the more i learn about jw's the harder it is.
to sleep at night.
the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.
In the early years of my "awakening", I also had issues with falling asleep. I would go over in my head all the crap and then get so upset , I would be wide awake for hours.
My remedy was a nice warm glass of milk and a good book . I don't know what it is with the book/milk combination but I always had success in falling asleep.
I hope that some of the suggestions will work for you.
my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.
she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.
in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.
It's very sad what this organization does to seniors--making them feel guilty if they don't get that service hour.
just wanted to show the activity in downtown detroit from the convention.
trafic is on jam!.
lots of people .
yesterday the international delegates from the Ford Field international DO were corralled to the river area so they could wave at the canadian witnesses on the other side. What a show!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=potrr2qxhue.
.. if armageddon is "imminent", why is wt focused on sight-seeing, entertainment, travel, etc.
instead of preaching and saving people??.
After watching this video, nothing surprises me anymore. It was hard to watch and felt a little vomit coming up but I made myself watch. This is definitely a new branding of the religion
the other day i was sitting in one of those meetings where the public talk was absolutely mind-dumbing.
by minute 5 i couldn't take it anymore paying further attention to what was being said, so my mind wandered.
i looked around to my own kh and started to notice something.
I have not met any truly educated adult witnesses in the 40+ years of association with the org. Most of the ones I know are high school dropouts. Most of the elders in the congregation are either high school drop out or barely finished high school.
my daughter will be getting married this coming august.
she and her future husband are not jehovah's witnesses.
they will have a non-religious wedding ceremony.
Rules:
you mentioned that your daughter and her future hubby are not Jdubs. They should sent invites to whomever they want at their wedding. If different ones want to boycott the wedding, I guess its their choice. I think it would be more of an issue if your daughter and future son- in-law were witnesses.
I had a similar situation when I got married. My SIL married out of the troof and some boycotted because she was "marked" . Some felt she should not have t been allowed to attend. I didn't care. They were the losers as they missed out on a great wedding.
jehovah's witnesses to hand over top-secret manualon friday finland's jehovah's witnesses will give their religious rule book to the minister of justice and the minister of the interior so that it can be inspected to ensure that it's in line with finnish rule of law.
jehovah's witnesses will hand over their secret rule book to the minister of justice, anna-maja henriksson, and the minister of the interior, paivi rasanen.
image: heikki saukkomaa / lehtikuva until now, only senior members of the jehovahs witnesses committee have had access to the congregation's secret book of rules.. the disciplinary activities of the jehovah's witnesses committee have been criticised for violating human rights.. according to anna-maja henriksson, finland's minister of justice, the purpose of the handover is to examine the book and determine whether its rules and regulations run counter to finnish law.. henriksson and interior minister paivi rasanen met on thursday with the leadership of the jehovah's witnesses in helsinki.
I am also of the opinion that watchtower will be passing on a tampared one. Could someone in Finland give a copy with all margin notes?
this is the last boe we will be able to provide.
our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.
we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.
i'll add my appreciation for this source. But I am sure glad is is out. His life is just beginning.
i'm sure we could all write long paragraphs about this question, but in a few words, what is your biggest regret, or frustration in life due to being a witness?.
what missed opportunities did it cost you?
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For me the biggest regret is not pursuing a higher education in my early years. I also regret having sacrificed the best years of my life to the pioneer altar.
because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained - acts 17:31. .
in all my years of field service (started doing my own presentations at the doors at age 5) it never dawned on me that jesus was the one who was going to judge mankind, not me and my wt literature.
i was told that i was involved in a marking work (the writers inkhorn was taking notes).. .
So true. I can remember my dad writing the word "goat" next to numbers that didin't accept the "message". When I think about I am ashamed.
