Posts by sowhatnow

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Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

by song19 in

i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

sowhatnow

so, heaven,

the israelites were pagans,

lol

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Happy Thanksgiving

by skeeter1 in

jw
friends

i'd just like to tell everyone in the us (and world), "happy thanksgiving!".

in many ways, the posters here understand me better than anyone else on this planet.

you all have helped me tremendously.

sowhatnow

back at ya! its so quiet here without the school busses.

i got a turkey marinating in the fridge.

Im doing little work , im making the potatoes, thats it. everything else is being brought,

I have no dishwasher, so i got me some cute paper plates and napkins

and plastic silverware.

my husband will make the turkey, I told him Im not touching it. it too much work.

he wasnt happy with just a turkey breast baked in the oven, noooo he wants a whole bird.

ill have 8 total tonight, could have had more, but im out of room.

dont over do it, leftovers are great. lol

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ROKU INVASION!!!

by DATA-DOG in

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friends

my wife bought a roku device!!

lol!!!!

hahahahahahah!!!!.

oh thats funny, just last night ny mom was telling me how the one 'brother' in her hall showed her on her android tablet how to get to the jw website and use it, and the circus oversee ing it all showed her how to show people at the door the video.

OMG I nearly burst out laughing, If you knew my mom, to see her at a door holding a tablet fumbing with a speech, and promoting a website and a doctrine

is absolutely the dumbest thing I have every imagined.

I felt like saying, well gee mom, I guess the good old bible isnt good enough anymore huh?

they have a roku, and barely know how to use it.

sickenning

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At This Point In Time Would You Ever Subject Yourself To A Judicial Committee?

by minimus in

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friends

i certainly wouldn't.

and if the elders wanted to have a meeting with me, i would respectfully decline.

if the elders wanted to deal with you, would you talk with them?.

sowhatnow

wow jookbeard thanks for the warning, i dont have time to waste going around in circles with people i only know by name. I certainly will hope to avoid any such meeting, my husband or son never had one but they are faders and have never formally disasociated themselves by a letter, should they?

but if it comes down to it, yes ill enjoy it, ill be armed and ready to attack, and I got a lot of bad experiences to throw at them. ill dump the load so to speak.

all they will succeed in doing If they choose to df me, [which would probably make a lot of people question jw land] is relieving me of caring for my aging mother.

although my mom is stubborn, I doubt she will not talk to me anymore shes way too dependant on me for conversation.

I like my caller Id, its the random stop by that would screw me up if i did not see them coming up the driveway first, or i left my car in the driveway with the garage door open. what they dont know is we have three cars so if even one is missing it could be me.

I think Ill have my husband leave the answering machine message, that way when and IF anyone calls they may assume I left him, again ,lol.

If anyone comes to see me,I wont invite them in, Ill tell them Im on my way out.

if they say they just want to see how you are, help your spirituality, and why you have been missing meetings,

Ill ask them if thats all they want to know i can answer that quickly, my spiritual relationship with God is great, who are you to question my personal relationship with God based on man made expectations, and i dont want to continue to go to a place where Im stressed beyond belief.

thanks for taking time out of your day but Id rather not discuss my personal life with strangers. it would shock them, as they know me only to be a church mouse.

if they persist,

I will ask what the goal of their visit is, if its to get me to go back to the khall and get in door to door, and help me spiritualy, Ill tell them that that is not the answer I want to hear.

