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do you feel as if you are just like everyone else, or do you feel unique?
in what way are you special?edited by - jh on 23 january 2003 19:26:26.
Hmmmm,
And I always thought they called someone special when they road the "short" bus to school, the park, and the zoo. I was jealous because no matter how hard I tried they wouldn't let me go on that bus.
"Stop drooling on yourself, and get back to class!"
Oh well I tried.
Goshawk
i received an angry email this afternoon, from someone who took exception to my / our stand on leaving the org, and suggested the current publicity re the child abuse, was overblown and exaggerated.. this person could only have taken my email address from this board.. i have a couple of questions for the more seasoned posters here.. 1. has anyone else rx a letter from a j.a.
on a verizon mail service discussing what i mentioned above?
i am trying to determine whether ja was spamming, or am i the only lucky one?.
Sorry Integ but
there are those of us who cry out for freedom.
is there such a thing as christian freedom?
many of us in our own religious circles are being suppressed not to think and to feel.
The mole, good post, when I was attending I thought the lack of love was just found in just some congregations, much to my dismay in my travels around the U.S. I found it more common than not. Please do not misunderstand me, there are some very good people to be found in the congregations, but the control and direction seems to have been dominated by those that have created a legalistic environment, as you pointed out, that Sadducees and Pharisees would thrive in.
Here is some fodder for thought concerning the WTS. More specifically, observations for those sitting on thrones in heaven in rule of mankind in the future. To be understood by this group one must use tools and ideas that are familiar to them.
Has there been a precedence of what is expected of those in positions of guidance (read power). Examine what was said about one king of Israel.
Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his countrymen work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.
The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness. (Jeremiah. 22:13,22)
The same standard should be applied to an even greater extent to those who have claimed direction through flashes of guided insight (divine guidance). Is there a parallel to the scripture and what has happened in the recent past with hours, labor and funds from the rank & file?
... Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! Declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the lord the God of Israel says to the shepherds who tend my people: Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and hove not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done, declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:2)Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue the flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. (Ezekiel 34: 2-4, 10)
Again, is history repeating itself in the WTS leadership? The reader can draw their own conclusions after considering the policies that tear families apart, victimize innocent ones, protect the predators (wild beasts) and enrich the elite at the expense of the rank and file.
It is not surprising mistrust, paranoia, and lack of true love would be normal in such an environment created by this attitude of the leadership, along with the control issues not even touched upon in this thread.
There it is in terms they should be able to understand. Will they be punished? Will they be held accountable? Will we see it in our lifetimes? I dont know. We can hope so but, for those that think that the WTS leadership will not be judged or punished (even by man made organizations), then it is enough to see events of the near past, and current trends and be forewarned from what can cause harm to themselves or others dear to them.
Regards,
Goshawk Having fun with a new NIV class
comments you will not hear at the 1-26-03 wt study
december 15, 2002 page 8.
"draw close to god".
Blondie,
Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Goshawk
km, feb 03 - page 3, paragraph 6: .
a brother who was unexpectedly laid off from his secular employment took advantage of the situation to auxiliary pioneer....reflecting on his experience, he said: "what a month!
" how elated he was for having jehovah's direction and help!
Remember that when out Aux-Pioneering if it starts to storm what an incredible chance you will have for flashes of new light.
Edited by - goshawk on 23 January 2003 8:35:13
alternative 1 ---believe.
alternative 2---don't believe.
alternative 3 ---go beyond believe and don't believe .
Fourth Alternative
I am so burned out that I D.F.C. anymore.
there's a little ditty going through my head.
do you know the song?.
"there's a hole in the bucket, dear liza.".
Be nice Yerusalym or someone might sent this sort of circular logic writing into the WTS and you might be selected as part of the writing staff.
have you ever considered the countless ways the infantile writing dept.
subtly demonizes most everything outside the kingdom hall with the simple yet effective use of the word ...secular.
they are the masters of guilt slinging!.
Perry very good secular point
started in a secular thread
on a very secular message board
residing on the extremely secular internet.
Goshawk of the Secular Compliment Class
Edited by - goshawk on 23 January 2003 3:22:19
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i found it in an online real estate site:.
warning: this pic may produce trigger reactions..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
C'mon Prisca we all know its a shelter to keep out rabid, eye-eating, killer budgies.
