some background is posted on the link below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/122891/1.ashx.
last year my brother and i bought my moms house.
one of the things we insisted on is that she get her good for nothing stepchildren out of the house.
I can't stand freeloading deadbeats. I don't know the whole story and there's always two sides to everything, but it sounds to me like you handled everything legally and fairly. Are your step siblings witnesses?
Edited: Sorry, I just read your posted link and see that they are pioneers. Still, let them get a real job and make their own way!
have any of you or people that you know such as relatives or friends, made a very significant donation to the wts?
by that i mean property, or money in excess of let's say $10 000. .
enriching an already very rich organisation has to be moronic, they are the ones that should be helping the poor among them the proverbial orphans and widows.
The WTB&TS is probably thinking they better get it while they can. A lot of the oldtimers from the 40's, 50's, and 60's are dying off now. They are the hard noses...the ones that gave their LIFE to the borg. Why not get their MONEY, too, especially in these "last hours of the last days"!
I don't think the WTS is going to be able to control the minds of the newer generations. The internet is changing that and this generation is a lot more savvy materially. They won't be so easily duped, IMO. It's just too bad that their rightful inheritance is probably going to go to a multi-million dollar corporation rather to family.
no, kingdumb hells do not have traditional images.
they lack crosses, statues, and other symbols that most christian churches have.
however, they do have an image.
It's a business logo. That right there should tell you this organization is a book and magazine publishing company. While the rest of Christianity uses the cross, the WTB&TS uses their own business logo. Connect the dots JWs!
have any of you or people that you know such as relatives or friends, made a very significant donation to the wts?
by that i mean property, or money in excess of let's say $10 000. .
enriching an already very rich organisation has to be moronic, they are the ones that should be helping the poor among them the proverbial orphans and widows.
You "ain't seen nothin' yet!"...as the saying goes.
Wait till the kool-aid version of the WT comes out. I think the pressure will be on the r&f to donate generously more and more. They'll probably be told how Satan is spreading lies and rumors and the legal battles to defend Jehovah's organization is costing the society and "you need to do the right thing" and support heavily their endeavors to overcome Satan's attempts to bring Jehovah's people down.
she actually came out in defense of michael vick.
she said in some parts of the south dog fights are common so we must understand where he's comming from.. well, in some parts of the south people discriminate against african americans.
are we supposed to excuse them, understand them?
Anyways southern people love killing animals. They kill deer and all kinds of other animals with out thinking twice.
LMAO! How blatantly ignorant! Talk about ---isms! What do you call this statement other than stupid.
well i had another dream of my family last night.
i hate those because then the rest of the day i can't stop thinking of them.
in the dream me and my entire family all 8 of us were sitting at dinner in this nice resturant and i look at my mom and say so how do i look a year later?
Regarding the reference to being fat: There's a saying that when you are happy and content, you gain weight. In the dream, Missanna wants her mother to acknowledge that she is happy and content with her life as it is. She wants her to realize that the changes in her life are to be seen as positive ones, not negative ones like her mother thinks.
i'm out of ideas, out of fluff threads.
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i think that the holy sprit that made me start so many threads in the past, left me for good.... lets see, i'll try once more and see if i'll be inspired...... when was your last oil change?
I think you jinxed yourself when you took your old avatar back.
And that's not my ear.
we all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?
the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?
mine?.
"Move Ahead". My dad would always move my head.
Awww, Changeling, I think that's endearing. It reminded me of the family "vacation" in 1963 going to California for the assembly. I would always get carsick in the back, so my mother and daddy let me sit between them in the front seat. Everytime we came to a sign on the highway that said "Beware, soft shoulder", Daddy would reach over and squeeze my left shoulder. Your memory triggered one for me, too.
Most hated Kingdom Songs: Everything in the brown book. Ever since live piano playing was discarded for the cold CD's, I've hated the music. I loved the live orchestra music at the assemblies back in the day.
well i had another dream of my family last night.
i hate those because then the rest of the day i can't stop thinking of them.
in the dream me and my entire family all 8 of us were sitting at dinner in this nice resturant and i look at my mom and say so how do i look a year later?
Missanna
If you wake up with a dream imprinted thoroughly on your mind, it’s telling you something you need to understand. It is not a simple "review of the day" type dream. This one is going deeper.
Everything in a dream has meaning. Some symbols are universal, some are cultural, and some are for you personally. Without knowing you, it’s difficult to interpret everything with total accuracy.
You left out some details that would be necessary for a good dream analysis, but based on just the information given, here is my take:
The dining table represents the family unit. You are altogether as One unit. After all, you ARE a family and nothing can change that.
You initiated the exchange between your mother and yourself, so this is an unresolved issue that YOU have. You want feedback from your mother. You want her to look at who you are today and speak to it. You want her to acknowledge YOUR LIFE and what and who you are TODAY. You are still a part of the family (you still sit at the dining table) and you want her to acknowledge that.
She does acknowledge it, but she does so in a negative way. Rather than happily accepting what you have chosen for your life, she criticizes you. It saddens and angers you that she can’t accept you for who you are and the choices you’ve made for yourself.
You rage at her answer and storm out. You are the one that backs away from the table. You are the one that chose to pull away without finishing the conversation and seeking to resolve the animosity and tension between you two.
Now the next part of your dream is incomplete. When your sister chases you, is she chasing you in anger or out of concern for you being upset? This is a vital piece to this dream puzzle? So, without knowing her state of mind, it’s difficult to interpret, but I’ll try.
This constant effort to unite her family is KILLING your sister. She loves you and is the one coming to you, the one climbing the ladder to YOUR balcony. Is she reaching out to you? Are you pushing her away? Does she get just close enough, then falls back down to square one?
Without knowing all the dynamics in your family, this part of the dream is cloudy. But, I think your issues are unresolved and the way you are dealing with them is by "storming out", leaving them all behind, and pushing away those in the family that may desire a closer relationship.
Could it be that out of 8 people in your family, you can be close to at least one? If you would like to pm me with additional details, I may be able to give you some better insight.
