you know how jws don't 'shun', or at least pretend they don't, because they don't use the word 'shun'?
do you think that soon they won't 'disfellowship', just because the announcement is no longer "sass has been disfellowshipped", it's now "sass is no longer a jw".
technically, if i wasn't disfellowshipped, i can't say that i was disfellowshipped and that my family shun me.... i'm just no longer a jw, as if it was a choice i made.
For years JWs will know how they are to treat a 'no longer a witness', but there will be nothing in writing for a victim's lawyers to point to.
Exactly, Sass! And, yes, I did consider studying law, but with single-parenting and without the grants and such that are available today, I was really unable to do so and it was too late by the time I finally exited the WTS. I think I would have been a cracker-jack legal beagle. Perhaps in my next life.
That's a good one alright. Reminds me of those "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper stickers down here in the South. They'll stop their pickup and kick yer butt if you honk, though.
The best one I ever saw took me totally by surpise. I was in Escondido and it was dusk. I pulled up to a red light behind the first car and glanced down at their bumper sticker just as I was stopping. I almost peed my pants laughing! It read, "What if everyone in the world farted at the same time?"
you know how jws don't 'shun', or at least pretend they don't, because they don't use the word 'shun'?
do you think that soon they won't 'disfellowship', just because the announcement is no longer "sass has been disfellowshipped", it's now "sass is no longer a jw".
technically, if i wasn't disfellowshipped, i can't say that i was disfellowshipped and that my family shun me.... i'm just no longer a jw, as if it was a choice i made.
Sass, this makes me wonder if their move to discontinue the use of the term in their announcements is just the old CYA move to cover them legally, while simply EVERYONE that's a WTS member will understand that the old "shun 'em all anyway" rule still applies. It really sounds like a move to legally protect their ASSets against further law suits.
even though you might think it's painfully obvious, explain why you chose your avatar and/or username.
it could help us faceless "netizens" get to know each other a little better.
open mind.
So many interesting stories behind the user names!
My user name was given to me by Country Girl (Athene), cause we have a similar sense of humor and she swears I'm "bananas." She began calling me "Frannie Banannie, Queen of Franistan." So I adopted it as a user name and email addie.
I started out with a glammed-up banana avatar with a fruit hat like Chiquita Banana character. Then I switched to a head shot of myself all glammed up, but took it down after a while, because a few guys PM'd me expressing an interest and I didn't know them and figured it'd be safer just not to leave it up and give anybody any ideas. After all, the picture is about 5 yrs old and time marches on. It just happens to be marching across my face and body. So now I use the little dancing granny, cause my hair is white and I LURV to boogie and get down. Oh, sometimes I use a Lucille Ball head shot.
However.....were the choice of a user name left up to me, my user name would be something with Phoenix in it and my avatar would be.....
..............cause I left the WTS in flames and I'm rising from the ashes.
go to google.. click on maps.click on 'get directions' at the top.type in 'from' new york.type in 'to' london.now - scroll down to the #24 on the directions.. jeff .
i thought i would laugh till i dropped..
LMAO! Call Ripley's!! Stealth is goin' for a trans-Atlantic swim record!
for company, i'll fix a tender, flaky crust and bake a creamy, cheesy quiche with either, bacon, canadian bacon or ham and top it with diced tomatoes w/green chilies and sour cream.. but just by myself, i lurv to fix hot buttered toast, topped with egg over easy and tomatoes w/green chilies...yummy!.
what's your fav?.
frannie.
Just came back from dinner (burger at a diner with my sister), but this thread is making my mouth water. I love Eggs Benedict too but I have to have the whites cooked thoroughly. Last time I ordered it, we specifically asked for them that way, but they were barely cooked. We should have returned it but they were very busy so we tried eating the rest of it. The waitress noticed and only charged us for one.
Also love corned beef hash with a fried egg or two on top and a little ketchup. I don't even like ketchup, but I like it with hash and eggs. Strange.
I totally agree with those cooked egg whites, Crafty Lady. Your corned beef hash description reminds me of the corned beef hash my Mom used to make when we were growing up. When the potatoes, onions, peppers and corned beef were done, she'd turn the heat off under the skillet, drizzle ketchup all over the top and slap a lid on it. In a little while, she served it up. The ketchup had "melted" into the mixture. Scrumptious!
i love guitar, especially spanish, classic or contemp.
brother apostate mentioned joaquin rodrigo on the classic post which i also have.
i would love to hear about artists that i dont know about.
I absolutely LURV Spanish guitar music....and, of course, a really goooooood R&R and R&B guitar.....somebody that can make 'em talk.
i was always taught that they were so frugal and even poor, just scraping by with neccessities back in brooklyn and at the farm, and in our congs they always harped at everyone to put more in the box since they couldn't make the hall payment or the utilities, etc.. now i am hearing that they are quite well off.
is this mostly from wealthy dubs leaving money to the borg in their wills, or, rich ones donating, (for instance prince or the williams sisters)?.
just curious..
I was always taught that they were so frugal and even poor, just scraping by with neccessities back in Brooklyn and at the Farm, and in our congs they always harped at everyone to put more in the box since they couldn't make the Hall payment or the utilities, etc.
Now I am hearing that they are quite well off. Is this mostly from wealthy dubs leaving money to the borg in their wills, or, rich ones donating, (for instance Prince or the Williams sisters)?
Yes, Threestars, what you were taught is what the WTS heirarchy would like everyone to believe. And it used to be that they acquired a lot of money from donations and wills, properties and insurance policies signed over to them. Now it's due more to the sale of properties in Brooklyn where they'll be getting their funding.
Just in case this could be construed as an example of premature articulation, I'm sure there'll be someone along shortly to verify all this.
Frannie
hey i just joined here i have finally got up the courage to start doing research for myself since i've left the "truth" just wanted to introduce myself and say hi.
my name is anna and i got out of the org.
almost a year ago.
Hi, Missanna! Welcome to the JWD forum! Glad you decided to do some research. Lady Lee's "Best of....." threads in the drop down box at the top is a good place to do research. She's gathered and composed some really helpful info there.
It's funny, yanno. I never could for the life of me remember my baptism date, but I remember very well 02/16/1992 as my exit date.
Frannie
it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.
use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.
1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??
Escondido, CaliforniaDid you ever know any Leonhard's in that area?
No, Shelley. I only remember the Renterias and the Osotayos, couples that I was close to....good people.
My parents started meetings in the Southgate cong. in Garland around 1974. Clark and Eva Sorrels were studying with them.
I was one year old.
I stopped attending meetings about the same time you did.
Daystar, I remember the Sorrells' name. It seems there were two families of Sorrells, but I'm not sure. Wait! That wasn't the doctor, was it? If so, it was only one family and they had a little boy that looked just like the one in the Oscar Meyer Weiners commercial at the time. Also, they were a bit weird, fasting all the time.
