for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.
the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.
lol.
Pointless - It was a waste of everyones life. Mine, yours, the people
we studied with, the householders time was wasted as well.
Pleasenat sunny days can be enjoyed, having nothing to do with
the Watchtower. When we are young, we have fun in any way
we can wherever we are and whatever we are doing, the activity
of being in 'field service' had nothing to do with the emotions.
It was about being in Morrow Bay that made you happy.
before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
I also have to write in a candid, factual way -
I don't want hate to interfere or cloud the true account.
Candid ? Factual ? So - what are the facts exactly ?
(1) You worked at a South American Bethel?
Managua (Nicaragua). It is around 2004
(2) You knew a man who was a pedophile and a JW ?
(3) He was indentified my a mark on his penis by one of his victims ?
(4) He may have ( or may not have) been asked to show his penis
during a judicial hearing, for verification of the accusations ?
(its OK to say penis ) especially if this is a candid factual report.
(5 ) The same man later was invited to work at the same Bethel ?
Is this what you are saying ? This peophile that sexually molested,
in some way you do not identify, minors ?
And was never turned into the Police ?
So, you have his name, turn him in.
The children could deliver explicit details about him and
kept mentioning a certain mark on his manhood.
You mean his PENIS ? Why not edit this down to about
two paragraphs and say what you mean and name some names
and tell us what you did , specifically, to help or protect those children
without 'clouding the issue' with verbage and padding.
Just be honest and straightforward. Its been ten years since these
children were sexually assaulted ? And you never told the police ?
How very JW of you. How exactly do you think, telling in a very
garbled and indistinct way, about this crime, ten years later,
is "putting a needle" through anyone's heart ? Sex offenders
do not have hearts.
so i am, i guess technically an apostate.
never baptized, family all in and treat me fine since leaving home/wt over 30 years whenever i see them.
discovered the ttat by reading kingdom of the cults and catching an episode of the john ankerberg show when i was 18.. in the past 4 years i have "helped" two people ( a father and son) get reinstated.
rrb2016 - I find all this - amusing and incredible - I never knew when
I was in what fakery I was surrounded with. I wonder how many of these
types are actually being counted in the statistics the WT publishes of their
"membership" How many are playing along for family and maybe they
majority are ? The most avid hard liners I ever knew would say things
like " Do you know how much I hate the world?" Hate motivates the
"true believer in the Org JW" from my observation, hate and a feeling
of superiority and fear.
i have been reading this forum for umpteen years and have heard of so many ways that the watchtower is making money.. .
would you mind contributing to help me compile a list?.
to start:.
Celebs Airplane - Notice how none of this money is to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless,
provide medical help, clothing or basic necessities to anyone ? " I was hungry and you fed me,
naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, homeless and you took me in ".... Gee I wonder
who said that ? But that applies to helping the GB print magazines ? Really ?
aren't they both just differen't variations of the same lie?
the only difference is the scale on which their impact on humanity is measured.
that, and the fact that the bible can exist without the wt, but not vice versa.. but at the end of the day, what's the difference between claiming to be the inspired word of god, or the one true religion?
You are giving the Bible a bad rap. The Torah contained a lot of sound laws.
Like; not abusing animals for one. Protecting widows and orphans and helping the poor.
Trial by a jury of your peers, also Torah based. Contract Law. Property Rights. Judging
crimes according to permeditation or intent. Paying your workers on time. Letting the
poor glean your fields. The Bible is not an insignificanr contributor to what we all
consider to be a just society. The Cities of Refuge. Returning property and freeing
slaves at Jubillee and at periods of seven years service. The right to divorce.
Edicts against cruel and unusual punishment, no matter how crude they seem to
us, they were elements of a system trying to establish a just society.
I would have rather lived in ancient Israel than in modern day China,
or Pakistan.
looks like the borg spent all it's money on hd panels, gigabit internet connections and ipads cause this is by far the lamest and most stupid drama ever in the history of the org!.
apart from the worse than porn-without-the-porn acting and dialogue, the special effects consist of square painted panels and a crappy blue screen.
also the lighting looks like it was made using flashlights.. even the die hards we're laughing at it and mentioned how silly it looked.. i envy all of those that aren't attending this "historic 100-years-since-christ's-reign" convention.. .
Stop - you guys are killin' me hahahahaahahahahah
he appear powerful, holy, punishing angry and jealous in the ot.. in the nt in form of jesus, he appears kind, loving, meek and.
forgiving.. how do you reconcile the powerful dieity of the ot that ordered the.
destruction of countless cities with the kneeling jesus who defended.
I don't think ? the Jews consider anything but the first five
books or the Torah, to be the word of God.? The rest is
history, prophets and a various stories. The Psalms are
full of beauty and positive hope. Its not all doom and gloom.
Psalm 23 for instance.
Psalm 23
American Standard Version (ASV)
A Psalm of David.
23 Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me
in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness
shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.
i have had to remove my rant because hubby doesn't want the jw realatives to retaliate again..
I am confused - HOW did you remove anything from what
you posted on this site ? I cannot figure out how to do that.
Also I have 2 PMs I will never open from two people who have
sent very snarky messages to me in the past and I cannot delete
any old opened or unopened PM.
Everything on this site just seems to stick like glue
and is not erasable. So please tell me how you took down a post ?
obama speaks at us war cemetery on d-day landings anniversary.
"united states of america is and will remain the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known.".
on may 28, obama delivered a commencement address to the us armys newest officers at west point, where he argued america would remain an empire forever.. .
You would rather have China rule the world ?
I'll take the USA anyday.
"unless we abide by the direction of the governing body, gods own representatives, then we are wicked, and will be part of the destroyed people as described in zephaniah".
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"Unless we abide by the direction of the governing body,
gods own representatives, then we are wicked,
How can anyone in their right mind listen to this
blasphemy ?
Definition: blasphemy, noun
the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously
about God or sacred things; profane talk:
