i just received this news from a bro who has connections in bethel.... .
bro albert d schroeder died at 10:30 am new york time today at brooklyn bethel...he was 94 yrs old.. he was born on april 7, 1911 in saginaw, michigan and entered bethel service in 1932. he was appointed a member of the governing body on december 18, 1974. bro schroeder's life story appeared in the march 1, '88 wt pages 10-17: entitled: "my life in jehovah's spirit-directed organization.".
i don't know if the "today" means it was actually today...as i can't be sure when my friend received this news... but anyway, another of the old guys bites the dust.. .
He was a killer, just like the rest of them.Good riddance. The stubborn unfeeling 'old guard' at the WTS needs to go away -- the sooner the better.
Unfortunatly my Dub Brainwashing wont let me believe in Hell... Which is a shame because I'd like to believe this is were hes gone.
g'day rude people,
some of you are just now learning what long-suffering older posters have known all along i can be very annoying!
my rising paranoia tells me enemies are setting up all around ... golf keeps whacking me with his #12 iron, the elders keep threatening to take me to the backroom, and even the mild mannered caveman comes out to kick me in the go-nuts
Its friday night hes down the pub Unless hes out in the bush in his humpy, in which case hes probably rubbing dog food round his nuts and trying to entice that good looking dingo hes been after for weeks. LOL *Trips over a discarded bucket while laughing*
from the 2005 cdrom there are plenty of references to russia being the king of the north.
this starts, as far as i found, at least as early as 1960. what is more difficult to locate are articles that imply that russia is the last kofn.
if anyone has any handy please paste them.
Ok My mistake about Germany being the KOTN. It came from an apostate site that I read
That'll teach me
if anyone was reading a post of mine a few months back, i posted that i was doing a course and some exams for work and that the announcement was made shortly after i started the course that i was being made redundant.
well... tomorrow is my last day!!!
(or to be precise last half day as we're all going to the pub at lunch time and i wont be returning) .
Last day in the office?!
Last chance to sit on the photocopier and hand the printouts to the people you hate
g'day rude people,
some of you are just now learning what long-suffering older posters have known all along i can be very annoying!
my rising paranoia tells me enemies are setting up all around ... golf keeps whacking me with his #12 iron, the elders keep threatening to take me to the backroom, and even the mild mannered caveman comes out to kick me in the go-nuts
What ever happened to "THINK" ? was he stumbled away by a certain person coming on to him?
back in 1970, i found myself moving into one of the largest council estates in the uk.
leigh park is a massive housing complex owned by portsmouth city council.
it houses those who cant afford their own homes by offering subsidised rents.
Found it
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/17675/1.ashx
Hmmmm answering my own posts, good way to get my "nearly Jedi" status back
lol
back in 1970, i found myself moving into one of the largest council estates in the uk.
leigh park is a massive housing complex owned by portsmouth city council.
it houses those who cant afford their own homes by offering subsidised rents.
Bloody hell, wheres part two of this?
i've seen how some (not me) are still bewildered and still searching for "the truth" and are unhappy.
what's your status?
?
I was as miserable as Sin for the first year, completely lost. I didn't know who or what I was or where I was going But I started to make mates, form relationships and get my life back together. Now I'm as Happy as Larry and I'm a much better, happier, grounded person than I ever was as a dub.
The most important thing I learnt in the world was to stop judging people.
one of the key things i have noticed since leaving the witnesses and interacting with other faiths, is that they often mention the word "miracle!
" in that they will claim that their god had performed some sort of miracle in their life that brought about something amazing.
it is not always christians who say this either, as many of my "pagan" friends and myself have had spirit driven moments that were something that could not be displaced as "chance.
I experienced some events like these and I personally think their are very real and not demons. If I had experienced these as a Witness and shared them with the congregation, I would have been counseled and if I continued to believe them and express that, I would have been disfellowshipped.
I don't think that's strictly true about being disfellowshipped for believing in miracle's. The Year books often had stories about brothers and sisters who had weird experiences like being invisible to soldiers, being able to leap over fences that a normal human couldn't. They would attribute these events to angles or Jehovah.
The fact these stories made it into publication must mean that the org gives (or gave) some credence to the claims.
g'day rude people,
some of you are just now learning what long-suffering older posters have known all along i can be very annoying!
my rising paranoia tells me enemies are setting up all around ... golf keeps whacking me with his #12 iron, the elders keep threatening to take me to the backroom, and even the mild mannered caveman comes out to kick me in the go-nuts
PMSL
