The wanderer
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The truth about the donation arrangement
by Wolfgirl ini never knew this...just found it today.
made me giggle.. payment of sales tax on literatureon 17 january1990 the u.s. supreme court made a ruling that sales tax must be paid on religious literature.
the following month, a letter from the watchtower society went out to all congregations stating that there would no longer be a set price for literature but that they would be given to the public on a donation basis.
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Thanksgiving ? Have you left the mind control?
by AK - Jeff inwe always did the 'family thing' on t-day, excusing our dinner in that manner.
many witnesses i knew did the same.. now, i proudly do it as thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings and not one ounce of guilt.. this year i do it with a 7 foot fully lit xmas tree in the lr.
no guilt there either.. any still struggling with leftover jw holiday guilt syndrome?.
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Met a small group of Jehovah's Witnesses today
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #000099} .style4 {color: #003399} .style5 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000099; } .style6 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #ece9d8; } --> met a small group of jehovah's witnesses today a couple of jehovah's witnesses came to my door today.
first my reaction was that i was not interested and i let them know.
that as i was closing the door.. however, after i closed the door it dawned on me to question them.
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purpose
by coolhandluke inagent smith said:there is no escaping reason; no denying purpose.
because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.
it is purpose that created us.
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The Code of Silenceand the Watchtower Society
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style4 {font-size: 14px} .style5 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #cba67a; } --> the code of silenceand the watchtower society in his book crisis of conscience, ray franz gives the public an in-.
siders view and perspective of the governing body and the watch-.
tower society.
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Should I just say no?
by hambeak inmy partners brother is being released from state prison on 12/7 and jake has to go to huntsville to pick him up.
i am cooking a big thanksgiving dinner and his mom wants me to duplicate it when the a**hole gets home and cook a big dinner for x-mas too.
i get 1 day off a week and i am starting to resent being the fricking maid.
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Your Dynamic Personalityhow do others see it?
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #ff9900} .style4 { color: #ff9900; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } --> your dynamic personalityhow do others see it?
in life you encounter hundreds, thousands, and even tens of .
thousands of unique individuals and personalities.one thing.
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What can 25,000 members on this board do?
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style5 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #996699; } --> what can 25,000 members on this board do?have you ever wanted to do something really great and re-.
ceive recognition for it?
one thing that many of us on this board have in common is .
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This is so huge.
by La Capra inwhen i was four, i believed that my life could be painfully and tortuously taken from me, in a ball of flame, crashing down from the heavens, just while i sitting down to a bowl of oatmeal in the morning.. when i was nine, i believed that my life, as i then knew it, would be drastically altered, that i would be tortured for being a jw, and after suffering for who knows how long, i would die (because i still hadn't lived up to jehovah's expectations).. when i was 13, i wanted to be a nuclear physicist-because it sounded cool, but in the meantime i believed that i would die in armageddon because i wanted to go to college, get really educated, and have a great, "worldly" life.. when i was 15, i felt guilty that i hoped armageddon would never come, because i so desperately wanted to go to college.. when i was 17, i was offered an honors early admissions in a prestigious program in a highly regarded engineering program.
my mother flat out said, "no!".
when i was 18, i scuttled semi-secretly to the local university, part-time, trying to hide my daily activities without actually lying to anyone.. when i was 19 i quit pretending and disassociated.
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Post Watchtower experiencesand other positive thoughtsa survivors tale
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {font-size: 14px} .style4 {font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #597cb6; } --> post watchtower experiencesand other positive thoughtsa survivors tale tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes, there is one thing that all.
of these disasters have in common, and that is they all havesurvivors.. so, to, do human institutions such as concentration camps, prison camps.
and yes, even religious institutions such as the watchtower society.. taking the good out of a bad situation some times individuals will look on the misfortunate circumstances that.