline and pedophilia in the borg.
i predict that the guy who wrote this post may show up here one day before too long.
get a load of this:.
The growth of Jehovah's Witnesses has been so rapid in the last few years that those coming in have not had time to strip off the old personality completely.
Once again the implication is that child molesters can somehow change with Jehovah's help...
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
hardly anyone has an honest opinion about anything of importance that wasnt craftily pre-packaged and handed to them by someone else whose job it is to craft public opinion.
the intention of the media is to present the illusion of impartially informing, all the while pandering to prejudice and ignorance in order to persuade to a particular point of view.
datelines presentation of the watchtowers child abuse issue was a case study in the black art of media propaganda.. from the very beginning of the presentation dateline was intent on giving the public a negative impression of jehovahs witnesses by portraying us all as oddball crackpots whose religion revolves around the doctrine that we dont celebrate birthdays and that all non-believers are possessed by the devil and that we want them all to die.
144, you forgot the most hateful of all offenses...having to grow up a JW period!
Perhaps we could invite YK to an Apostafest...I've got a great recipe for crow.
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
yesterday i received a surprise phone call from my jw friend.
we met up and uhhh, it was quite the mind-blowing event.
i can't believe it.
hmmmm...you could club into apostate submission...use the Aid Book...nice and thick...or you could imply that you post to a certain board where he could share his ideas, thoughts, anxieties, etc...does anyone have the URL?
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
man.
i work in downtown fort worth, texas, and i went out for lunch today (benigan's to be exact).
when i finished my lunch and was walking back to my office...lo and behold....witnesses ....with their little blue tags.....everywhere!.
Probably Will Rogers Collisuem near the museums.
heh...native that's what you get for living in Fort Worth! *L*
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
he really does.. we had a long chat tonight and he was really sad.we were never integrated into jw society,so it's not the people;he justsaid ...'want to belong to god's family'?
!i went through a few more points as to why the wtbs wer'nt the 'right' religion and asked him if he felt god was happy with people who lie.he re-accepted that and then said'so,how do you know where to go?i tried to explain it by asking him if he thought god looked at congregations or individuals and we got to the conclusion that it's probably individuals.... my point is, he wants to go to his teachers church,and i don't.my husband has never been interested in religion in any form and as the months go by,i feel less and less inclined to be involved in any religion.he has a strong christian theme at his school, but done nicely, so i know his desperation is,nt all 'my fault' but i feel guilty at making him so desperate to find the place he feels comfortable in.he's only 8 and an obsessed sports fan who has a very loving ,full life-but he's unhappy at night and i'm so worried it's my fault.i feel so depressed tonight and responsible for messing up his head with it all.the point is.... do i take him to his teachers church even though i have no desire to?how long would i have to go, feeling a hypocrite?.
what will it do to him if i don't try to help him practically with how he's feeling?.
You know how kids are when they are together at church...whenever I had my friends over as a kid I couldn't wait to get out of the Kingdumb Hell and get on with my fun.
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