Ill ask why they would wait until i was gone rather than know whats going on in my life to help me out in the first place,

I will ask them where there were three years ago when my husband left me and i needed help moving,and coping,

or where was anyone for my son does anyone even know where he is does anyone care?

or where were you when my daughter ran away

or where were you when i begged for association for my kids.

where are all the people who should be my freinds? ,

and if every answer you have to everyones problems is getting in a car driving to empty houses , annoying people , preaching a different message than what the bible said was preached, then no wonder so many people are depressed and sucidal.

try being someone freind instead of someones judge.

but hopefully that will never happen

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TYRED OF SPELING ERURS? SIK OF BAD GRAMMUR?

by Terry in

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friends

.

sowhatnow

well, I simply havent figured out how to use my spellchecking on this site.

i try my darndest to not put AT?

on the ends of scentences

wheres my hat at?

where you at?

i dont know where Im at!

grrr

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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

sowhatnow

lol, this is cracking me up guys, I though I was the only one that saw weird stuff everyplace.

now i dont feel so bad when i look up in the clouds and see angelfish swords and dragons [which i actually got photos of]

and people tell me they cant see it.

i thought i saw an image in a magazine a few months ago, the one photo where the family is in the basement and the little girl is looking at the reader

there is a luggage type bag on the floor with a strange symbol on it but you go to use a magnifying glass.

youd think by now they would know were on to them

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I need a good cry but I can't. Please help?

by ohnightdivine in

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friends

besides being overworked and overstressed almost everyday in the past few months,.

i've had to deal with a 'broken heart', insecurities with my physical appearance (gained a lot of weight),.

and being lonely because i started distancing myself from the 'congregation', i just want to cry, sob, and bawl out here in my bedroom.

sowhatnow

Id say thats anger overtaking sadness.

maybe you really dont have to cry, maybe you need to sit down and make a list of what you feel you need to change in order to find comfort and normalness in your life, and hey let us know. maybe we can help you out. writing is my therapy.

I read a really good book about five years ago called Deadly Emotions, by don colbert.

it might help you . it did me. i got mine used off amazon for cheap. please get it.

Id say like many of us we dont know where to go fom here, how to we reorganize our life when we are limited to our current situation.

I dont know, it almost seems like we need some sort of resort or vacation cabin to go to, to meet new freinds,

to have a chance to find a new place to start. like all those romance chick flicks where the girl or guy sells the house and moves to a small town and meets mr or mrs right, and they all live happily ever after. lol. hey anything is possible riight?

anyone own a hotel or apt complex? lol, you can start a life rehab mission. 'change one life at a time for the good of mankind'

maybe some of us who have larger homes with spare bedrooms or vacant rentals , can offer others a place to stay and relocate?

help others start over fresh.

something to think about. Id do it in a heartbeat If my husband was willing, i have a huge empty upstairs [that my husband now sleeps in all alone].

there are lots of jobs around here in nw pa where i live especally if your into medical, elder care or the gas drilling industry.

but hes a hermit and would never want a stranger in his house.

I wish i could help so many.

hugs

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Jehovah's Witnesses win partial victory over gated communities. Too little too late?

by Balaamsass2 in

monday, november 24, 2014last update: 1:00 pm pt.

jehovah's witnesses win community access case.

by jack bouboushian .

sowhatnow

but are they doing MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES??? I hightly doubt it. That should challenged

I thought a gated commumity had the right to vote on whom they wish to enter it?

so now are these people allowed to post no soliciting or religious persons on said property?

hows that gonna look, all the way down the street, little white signs saying no preaching or misionarries?

what the heck, here they will send out mail or call to get to these people in security buildings and the like.

yea, ten years still beating a dead horse

18

Your favourite WTS publication?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i realise that starting this thread may make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but was there any wts publication that you liked, or at least comfortably tolerated?.

my memory may be deceiving me but i think the greatest man book was pretty good, leaving out the gruesome detail of the crucifixtion and wts doctrine.. also, can anyone tell me the list of books that ray franz authored/co-authored?.

thanks.

sowhatnow

well I sat and thought about that for a bit, and i cant say that anything they print was enjoyable for me prsonally.when i was younger

I would read the awake articles about animals or something generic, but nothing else. when i was i my 40s i read everything, study everything

and gee

here I am.....

19

Buffalo JW's in a panic!

by nowwhat? in

"we cant go door to door in 7 feet of snow!

".

sowhatnow

maybe then they will figure out how to SPEND TIME WITH THE FAMILY