Posts by finallyspringlol

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What is your flavor of Beer? (why? Just taste?)

by confusedjw in

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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.

jw speak, I'm just maintaining. ever here this ?

by johnny cip in

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i know a bunch of jw's for over 30 years , and most of them aviod me , they hate getting twisted into a pretzel.

but some of them do talk with me .

and i allways ask them how are you doing?

man o man..i remember been so unhappy. thinking that i was not doing enough, not 'spiritual enough'. been told that the world is a horrible place, disasters, worldly evil people who dont care about you.....waiting and waiting for the 'new system' to come. and everyone was so tired. thats because we had so many expectations put upon on us. even in our free time, our minds could not rest....always thinking 'this is bad' or 'this is good'. and i found that alot of the sisters were depressed, seriously depressed. and it just got worse. if it was found out that sister 'so and so'...cannot attend meetings, but boy, she sure does do this or that....well that is so bad! that sister would not have a good reputation in the congregation. and the brothers! my god, if you were not an elder or ms...that was not good. or if you had problems with your kids. that was not good either. the pressure put on the brothers is very heavy......i dont know what else to say, all i know, is that i found it to be a very negative atmosphere that just brought alot of people down....i am so glad and relieved that i dont have to worry so much anymore.

i hope i have made some sense...

joanne

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587 BC for Total Dunderheads

by Farkel in

if you're a dunderhead on neo-babylonian history (like me) you've probably remained totally clueless whenever the subject of the chronology leading to back 607 b.c.

since i had nothing better to do today, i decided to finally take the time it takes to understand why dub chronology on that date is wrong.

this piece of information alone should give you a clue about how bored i am!.

finallyspringlol

truthfully, i find this all confusing. and what gets me....is that i said 'yep i understand' when i was studying....i should have known better....

truthfully yours...

joanne

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Anyone here from British Columbia, Canada

by mbn36 in

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just wondering if anyone here was from british columbia.

finallyspringlol

hi there, i am from vancouver island...i lived there 2 years ago....email me if you want to chat

take care and welcome to the site

joanne

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July 4th , the great JW holiday?

by ezekiel3 in

all my life as a jw in the us, my parents shuttled us off to the fireworks, to sit among the worldlings and the waving flags to enjoy the show.

this was an almost universal practice with elders and pioneers as well.

as a child, i always noted that what we (jws) were doing was no different than how anyone else celebrated the 4th.

finallyspringlol

wow....i did not think going to celebrations was good at all. and as for xmas day, and thanksgiving...we were cautioned not to cook the turkey on that day as it would stumble our neighbours....also just remembered something funny....i remember a sister going to canada day fireworks, and when everyone sang 'oh canada', she sang a kingdom song...i think it was 'we are jehovahs witnesses...etc'...i could not believe she had the nerve to do that...or the nerve to tell us about it.....lol

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A letter to my parents... tell me what you think.

by Elsewhere in

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friends

the other day my mom and dad called (

my mom called a few minutes ago...

) and i have been thinking about sending them a letter in responce.

finallyspringlol

hi there....this is an amazing letter. what i like about it is, that it is truthful, and that you are trying very hard to reason with them. i wish so much they would get rid of this shunning policy because it is just making everyone nuts. it goes against human nature to shun and to be shunned. i wish you the best, and let us know how it all comes out.

joanne

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Would You Have Ever Let Your Child Die & Refuse A Blood Transfusion?

by minimus in

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i'm sure that i would've, believing that jehovah god would be proud of me.

finallyspringlol

thank god i was not faced with that...and when push comes to shove...there is no way i could have upheld that policy. and the way i see it...that is murder! i truly believe that god is a loving god and i dont think he would judge a parent as harshly as the congregation would. also, near the end, before i left the organization, i fessed up to the po that i could not, with a clear conscience go door to door telling people to abstain from blood, when i know for a fact i could not stand up to that policy for myself. he became annoyed because it was coffee nite and everyone was upstairs. so he told me that it sounded to him that i needed to study the bible more....it just does not seem right to me...this policy.

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Turns out liquor store in my neighborhood is owned by JW's

by run dont walk in

i was very surprised, here in alberta, canada, they privatized the liquour stores about 10-15 years ago, and the amount of stores tripled, practically one on every corner now, .

well, it turns out, that one store in my neighborhood isowned and operated by this family that are jehovah's witnesses, belong to a chinese congregation, .

i would think this would not be allowed, or show poor judgement, they say its wrong to have a store and sell cigarettes, but maybe alcohol is ok, .

finallyspringlol

i have a question....will this bro and sis report another bro and sister, if they frequent their store too much...lol. sorry just had to ask...

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What first gave you doubts ?

by rick1199 in

we all know the big problems with the wts, but what was the first thing that made you realise there were problems with the organisation ?

with me it was realitivly small stuff like an 8 year old getting baptised and a comment my best mates made about another of our friends asking if we should be hanging round with her as she might be bad assciation (she had just been reproved, but they had been mates 20 years).. .

how ever the first time i ever thought something was really wrong was when i was about 11 and my grand farther died, and mu mum wouldn't go to the funeral, i remeber thinking that surely it was better to say good bye properly than worry about if the service was in a church.. .

finallyspringlol

well lets see...it started when i was going through a very difficult time in my life with family obligations and my marriage breaking up...it was hard to get to meetings. therefore i was not regular in the meetings or service work ...forget it...I did not have the time or energy. that is when i was deemed spiritually weak by sisters and elders. they had no idea, i was praying my heart out to jehovah to get through the day and for everything to be okay. but it was not good enough for them. i believe that the organization wants the attendence and the numbers to count just so that it looks good. funny thing though, through this all, i know jehovah understood my circumstances and he still loved me. but the congregation? thats a different story. i moved to a new congregation, i was not even welcomed into the congregation...you know, how they welcome a new sister into the congregation. i feel i was branded as someone who was spiritually weak, 'so be careful, dont associate to closely with her', and that was it. after a year, i made no friends in the congregation, and yet in the world, i was making many. i still was not feeling like god hated me. what i felt was too much pressure with congregation obligations and too many restrictions. i was always feeling so bad. even though i wasnt doing anything wrong. just got to be too much. i do not like the feeling of been in a room with 100 people (bros and sis) and not feeling like i have a friend in the world. i could not take the hurt anymore....so i decided to be honest with myself and jehovah. i told him why i was leaving, (he already knew how i felt) and so in order to get rid of the guilt and hurt, i left. i feel better now. i make friends honestly and easily. there is no competition to do good, be better, or whatever, i can be just myself. and i have made 'genuine' friends this way....there are so many other things to say...so this is a start...i would luv to talk (instant message) with anyone if you like....take care

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This will be fun !!!!!! Calgary Flames make it to Stanley Cup Finals !!!!!!

by run dont walk in

just got back from the game tonight, wow !!!

!, what a night, town is upside down, estimated over 40,000 people decended on 17th avenue, (hot spot in calgary) to celebrate , it was a sight, the game was awesome, no voice left, drank way too many beers, but had fun.. it will be enjoyable attending the stanley cup finals, (hope to get tickets).

anyone been to a stanley cup final game ???????.

finallyspringlol

you were there!!!??...that is great...total fun eh?...anyways i am calgary fan to....but i slept thru the game.......oh well it should get really good now eh??

cheers

joanne