... in web traffic at least .
our current ranking: 26,434. their ranking: 26,911 .
what's interesting is that if you view the figures for both, the wts site gets a lot of visits from people (big name) who then view very few pages.
Simon and Ang,
You guys are peforming a valuable service in the "The War Against Religious Terrorism". Thank you so much for the time and effort you put in to get the message out to those who have been blinded by the "new light" for so long!!!
growedup
i wonder if a person could get away with suing the watchtower for stressful thinking and loss of life.
because if you think about it, it's illegal to tell people what to do (slavery), but they claim that everyone has the right mind and that they aren't telling anyone what to do.
i wonder if you could get it suggested by the courts that wts tries to control through written language in the watchtower magazine or somethin, iono.
Could they be sued for breaches of human rights law?
That would sure be ironic, since their NGO affiliation was with the human rights arm of the UN!!
growedup
who are the governing body members?
can the average jw name even one or more members of that body?
i don't really know, but over the last ten to twelve years since i left the jw religion, i have a better idea - i think.
Thank you, Jim!!
This is exactly the information I was looking for a couple of weeks ago!
growedup
(Waiting for the next installment!)
because you can make jokes and appear "happy" at the drop of a hat, meanwhile, you're being chewed up from the inside out.
because you can't learn to take one day at a time because your good days are always overshadowed by knowing that you're going to just slip back down again.
it's inevitable.
What I hate the most is feeling out of control of my emotions. I hate that when something "small" happens, that it feels like something enormous, and I hate that I look like a total idiot for over reacting when I know that on a "good" day, I would be in better control.
I hate "walking around the clock." When I'm at 12:00, I feel great, but then I slide to 1:00, then to 2:00, and before I know it, I am fighting like mad to keep from hitting 6:00. No matter how hard I try, I still end up there, and because I've fought it so hard, by the time I arrive, I land with a "thud". Once there, I shut out everyone and everything. Ignoring life only causes it to scream in my face which only keeps me stuck there longer. Eventually I start moving to 7:00 and then 8:00, and by about 9:00 I start feeling hope again. The hope catalysts me to 12:00 - and then the cycle starts all over again. It sucks.
It seems that over the past several years I've gotten more of a handle on it, but the past couple of weeks have been rough. The holidays are always tough, but I think I'm pulling through now.
Anyway, Shamus. I know how you feel and I hope things improve for you.
growedup
i have been away from the board...tons of personal crisis!
but i am back and i will never get caught up now on all the posts!
but i did want to wish you all a happy new year since i wasn't here to do it before!
Hey lady! Glad to see you back! Hope you're doing well!!!
:-)
growedup
Elsewhere -
You have far too much time on your hands!
I hope you find that new job you've been looking for soon!
growedup
lemme count the ways....
) gets up, checks jwd
) runs to take shower
I was so addicted that my husband asked me to please stop for a while because I wasn't doing anything else I should have been doing! So I just pop in a couple times a day now - instead of never getting out of my seat except for bathroom breaks! (Tried the "cold turkey" but I couldn't do it....!)
growedup
the wtbs said they had to join to use the library is that true?
Andy and Hawk -
Thanks for the great info! I thought I had most the smoking guns in my arsenal, but apparently I didn't! This is great stuff! Thanks for putting it together!!!
Hawk -
Be careful. The WTS DID NOT JOIN the UN. Only countries join.
Point accepted and well-taken!!!
growedup
sal, it's funny but things were much more shallow in the dubs.
i noticed some of the ugliest blokes getting pretty little trophy wives so long as they had a job or were the sons of elders.
my dad (an elder) even went so far as to encourage me to come back to the dubs because i would easily pull a good looking wife .
I was a trophy daughter! Everywhere my parents went, their social status was elevated when I hung off their arms - even around "worldly" people! They are so lucky I still interact with them - and that the congregation interacts with them even though I never became a dub!!!
growedup
ah, to finally know why we die, it makes so much sense!
(bold added)
(1925) the way to paradise pp.
Craig -
Yep! It's almost as potent as WT "spiritual food"!
:-)
growedup
