Posts by stillconcerned

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Skirting the issue

by Virgogirl in

what argument is put forth that women must only wear dresses or skirts to the meetings or in service and are not permitted to wear slacks?

where does it say it's wrong for sisters to wear pants, and how are they convincing women in 2005 to buy into this?

i remember many bitterly cold chicago mornings with frozen legs running to doors and back to the warm car as quickly as possible, wearing a skirt which was ridiculous and inappropriate to the weather conditions.

stillconcerned

you are right, Froggie; it's ALL cultural...

The conservative black suit i am wearing TODAY (cuz i went to the courthouse) woulda gotten me thrown in the pokey for indecency or prostitution a generation or two ago.

I have a letter from my great-grandma wherein she discusses a Boston lady who was vilified and FINED for 'purposefully' showing her ankles and ONE KNEE (horrors) while exiting a carriage.

Fine Christian ladies in most parts of China (where my sister lives) think diapers and undergarments on young children are barbaric.

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A question about the 44,000?

by caz in

i studied with the jw's on and off for a couple of years and i could never get my head around the belief that 44,000 ( special ones) would be going to heaven and how they themselves worked out that they would be one of them?

i remember at easter one year i was invited to a 'special' meeting, i think they called it "the memorial" or something like that.

anyway, they passed around a goblet of what looked like wine and a plate of broken crackers and everyone just passed it around the whole room, from one person to the next.

stillconcerned

i find it sad and symbolic that the symbols of Christ's sacrifice are passed, but not taken..

Watchtower is offering the 'obstructed view seats'.....when first row is freely available.

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Hang 'Em High

by Seven in

filthy, demented pigs.... wed 26 oct 2005. .

church savaged over sexual abuse .

john innes .

stillconcerned

Makes ya wonder how the Catholic church survives all this...

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2,000 US and 25,000 civilians now dead in Iraq

by Simon in

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what a waste .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4376812.stm.

stillconcerned

thanks Meta, for being willing to go to the effort to reply...

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What one sentence could you say to a JW that would stick with them?

by AlmostAtheist in

jw
friends

you've probably heard sentences that stuck with you.

quotes, one-liners.

you hear them and they make so much sense or touch you so personally at the time that they become part of you.

stillconcerned

..and the reason i like it is it hits to the core of the issue; anyone who says a HUMAN org has ALL the asnwers, and isn't subject to (subjective) human error or open to POSSIBILITY of error... is LOONEY.

Many years ago a gal asked me to 'study the Bible' with her. I agreed to do so with her group if she would do so with me after her study was complete.

She had several 'elders' come to my home, and we walked thru an incredibly childish book she/they called "Bible study" (aka "Live Forever...")

After SIX WEEKS of this, at a snail-like pace, we completed the book. (WHEW!)

I asked her to 'ante up' and meet me to actually read and discuss the Bible (imagine that!).

She was a bright girl. She looked me in the face and said she was unable to abide by our agreement, because her elders had informed her that to do so would be to expose herself to 'apostate literature'; i.e. the BIBLE!

When i asked her WHEN she had this discussion with the elders, she said at the beginning of our study. So why didn't she tell me? Because the lie was acceptable, acc to her elders, as long as it got me to the Live Forever study...

Talk about turning off your brain!

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What one sentence could you say to a JW that would stick with them?

by AlmostAtheist in

jw
friends

you've probably heard sentences that stuck with you.

quotes, one-liners.

you hear them and they make so much sense or touch you so personally at the time that they become part of you.

stillconcerned

I like M.J.'s answer....

51

Thinking of getting reinstated? Read my story.

by Jez in

a lot has happened to me since march.

i have learned so much.

i hesitated to put this out in jwd, but i now think that if it helps one person, it will have been worth it.

stillconcerned

Jez-

You outgrew your roots//////

difficult, but REAL.

kimberlee d.

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So NO Russians ever walked on the moon? None?

by AlmostAtheist in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

i was reading popular science and i staggered across a line that suggested that russia had never landed men on the moon.

that struck me as blatantly false, i knew i'd seen footage of cosmonauts on the moon.

stillconcerned

oh pulllleeeeesssseeeee......

To keep the thousands of folk quiet who worked on the Apollo launches; no deathbed confessions etc would be ASTONISHING...

I wonder about the educational level of the 6% who 'don't believe'....

52

1st step?

by daniel-p in

jw
friends

i am forcing myself to do this - i feel nauseated, depressed... my hands are shaking.

i know many of you see this and laugh.

but for those of you who arn't, you know how hard it is for me to do this.

stillconcerned

Daniel-

I agree with Rebel:

IF IT'S THE TRUTH, IT CAN WITHSTAND...

...most anything, can't it?

If Jehovah/God is real, and wants you to know him or know he's real, can he not deal with some honest questions from you?

IF the organization is one and the same with Jehovah, won't he make THAT clear to you?

REAL TRUTH stands on its own merit...

Ask Jehovah/God to reveal real truth to you....

If he's real, he can handle your questions!

Kimberlee d.

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Pedophiles and Halloween .......

by banished1 in

jw
friends

pedophiles and halloween do not mix so says the law.

while perusing the t.v.

they have been ordered to remain in their homes and not answer the doors should little children come knocking on them.

stillconcerned

it's happening in fort worth..... locking up 254 of our sex offenders on Halloween night...

Kimberlee d.