do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?
I think they will exaggerate.
I don't see how they could get away with this very easily, unless the branch bosses are just as brazenly corrupt.
If HQ published fabricated numbers, the branch offices that send the information in would know about it and word would spread. Despite all the hullabaloo, I still think MOST people in that cult would cry foul over such a blatant misrepresentation of numbers.
how do you guys feel when you hear people say this?
whenever i tell people that i'm not religious, a humanist, they said i'm not religious either, i'm spiritual.
i consider myself to be a humanist, and i can't tell you guys how happy i am being a humanist.
If people believe in it, if it makes them more comfortable at night, then by all means, believe in a spiritual world, just don't force that on me!
Once you remove religion from the equation you automatically arrive at a group of people with no desire to force anything on you. A willingness to share an opinion, answer questions, ASK questions, and respect the beliefs of others, yes.
But the force is no longer with them.
there pertinent stuff starts at 11:30 minute mark.
it says in the video that this guy is an elder neighbor and has been shooting his chickens and also possible killing the plants in his garden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qbgyjdy7da?t=11m29s.
Yikes! If that guy lived next door to me I'd kill his chickens too.
I thought Medusa was supposed to be a woman.
That's IT! I'm returning to the governing body for salvation!
[Now where did I put my credit card?]
my husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.
i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.
after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.
"Truly, I tell you, joy arises among the angels of God over one Jehovah's Witness who comes to his senses."
i had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.
(explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).
they already had all my information.
Smiddy, that is exactly the battle I had in my head for the last five ears. I almost registered four years ago before the last election cycle but lingering cult thinking won out and I couldn't bring myself to do it.
This time I decided to register because I consider myself part of the community now, with all the privileges and responsibilities that come with it.
Thanks for your great post.
as the date of return of the lord jesus christ and the beginning of his invisible presence or parousia.
what, then, about the parousia (presence) of christ?
so a.d. 1914 marks the time of christs invisible return in spirit.
Marked
that's a sick person.
a young boy leg braces taken from his mom's car.
even worst.
$13,000 leg braces will bring in $20 at the the aluminum recycle center.
That's at least two good hits off a crack pipe.
there is no end to their madness.
the co gave a talk on inspired error.
i have never heard of it.
words fail me .... http://religiondispatches.org/god-hates-nags-why-in-gods-name-is-westboro-protesting-kim-davis/god hates nags: why in gods name is westboro protesting kim davismembers of the infamously anti-gay westboro baptist church (wbc) arrived in morehead, kentucky today to picket the rowan county courthouse, workplace of kim davis, the county clerk and religious liberty martyr who rose to fame by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing gods authority.daviss religious right credentials are solid.
her stand for religious liberty has resulted in the support of four presidential hopefulsted cruz, mike huckabee, bobby jindal, and rand paula visit with the pope, and comparisons to rosa parks.
plenty of others opposed davis, of course, both because of her anti-gay stance and because of her refusal to do the job she took an oath to do.
This is not the first time the Westboro clan has protested a died-in-the-wool conservative figure.
About 15 years ago the WB folks protested Bob Jones University, arguably one of the most conservative, anti-gay universities in the U.S.
Why?
Because apparently a gay alumnus set off a chain of events (I don't remember the details) that resulted in BJU having to allow gay people to visit it's museum of art... or some such.
Not understanding how a gay person could even graduate from Bob Jones, Fred Phelps screamed from the front gates, "When I was a student here the air was too pure for a faggot to breathe!"
