hey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.
it looks like some momentum is building up to it.
but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?
Not sure about the idea of involving other religions, as doing so may be seen as a conflict of interest on the part of the churches involved.
It would be good to have authorities or officials from human rights type organizations who could address the issue of shunning, child abuse and the break of families due to WT policies, without focusing their doctrinal beliefs.
we know that the hebrew scriptures, or old testament states that the practice of circumcision (of males) was supposed to be yet another sign that set the jews apart from the "people of the nations".
but apart from so many odd things, how dumb is this?.
i mean, how did someone know if a male was circumcised or not??
I was born with out eyelids. So when I got circumcised, the surgeon grafted the foreskin to my eyes to make eyelids. Now I have very good foresight.
Could be worse...you could have ended up being a little cockeyed.
hey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.
it looks like some momentum is building up to it.
but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?
When I was in Bethel back in the late 70's there was a protest outside bethel by a large group of Hasidic Jews.
They were marching around in full garb (black hats, long black coats, long curled forelocks) marching back and forth on the sidewalk, on the Brooklyn Bridge and even up on the freeway overpass, carrying down with watchtower signs down. It was quite a sight to see from the factory windows. I'm sure it wasn't the first time it happened but in the past, events like that, never reached the congregation level. As far as the average JW was concerned, everyone in New York loved the watchtower and was thrilled to have them in the city.
so there i was earlier today, enjoying a spot of lunch in a pleasant little cafe whilst out shopping, when up came a fella i vaguely recognised from the dim and distant past just as i was tucking into my highland soup with bread roll and butter..
"i would never ignore you you know".. "eh?
what" i ventured wondering wtf is this all about.
"I kind of wonder what people on this board be saying if he walked straight past you and said nothing. Perhaps damned if they do and damned if they don't would come to mind."
Perhaps it would have been less odd if the JW would have just walked up and said "Hello" instead of pointing out the obvious that he wasn't going to shun snuglelebunny. As it was, this seemd more like a backhanded reminder that snugglebunny was someone on the outside and was in a position to be shunned yet the JW was going to be noble and speak to him anyway.
so there i was earlier today, enjoying a spot of lunch in a pleasant little cafe whilst out shopping, when up came a fella i vaguely recognised from the dim and distant past just as i was tucking into my highland soup with bread roll and butter..
"i would never ignore you you know".. "eh?
what" i ventured wondering wtf is this all about.
JW: "Hi!" "I would never ignore you you know".
Snugglebunny: "More is the pity".
we know that the hebrew scriptures, or old testament states that the practice of circumcision (of males) was supposed to be yet another sign that set the jews apart from the "people of the nations".
but apart from so many odd things, how dumb is this?.
i mean, how did someone know if a male was circumcised or not??
So in the new system, will everyone's foreskin grow back??? Will Abraham and all his contemporaries be resurrected Circumcised or intact? Inquiring minds want to know.
i know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .
Do You See the Fiery Chariots?
we know that the hebrew scriptures, or old testament states that the practice of circumcision (of males) was supposed to be yet another sign that set the jews apart from the "people of the nations".
but apart from so many odd things, how dumb is this?.
i mean, how did someone know if a male was circumcised or not??
I mean, HOW did someone know if a male was circumcised or not??
Yeah....always wondered about that too and I wondered why this topic was discussed so often at the meetings.
At one of the last meetings I attended, I remember a little girl raising her hand during the watchtower study and in her little girl voice, began telling us in detail, the difference between actual circumcision and circumcision of the heart. It was one of those moments you hoped there wasn't anyone new there.
i'm inactive here to the local jw's as i have faded.
i've been slandered and all that, shunned by some but not all, but the elders basically leave me alone.
i still run into to people all over though.
Me - Do you continue to masturbate while now serving the congregation?
Frank - WHAT!?!?
Me - Oh......I just thought we were trading questions that were none of the other persons business. My bad. Alright bud....good luck with those green bananas being ripe by tomorrow. **Pats on shoulder.
Frank: (thinking to himself as he walked away stunned ) "I wonder how he knew.....OMG...I wonder if anyone else does??"
some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.
marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.
he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.
Public Speaking
I used to think that having done public speaking via the Ministry School was a good thing but I've since come to realize that the skills I gained are only good if someone else supplies the materials to be used and I'm speaking to an audience that is already in agreement with everything I'm going to say.
It's quite another matter to speak publically about ones own thoughts and have them questioned or challenged by those who are listening, especially if you've been "spoiled" by never having to express your own thoughts or have never had them challenged or questioned.
Keeping your eye simple
I do think that the idea of keeping a "simple eye" in terms of materialism and debt, has been beneficial to me but JW's weren't the first and only ones to realize that if you live a life free of materialism and stay out of debt, things will be easier for you in the long run.
