Posts by Sweetp0985

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Do you still read the magazines?

by Pleasuredome in

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i was speaking to a lady today who isnt a witness.

she's a very intellegent, well educated and well travelled girl, and she tells me how much she enjoys reading the watchtower and awake.

i said to her that she has to be joking, and she tells me that she she likes them a lot.

Sweetp0985

i scan through them and sometimes read them to find out what they are changing because of "new light". Like i read the one about birthdays and they also had an article in the awake one time talking about fireworks. When i read this i only thought of really 2 occasions when fireworks are displayed in US and wondered why did they even do an article on them...like a JW will ever be able to enjoy them. Because dubs are not supposed to celebrate New Year's Eve and they don't celebrate July 4th either, so when would they see the fireworks.

But on another note...i just through away a large stack of them yesterday when cleaning out my room....In some deep recess of my conscience the JW pieces still left were crying out,"NOOOO don't throw them away,", but guess what...I did it anyway.....

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Please Welcome My Friend Harleyquinn!

by Sassy in

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i wanted you to meet a fellow internet friend of mind.. .

please give her a warm welcome here at jwd .

Sweetp0985

Hey Harleyquinn although I see you all the time at Ronnie's Clubhouse...LOL....Welcome here tho'...I'm Sweetp225 over there...

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Celebrating Birthdays--Disfellowshipping Offense--Where stated in WT pubs?

by blondie in

blondis is asking for help.

where does it state that if a jw celebrates a brithday that it is a disfellowshipping offense.

i have searched and searched.

Sweetp0985

Make Sure Of All Things/page66/Same Chapter/Heading: Servants of God Noted for NOT Celebrating BIRTHDAYS; Only PAGANS Observed Such Celebrations

So does this make Job PAGAN???

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What Is The Most Successful Way To Get Rid of Jehovah's Witneses?

by minimus in

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any ideas???

?

Sweetp0985

4. Or he can go the Sunday meeting in time for the WT study and raise his hand on the first question and say:
I am visiting this congregation to find out how I can get your people to stop coming to my house. I called and asked the presiding overseer but some how the message has not gotten to the congregation. Then suggest they copy down your address for future reference. Tell him to be sure to hang onto the mike or it will be pulled away. I'm sure an elder will be by his side to be sure no one calls.

I'm really loving this way to get rid of em'

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Celebrating Birthdays--Disfellowshipping Offense--Where stated in WT pubs?

by blondie in

blondis is asking for help.

where does it state that if a jw celebrates a brithday that it is a disfellowshipping offense.

i have searched and searched.

Sweetp0985

Farket said,"What freakin' "pointed indications?" That the Bible only gives TWO cases of birthday celebrations that ended in tragedy out of MILLIONS of birthday celebrations that didn't?"

I agree....Just because at 2 cases of a birthday celebration that the JW's always talk about(I never really knew about the b-day celebrations done by Job while a dub...I wonder why) something bad happened. I'm quite sure there were many other birthday celebrations held too but they aren't mentioned because NOTHING HAPPENED at them...

Just like the wedding Jesus turned water into wine, it was put into the bible because of the miracle that happened. But there are hardly any other mentioning of weddings held (correct me if I'm wrong) because nothing spectacular happened at them...So does this mean that this was the only wedding held...Of course not....but because Jesus went to a wedding celebration/reception they are OK but how do we know he never went to a uneventful birthday celebration???

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Expressions that show that you are an old-timer!

by cyberguy in

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"back calls,".

"vacation pioneer,".

"tower" (instead of watch tower, or watchtower).. .

Sweetp0985

I used this word the other day when typing a post and after I typed it I was like ewwww..I used a JW term...

"HOUSEHOLDER"

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Do You Think They'll Give????

by Sweetp0985 in

this was in the yahoo alert... http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2004/08/15/w1c_nonprofit_0815.html.

do you think the gb will give to someone other themselves even though it is local law enforcement/firefighters.

i'm quite sure they would benefit from these departments if someone broke into the west palms convention center or if it caught on fire..... do you think they'd do it if the issue really became a question posed to them??

Sweetp0985

This was in the Yahoo Alert... http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2004/08/15/w1c_nonprofit_0815.html

Do you think the GB will give to someone other themselves even though it is local law enforcement/firefighters. I'm quite sure they would benefit from these departments if someone broke into the West Palms Convention Center or if it caught on fire....

Do you think they'd do it if the issue really became a question posed to them???

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WTS Tells a Whopper!

by Farkel in

among dubs who are true believers(tm) they will readily admit that their religious leaders have "made mistakes.

" few of them however, will admit that their leaders are intentional and calculating liars, dirty rotten lying liars who lie in order to blind their flock and to conceal their own dirty laundary and miserable failures in both doctrine and policy.

i'll give but one example.

Sweetp0985

Scully said: Funny things happen to people when you catch them in a lie. Especially if you calmly confront them with facts that they know, but didn't know that you knew too.
Initially, before they realize that you know, they will go on in a whatever-do-you-mean? sort of way, in an attempt to make you look dumb and them look not dumb.

In my own experience whenever I made a point that they couldn't argue anymore OR when I USED to be a dub when in the FS when the householder made a good point they usually would give that Satan truly has a hold on them speech or Satan truly has them blinded. But yet and still the points given were facts that could be proven.I've even been called an antichrist by my JW mom because I don't agree with the teachings of the dubs.....

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School this fall?

by StinkyPantz in

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after a year's hiatus i am finally going back.

i'm so anxious, sleep it out of the question.

this first semester i have it easy.. the hard stuff starts in january.. for now:.

Sweetp0985

I'm taking 16 hrs at LSU.

I'm going to be an Accounting Major but this is my first year in college so my first semester looks like a high school schedule....

Math, English, ISDS(whatever da hell that is), Spanish, and Biology..

I had to come back and add this tidbit for Billygoat..never give up hope...I've been out of school for almost 10 yrs and this is gonna be my first year in college.. I almost gave up hope trying to go..but I'm finally living part of my dream...So never give up and you'll be able to go one day....

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My Lunch with an active JW today

by Terry in

johnny and i go back all the way to childhood.

we met in elementary school all those years ago.

he was a chubby, one-eyed kid with freckles and a coat that didn't fit him and i was a tall and vanishingly thin introvert who wore dress pants instead of blue jeans.

Sweetp0985

Later I mentioned that the Watchtower had carried many articles under Rutherford condemning Aluminum utensils. He said he had read about those and that there MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING TO THAT. I asked why. He then said, "They don't make aluminum cookware anymore---there has to be a reason for that".
I calmly looked at him and said, "People don't ride horses anymore, there must be a reason for that too."

I couldn't have said it better myself....So very nicely put...