Posts by Crooked Lumpy Vessel

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Life just gets wierder

by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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and the hits just keep on coming.

my daughter called me today and said "mom....i went to the watchtower.org website and clicked on 'i wanna start a bible study'.

shortly thereafter, sister sweetiepie calls on my daughter and sets up a weekly study and leaves her with wt mags.. not even an hour has passed and my daughter is shopping and another sister, "sister blabbermouth" spots her and says, "i heard the good news" gives her more magazines (she's just found a place to dump more mags) and then asks her, "why didnt you ask your mom for a study?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

And the hits just keep on coming

My daughter called me today and said "Mom....I went to the Watchtower.org website and clicked on 'I wanna start a bible study'. Shortly thereafter, Sister Sweetiepie calls on my daughter and sets up a weekly study and leaves her with WT mags.

Not even an hour has passed and my daughter is shopping and another sister, "Sister blabbermouth" spots her and says, "I heard the good news" gives her more magazines (she's just found a place to dump more mags) and then asks her, "why didnt you ask your mom for a study?" AAAAAAAAARGH!!! Do the words "None of your business mean anything to you?"

She then lied to my daughter and told her that she had been planning to come by my house and drop off some mags from the convention, but hadn't gotten around to it. Hmmmmmm...the convention has been over for about a month now and sister blabbermouth lives down the street and passes my house at least 3 times a day. What a lie!

My daughter has been alongside me in the organization since she was 2. She wanted out by the time she was 15. For the last 5 years we have gotten really close and she has opened up about her feelings. Then I take a step back for air and she wants back in.

Its amazing how fast the gossip circle turns within the "Pioneer Women's Network (PWN)". Plus my daughter is already an emotional wreck from the WT org. I dont know what to do at this point. But I do plan to tell sister sweetie pie that if my daughter becomes suicidal because a group of stuckup gossip mongers determine that she is not progressing fast enough or try to lay guilt trips on her, Hell and fury will rain down so fast.

I guess while they pump their half-truth in her, I will have to provide her with the other half of the hidden truths.

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JW golfs to win $ need scriptural advice

by Beans in

well a jw at my work is taking a day off work to play in a golf tournament to win money.

he has to pay $60 to enter and can win up to $2500.. now i said that is really like gambling and he said he checked it out and it wa ok, so i asked if he had asked an elder and he said he looked on the disk.. so i need any info from the bible and publications that will prove him wrong so i can council him next week!.

beans.

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

Personally, I dont think he is really doing anything wrong. Some places require registration fees. The reward for winning is not a gamble of chance but of skill. What about those Williams sisters that play tennis. I am sure they dont play Wimbleton for free do they. I imagine a registration fee is required. Those girls are JWs right?

One of the things that I have come to terms with is although the Borg has offered suggestions or even stern recommendations through the years on certain matters it was our over-bearing mentor's conscience that enforced the rules.

I dont think there is anything wrong with gambling unless a person becomes so hooked that they put their family's needs on the line. Hey i slammed 5 bucks on the 290 mil lottery 2 weeks ago. I dont play all the time, but when the pot gets that big, who can resist? Can I get DFed for that? That would be lame if I could.

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Banned From the Bible

by Sweetp0985 in

i may be late in seeing this special on the history channel, but did anyone else see this show.

it was about books being banned from the bible that further explains events that may or may not have happened the way it is written in the bible.

this show peaked my curiousity and i went to the library and found the book who wrote the bible?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

And that is that both Paul and John, the major contributors to the NT never were supposed to have died, but would live on throughout the ages until Jesus returned during the 20th century at the second coming. That's way too hard for some to believe but some of the anointed are actually aware of some of these surviving ancient ones

Sound pretty cool. Like vampires or something. Maybe this is what that house in San Diego was built for back in the early 1900s.

I have a pretty vivid imagination....imagine what it would be like to have lived for the past 2000 years. You could say that you saw just about everything. I wonder if you would be happy that you never died or if you would sit around thinking life sucked.

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If You Won $117 MILLION on a Lottery, What Would You Do With It?

by minimus in

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in lowell mass.

a 67 year old former janitor won the mega millions jackpot.

what would you do with all that money?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

The Jackpot was 290 mil. Sucks she only got 117 out of that.

Anyway, I would pay off my mortgage, buy a new sports car for my hubby, his dream car, buy a new dream house, buy houses for my two grown children, pay of my sisters debt and buy her family a house, maybe even give her a million, set up trust funds for all my grandchildren and my 2 year old. Hmmmm, I would get a swimming pool in my backyard of my new dream house, I would start my bed and breakfast dream job. ( I always wanted to do that) Of course, I would hire other people to run it, I would just take care of the herb and flower gardens and decorate.

Gosh...I could just dream about that all day. Me and my hubby were dreaming about it the night of the drawing. We played five bucks....Hey can I get disfellowshipped for that?

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Banned From the Bible

by Sweetp0985 in

i may be late in seeing this special on the history channel, but did anyone else see this show.

it was about books being banned from the bible that further explains events that may or may not have happened the way it is written in the bible.

this show peaked my curiousity and i went to the library and found the book who wrote the bible?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

I did not see the program, however, almost a year ago I saw a program on the other books, that were also part of the Jewish libraries at the time, one I found most interesting was the 'Book of Enoch', which goes into great detail with respects to the Angels that slept with women, etc. It was a very interesting read. They also noted that in the book of Jude, there is a reference to the prophet Enoch, which reads....

