tonight i heard one of the most cruel and twisted comments i've ever heard at the platform.
the topic was the apocalypse and whether or not children will be slaughtered.
through one side of his mouth, the po stated that the bible is not clear on the matter, while out the other side he pointed to all those old testament accounts where children were killed.
I know of a cure for AIDS that can be found in a botanical extract, but I am waiting for the right time to disclose it to the world health community as I see fit.You're a damned liar!catchthis
No I'm not. I simply choose not to disclose the cure, the same way in that you choose not to disclose the real reason why the WTS "fellated" the beast.
an elder told me the book is jehovah's latest provision to cleanse his organization.. he said soon all people that have drifted, inactives, and others baptized and not complying with the biblical mandates for a jw, will be visited and given an option to shape up or ship out.. he said that if the person refuses the help offered by the congregation they'll be notified of the date of disfellowshipping and given time to appeal the decision.. he was so happy stating that this way jehovah's organization was preparing for the final clean-up before armageddon.
he sounded so convincing that it almost made perfect sense what he was saying.
i got goose bumps listening to his reasoning.. dy
Sounds about right to me. But I believe they already started this witch hunt compassionate shepherding work at the beginning of this year.
tonight i heard one of the most cruel and twisted comments i've ever heard at the platform.
the topic was the apocalypse and whether or not children will be slaughtered.
through one side of his mouth, the po stated that the bible is not clear on the matter, while out the other side he pointed to all those old testament accounts where children were killed.
It was nothing more than "theocratic warfare," waged for a purpose that I won't disclose to you.
I know of a cure for AIDS that can be found in a botanical extract, but I am waiting for the right time to disclose it to the world health community as I see fit.
catchthis
p.s. don't bother replying telling me that I do not know what I am talking about, because I do. I just choose not to disclose what I know to you.
there are umpteen threads about the memorial already.
did anyone else ever get a weird feeling as the emblems were passed?
even when i was a hardcore dub, i always had a strange feeling in my gut.
Looking back I always got a funny feeling in my gut too.
Thank goodness. I was hoping I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
there are umpteen threads about the memorial already.
did anyone else ever get a weird feeling as the emblems were passed?
even when i was a hardcore dub, i always had a strange feeling in my gut.
I always get nervous that kids or one of the nutties will drop the wine glass.
That's funny, because I always thought if that were to happen, it would break the somber tone of the CELEBRATION. It might actually bring a few smiles to some faces.
we did.. we used to call them "memorial saints".
they were the fringe members, the fallen away, the disfellowshipped, those who had their own private pipeline to jehovah, bible studies, good-will, disinterested husbands, delinquent kids, prophets, lunatics and uncle tom cobley and all.. in short, all the weirdo's that could be mustered together on just one night of the year.
but it got the numbers up.
I never really was the judging type. I honestly left the judging up to Jah. But if anything, I was peeved at those few inactive bros and sisters that would show up for the memorial or CO's visit. I felt that if they could show up for that, then why not the other meetings?? What else could they be possibly doing with their lives?
Otherwise, no, I did not feel superior to other witnesses. That might have had something to do with me never wanting to be an MS or higher. In my past congregations, elitism wasn't really based on your rank in the org, it was the materialism that you surrounded yourself with - your overall wealth.
there are umpteen threads about the memorial already.
did anyone else ever get a weird feeling as the emblems were passed?
even when i was a hardcore dub, i always had a strange feeling in my gut.
Yes I know. There are umpteen threads about the memorial already. Why another one, right?
Did anyone else ever get a weird feeling as the emblems were passed? Even when I was a hardcore dub, I always had a strange feeling in my gut. Back then, I could never figure out why I felt this way. I knew that what we were doing was the correct way and that Christendom's way was dead wrong.
That feeling became even more pronounced as the emblems were passed between the MS's and elders at the end of the passing. I always thought to myself that they were handling the emblems more than anyone else so why was it necessary for them to sit back down in their seats in the front and have the emblems passed yet again? To make it appear more official? The clincher was the passing of the emblems to the speaker. That was always a hoot to watch. One of the brothers would one-step on the stage and hand the plate or glass to the speaker for a split second and then the speaker would hand it back immediately.
Looking back now, I think my 'weird' gut feeling was an embarassment of sorts. In most halls, new people or studies were in attendance. Many had never stepped into the hall before and did not know what to expect. For a dub though, the routine is the same each and every year. Maybe in the back of my mind I knew what we were doing was incorrect and I felt embarassed that these worldly people might have been thinking, "Good god. These people are weirdos."
So did anyone else ever get these strange gut feelings? Or was it just me? I've always wondered about this but never asked another witness.
was anyone able to record this?
i only caught the last half hour of the show along with my wife.
the program was called 'twins in peril.
Was anyone able to record this? I only caught the last half hour of the show along with my wife. The program was called 'Twins in Peril.' It was previously aired on Feb. 22. The next airing will be on the 26th.
Anyways, I have shown information on TTTS to my wife in the past and she basically refused to read any of it because it came from the web AND that it goes against the Society's stance that only small blood fractions pass between mother and child(one of their reasons for allowing minor blood fractions). But last night was different. She actually was saying "hmmm" in a curious way. She is an avid Discovery Channel viewer and loves most programs that air. I think this one particular program may have opened up a little doorway in her mind. At least it made her think about the known existence of whole blood transfer between humans.
Of course, the WTS will never address this medical condition. If they do, they will be forced to do away with the blood doctrine. Do they really want to do that just yet?
http://health.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=111885&gid=0&channel=DHC
there is apparently no chance at all of her ever recovering from her present state, but do you think she should live or die?
for myself, i think she's better off dead than living---no, existing---in her present state.
i for one, have instructed my family to let me die if something like this ever happened to me.
1. On the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night, he illustrated a perfect example where Bush puts his priorities. Remember the tsunami? Why didn't Bush leave Crawford, TX to come back to DC to sign a bill to give assistance to those countries affected, but cut short his vacation this time to sign a bill over a single human that he has never met?
2. Terri didn't have a living will, power of attorney, etc. prepared beforehand. This makes her husband the de facto caregiver and guardian. If she were to have preferred that her parents take over in case of something such as this, one, she should have said so in a will, and two, she shouldn't have married her husband. She made the decision to marry him, it wasn't forced upon her. This just shows how everyone today needs to plan for the future without putting it off. Your *life* is in the care of your closest kin, including by marriage.
3. The money. At this point, no one knows the motives of either the husband or the parents. It could quite possibly be that the parents never liked the husband and he never liked them. If it's personal, that is their problem, not Congress.' After all these years, I'm sure both parties are drooling over the payout. If you were to take away the money aspect, I wonder where everyone would stand then? Threatening to cut a baby in half comes to mind.... I would love to hear either party say that they would give all money received to a charity. That would be the truest indicator.
4. This entire political drama is just disgusting. Why on earth the government would get involved in this case is beyond me. A rallying of the religious right? Sounds about right to me.
on sunday they released the new version of the om book.
( i'm not sure if they still call it the om book) but i got myself 3 copies.
i might sell one of them.
Is it more difficult to scan a hard cover book than it is a paperback?
