Posts by Sweetp0985

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They say they don't celebrate Xmas, but...???

by JH in

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every year, on dec 25th, witnesses in our area gather at a book study group, and they have a dinner together.

although they say that they don't celebrate christmas, why do they gather on dec 25th like catholics do and share dinner together?

i'm sure that neighbors think that it's a christmas gathering.. i know that there isn't any christmas decorations there, or gifts being given, but i find it odd, that every year, some book study will organize a dinner on december 25th.

Sweetp0985

I don't quite remember exactly how the conversation went, but years ago when i was a young little rebellious JW..( i think around 9 or 10) i was upset because my mother wouldn't let me go by fireworks for July 4th. And she went on and on about fireworks are wrong and the bible says we shouldn't celebrate July 4th. Well to show her how much I pay attention at all the numerous bible studies/meetings i replied something to the terms of "you're lying because the bible doesn't say anything about not celebrating July 4th or popping firecrackers because they weren't even invented then when Moses wrote the bible"....she getting very pissed is all i vaguley remember and my non-JW laughing his ass off the rest of the night because i said it in front of everyone.....needless to say....my brother and i were always allowed to pop fireworks "THE DAY AFTER" the major holiday.....

i hope i don't get my dad in trouble by any lurkers in here but he showed up saturday to partake of all the christmas fixings at my aunts house...even took home a few plates...he even talked to me...because i was surely thinking in my head..if he can come in here to eat this xmas food and talk to everybody else and still play that shunning *hit with me...he's got to be kidding....but it was still awkward...but maybe he's coming around...been hearing about alot of un-JW like things he's been doing lately...next time imma go ahead and let him know i don't appreciate him still playing that shunning game with me...

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Lurkers! Why You Need To Leave the Watchtower Now!

by metatron in

i have an elderly relative that's a faithful witness.

she has attempted to take her own life on one or more occasions.. i avoid controversies with her because she is seriously ill and is totally dependent on the organization's existence.

for emotional stability.

Sweetp0985

Just today, it was announced that cat clones are going to be developed and sold!

Too late..saw on the news tonight that a lady paid a private sector $50,000 for a clone of her kitty cat.....it's already happening....

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Need your help! Wedding music ideas!

by maybesbabies in

ok all, my lovey and i are planning for the first song of our wedding to come after our vows are spoken, the ceremony ends, and he and i are going back down the aisle and into the house.

we want everyone to follow us in order from the first row back, and we'll go in and cut the cake.

thing is, we want a song to start as we head back down the aisle.

Sweetp0985

Shania Twain's "From This Moment" and "Still The One"

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It's snowing in Dallas!!! :D

by Elsewhere in

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never in my life have i ever seen it snow around christmas time where i live.

it's just a little and it will likely only collect a bit on the grass... but if we're lucky we will get to have a (sorta) white christmas morning!

Sweetp0985

it's asking for a miracle but i wish we could get some snow here so they can shut everything down like they usually do....but with this job more than likely i'd still have to come to work...shoot......it rarely rarely snows here...i think the same cold front that is in texas right now is headed here tonight and tmr....today we have the rain and tonight the low temps so all we may get is the icy roads..which is much more dangerous than snow.....it was 76 freaking degrees here yesterday and everyone was walking around in shorts and tonight it is forecasted to be in the low 30's.....is that weird or what?

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What would you like to do if you knew it wouldn't kill you?

by Elsewhere in

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...or hurt you.. as an example: drive your car off a cliff like in the movie groundhod day, just for the hell of it.. basically something that would normaly kill you or leave you messed up real bad... but in this case you could "reset" all new again.. don't be shy... i won't think your weird if you want to blow your head off just to see what it's like.

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Sweetp0985

If I knew it wouldnt kill me (AIDS or some other serious STD's with no cure) I would become a porn star....

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WT WARNING EXAMPLES: Anybody see this video?

by cyber-sista in

warning examples for our times was a wt release video that came out a couple of years ago.

at the times i was given it to watch so i could know the seriousness of my daughter marrying an unbeliever (any of you who have heard my story know she had never become a believer herself, so technically was an unbeliever too, thus not qualified to marry a believer either, but made guilty by association with the jws--catch 22 situation).

anyway, the video horrified me at the time.

