Posts by Bubbamar

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Who wants to do a letter writing campaign to the borg?

by Jez in

reading the amazing information about what a cult is, got me thinking....there are thousands of ppl here, why don't we do a letter writing campaign to the society, bombarding them with letters outlining things like the cult attachment to jw's, disfellowshipping, 1914, un, anything that we would like to see admitted or changed?

outline what changes we think would be useful and necessary.

we could then post the letters that they send back here to let others know how they reply.

Bubbamar

Evergreen - if you're bored at meetings why don't you just stay home. Thursday night TV is a LOT better!! Joey and The Apprentice are so good!! If they cut out the number of meetings then some people would be so lost without the rigid daily structure. They would probably end up doing something really bad....like googling "jehovahs witnesses." So you could just skip and let everyone who wants to go to the meeting.

You guys are right about writing to the media. I hadn't thought about that. Will they print an anonymous letter to the editor?

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Who wants to do a letter writing campaign to the borg?

by Jez in

reading the amazing information about what a cult is, got me thinking....there are thousands of ppl here, why don't we do a letter writing campaign to the society, bombarding them with letters outlining things like the cult attachment to jw's, disfellowshipping, 1914, un, anything that we would like to see admitted or changed?

outline what changes we think would be useful and necessary.

we could then post the letters that they send back here to let others know how they reply.

Bubbamar

Hey Jez

I would be interested in a letter writing campaign to help get information to the rank and file dubs. But I don't really care if the Borg makes any changes. And they won't anyway. Like there gonna listen to a bunch of evil complaining apostates. I actually hope they continue to become more strict, greedy crazy, devious and more dishonest so more people will become dissatisfied and/or see through their garbage. Plus we'd have fresh amunition to expose them with.

I recently sent some UN info out to local halls. Hopefully, at least one seed was planted.

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Same sex marriage and religion

by Jahna in

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from cbc.ca news ?many of the groups opposed to same-sex marriage are concerned about their freedom of religion, fearing ministers from churches opposed to gay marriage would be forced to perform same-sex ceremonies.

the tird question on the reference is meant to deal with their concerns.?

the issue of same sex marriages are being debated in canada?s top court starting today.

Bubbamar

The JW's will NEVER perform a gay wedding ceremony. EVER. The light will NEVER be that bright.

I don't think ministers would have to perform a ceremony they didn't want to perform for what ever reason. A gay couple would probably not ask a homophobe to perform the ceremony. Just like a Jew would not want an antisemitic priest performing their ceremony.

Plus, I think they could just say they are not available if they don't want to do it.

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I've been away from the board a few days...anything new I should know about

by TresHappy in

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Bubbamar

Yes. You should know that I was away for a while too and celebrated my birthday!! Woohoo!

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Interesting conversation with a well known Elder in Brooklyn

by pratt1 in

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on my way home last night from work i ran into a prominent elder from brooklyn.

this guy is always featured at circuit assemblies and his family was presented as the model witiness family in the 80's.

well imagine my shock and surprise when i realized that this dub had just bought a lottery ticket.

Bubbamar

Instead of facing REALITY-- he donated his retirement fund to the WTBTS and the New System(tm) is not coming -- he escapes into another fantasy life that he will be magically saved...through the lottery. Typical thinking. Very sad. Grow up brother elder and get a second job on Tuesday and Thursday nights.

Give me a break. Jeboobah will understand. But he couldn't manage to keep his "organization" from misleading 6 million people. "Jehovah will understand that I was tricked and misled by Jehovah's organization" that's what he's really saying.

Damn fools.

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Job Description for a G.B. member?

by link in

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having explained to my "ever loving" how you do not need money to live like a millionaire, i get told that nobody in the world works as hard as the members of the governing body.

their schedule of writing tasks, world travel and giving talks at conventions and assemblies is exhausting because it is never ending.

they never have time to draw breath before their next assignment and their busy schedules would kill many people half their age.. is this correct?

Bubbamar

No offense Happy Guy. You're just telling like it is. My mom is the most by the ~~book~~ Watchtower JW you would ever meet. And she can lie with the best of them. Never even flinches.

why on earth would anyone give a crap if they're tired?

My thoughts exctly!! ROTF!! Good Question!!

Yeah! Send them on a nice long vacation in the Bermuda Triangle!

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As a JW, Did You Ever Get Away With Anything That Was a DF'ing Offense??

by minimus in

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if it had become known, would you have possibly gotten into major trouble and either be put on restrictions or recieved disfellowshipping action?

Bubbamar

Well I guess going to the Sunday meeting still tripping on acid would have done it. LOL - Not to glamourize drug use - that was definitely not a better road to go down. And the meeting was hell. I flip-flopped between being a JW Postergirl and a rebellious kid. I made out with boys, snuck out of my house in the middle of the night, drank a lot, did drugs, etc. I finally got tired of everyone expecting me to pioneer when I graduated from high school and turned myself in and got DF'ed. I guess it was just a matter of time.

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Mum passed away two weeks ago

by acsot in

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well, i finally received that dreaded phone call from the hospital.

mum died peacefully in her sleep two weeks ago.

she'd been paralyzed on one side since her last stroke and could no longer swallow.

Bubbamar

So sorry to hear about your loss. I'm glad to hear the JW's didn't act like asses at the funeral.

I have often wondered if my mom died - would they even call me? So I'm glad to hear some of them can pull it together when need be.

(((((((Sorry again for your loss.))))))))))))

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A special message for everyone who was young in1969....

by Elsewhere in

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if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things?

.all evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years?

as a young person you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.

Bubbamar

Elsewhere - I was born in '67. That's a great article!! Damn fools!!

I'm so glad I won't get old - my birthday's coming up and I've been thinking a bit about the gray hairs, bursitis and wrinkles that are cropping up. Glad to know I will definitely NOT get old!

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Where were God's chosen ppl between bible times and late 1800's?

by Lecari12RuleU in

has anyone else ever wondered where god's "chosen people" were in the hundreds of years between when jesus was alive in bible days and when charles t. russell came onto the scene and started the bible students in the late 1890's?

if jw's are god's "chosen religion" then wouldn't his ppl have records of their being around the whole time?

this does not make any sense to me.

Bubbamar

They were just chillin' --- waiting on Jehovah to send Russell. Man, think of it....no meetings, no field service, no committee meetings...that would have been the best time to be His chosen people!