once upon a time, there was a military commander named fabius maximus (the name sounds silly, i know, like gluteous maximus).
he faced a more powerful enemy he could not directly defeat - and so was born "the fabian strategy".. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabius_maximus.
it worked in the american revolution.. it worked in vietnam.
Breakfast of Champions said -- Yes, I believe you are correct. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
AGREED +1
They can survive for a long time. They will have to sell real estate and live off that - but slowly -but surely - it will happen. UNLESS ------ they stop being a publishing organization -and become a construction organization- built off free/cheap labor. It may buy them another 30 years or more.
in he's nephews book i could not believe some of the things he mentions.
when his father died fred franz told his mother he could not go to the funeral because he was just too busy at bethel.
she spoke to rutherford who ordered him to go.
zero people skills
my ex (jw) told my two youngest 9 and 11, your dad.
wanted more kids, meaning them.
we had two older.. how would a child feel after their mother tell them, i really.
A sad but great thread.
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look no 94: yin-yang.
http://indicetj.com/pdf/estudo_2_jehovah.htm.
Great link - thank you for posting
we're already being innundated with the drivel that is the us political process.. propaganda, right and left.
no one wants to discuss or debate, they just want to shout in each others faces.. so, here's the rules:.
you can discuss politics as long as you are discussing things.if you just post copy-and-paste propaganda it will be deleted.if you post it in anywhere but the politics area it will be deleted.if it's the inane "obama can't prove he was born" or "romney is an alien" crap then it will be deleted.if you repeatedly violate the above, including trying to get threads shut-down, then you will be deleted.this has been a public service announcement on behalf of the "i dont' give a shit, the government always gets elected" party.. .
EXCELLENT SIR -
it saddens me to inform you that ruth edwards has passed.
ruth was a long time member of the menlo park congregation.
when the letter was read that indicated that john cobb, jason cobb, walter st. clair, and george stock had been removed from their post as elders, ruth fainted and needed to be taken to the hospital.
Can someone kindly post a link/thread about what happened in this congregation and why elders needed to be removed.
i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.
i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.
maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.
My god -I am so sorry. I wish I could share your pain but know this is not possible. My heart goes out to you.
last week i took a trip down to santa ana, ca.
and met robert jankowski, a name i heard very often at bethel in the late 70s.
robert was one of the voices of many watchtower drama characters in the 70s, along with tom cabeen, who he often worked with.. in addition, the watchtower was allowed a slot on local radio stations every sunday (allowed by law free of charge to churches then) , which he provided to the radio stations in cassette form in advance.
great link thanks
as a kid i got bullied a lot.
i was taller than all the kids in the class.
i wore funny clothes - usually hand-me-downs from somewhere or just plain ugly.
Great Thread
i thought it was close.................... guess i had 1 too many martini's at applebees yestersday............ fell asleep before sundown............. had some "wine"....passed............ some bread............ so i'm in i guess............ heaven hell don't matter lol.
happy passover.
wickedly irreverent LOL
