Posts by Sweetp0985

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JW infant dies after parents refuse red cells

by Lee Elder in

ajwrb member sam believer has brought the recent death of a jehovah's witness infant to my.

attention.

this story has been carried by the cbs dallas affiliate and you should view the story here:.

Sweetp0985

dang, got all caught up and watched the whole darn ch 11 newscast.....silly me

Its so sad that this happened....All because these dumba** old geezers up there won't just admit they are wrong and let people be saved. I think something similiar to this was the turning point for my dad too. A close family friend got sick and needed an organ transplant but was too weak to transport to another hospital to get the transplant because she needed blood.....she didnt make it...i think that really took a toll on my dad....

I have posted this in other places but a example that my brother used one time really made me say hmmm and you're right....

no matter how many times you divide it, seperate it, shake it up, what have you...you're still dealing with BLOOD....just like water you can freeze it, boil it to make steam and other stuff but you're still dealing with water.....

I'm praying the other baby survives....

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Elder in coma said Jehovah was testing him.

by Es in

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friends

an elder in my parents congregation passed away last week of cancer.. i dont know if this sounds weird to anyone else, but about a month before he passed away, he went into a coma, he didnt know how long he was in it for.

but when he awoke he said to one of the c/o visiting him "jehovah was testing me, and tellin me i was going to be ok".

so once he awoken he wasnt afraid to die.. does this sound a little weird to anyone, i just feel if it had of been any wordly person saying that god was talkin to them in their coma that the jw's would say it was the demons?????.

Sweetp0985

hmmm just wondering...was he of the anointed for Jehovah to be talking directly to him???? Or was he on the GB????

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Judas at Lord's Evening Meal?

by LittleToe in

just a quick question.. does anyone know what the wts had to say about judas' presence at the last supper, before 1935?.

(documentary proof would be nice, too).

this is one of the arguments that the wts uses to support only 144,000 partakers of the "lord's evening meal".. i'm of the belief that he was at the supper, had his feet washed and enjoyed the meal, but was sent away before the "new covenant" was established (so he missed the specific partaking of the bread and wine).

Sweetp0985

Ok maybe I need to go back and reread my bible or something, but I thought all 12 of the apostles were present at the last supper...Isn't Luke an apostle??? So how wasn't he an eyewitness to the event but an apostle??? Was he left outside or something???

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Should I go sit at the kh next thurs when they announce my DF

by cindykp in

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friends

i could get there early, and save you all some seats!

at least i would have someone to talk to after the meeting

Sweetp0985

I don't know if I missed the thread about what happened, but just curious about what happened? Did you go? Am I the only one wondering??? Am I the only one that a few days late in asking about this?

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GHOST CAR!

by BrendaCloutier in

louisiana ghost story!!!.

this happened just outside of cocodrie, a little town in the bayou country of louisiana, it sounds like it could be an alfred hitchcock tale, i really don't know if it is true.

this out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Sweetp0985

I'm in Louisiana and have heard more than enough Boudreaux jokes, but this one I've never heard.....Funny as hell. OMG, I had to print that out to share with some of my co-workers......

I know another one if you guys wanna hear it, but don't wanna hi-jack da thread.

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Hypocrite Elder Gets Df'd

by Dragonlady76 in

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friends

there was a very well respected elder in my cong that i will call mr. r. this elder was a very zealous and pious jw and the po.

mr. r was of cuban descent and had extremely conservative veiws.

mr. r being the upstanding jw and elder had a very attractive wife and two cute kids.

Sweetp0985

Ok don't ban me after I say this but, I actually grew up in the congregation of a pretty nice elder. He never really did any hypocritical things that I know of (behind closed doors maybe) but never really heard anything bad about him EXCEPT for the fact that

1. His oldest son married a dub sister and very shortly after that the son got df'd...Don't know for what but (just an assumption) I know son and wifey lost alot of weight quickly (stapled stomach) and he probably became more handsome in other people's eyes besides his wife so he started playing the field...

2. Daughter was reproved (not sure if public or private) right before her marriage to dub brother /my assumption is that it probably was for playing hanky panky before marriage.

