Posts by Bubbamar

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NEWS WORLD WANTS TO FILM A SEGMENT ABOUT THE WTS - WILL YOU HELP TO MAKE IT

by SHUNNED FATHER in

as you may know by now, i have filed a civil suit against the wts.

there was a tremendous amount of media coverage.

the story was on the national news for three straight days.

The end of this system in 2005?

by Brigido in

hey everybody, check this story out.

i got a call from an inactive friend of mine today.

while we were just shooting the breeze, she happened to bring up something she heard at the hall from others.

Bubbamar

Does anyone else secretly hope they start pushing a date again? I mean, any excuse for a massive apostate party on Armageddon Night! :D

Yes - I feel that way too!! LMAO

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Everyone called/emailed EXCEPT mom

by Bubbamar in

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everyone in my family - sister, aunts, uncle's step-mom - called or emailed about hurricane ivan -- except my mom.

of course it hurts my feelings - but i don't know why i would expect or hope for a caring gesture like that from her.

she has never, in the last 20+ years, given me any reason to think that she cares about anyone or anything other than her jw cult practices.

Everyone in my family - sister, aunts, uncle's step-mom - called or emailed about Hurricane Ivan -- EXCEPT my mom. Of course it hurts my feelings - but I don't know why I would expect or hope for a caring gesture like that from her. She has never, in the last 20+ years, given me any reason to think that she cares about anyone or anything other than her JW cult practices. I guess her recent half-way nice letter fed my delusion that she might care if I got blown away by a deadly storm. She knows from the news at this point that I am fine - but it hurt and I'm pissed off all over again.

What's that scripture??? You will know them by their works. Yes it's quite obvious really.

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Picketing is Fun!!!!

by Junction-Guy in

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for those of you who are unaware, i have been picketing local kingdom halls here for the past 6 weeks, and i have really been enjoying it.

i have been standing on the side of the road in front of the halls on sunday afternoons between noon and 1pm holding a couple of different signs given to me by undaunted danny.. i have been very polite and friendly to the passerby's and havent yelled or harrassed people contrary to the popular misconception of the "evil apostates.

" the looks on some of the witnesses faces has truly been priceless.

Bubbamar

More power to you Junction Guy!! Good luck with dealing with the reaction of your family!

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Evacuating in New Orleans...

by Bryan in

we just arrived last friday and now we are evacuating at 2 pm.

a crazy life we have.

bryan

Bubbamar

Hey Bryan

What a nice welcome to New Orleans, eh?! If you are leaving -- the sooner the better. The interstate will be clogged to the max if you wait till the last minute. I'm sure you've already been warned - but the NO area can and does flood terribly - so better safe than sorry.

I am boarding up my windows today and leaving town this evening. I went to Home Depot in the East last night and they were completely sold out of 1/2 inch plywood and OSB board. I ended up getting some crappy panel board. I guess its better than nothing.

Be safe!

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Satan sent to earth in 1914?? My mom's on drugs!

by Bubbamar in

in my mom's last letter she made a statement that in 1914 satan was sent to earth.

does anyone know what she's talking about?

i thought everyone pretty much agreed that the snake in the garden was satan, that satan was on earth in jesus day and still is and has always been.

Bubbamar

Nocturn - Thank you so much for the scripture reference and the link!

Boa - LMAO!! Very Creative

Quotes - Please expound...History for Dummies needed.

Nos - Great point - "Gee - thanks Jeboobah!! Now we know how precious we really are to you."

TD - Yes, I was thinking egocentric too. I imagine in another 100 years there will still be people saying that Revelation and the term "generation" was meant for them.

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Satan sent to earth in 1914?? My mom's on drugs!

by Bubbamar in

in my mom's last letter she made a statement that in 1914 satan was sent to earth.

does anyone know what she's talking about?

i thought everyone pretty much agreed that the snake in the garden was satan, that satan was on earth in jesus day and still is and has always been.

Bubbamar

In my mom's last letter she made a statement that in 1914 Satan was sent to earth. Does anyone know what she's talking about? I thought everyone pretty much agreed that the snake in the garden was satan, that satan was on earth in Jesus day and still is and has always been. I thought satan would be sent away for Jesus' 1000 year reign and then sent back to earth for his final membership drive.

Of course I'm referring to JW doctrine....but I'd also like some scriptures to refute this - from those of you more versed in the scriptures than my heathen self.

Thanks guys!

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Gall Bladder....Is yours in or out?

by morty in

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so here's the deal and question...... .

about 9 years ago i had pain so bad it sent me to emergency to find out what was going on...needless to say they admitted me to find out what was going on because i had pain like this 3 times before but did not go to the hospital...i ended up going to the or to have my gall bladder removed and remained in the hospital for a total of 11 days....when all was said and done they said i was curred now and would never experince that kind of pain again... ( i was eating kfc when the pain started.

since then i have not touched the stuff) .

Bubbamar

I was told a few months ago that I have gall stones and need the surgery. I'm not opting for it because I don't have symptoms anymore. But they did tell me that if one of the stones is IN the duct when they take the gall bladder out -- you will still have problems because of the remaining stone. I don't know much though - I would definitely go back to the doctor because I do remember how bad the pain is and its nothing to play with.

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Sept 1, 2004 WT lies their faces off again

by Mary in

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i was just reading the sept 1st wt.

the october 11-17 article is entitled (what else?

) beware of "the voice of strangers".

Bubbamar

Why don't they just... you know... change their tactics and reform? It'd be easier in the long run than trying maintain this charade which makes nobody happy.

I think the charade DOES make their 6 million readers happy. Nobody would buy their magazines if they openly admitted to their insanity. It has been shown over and over again that dubs don't want to know. If they wanted to know the truth they would do what we did and actually do some research.

Also: WELCOME Wiegle! (I don't know what your quote means???)

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Feedback please - letter from Mom

by Bubbamar in

i just got a surprisingly nice letter back from my mom.

in my last letter to her i made a comment that a 10 year old in 1914 would be 100 now and that she must think the end is very near (that was the current light when i got df'ed.

) i did that on purpose to get her to tell me about the 1995 doctrine change.

Bubbamar

I just got a surprisingly nice letter back from my mom. In my last letter to her I made a comment that a 10 year old in 1914 would be 100 now and that she must think the end is very near (that was the current light when I got DF'ed.) I did that on purpose to get her to tell me about the 1995 doctrine change. Well, interestingly, she didn't even address it!! I can't even believe it. I thought she would be all over it! What do you guys think that means?? Could she be embarrassed? Or is she hoping that I am looking for the big A and wants me to believe its still due any day?

I also asked her about her reasons for still shunning me and told her that I know of other families that do not shun their family members as harshly as she does me and asked if she felt that contact with me could somehow taint her. She said that some people stretch the DF doctrine as far as they can but that the bible and WT are very clear about it. She said that it's only discipline but can lead to everlasting destruction.

Is that true?? I thought it was also to keep the congregation clean. If its discipline then that's even sicker than I thought. I've been disciplined for 18 years for Christ sake!! Enough is enough isn't it. Well, I guess for a JW enough is never enough.

It was interesting that she sounded relatively sane and nice in this letter and the last one was cold, mean and crazy...telling me not to push her for more, etc--very JW. She even sent a little gift this time - a Time booklet of things that happened in 1967 - my birth year.

Anyway, any guesses about her avoidance of the 1914 issue? or thoughts on her explanation of the DF doctrine?