Posts by BizzyBee

I sit on my toilet at home daily, and while I do so, I have tile work on the ground and wallpaper on the walls with a pattern. While I look at them, I swear sometimes the images make faces, animals, and other items and yet I know they are just patterns and my eyes trying to make sense of them with images it knows.

free2: Or, perhaps you're just eating too much fruit.

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July KM for USA: Get ready, here come the ex-Bethelites!

by sir82 in

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friends

text of article on page 3 of the usa kingdom ministry for july:.

title: they have set an example of faithfulness.

the year 1937 witnessed the beginning of a new avenue of full-time service--the special pioneer activitiy.

BizzyBee

They have been willing to sacrifice material comforts in order to serve in places of special need. Some are now advanced in years and face poor health, or they confront other challenging circumstances.

"Other challenging circumstances"? Besides the poor health that comes with old age, what could these circumstances be? Lack of financial planning, perhaps? Trusting in Armageddon occurring before they would need retirement benefits, perhaps? Trusting that the publishing corporation that they helped to thrive would take care of them, perhaps?

I think sir and Mary nailed it - this KM article, in all its transparency, is shameless. The WTS should be ashamed! While Judah Ben Schroeder is educated at the expense of the WTB&TS, the sincere people who actually worked in the trenches are sent to the congos to be taken care of in their declining years.

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I hate going to the meetings!

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

got to shave, got to dress, got to sit through crap, got to answer up and smile and greet.

it is 6.30pm on a tuesday night... here we go again.

why do i have to go to the meetings!

BizzyBee

Why do I have to go to the meetings!

You tell us..........why do you have to go to the meetings?

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CULT CULT CULT

by minimus in

i have read many opinions about jw's being a cult.a dictionary describes cult as a system of religious beliefs and ritual .. some have viewed even major religions as a cult, such as the roman catholic church.based upon webster almost anybody or anything that is viewed as ritualistic could be said to be cultic.when someone tries to negate jehovah's witnesses by using.

the "cult" word, i believe they are not seeing that many others could legitimately be regarded as a cult or at least "cultic".therefore the word loses alot of meaning.

some have said that the watchtower is a cult because of the control factor.

BizzyBee

From my old, much-used Sociology textbook, for what it's worth:

"The sect is an exclusive and uncompromising religious organization, usually one that has split off from a denomination for doctrinal reasons. Particularly in the period soon after the founding of a sect, its adherents are generally recruited by conversion, with membership restricted to those who give continuing proof of their commitment. The sect is usually less socially "respectable" than the denomination, and its members are usually of lower socio-economic status. Intolerant of other religious organiations, it is dogmatic and fundamentalist, believing that its particular interpretation of the Scriptures is the literal and only route to salvation. The sect also tends to be indifferent or hostile to political authority, which it often regards as too worldly and corrupt. Sects usually have no trained clergy, and rituals of worship emphasize emotion, spontaneity, and extensive participation by the congregation........Contemporary North American sects include Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Amish and Hassidic Jews."

"Unlike the sect, which attempts to revive or reinterpret older doctrines, the cult emphasizes the new, drawing symbols and rituals from beyond the religious mainstream. It usually has few coherent doctrines and imposes minimal demands on believers: it is open to almost anyone who wishes to participate. The members tend to have relatively low commitment to the organization and people drift in and out of the group. Cults include Rosicrucians, spiritualists, and believers in astrology and transcendental meditation."

WTS is too well-organized at this point to be a cult - upgrade them to a sect. However, that doesn't mean they aren't all a bunch of lying, murthering wankers!

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4 JW's KILLED by TRAIN out in SERVICE

by DannyHaszard in

train crash victims spreading word about jehovah's witness faith

fifty-six-year-old annie johnson of somerville, 54-year-old rosa jones ... waff

2 hours ago

BizzyBee

So very sad - the families must be devastated.

A sad aspect of this story is that the memorial services for these women will be used to the hilt for a witness-talk to the audience, rather than an opportunity to grieve a terrible loss of life and memorialize the individuals.

My uncle died several years ago from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on his way to field service. Just rolled the car suddenly - we will never know why, possibly a heart attack or a bee inside the car?

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What movie makes you cry?

by MsMcDucket in

everytime, i watch the movie "a time to kill", i cry.

that movie gives me chill bumps!

that's one of the reasons why i love *************(dang!

BizzyBee

Okay - old black and white - Penny Serenade - I dare you to sit through it without an entire box of kleenex! Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.

Also - The Way We Were - B Streisand and Robert Redford - a real snort fest -

More later................just got home from a Chicago/Huey Lewis concert.............the audience was so old! Hey! Me and Mr. Bee, too..........ha ha .................!