in every kingdom hall, there seems to be that one family that always irritates you.
in our hall there is this one family that thinks they have been blessed by jehovah himself because nearly all of the children became either bethelites, traveling overseers,or elders.their comments always have that tone which is condescending.
they always give their "wonderful experiences" of how they helped 2000 people in the "truth".
Yes! They were always the ones in the spotlight at the conventions- they could do no wrong. Very successful business and very popular in the congregation.
Kind of turned your stomach if ya know what I mean. They were the types that helped convince me that I did not want to share paradise on earth in eternity with the likes of them. Sure did not seem to imitate the Jesus I was reading about in the bible---
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Sounds like they are mimicking the USA!
hey everybody!.
i wrote shortly before about this, and some of you gave me advices, which i really appreciated.
for one year he just flirted me like a child.
Run Run Run! That is like being a JW and confused. It goes without saying- JW's are confused and allowing yourself to be in love with a married person is "confused".
Put youself in his wife's shoes. How would you feel about another person being "in love" with your man? Don't become a part of their problem or the problem in thier relationship.
it's what we respond to that counts!
most of you know about my mother, she passed away from this world 17 yrs ago tomorrow, sept. 15, 1985. her passing was very hard on my sister and me , because it was a suicide.
she had been a witness for 16 years and even almost died standing up for the blood issue in 1983, due to a stomach ulcer, and too many asprins.
her blood count went down to 2 and she had to be put in a lear jet to get to houston, tx.
"You will know them by the love they have for one another." Yeah right! I have know many like your mom. Fortunately I have survived- though suicide was considered at one point.
right after 9-11 bush could write all the blank checks he wanted.
as time took us away from the events of 9-11 the majority of americans came back to their senses and begain taking the checkbook away from him.
now the annaversary date arrives, 9-11 is remembered and the checkbook is handed back over to bush.. .
TR: I was not comparing the GB and Bush. I was speaking solely of our reactions as people. The people here are so down on the GB and so up on Bush that they cannot see that.
For clarification: Most people are sheep. All are buying from propaganda. Whether the propaganda is put out by the GB, Bush, the media or your next door neighbor. "We must defend ourselves against Sadam!" "He is evil!" "Armagedon is near." The world is evil! We must stand up against evil!
Anyone ever thought about just standing up for good or right? Or must we always have a "evil" to fight? Is anyone thinking about how all this will turn out when the emotions are settled? Anyone believe in balance?
right after 9-11 bush could write all the blank checks he wanted.
as time took us away from the events of 9-11 the majority of americans came back to their senses and begain taking the checkbook away from him.
now the annaversary date arrives, 9-11 is remembered and the checkbook is handed back over to bush.. .
1. I never said that I had anything personal against the Bushes- Do I like thier politics? NO!
2. In the year 2001 an Indian earthquake took 20,000 lives- does anyone remember that? Each year 15,000 Americans die by homicide.
Suppose we had reacted to 9-11 as we did to last Septembers auto deaths. That would not have lessoned the destroyed property, lost lives and livelihoods, and personal bereavement of family and associates of the WTC victims. But no billions of dollarswould have been needed to prop up airlines. Congress might have enacted prescription drug benefits as it was poised to do before 9-11- which has a more direct and lasting effect on many more lives in this country than the acts of 9-11.
As Franklin D. Roosevelt said: "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." We can help ensure that terroists don't win if we minimize our fears and react more constructively to future terrorism.
To date- due to the actions and over-reactions of the USA: the terrorist have won. A recent news headline in which three middle eastern medical students were detained for 17 hours because a overzealous and possibly prejudice Georgia woman heard more than what was said shows how the terrorist have won. as Bin Laden and his crews sit in caves and middle class American homes they chuckle and snigger at the paranoria they have brought to the USA and the freedoms they have cost us.
Our greatest vulnerability to terrorism is the persisting, irrational fear of terrorism that has gripped the country. We must start behaving like the informed, reasoning beings we profess to be.
The terrorist have effectively sidelined our domestic issues- issues that will effect our citizens for years to come- and possibly generations to come. By minimizing our negative reactions, we might contribute to undermining terrorists' goals as effectively as by waging war on them or by mounting homeland defenses.
