more and more lately when i have occasion to read any of the society's publications or any postings here at this site which quote the society's publications i find more and more lately that i become really irritated, annoyed, chafing, at the redundant phrase "anointed christians.
" it just irritates the hell out of me.
i don't necessarily understand the "why" of this annoyance only that i recognize that i have it.
Yes! Happifying used to bug me along with historicity. The one that still gags me is 'spiritual food'. The stuff they serve up is so empty its like.....ghost porridge.
And if gluttony is a sin, why are we supposed to sit through endless servings of 'spiritual food' dumped before us at the assemblies and conventions?
things you will learn from a dog:
never pass up the opportunity to go for a joy ride.
allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
And don't forget to turn around 3 times before lying down!
my first effort at humour on the board took off like a lead balloon so i'm having another go:.
these are from a book called disorder in the court, and are things.
people actually said in court, word for word, taken down, now.
Thanks Link, this effort soared like a kite! I can't wait to wake up tomorrow and find out if I'm dead or alive!!!!!
Warrigal ( of the if I'm kickin' don't start cuttin' class)
because of the folowing scripture (lev 3:17) the jehovahs witnesses have decided to take the other part of this scripture with sincere regard as they have the blood issue.
and from now on jehovahs witnesses will be disfellowshopped for partaking any blood or blood by product and bacon, sausage and any meat containing fat!
the governing body has decided that it is in good faith to regard the whole scripture in stead of half of it!
Can you get an airfreshener with the aroma of bacon? What a great dub repellant! Just a little spritz as they're walking up to your door and they'll scurry away for fear of being contaminated. I gotta get some of that.
Warrigal of the spray 'n pray class
i'm sorry if you have heard this before, but i must vent and here is the best place..i have no other place ...i'm really angry.
i have more than 40 years of life experience on this planet.
i have been through a lot in life..i have lived in number of countries , visited many others.
Welcome, Titanic. May you find peace and healing here. May your life embrace happiness and your pain fade away. Welcome.
when the shuttle broke apart in the sky over texas the whole world stopped.
i just came from our lunch break room where the tv was turned to the channel (maybe all have it on) covering the memorial service of the astronauts that died.. i thought back to a conversation i had with my mother the other day.
she made the point that we all stopped our lives a bit by this disaster whereas the 7-100 (at least) people that die in traffic accidents etc on a daily basis are no more mourned than maybe with a blip in the newspaper and the close family and friends.. the i thought back to "the practice" that i watched last night.
.....every mans death diminishes me for I am involved in mankind. Therefore do not send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. John Donne
i was reading a thread in which jh said:.
people knew we were jw's just by the way we dressed, but also by the way we talked.. .
now, not to come down on jh by any means, but this raised a question in my mind.
Everywhere in the media, JWs are known as the people who knock on doors early in the morning. No one made comments about how 'loving and caring' they were. Now they're known as people who shield pedophiles within the congregations. Yuck!
out of all the wrong things the watchtower society has taught, which do you feel are the worst?
The doctrine of the 'unforgiveable sin'. They don't clearly define it and yet they can apply it to about everything.
i was thinking about this the other day.
the society likes to call all those who follow their teachings "sheep" or "sheep like ones".
how offensive is that?!?!
In my late teens I took a job tending sheep during the lambing season. Why the woolies give birth in the dead of night I'll never know! During the day, I worked in a boat yard scraping hulls and painting the bottoms of the boats. I was trying to earn money to buy my own sailboat.
The looney sheep would wander down to the boatyard and get chased by the local dogs and end up in the bay.....I'd have to wade in, grab them by their fleece and physically turn them towards shore and get them back to the pasture.
In my opinion, all those striving for a position of eldership in the org should be made to tend a flock of real sheep for at least a month. I hated to be called a 'sheep'. I just plain hate sheep.
Warrigal (sheep baaaad, lambchops good)
everybody likes music, but i don't know many people who play an instrument.
years ago, every house had a piano, and just about everybody in the house played the piano, but not today.
we all know that farkel is an excellent pianist, and i do enjoy listening to his music.. does any of you play a musical instrument?
I play the radio....a virtual virtuoso!
