I have better things to do....
Ciara
what if we all went back the kh and disobeyed every non-biblical rule.
we went in and were "non-politically correct" witnesses.
we'd say "bless you," we'd say "you're lucky.
I have better things to do....
Ciara
the watchtower has published articles telling people not to shop at thrift stores, salvation army stores, etc, because the items purchased might have demons attached!.
experiences have been published by the wt, and particularly the awake!,where people are reported to have been bothered after bringing the used items home.
to only relief was after the objects were taken out and burned, usually after several attempts when the object would not catch fire!.
Using the handbag in the ministry, she experienced powerful thoughts of "Go home!" Bad thoughts rushed into her mind almost audibly, all of them anti-kingdom.
That dosen't mean she had demonic troubles......I always wanted to go home and had "anti-kingdom thoughts. Who come up with that ridiculous phrase anyhow?
Ciara
i just wanna share an experience of mine, i hope it will help anyone with a related issue.
im 20 years old, i still live with my parents and go to school full-time.
for 17 years i was a jw on and off.
mbn36,
It's always nice to hear from someone else who hasn't allowed the JW's to jade them on religion as a whole. There is a lot of peace to be found in a true relationship with Christ. Welcome to the forum and I look forward to hearing more from you.
Also welcome, anuva, and good luck in your situation.
Ciara
putin pressed over jehovah's witnessescombined reports .
a leading human rights organization has appealed to president vladimir putin over a court's decision to ban the activities of jehovah's witnesses in moscow, calling it a serious failure of the judicial system that could increase harassment of believers, mosnews.com reported.. the international helsinki federation for human rights urged putin in an open letter to meet his "international obligations" and set the record straight by addressing the issue publicly.. the ban came into force on june 16, when the moscow city court upheld a district court decision prohibiting jehovah's witnesses from engaging in religious activity under a provision that allows courts to ban religious groups that are considered to incite hatred or intolerant behavior.
jehovah's witnesses spokesman christian presber said at the time that the ruling would prevent the group from renting premises for worship, holding bank accounts, or otherwise supporting their religious activities.. there are about 10,000 jehovah's witnesses in moscow and 133,000 nationwide, according to the group.
Damn lucky ruskies......
Ciara
in another post someone mentioned americans loving micro beers - and i thought about beers i drink and why.
i drink budweiser on occasion because they sponsor events i like.
i drink miller high life on occation just because of the great 'lone man talking' commercials.
I like Amberbach. I also like one they sell in Wisconsin called Leinenkugels (sp?).
Ciara
the cable service is showing each saturday old sid and marty kroft childern programs fromt the 1970s.
rember the "land of the lost"?
saw an episode with the green lizard men, the sleestaks!.
Yikes!!! I was trying hard to forget that show.
Ciara
please dont take offence but ive just realised something maybe its been touched on before,.but when i was reading the thread on bil cosby i read the one off obviously secret.
now as i am a white person i assumed he was white until he stated he was black.
so when i thought about it, i imagine everyone on this site is white, does everyone who is black imagine everyone else is black, and anyone oriental imagine everyone else is oriental.
I was white on friday, but I spent saturday at the beach, so now I resemble a boiled lobster.
Ciara
Dont think us girls weren't passin' the time by lusting after all you guys, too. I used to spend all my cash buying new clothes right before the conventions. Of course, they were all as risque as I could manage. It usually paid off, too.
Ciara
did you take it easy, judicially speaking, on those with congregation responsiblities?
were you extremely slow to remove anyone because no one wanted the additional work caused by a servant's absence?
i know of some pretty crappy, ok, really crappy and unscriptural things done by ms's and elders that definitely called for removal, but the elders quickly swept it under the rug.
I think my dad loved the whole idea of being able to remove others, it was like a power trip. He was the P.O. so I guess everyone else was supposed to bow down and kiss his ass. My mom had this joke: Q. What do you call a P.O.'s wife?
A. A P.O.W.
Although, personally I think us kids were the prisoners of war.
Ciara
P.S. sorry for getting a little off the subject
that's torn it...mrs ozzie's bought her own pc for her study.
will we now be talking from my study to hers by means of jwd?.
interested eyes will be watching!!!.
Welcome, Mrs Ozzie.
Dialup sucketh!
Ciara