would you like to volunteer in the kitchen?
http://ske-vancouver.com/.
i do not understand why they are showing all the information on a public web.... .
What a great provision from jehober. We put our grand kids in SKI school this year. We had some great snow this year and they loved learning how to ski and snow board. My wife and I made them breakfast every morning. It was a great week indeed to see their little faces enjoying one of life's little pleasures.
Oh wait, is this OP about SKI school (fun) or about the SKE school (bs indoctrination). I'm confused! lol
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
i was just sitting here on this beautiful saturday afternoon thinking about how thankful i am that i left the jws.
do i wish i had woke up and left sooner, sure.
but i'm definitely happy that i'm out period, and for so many reasons but i just will share a few.
It's sort of nice how that works. I mean having time to really enjoy life. No more "busy work" like, getting ready for meetings, studying for meetings, going to the meetings, field serve-us, preparing for field serve-us, days of going to assemblies and conventions, giving talks or other meeting parts, hours of preparing talks or other meeting parts, weeks of kh building, hours kh cleaning, hosting speakers, etc.
Having time for family, leisure, hobbies, and passions is invaluable. Yep, So thankful!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
we saw it with raymond franz.
but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.
to leave, and expose it..
Ray said that when he became a gb member that ,"illusions there met up with reality"! When one wakes up to ttatt, we have that same experience. Being a dub is a life long pursuit of illusions!
Back to the OP though, none of the current gb dudes have enough ambition to leave. They are all just fat f*#king lazy cats that "have it made in the shade" so to speak. Some may one day wake up to ttatt (maybe already have) BUT they saw what happened to Ray and they are not going to trade their life of celebrity for one of poverty!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
few of your are old enough to have been there, i suspect.
i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.. .
i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.
Yea Terry, 1975 I was there also! You pretty much summed it up very concisely. Stunned! Demoralized! And the hardest part for me was the almost unanimous unwillingness to even talk about what didn't happen.
I served 18 months in Stafford AZ. Got out in late 1969. Pioneered until the first child came along. Appointed as an elder in 1972 at age 23! lol Worked my ass off for the borg to the detriment of my very young family. Skipped university training and good career opportunities because the 1969 Awake mag told us all that; "if you are a young person, you will never grow old in this system". lol
My wife didn't start drinking after the 'big disappointment' but she did leave me in 1977 to 'test drive' other men. Can't really blame her for everything that happened. She was definitely neglected along with my 2 children. I was too busy doing god's work for the borg!
We got back together and even tried to get re-energized in the troof. It worked for many years but the last decade I have been mentally out and now very seldom go to any jw functions. When I do go, it's so my wife of 49 year won't have to go alone. Learning ttatt gave me some sort of life back and I'm enjoying everyday away from the borg.
I love your posts and hope you continue.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
the memorial is on march 23 this year.
but all the official jewish calendars has nissan 14 as april 22!
april 22 is the start of passover!
The WT has it right (of course) so STFU and ignore ALL other resources and authorities on this subject!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
i pay attention to what other writers write about writing.
writers always have limits--even writers of fiction.. do you choose to live in a world where pigs fly and deuces are wild?
that would be an imaginary world.. do you choose to live in a world where god rules?
Terry,
I really like this post. Please continue the great writing. If you had been head of the WT writing committee, we might all still be dubs! Right? lol
Nearly all ancient civilizations had their mythology writers. Those mythology writers were, in many instances, national treasures for the simple reason that they spun amazing yarns about fantastic shit that glorified/perpetuated their society or otherwise entertained the masses. No reason that the Hebrews wouldn't have their mythology writers also.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
it's nearly march and awake!
no.3 has still not appeared on jw.org.
has it come out in paper form, or has something gone wrong?
If she's a month late, maybe she's pregnant? The long awaited birth of the Awaketower which will contain fascinating accounts of how today's animals and plants are actually fulfilling "ancient bible prophecy".
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
have you ever been to a circus and seen a "clown car"?.
the little "bug" volkswagon drives out and clowns get out.
lots and lots and lots and lots of clowns!.
Them demons are a very pliable, flexible, and expandable creatures. In one part of the bible they are 'man sized' and banging the good looking women of the earth. In another part of the bible 2,000 can squeeze into one man. Wow! They are amazing!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
if you read some of my past posts you’ll know that i’ve successfully faded while being able to keep contact with my immediate family, who are still very devout jws.
when i did finally completely stop attending meetings, my family, and especially my parents (elder father and pioneer mom), were of course very interested to know the reasons why.
at first i deflected their questions, stating that i had personal reasons and did not want to explain myself.
Good post traveb,
I've used pretty much the same strategy and am still fading. In my situation however, I'm the patriarch of a rather large family of jw's. All my siblings (3rd gen dubs) are still active but are also somewhat apathetic. I don't debate or push my feelings of ttatt but they all know that I'm not a "true believer" any longer.
My 4 children, their mates, and my 6 grandchildren are marginal dub's--thankfully. My wife continues to "hold on" but she sees how much happier and full of life I've become since fading from the borg.
Like Phizzy stated, "when the student is ready, the teacher will arrive."
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
my father was telling me the other day that 5 publishers have recently been put in rest home care.
interesting in a cong of about 80-100 publishers.
When the older ones are placed in 'rest homes', they are soooooooooooooon forgotten. If only the pioneers could offically "count their time" by visiting them in the 'rest homes', the older ones would receive one hell-of-a-lot more attention. Probably looooong daily visits. How loving that would be!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
