what has happened to this place??!!.
i left this board a while back to reorganize and get refocused.
the vibe of jwd was changing and the forum became "unbalanced" (for lack of a better word).
Oh, I think Barbie as being humorous. In the distant past, whenevr there was the beginning of a stoush, people would get out their popcorn - indicating they were spectators at the contest (entertainment wise) - Get it?
Also, a way of damping down the heat was to change the subject by asking what is your favorite pizza topping.
So, a bit of humor here and it doesn't do any of us any harm.
Now, what's your favorite pizza topping?
what has happened to this place??!!.
i left this board a while back to reorganize and get refocused.
the vibe of jwd was changing and the forum became "unbalanced" (for lack of a better word).
bikerchic:
Perhaps people will see (well, we can only hope, eh?) that Frank's demonstrating the answer to the thread title?
i got a pm from richie.
shockingly, he has a side to the story!
so i have a legitimate sounding story from richie, who i know to be a young, rebellious man.
Seems to me...........................
..... that we read two types of threads. One type is the discussion of beliefs, events etc. In other words, it's in the 'third person' and generally we can exchange views on the facts of the matter quite easily and often with stimulation.
The other type of post is the one which is a chronicle of the poster's life with all of its drama and emotion. This type of post is the one where subterfuge and fraud may be used. We've seen that, of course, on occasions and just recently too (dedpoet/Trevor). They are so prone to exaggeration and manipulation that I've taken the stance for myself of paying no great heed to them.
Too often I think to myself, "this is a con" (Australian fo fraud) and am amazed that so many get involved in other people's dramas, real or imagined.
Did Richie lie? Frankly I don't give a stuff; I have no interest one way or the other. It saddens me that the cyber world has replaced reality for so many.
Cheers, Ozzie (Truth in Posting class)
a brother from the 1st ministerial training school in australia, quit his missionary assignment in asia.
the society had to send him in as an english teacher otherwise missionaries are not given visa's.
so on assignment he had to teach english part-time for a small wage.
Witness 007:
Ozzie Post you seem to be holding back
Yep, I can understand it may be frustrating. It's just that I don't believe it appropriate to needlessly publicise names unles absolutely necessary. I do believe that the actions should be rightly discussed and condemned but not the names.
Cheers, Ozzie
BTW you from Sydney too?
a brother from the 1st ministerial training school in australia, quit his missionary assignment in asia.
the society had to send him in as an english teacher otherwise missionaries are not given visa's.
so on assignment he had to teach english part-time for a small wage.
Roski:
Just wondering if the country was Laos? If so, it didn't sit well with me at the time that this happended -
I don't recall him being in the first class; in any case i wouldn't shed a tear for the person I suspect you have in mind. He did more than OK when he got back.
Witness 007:
I knew alot of people back then and was told alot of negative experiences which I would brush aside. I spoke with the Brother involved a number of times but we were not best friends or anything.
Whilst i don't deny the society's action, I still think you have in mind someone I knew very well and I think you'll find upon making more enquiries that there's more to the situation.
hi there i have only signed up on here a couple of days ago after 8 years of being left.
i have always read the posts along the way but have never had the courage to join in till now i suppose it shows i must be moving along.
i was brought up in the truth but never ever believed it even from a young age.
The only ones who seem to walk away and successfully put it out
of their concerns are those that leave behind nobody or whose
loved ones in WTS have passed away. Sorry for the downer.
That's been our experience too.
How we envy those people who don't have any family members 'in' ! The only connection or even remorely relevant connection with the borg is because of immediate family members being loyal Borgites.
But we have found that as the years pass the further into the dim grey past the life of a dub seems to us.
a brother from the 1st ministerial training school in australia, quit his missionary assignment in asia.
the society had to send him in as an english teacher otherwise missionaries are not given visa's.
so on assignment he had to teach english part-time for a small wage.
Witness 007:
So. let's 'cut to the chase' here. How well do you know this person?
Are you thinking of the person who had to return to Australia 'under a cloud' ?
Cheers, Ozzie
a brother from the 1st ministerial training school in australia, quit his missionary assignment in asia.
the society had to send him in as an english teacher otherwise missionaries are not given visa's.
so on assignment he had to teach english part-time for a small wage.
Yep, that's the way it was.
Now, do you know him personally? Is it you perhaps?
If so, we know each other very well.
this may seem like a shameless plug for www.freeminds.org.
but it's not.. randy has been a source of significant information for me (and countless others) over the last decade(s), and very recently sent me (at his expense) some additional information about the wts.. now, one thing i must say is that randy and i do not share the same ideologies about religious perspectives.
but, ya know what?
Randy has been a great help to Mrs Ozzie and I and so we treasure him greatly.
isn't it amazing to see that the wts are fond of decrying christmas, yet each year they publish a christmas edition of the watchtower magazine!.
they make all sorts of claims about christmas and how wrong it is and all that but never fail to bring feature articles in thir december issues that take advantage of that.. what hypocrites!.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20021215/article_01.htm.
Folks,
This person posting this time as Guest01210 has been allowed enough latitude, perhaps more than enough, but amply demonstartes the need for what I'm going to do. This person has had a fixation with spoiling different threads and when I called him out he has taken his ground on this thread for his battle, gaining the attention he wanted all along.
Guest01210 is deleted.