History bares out that the anglos sacrifise prudent action by stopping in their tracks to seek revenge against all who step on them. Bin Ladin knows our traits better than we ourselves.
I do not support the likes of Sadam. I support balance. As my elderly mother suffers through having to pay full price for needed medications, as millions of others in this country also, just to the north of our borders, in Canada- they pay greatly reduced prices for the same drugs. Why? Because the Canadian government has more concern for it's citizens than it does for international domination.
Right after 9-11 our leaders urged Americans to get back to a normal life- unfortunately this was meant more to support the airline industry than to support the American way of life. To our shame and disgrace the terrorist have us running from ghosts. They have halted us in our tracks. We are willing to totally change our way of lives due to 9-11.
Yes, I believe prudent action is needed. Balanced action. Not action lead by polularity and politics. Not over reaction.
Where were the headlines of JOY when we learned that much fewer died in the WTC than we thought? Even on the anaverary of the event when the names of the victims were read from groud zero we learned (in sub articles) that many listed as dead were NOT dead. We are so set on seeing the terror that we refuse to stop and rejoice over how due to our assets a much lesser number was lost than expected. No great joy expressed.
One life is too many to be lost. Whether it be because of a drunk driver or a domestic dispute or terrorist attack.
i live in broward county, florida...unfortunate harborer of mohammed atta and other terrorists.. next door is (drum roll please)...palm beach county...home of the "we don't know how to vote" crowd.. also next door to (drum roll please)....miami/dade county....the "hanging chad" county.
and i work next door to the country's largest petroleum tank farm (port everglades...which also houses florida power and light company.).
and now, lo and behold, we are in the news again.
During the last presidential elections a Jewish rabbi was asked why the jews did not support Bush. He responded: "The last time we got tangled up with a bush we ended up wandering in the wilderness for 40 years!"
right after 9-11 bush could write all the blank checks he wanted.
as time took us away from the events of 9-11 the majority of americans came back to their senses and begain taking the checkbook away from him.
now the annaversary date arrives, 9-11 is remembered and the checkbook is handed back over to bush.. .
Right after 9-11 Bush could write all the blank checks he wanted. As time took us away from the events of 9-11 the majority of Americans came back to their senses and begain taking the checkbook away from him. Now the annaversary date arrives, 9-11 is remembered and the checkbook is handed back over to Bush.
It kind of reminds me of how as JWs we would start kind of coming to our senses. Seeing things the way they really were- Then the GB would hold a rally to remind us of why we hated this world and the pending doom of armagedon. Then we would sheepishly had the GB the checkbook to control our lives again.....
" we are the cause of our destruction *(it's quoted different in the bible) / i believe that 9/11 was a bad day, we cry & mourn & move on, we get over it, i got over 9/11 in under 24 hours & to be honest i'm sick of hearing about it.... now i also understand that millions was not paying attention before 9/11 & they still aint paying attention.. if people would wake the hell up and read the bible they would already know that god already warn us to listen to him, and be on guard 24/7 cause that devil which we call satan exist and on the move to overthrow billions........ where is your faith?
jesus clearly said that not to sorrow for the dead, cause they will get resurrected when the messiah comes back- john 5 verse 28,29.. so get over it and heed jesus words....
Legendary- Outside of the Jesus/ bible crap I agree with you- Most of my family is dead- cremated. I did not need or want a memorial service and I do not dwell on them at the annaversary of thier death each year. I know some families that memorialze their dead loved ones every year- Not for me- My dad was buried, not cremated, in 1984. I have seen his grave exactly ONE time. My brain says- He is not in that plot of ground- that plot of ground only brings grief.
As for 9-11. Very bad, very awful day. Do I want to re-live that event every year? No thanks! It was hard enough the forst time. Bush does not want us to get over it- He wnats to get his popularity rate back up to what it was right after 9-11. I watched him on TV down at ground zero for a few minutes as I scanned channals looking for some NON 9-11 show to watch- I thought of what I would have said to his pinched up face had I been there.......
