i often wonder if anyone has a good consistent leak from the top level of the wtbts.
if not how can we get one, one with high level clearance.
they can't want much, probably just another $110 per month or whatever they are getting now, times are tough.. nothing would shake the borg more than consistent correct information coming out early via the internet.. nothing is sacred, all is revealed through a well hidden leak.. mtm.
I don't think overt, immediate, bribery would work for most Bethelites.
Most Bethelites have already bought into long-term bribery from the Org. This is not the "Real Life". They will get their pay-off of dead people's mansions and tiger petting if they remain loyal to the Watchtower and run like hell from demonized Apostates.
Just my $.02.
om
the condensed history set, to the music of the william tell overture.... some guy in the mid to late 19th century named c t russell felt spiritually disenchanted.
didn't believe in hell and other traditional christian beliefs that he grew up around.
so he read a lot, and got exposed to a lot of ideas.
Very well writ.
Thanks Jeff.
om
dad was a great man, great, despite the religion.
he was powerful, tall and intelligent, yet humble and kind.
he was an introvert, and a circuit overseer.
So very sorry for your loss.
Thank you for sharing your father's memory with us.
Wishing you strength & serenity during the funeral.
om
i was watching the cnn this evening..watched hilliary clinton walk towards some dignataries in a foreign land.
i saw that she was well dressed in a pant suit.
she is the us secretary of state, and what she wore was dignified.
No pant suits for women.
No beards for brothers.
It's not modest and well-arranged.
Pay no attention to the US Secretary of State who wears pant suits or the US Chairman of the Federal Reserve who has a neatly trimmed beard.
om
i thought i would never get my college degree from a university in this century at the age of 48 but i did it and graduated with an "a-" average.
i did this all the while working a full time job and going to school full time.
it can be done and now i love school to death.
Congratulations booker-t!!!
I was content with my B.A. (Bachelor of Awake!) for the first few decades of my life.
I'm now working on my M.A. ( Master of Apostasy ).
But someday I'd like to be a PhD. ( Pretty holistic dude. )
om
*holistic as in well-rounded, not the mystical stuff
here is one i am listening to:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfl6atx1i4&feature=related.
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Speaking of hugs, I don't think anyone has given JRK one.
You didn't specifically say you were feelin down, but just in case:
((((((JRK ))))))
Take care of yourself,
om
here is a (transcribed) letter that all elders received regarding the elder school of 2012. the emphasis is not mine.. this letter is your invitation to attend the school for congregation elders at the location and dates shown below:.
please acknowledge receipt and acceptance of this invitation by completing and returning the enclosed confirmation form to the school for congregation elders desk using the enclosed pre-addressed envelope.
this should be returned no more than two weeks after receipt of this letter.
"Please carefully read and follow all the instructions described below."
and follow?!?
That was hilarious!
Looks like the bar for entry into the Elder's Club just keeps getting lower and lower.
om
ok so i tie into the meeting just to hear if something new is being said during the announcements and i tied in early tonight.
well the school overseer apparently just passed out 10 minutes ago.
i thought my phone line had gone down but then the po's cboe's elder's son went on with the meeting.
steve2: Very well writ.
om
i have seldom given money to beggars.
i have often thought that many are people who just do not want to work.
however, i am starting to wonder if i ought to: and how much to give?.
When the spirit moves me. Which is fairly often.
I'm with Shelby. If I give it, there's no strings attached. If it buys them a drink or some other fix, that's their choice.
om
it has been a hellacious five years for many in my family...especially my poor jw wife who could almost walk on water damm it...she is a saint.....and i so hate i have hurt her in so many ways....and i mean that.....but it has hell for me too since third grade as i never fit in..... or 1995 or both of course...that damm generation of 1914 thingy being kicked to the curb..... and me knowing it was now all bs since then just as i thought it was before......you mean really???
?......you mean i actually am going to grow old and die?!?!?
!....no fukkin way?!
How very, very, sweet it is.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
om
