The asteroid WILL hit in 2014, but it will be an invisible one.
now that is funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2003/tech/space/09/05/asteroid.miss/index.html asteroid update: end of world on hold
by richard stenger.
cnn.
The asteroid WILL hit in 2014, but it will be an invisible one.
now that is funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we have all read and watched so many of the child abuse / sexual abuse scandals, and it makes us all sick to our stomachs, i want to touch on a different kind of abuse, i am not trying to draw a parellel between child abuse and being abused.
the abuse i am talking about is just as bad but so different.
i remember growing up a jw, basically having no choice, whether i wanted to go to the meetings or in service, and i always resented this in my parents.
we have all read and watched so many of the child abuse / sexual abuse scandals, and it makes us all sick to our stomachs, I want to touch on a different kind of abuse, I am NOT trying to draw a parellel between child abuse and being abused.
The abuse I am talking about is just as bad but so different.
I remember growing up a JW, basically having NO choice, whether I wanted to go to the meetings or in service, and I always resented this in my parents. I envied friends who had their weekends to sleep in, play hockey, watch cartoons etc.
I wonder (probaly 100 %) how many of us were abused/forced into going, Anyime I missed a meeting or field service, it was more chores and taken off my allowance. And a big yelling session , and had to sit and read a publication out loud for an hour, anytime I wanted something alittle on the expensive side, I had to make sure not to miss any meetings for about a month or I wouldn't get it.
I knew SO many people that couldn't wait to turn 18 and move out or get married just to get out of the house.
I guess we should call this psychological abuse.
My dad has been passed away for along time now, if he was alive today, man would I let him have it. (he was never a JW)
i was observing my loyal wife sending out anniversary cards to other witnesses,.
as she has done for many years.
if we were ordinary protestants, we would probably.
Amen !
so well said metatron, I have nothing to add.
I hope all 6,000,000 witnesses read this.
thank you all for your kind words and concern.
my wife tells me the meeting with the three wise-men went pretty good.
regrettably, no elders were decked during the meeting (yes i am quite disappointed too) and so an announcement will be made next week that he was reproved and found repentant.
Regrettably, no elders were decked during the meeting
too bad !
I only hope one day my son can just get off the WT merry-go-round even for a brief period of time, just long enough to see what a normal life outside the matrix is like.
hope, you never know, at least you will be there for him if he does leave, good luck and hang in there.
I am curious, and it is none of our business on this board but, was the jc meeting over something that upset you as well, or could you of cared less.
i have a couple of questions that have come to mind as a result of converstations with my jw girlfriend.
1. we were talking the other day and got on the subject of disfellowshipping and i asked her if she thought it was right.
i also asked her about people who had been df'd for something that the wt has since received "new light" on and thus, had been df'd for something that the wt is now teaching is okay.
I have a couple of questions that have come to mind as a result of converstations with my JW girlfriend
not to cause a fight, but it is a big no no to date someone who is NOT a JW, one of those unwritten rules they have, would you dare ask her that question ??? Does she think that she will convert YOU when push comes to shove ??? just a thought, speaking from so many experiences.
If she was to go to the elders and say she is going out with someone who is not a JW, sh-- will hit the roof at the Kingdom Hall. Especially in the USA/Canada.
i have a couple of questions that have come to mind as a result of converstations with my jw girlfriend.
1. we were talking the other day and got on the subject of disfellowshipping and i asked her if she thought it was right.
i also asked her about people who had been df'd for something that the wt has since received "new light" on and thus, had been df'd for something that the wt is now teaching is okay.
BTW, welcome to the board !!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a couple of questions that have come to mind as a result of converstations with my jw girlfriend.
1. we were talking the other day and got on the subject of disfellowshipping and i asked her if she thought it was right.
i also asked her about people who had been df'd for something that the wt has since received "new light" on and thus, had been df'd for something that the wt is now teaching is okay.
Oh the elders are in constant contact with anyone who is DF'd and they are always checking on them to be sure they are okay.".
to answer question 1 , hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, sorry lost it for a minute, elders can't even visit their own family, let alone df'd ones, I was out 5 years before anyone even called me, and then the only reason they called was because I was moving 2000 miles, probaly didn't want me hooking up in a new congregation.
to answer question 2, I have heard this comment SO MANY times, how the congregations outside the USA/Canada are much more socialable, enjoyable, and not so strict on every litttle thing. So much more laid back. Like only in the USA/Canada are they so concerned about the car you drive, the job you have, attendance, hours put in, who you talk to, who you socialize with, what clothes you wear, etc. etc. etc. , who cares, probaly will be their downfall.
about the only model that i've found that helps define the experience of being born in the truth (bitt), is one used in studies on addiction.
basically, that model says that people who are addicts form maladaptive relationships with things, experiences, and i'd argue ideologies as well, in a vain attempt to achieve "closeness".
of course real "closeness" or "psychic validation" as i prefer to think about it, is only truly achieved during and after the interactions between two mutually accepting and non-judging people who possess intimate knowledge of one another; starting with one's primary caregivers... or parents.
The bottom line is that many people simply get scared at the very spectre of life and are simply under-educated and ill-prepared to try and figure things out for themselves
Exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, how I feel, My parents never understood how life worked and the enjoyments of life, under-educated and ill prepared, AND no understanding. And instead of figuring it out for themselves, let the Watchtower do it for them.
You hit the nail HARD on the head, well said !!!!!!!!!!!!!
could be your parents, a close friend, brother/sister, family member or whoever ........... what do they really want from their life ???.
paradise earth ?.
living forever ?.
Hey Blondie, almost 5000, come on girl start posting lots this weekend, Congrats in advance !!!!!!
is any one else getting pissed of at subway lately?
with their latest tv ad that stereotypes artists, anbd their wanna be r&b radio commercial, im tempted to blow all of them up!
i cant stand stereotypes, and the artist one hits clsoe to home for me.
I would still eat at Subway before McDonalds, if I have to see one more McDonalds commercial on their new healthier menu I am going to throw up. Who are they trying to kid.
Deep Fried Processed Fake Meat . hhhhhmmmmmm yummy. (insert picture of homer simpson here.)