3. Youngest son robbed a bank and is now doing some time for it. Oh yeah he's df'd too.

But this elder was always a close friend of the family (probably why i still liked him until recently) and I was around his family and spent the night at his house alot. But like I mentioned until recently when he made a few comments I didn't appreciate. When my dad was trying to "strongly" encourage me to come back to the KH this elder and another elder had a brief meeting with me to see "where my head was" i guess....and when i told him I pray to God all the time he asked me, "What God is that?" and I looked at him real stupidly and he said, " I'm not being sarcastic, but so many "worldly" people pray to false gods." and he also got a shock when he tried to use the "JW's are the ONLY ones that go door-to-door" and I told him my church goes street witnessing also.....

But even tho he's trapped in the dub world, I still think he's a pretty ok dude.

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I was called by a JW wanting a favor...

by Dawn in

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friends

yep - you read that right.. i had a message on my answering machine - a jw i used to know long ago, left a message, wanting me to help out with some legal matters (i have worked for the criminal justice system for about 15 yrs now).. my husband just about had a cow - here's someone who wouldn't talk to me at the grocery store, but has no problem talking to me if they need something?

i thought to myself, could this person really be that nieve about human social situations - ie: if you're going to be mean to someone, don't expect a favor from them .

ok ok, i know - i should show more christian attitude, turn the other cheek, and call this person back.

Sweetp0985

actually i was just trying to be nosy at first and the trooper saw the need to let them go since i knew them....i wasn't really trying to help them out....lol.....i guess it was Jehovah...

Summer Convention 2005 in Toledo

by Sweetp0985 in

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i don't know if this has shown on another thread or not but, i just received it as a link with my wonderful edition of the cocoon newsletter...... http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20050219/news10/502190317/0/news13.

this article made me want to .

Sweetp0985

i don't know if this has shown on another thread or not but, I just received it as a link with my wonderful edition of the Cocoon newsletter.....

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050219/NEWS10/502190317/0/NEWS13

This article made me want to

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Bethel wants lawyers!

by zack in

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friends

at this week's service meeting it a letter was read to all congregations in usa:

bethel wants lawyers, lawyers specializing in tax law, and cpa's.

if you are in any of these professions you were supposed to talk to the po that evening.

Sweetp0985

One minute they are falling out with the lawyers, next minute they want more of them. I can't keep up!!!

slimboy maybe if you take just a second to actually read the thread instead of just inserting your ummm, half a cent, you might see whats going on. But let me see if i can tell you in slimboy terms.

The WBTS is LOSING THEIR CONTROL over the lawyers they presently have therefore the thread about WBTS falling out with lawyers, soooooo they are trying to recruit fresh NEW lawyers to PROGRAM/BRAINWASH them with their ideas and propaganda. And they need them ASAP because of all the court cases that are pending against them that used to be just thrown out but are now finally being heard in court.....

If that doesnt help you out any with your trying to keep up, maybe someone else on here can explain it better

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Bethel wants lawyers!

by zack in

jw
friends

at this week's service meeting it a letter was read to all congregations in usa:

bethel wants lawyers, lawyers specializing in tax law, and cpa's.

if you are in any of these professions you were supposed to talk to the po that evening.

Sweetp0985

My quote from another thread because I couldnt find this one at first,"

how are they asking for new lawyers within the organization when they look down on ones that go to college in the first place? So I can ask another question are these JW lawyers spiritually weak in the first place, or were they once a part of the "world" and became a JW and can still use their lawyer skills to be a dubbie wolf in sheep clothing lawyer?

Now that I've found this thread, there were so many excellant points made that i wanted copy and comment on. Its amazing to see how they ban or rather discourage so many things but later on down the line they see they need them themselves.

This discouragement to not go to college is the reason that I'm going so late in life. Not bragging or anything but I graduated high school #7 out of a class of 88 (not many I know), but i had a 3.57gpa and was sent letters by so many colleges. You think my dad, who got upset if i brought home a C, ever said pick the college of your choice darling??? No it was, "when you finish high school, you can regular pioneer with your house-cleaning all her life step-mom".....

And now they ask for people that has to go to college to become a lawyer. IMHO alot of people at these meetings when the announcement was read or read it for themselves at home, probably are all telling their children thats about to graduate high school or soon to be graduates, " Wow, Bethel needs lawyers, that means that its ok if you go to college, but they only need lawyers so you have to become a lawyer"

Ok I'm finished ranting now. I'm just so glad my dad is finally coming around and leaving that BS org. My dubbie mom is always saying pray for your dad, he's "spiritually depressed/fading away"....I say for what, I'm happy he's finally waking up. I been praying he comes to his senses and you too one day....She got mad and hung up....