lepermessiah
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Did leaving the WT build greater appreciation for or kill your reading of the Bible?
by lepermessiah ini am really on the fence on this issue right now and would love some opinions.. i find that i dont sit down and read the bible for long periods since becoming inactive, but on the other hand, individual scriptures mean much more to me now.. i will sit down and look up some favorite passages from time to time and feel like its the first time i really "got it" - without the jw goggles on.
i love matthew chapter 23, since i think it describes to a tee the situation in jw congregations.
i think if jesus returned today, he would blast the elders and "leaders" of the borg in a similar fashion (along with most religious leaders) .matthew 24 is actually more interesting to me now, simply because my whole life was waiting for the 1914 generation to end sometime during the reagan era!
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Obedience to Jehovah Is.......
by lepermessiah ina good friend of mine gave his first public talk sunday.. after much prodding, i decided to attend the meeting.
the wt study on sunday (as blondie commented on so well) was more mindless drivel about total obedience to jehovah the elders and the governing body.. two comments struck me - on paragraph 4, the wt conductor asked a specific question on this statement:.
and there have always been some individuals who chose to subject themselves to god, even though they were.
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Did you feel embarassed explaining the Memorial to people?
by lepermessiah ini did...... by the time you were done, they looked at you like you were from another planet.. it was the "you actually believe all of this?
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Interesting picture from the early 1960's - Socialized Medicine in the USA
by lepermessiah inyou might have seen this before, but i was reading up on reagan this weekend........ i always admired him as a leader - i think he was the last great president in the usa.....imo.. .
ronald reagan speaks against socialized medicine!.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:reagan-lpcover.jpg.
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Who writes this garbage? (Barf Bag Alert)
by lepermessiah ini saw the title and just started laughing........ then, notice how the 5 reasons all rhyme - some deft jams!.
too bad biggie or tupac never got a hold of this before their untimely demise....... sorry if this one has been posted on here before.. who writes this stuff - omg .
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What's your favorite Canadian band?
by lepermessiah insince we have a lot of canadian friends on this board, i have to ask - who are your favorite canadian bands?.
mine is rush.
they have been one of my favorite bands ever since i can remember.. they totally rule........the music and lyrics are all top notch.. the other one is the tea party - jeff martin is a genius.
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JW's and Selling Stuff at the Hall
by lepermessiah inmy wife got an invite to a "party" and got me thinking...... one of the biggest things that used to annoy me was how many members of the congregation were involved in those mlm sales schemes or "work from home" companies and they used the kh as the hub of their business.
many of those companies are very legit, and i have no problem with people selling that stuff, its just that people would use their field service tactics to pressure others in the hall to buy stuff.. every week, a member of my family would get invited to a candle party, cosmetics party, tupperware party, vitamin party, etc......you could go bankrupt just from the constant flow of parties and feeling obligated to buy something.. the sad part was that if you turned down the invite or went and didnt buy anything, you would offend the selller!.
then, they would always run around and deliver their orders before and after the meeting (unles the elders put a stop to it), otherwise you would see them out in their car after the meeting distributing everyones' orders.. .
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The reporting of field service time
by lepermessiah inwere any of you really bothered/still bothered by the practice of field service reporting?.
there was an old post on here that got me thinking how the practice got started.. instead of simply being a tool to monitor the progress of the faith, or to see if the work was done "throughout the earth", it appears to me that it was just a tool used to keep the presses rolling and to see how much literature to produce - along with controlling the rank and file.
the average jw gives it no thought, its just another "blessing" from the organization when you hear the monthly reports, etc.. the organization is so statistics-driven that they make jesus out to be a ceo with people who need to meet their sales quotas.i'm sure he really wouldnt care if peter and andrew got 20 hours one month and john got 25. wait, maybe thats why john was "beloved" .
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Went to the local library's book sale.....
by lepermessiah inguess who was very well represented in the "religion" section?
i couldnt believe how many of the wtbs books were there.. i wanted to put a warning "leave brain at door" on the shelf.......... i wonder how many jw's donated those free books and took a hefty tax deduction?.
if that is the case, i could probably make a killer tax deduction.....although my conscience would bother me for actually making that dribble available to the public!
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Ozzy and WT Doctrine!
by lepermessiah inwho was the most villified rocker in my youth?
ozzy...... you couldnt listen to him.
he was pure evil.