i keep getting these forwards from certain ones who i knew in the org.
they know i have left because i was "discouraged".
they are keeping their distance by not writing to me anything personal, but keep sending these "encouraging" forwards in hopes that i'll be re-awakened, dust off the book bag and head on back to the old kh.
now that was some seriously bad poetry.
And since when does going to a place where you are browbeaten for two hours to be more like brother so-and-so (who you know is schtuping his bible studies' wife and cheats on his taxes) for 2 hours qualify as a recharge?
the watchtower society has been designated #531600 with the (secc)--or state employees community campaign.
the word (campaign) in the dictionary means--a series of military operations launched to accomplish a given objective within a specific area.--2--an organized operation or activity to achieve a (political, social, or commercial) goal.. 1. click on the first link below, and when the page comes up, click on (charity codes) up at the top.---when the next page comes up,--type in the word (watchtower)--and click -go--you will then receive the information that gives you the watchtower's code with is group.. first link---- http://www.insecc.org .
please note that there are (pledges) --with this group.
Buried deep on a list that most people won't ever see or hear about lurks the organization that silently sucks money from people that can least afford it. Typical. I'm glad that isn't my union.
*::pulls up easy chair::*.
so, wuz up?
i am "new" here, of course you can see this because i have yet to make jedi master status.
Edited by - Angus03755 on 10 November 2002 17:29:22
Edited by - Angus03755 on 10 November 2002 17:49:21
*::pulls up easy chair::*.
so, wuz up?
i am "new" here, of course you can see this because i have yet to make jedi master status.
Welcome!
I'm a newbie, too. Found the site through friends and family that posted. What led you here?
i have several friends that are veterans and they have to work on monday!!
yet teachers (and we know how useless they are) and students get the day off.i have an idea!!
why don't they just let the veterans off, would that be asking too much??
Conroberst-
If you are a US citizen- Should you be unhappy with something, work to change it. Expressing your opinion and sitting on your ass waiting for someone else to do the hard work doesn't count.
And should you be a citizen of one of the countries that my tax dollars and service people have assisted over the years- you're welcome. Please feel free to pass right by the next time your country needs financial, humanitarian, or military assistance.
i have several friends that are veterans and they have to work on monday!!
yet teachers (and we know how useless they are) and students get the day off.i have an idea!!
why don't they just let the veterans off, would that be asking too much??
Like so many other holidays, Veterans Day has become "just another day off". If you are working, take the time to attend a ceremony before or after work. If you have the day off, go to the local parade. Show support for those who sacrificed more than most of us could ever imagine. And should you find yourself in Washington, Cambridge, UK, or Normandy in the future, look at those neat little rows of stones or names on the wall. Understand that each of those represent someone who's life was cut short in service to their country. It doesn't matter whether in a "good war" or not. When called, they went. And some didn't return. Those that did come home weren't the same again. This may sound like patriotic rhetoric to some, but I feel we owe a tremendous debt to those who served. Honor them in your own way tomorrow, but appreciate their sacrifice every day.
if you were to describe what your status was in the congregation, what would it be?
were you viewed as mature?
in "good standing", a pain in the rear?
from overachiever to bad toad in 0.2 seconds once the questions started coming......
as a youngster raised in the "truth", i had my questions.
but anytime you ask a question that is unanswerable, you are told to just wait on jehovah.
as time passes, i believe that we store up a number of unanswerable questions that forces one to eventually think about everything.
I was also raised in it, and had the great misfortune to be raised by parents who actually believed the manure dealt about the "worldwide association of brothers" and being willing to give your life for another, etc. The everyday squabbles attributed to "human imperfections" slid by, but then I experienced first hand one of the witch hunts that so many others have been through at the hands of these "true" christians. While all of this was going on, these same people were continuing to preach ad nauseum the above material. After that the questions just didn't stop coming.......
yes -- i shared in the mid-term american elections.
and my polling place was a big old lutheran church -- yes, right there where babylon the great plays the whore to the politicians!!
lol .
Voting has become one of my favorite activities since I left. After years of parroting to folks what good citizens the witnesses were, I actually get to be one now.
the new circuit overseer for our area is visiting our former congregation this week.
his name is gary boyce (or boice or boys).
wife is karen.
Ah the old JW fast track- know the right people, do the right thing when the right people are looking, and presto, instant promotion.
