C'mon Farkel give me a break. Where the hell is your sense of humor? Rick wasn't pissed, why should you be? I think he's a nut and a bit on the grandiose side but you really think this did him harm or was smarmy? Don't you think that Rick's message has been completely exposed? Rick's a good one for attacking the sexuality of those who disagree with him, hell I just made him the Lord since he can pass judgement on everyone. Grain of salt Farkel, grain of salt. "Let us seek peace and pursue it". 1st Apostadelphians 2:41
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How long did Conventions used to be?
by donuthole ini remember as a child in the 1980's attending four day conventions.
i know in the past conventions were even longer.
does anyone know how long they use to last and the approximate years?
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Candlestick 1966, frozen in the morning, cooked alive in the sun during the day and huddled under blankets to avoid freezing in the night. Couldn't make out a thing due to the echo. Wondered why we were there. I was 9. It was at least 5 days.
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Well, sort of. Discuss.
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Father Elders going mad !
by koolaid-man inthe stress on jehovah's witness elders raising their children in "the truth" is causing many to literally go mad.. keeping their children in " the spiritual ark" is becoming more and more difficult.. many elders are snapping under the pressure.. one of our guests on the six screens conference call told of her elder father ( who everyone at the kingdom hall thought was an angel) came home from the meeting and killed the family dog in the kitchen with his bookbag as the family looked on....... join us tonight oct. 22, 2011 at 7 pm edt.
.... our guest will be wendy lee tucker former jw whose father was an elder and terribly abused her physically and emotionally.. she received horrific beatings..... hit with a bat, punched at, receiving a broken nose and became a prisoner in her home.. wendy was looked in her room with the doors being nailed shut when the family went off to the kingdom hall.. a far cry fom being a "spiritual paradise".
it is easy to get on the call....no computer is necessary.... just dial 712-432-8710 and when asked for pin use 9925. our lines open at 6:30 pm edt.....so come on early and talk with all those who have been "touched by the tentacles of the watchtower".
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Simon, why do you put up with this guy?
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Just came back from the two-day Assembly at the Yuba Assembly Hall.
by Chemical Emotions insurprisingly, i have little to say about.
nothing really stood out to me, unlike the convention.
it was all the same.. did anyone else get that feeling?
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I understand they just completed a major retrofit of the building. They remodeled the bathrooms and ended up having to strengthen the walls etc. Haven't been there in a number of years. I used to give parts there in the early 90's. Now I won't go near that huge storage shed. Everyone in there is putting their life on hold.
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What do the words "right" and "wrong" really mean?
by mankkeli inin a previous thread, i proposed an alternative method for addressing morality.
instead of looking at a behavior as "right" or "wrong", i suggested that we look at it as either kind or unkind.
in so doing, i was attempting to divorce human behavior from acts based on obligation.. .
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Right is when you have the pink slip. Wrong is when you fart in an elevator.
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You might have a problem when the conversation ends with your wife walking away from you...fingers in her ears.....yelling " Jehovah help me! Jehovah help me!"
by oompa inbut when they end like that three times....it's strike three... or maybe it was strike #3,333,333.......but it is sad and painful for us both i know.....a person must be in a very very bad place to act like that in front a man you have loved and been intimate with for 15 years....and at that moment i am satan in front of her....a begging pleading attempting to reason satan...but still satan to her and her friends.....but this nice woman needs satan out of her life now....oompa.
i am not a bad person...i am not satan...i asked her why she thought i had tried so hard....told her that if she was in a burning building just how hard would she think i would try to get her out??
she did not like that analogy either...so i have started the painful process...the building is going to burn to the ground now....and i will never put her through that fingers in ears thing again.... and i will be fair and reasonable....and pay her the alimony and give her half....i could so be a satan to her in divorce....but i won't!...i can at least prove to them all that i am decent man...and not mentally diseased or satan.....and ahhhhh i feel good about that....plus both my boys are free now...
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She said she wants out? I haven't followed the history of this, sorry. I can't imagine its the only answer but I can see how it may be. Doesn't love prevail? I always thought it would. Sorry Oompa.
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Shocked at what my 3 year old just asked me
by jwfacts inme - jehovah?
who is jehovah?.
me - oh.. zac - are you happy with me dad for remembering jehovah.
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Early indoctrination is the key. She's implanting garbage in. You'll later get garbage out. I'd find a way to ward off the crap while the mind is still a blank slate. She's forming his life's opinions about God. Don't let her commit thought crime.
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Good to study JW past .... New "Writing Archives" under direction of the Writing Committee
by wannabefree inyes friends, it is important to understand your rich spiritual heritage as jehovah's witnesses, and so you don't have to look at old publications on your own or refer to worldly sources, the organization is pleased to select for you the history as we want you to have it and you can get it in your current watchtower.. from january 15, 2012 watchtower pg 31-32. the governing body is keenly interested in.
our theocratic history.
in commenting on the.
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I'm sure they will only reference curious things. Things not important or insightful. It will be a true scrub job. We'll see.
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No More Missionaries
by Lunatic Faith inhas anyone heard about this?
we received an email from an old friend who is still an elder and doesn't know what we are up to.
"a change, they are no longer training missionaries and sending them into foreign fields.
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Missionaries are representatives of the WT Society. This brings liability for their actions, right? I'm sure they are covering their ass as well as saving money.