Sweetp0985

I think alot of the head honchos up there have been watching SCARE TACTICS and are taking it to the extreme.

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I think I wanna go to the kingdom hall this sunday...

by Sweetp0985 in

yes you read that correctly, but first let me say that i'm not going to learn anything (as if that would happen anyway), but i'm going to gloat.. the last couple of times i went there a few months ago was because i was being forcedstrongly encouraged (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/74780/1202255/post.ashx#1202255) and i felt intimidated when i went.

now that i have become a regular reader of various discussions here, i know i can walk in there with my head held high and look at them with just as much disgust in my eyes as they have in theirs because i haven't been begging to come back to such a unloving and hateful organization.. i also want to take a good look at my step-mother.

i know for a fact that things on the homefront have been much less than a "loving theocratic atmosphere" between her and my father.

Sweetp0985

Whew...thanks for all the encourging posts. It was just a thought and plus i wanted to see my dad...but anyways i talked to him briefly on the phone yesterday. He was calling for my brother but I took the oppurtunity to see how long a convo with me would last. 5 mins. as usual but anyway it wasn't his usual "is your brother there, tell him I called" bit. But no I'm not going Sunday....More than likely I'll go to church and then come home and lounge all day in front of the TV watching football....but like i said..it was just a crazy thought i had for a minute....

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Subliminal pictures in the WTS artwork ??

by bull01lay in

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just been looking through ebay - and came across this.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=5541757312.

anyones seen these sort of things before ??.

Sweetp0985

I think it was bull01lay that said it but yes the pictures of the Twin Towers with the airplane is kind of creepy....and the one thats blue...is that an airplane in the clouds or am i just hallucinating....maybe it was a prophecy.....i know not funny...but just really creepy

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Pets

by sandy in

do your pets miss you when you leave them?

i think my dog misses her master, (my boyfriend) i miss him too.

he is away, in china for two weeks.

Sweetp0985

My fish swim to the top of the aquarium whenever I come near to it....i think they might miss me.....or they're probably just hungry....lol

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I think I wanna go to the kingdom hall this sunday...

by Sweetp0985 in

yes you read that correctly, but first let me say that i'm not going to learn anything (as if that would happen anyway), but i'm going to gloat.. the last couple of times i went there a few months ago was because i was being forcedstrongly encouraged (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/74780/1202255/post.ashx#1202255) and i felt intimidated when i went.

now that i have become a regular reader of various discussions here, i know i can walk in there with my head held high and look at them with just as much disgust in my eyes as they have in theirs because i haven't been begging to come back to such a unloving and hateful organization.. i also want to take a good look at my step-mother.

i know for a fact that things on the homefront have been much less than a "loving theocratic atmosphere" between her and my father.

Sweetp0985

Yes you read that correctly, but first let me say that I'm not going to learn anything (as if that would happen anyway), but I'm going to gloat.

The last couple of times I went there a few months ago was because I was being ~~forced~~strongly encouraged (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/74780/1202255/post.ashx#1202255) and I felt intimidated when I went.

Now that I have become a regular reader of various discussions here, I know I can walk in there with my head held high and look at them with just as much disgust in my eyes as they have in theirs because I haven't been begging to come back to such a unloving and hateful organization.

I also want to take a good look at my step-mother. I know for a fact that things on the homefront have been much less than a "loving theocratic atmosphere" between her and my father. I just want to see the look in her face/eyes because she knows I know things are not happy at home. And what's much worse, I know her closest JW friends know it too and do the elders try to encourage them? Maybe they do but I know my dad, he's gonna do what he wants to do anyway, such as not talking to me when he barely still in it himself. But thats just one of the prime examples of people looking at the toothpick in my eye when they have the whole damn tree. Not that I want my father disfellowshipped (should have been a long time ago) but the elders knows he's not doing whats right, but because he and my step-mom are so well known within the borg, I doubt seriously that will ever happen.

But I just want to go and look at all the captives of the borg and laugh at their misery while I enjoy my freedom.