remember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
It has been reported to us by assembly attendees that announcements have been made at the assemblies about the "presence of homosexual apostates",
San fran Jim..... Gay Apostates..... thats like even more evil that your box standard apostate !!!
The evil vampire biker chick gay apostate slave class.... LOL
remember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
Mouthy..... Well I say RESPECT.
remember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
I was 8, & it was a 5 day assembly. I got busted BIGTIME for chucking grapes, etc. from my fruit bag at them from the upper deck.
LOL..... that is so funny !!!!
remember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
We would always get hammered about how none of us children would want to grow up angry and spiteful like those apostates would we?? I know I didn't want to grow up like anyone I knew but I sure didn't want to be an apostate.Now I-R-1
Stacy, Yea !!! they were the epitome of all that was evil, in the employ of Satan himself. As children there was a morbid fascination with them. How could they having known the truth turn their backs on it and spread malicious lies. We used to look at them and woonder if they had ever been instructed personally by Satan. Scary stuff.
When I was a newly baptized teenager and full of the zeal I thought I should have, I got talking to a man in the street outside, I did not realise he was an Apostate and thought I was incidental witnessing. After a few minutes two burly attendants came flying over and almost route marched me back into the assembly compound. There was little explaination other than he was an apostate and they treated me with a distinct lack of love and I felt so small. One local brother in our cong got to hear about it, he belonged to a clique of youngsters that I did not belong to because I did not sport the same rediculous hairstyle they all conformed to. There was a WT study on apostates (possibly an aftermath of the early 80's stuff) and he made a point of making a comment in the study about not talking to apostates outside assemblies that I knew was directed at me.
Another time we went witnessing from the convention near Twickenham, a householder agreed to take the magazines and said in return would you take this, and offered me a panphlet entitled 'Give this to the JW when he calls at your door' I explained that I could not take it and the householder made the point that in that case she could not accept my literature..... Have to say fair point.
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remember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
I wonder how much it would cost to hire an advertising hoarding at a place where they hold the assemblies.......
I've often thought that myself, strategically placed. Web site addresses, nothing that would scare the witnesses with anything to overtly apostate.
Perhaps an advert for Ray's book, Insiders View of Brooklyn by ex GB member.
That would appeal to the curiosity of many as I always wondered what happenned in Brooklyn.
Interesting to see how the convention overseers would react.
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Now that was a buzz word for a while, making you feel guilty if you did not do 10 hours per month, as opposed to the 2.5 hours I often did and got criticised for bring down the cong average.
i do not generally post in this section, or go to the cinema very much, but this film opened here this week .
it was utterly brilliant!.
dont go if you are prone to sea sickness, it is the most realistic experience of being on a sailing ship .. held me transfixed ...... superb historical drama.
I have read many of the books, excellent adventures.... looking forward to the film.
Whilst most of it is fighting the french, they do get to take a few pot shots at the Americans as well in some books which is a bonus. <g>.
i remeber about 20 years ago wts still go against psychiatrist and in this awake !
mentions some jws did go to psychatrist.
huh !?.
What, though, if a person?s mental distress and confusion persist despite the skillful help of spiritual shepherds?
The WHAT !!!!!!!!!!
I had a skillful window cleaner attempt to 'help' me when I was having problems, it was all study from WT pubs & selected scriptures, find joy in service etc. In the end I felt he could do nothing with me.
The depression was in fact caused by my unconscious knowledge that I no longer believed yet I had not addmitted it to myself yet. I am sure many of us know the feeling of being SO afraid to confront your thinking as we know where it will lead us. I used to wake up in the middle of the night scared. Used to look in the mirror and not know who I was.
That was so long ago now, seems like a different life.
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this artical seems ok to me no mention of shunning, marking etc.
could it be the wt is feeling the heat and changing its policy in respect to shunning of family and friends?
is the awake just as authoritive as the wt and is this artical grounds for a change?
Blondie,
Thanks for that, interesting stuff. I remember that we used to take this forgranted and treated others in this way it seems so horrific now.
Good thing I faded really otherwise it would create difficulties for my two boys.
A
in a move that has left us poms absolutely discomknackerated and tickled beyond belief, the aussies have actually apologised to the mother country for underestimating the english.. well, that's fair dinkum by me sport, take a peek at this from the sydney morning herald:.
home > news > article hear ye, hear ye.
monday, november 24, 2003print this article.
Excellent !!! I have checked out some Ozzie newspaper sites and they also comment that their Prime Minister showed lack of sportsman like qualities when handing out the medals and cup.
Respect to the Auzzies, a game well played.
great result.