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Yes, the seventh one [in line] from Adam, E´noch, prophesied also regarding them, when he said: "Look! Jehovah came with his holy myriads, 15 to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him."

Where I highlighted indicates that there exists writings from the prohphet Enoch. Plus the quote that follows, "Look! Jehovah came with his myriaids..." This was quoted from the Book of Enoch. These writings were also found with the dead sea scrolls. I started to wonder why some books were kept from the bible and others not. Who were these men that made this decision for me? So when time allows, I periodically read some of these other books.

I want to know if the Bible is truly God's word and I want to know what other books existed and who decided to have what removed and when. If I am to believe the Bible is God's word then I want the whole truth, not half truths.

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Adultery, Forgiveness & Divorce-----WATCHTOWER STYLE

by minimus in

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i wonder how many have been affected by the watchtower's interpretation of these things.

i know of many many jws that "live together" only because they are married to each other.

these people almost hate each other, but would never leave their marriages and get an "unscriptural" divorce.....i know of wives that "forgave" their husbands "unknowingly".

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

Wow Sassy....that just about sucks big doo doo.

I hope you are doing ok now...please tell me you are.

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I'm a grandfather.

by JeffT in

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miya was born at 6:25 am.

19 inches long, 6 pounds nine oz.

when i can, i'll try to post a picture.

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

Congratulations!!! I am sure you have heard this already a hundred times over.

Isnt it wonderful to watch you family grow from children to granchildren. It is a wonderful feeling. What a wonderful cloud of happiness you must be floating on right now. I wish they could put the joy of birth in a pill form and whenever we got the blues we could feel like we do when the birth of a family member arrives.

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Adultery, Forgiveness & Divorce-----WATCHTOWER STYLE

by minimus in

jw
friends

i wonder how many have been affected by the watchtower's interpretation of these things.

i know of many many jws that "live together" only because they are married to each other.

these people almost hate each other, but would never leave their marriages and get an "unscriptural" divorce.....i know of wives that "forgave" their husbands "unknowingly".

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

Lucky for me...I was going through a divorce when I first came in contact with JWs. And at that time there was no way on Earth I was going to return to that hell hole. I have read of a few experiences discussed in the CoC book that I thought were just awful. Hey, its a man's world.

Now, as years went by and I discovered my new future hubby, the sisters in my cong. were so against it. They treated me awful because they felt that since he was not a JW he wold drag me away from the mother ship. I did not listen to them and married him within 8 months of our courtship. Since I was not baptized yet, they could not disfellowship me.

Here we are celebrating our 14th wedding aniversary this year. We have had our little problems, but I wouldn't trade him for my first hubby...not even for a million bucks. Never in a milion years.

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Little Sis came back from DC - interesting

by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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first she has a baby and a toddler.

she said that when she was racing for a seat she finally saw one that looked convenient and the man kept giving her awful looks.

she finally said, "are you ok with children?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

If I was with her I would have put him in his place....believe me.

No longer do I have a 'kick me' sign on my back. I think either this brother hates being a JW or he hates women, or both. I use to think that the only reason men came into 'da fold' was because it allowed them to put a dog collar on their wives. I know its not entirely true but I am sure there is some truth to it. I mean, come on....a woman's head is her selfish husband and the husband's head is invisible? Works for me.....NOT. Dont get me wrong, I love my hubby, he is a good man but admittedly he thinks of himself more often than he thinks of his family. I have to remind him of his family priorities more often than I care to admit.

Another option would be to ask that brother as kindly as possible, since my hands are so full, if he could please write my daughter's name for me on all the books. If he refused....I would tell him to kiss my worldy mother-in-law's patooty!!!!

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Little Sis came back from DC - interesting

by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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friends

first she has a baby and a toddler.

she said that when she was racing for a seat she finally saw one that looked convenient and the man kept giving her awful looks.

she finally said, "are you ok with children?

Crooked Lumpy Vessel

First she has a baby and a toddler. She said that when she was racing for a seat she finally saw one that looked convenient and the man kept giving her awful looks. She finally said, "are you ok with children?" and he flat out said NO. So she moved to the nosebleed all pissed off.

The next day she realized they left her daughters book bag. They had to rush to the ER because the baby was really sick. So she went to the lost and found and she saw the bag and retrieved it. The brother said, "you should write your name in them". She said, that the bag was her little girl's, and he replied "you should write your name in them" she said, well yesterday we had to go to the ER in a hurry, and he replied..."you should write your name in them" She said she was so discouraged with the mean attitude that prevailed with so many that call themselves God's servants.

Also they did announce that they should not go out to eat during lunch. They announced the reason too. They said that this is because not everyone can afford to eat out and if concessions are allowed to run, then those who cannot afford to eat are not allowed to bring food. In other words, there is no food allowed in the stadium except for concession foods, and this would not be fair to those who could not afford to eat at concessions. But I said that's interesting. Why cant those poor people go outside and eat in their cars? She did not know. So it would be interesting to find out if that were true.