here i am, getting old and having my teeth and fillings (literally!
) falling apart now, and barely any dental coverage.
i just feel so sad and pissed off that i didn't do more when i was a jw and actually had coverage at the time.... .
MW...your story reminded me of when I was younger and feared the dentist. Prior to any visit to the dentist I would pray every night for the big A to arrive so I wouldn't have to go through the needles and the drilling...
FS...you have a lovely smile...
we all were told, even in these stupid songs we sang at the kingdom hall that our brothers would die for us because they loved us so much!
they had the love of jesus christ so deep, they would do anything to make sure we stayed aboard the patterson ark.. .
now i can't create a fancy time-line like the july 15, 2013 watchtower that shows all those cool pictures and charts.
NONE...That's the way I like it...JWs are conditional friends...and I no longer wish to submit to conditions.
i'm so glad i have been able to be puttering around my yard, planting flowers, pulling weeds, drinking coffee while on the porch, instead of being locked in a stuffy kingdom hall, being bored to death, watching the clock and hoping nobody was going to be long-winded on the comments at the watchtower and we would end up overtime.
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isn't it great to be able to have a leisurely sunday morning?.
Earlier today I rode my motorcycle by the Auditorium and saw that the parking lot was full...The sign above the main entrance read: Watch Tower Convention...for a short moment I remembered how the last few hours of the Sunday sessions were torture and I just couldn't wait for the convention to end. Of course, the closing prayer would serve as a review of the whole program and would include how this was the best convention ever....blah,blah,blah. I twisted the throttle and sped away free to enjoy the beautiful day.
I used to go to the Kitchener DC...Now when I go to this arena is to play hockey.
this from a recent thread: .
"recent ridiculous instructions about not calling 9-1-1 yourself at district conventions if someone is having a heart attack but, instead, telling an attendant, who is supposed to let the first aid department know so they can come and assess the person and then call the paramedics.".
i hadn't heard this before.... sadly, it seems in perfectly in character for them.
Either the WTS knows very little on how emergency services work or that they want to avoid disruption at all cost by having a "qualified" brother make the call and move the incident victim to a more private place so the meeting can go on...
this from a recent thread: .
"recent ridiculous instructions about not calling 9-1-1 yourself at district conventions if someone is having a heart attack but, instead, telling an attendant, who is supposed to let the first aid department know so they can come and assess the person and then call the paramedics.".
i hadn't heard this before.... sadly, it seems in perfectly in character for them.
Today everyone owns a cell phone and I am pretty sure 911 attendants are accustomed to receive and handle multiple calls for the same event...the Boston bombing must have genetated thousands of calls...so what's a few calls from an assembly hall going to change? As many said, every second counts for victims of heart attacks...except maybe for those who have resurrection as a back up...
my grandmother asked me to read to her so i asked her what she wanted me to read.
was the watchtower, but she specfically asked for the one with "the timeline.
it for a few days and apparently hasn't read up.
Thank you all for bringing out all that info in one thread.
what do you think a witness would say when shown this quote, then the proof of the 1914, 1925 predictions?.
"true, there have been those in times past who predicted an "end to the world," even announcing a specific date.
yet nothing happened.
Marked
hi all.. i'm a newbie from paris, france.
so please forgive my english grammar, it might be some times...improper.
27, got baptised at 16 (for a girl...i never had).
Syl,
Making friends on the outside is pivotal to your escape because of possibly loosing "friends" and family who will reject you if you leave the cult. Remember that they strongly believe they're demonstrating love to you, but mostly to God by shunning you. So join a football team or motorcycle club and take part in their charity rides. You will quickly make new friends who will support if or when things get rough.
Ça marche pour moi...
quote from april 2013 our kingdom ministry; available on here: http://jwleaks.org/ .
" even if they are too young to understand everything that is discussed, children can be trained to remain awake and sit.
quietly.
My parents were proud to relate how well behaved we were at the meetings when we were young. It only took a few good spankings when returning home after a meeting where we had acted like any normal kids who are bored to death. I recall a single father making his early teen son stand in the corner at the front of the hall because he wasn't following in his Bible...imagine the humiliation of being called out in front of the whole congregation. It's no surprise the kid rebelled and eventually went to jail for killing a drug dealer...
