Posts by JK666

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Intro: disfellowshipped as a teen in 1999

by Moxie in

greetings and warm wishes to everyone out there...

this is my first post here on the site, though i have spent many countless hours as a guest reading and reading your posts and conversations.

they have been a great encouragement to me, who as a young woman was disfellowshipped from the society about nine years ago.

JK666

Moxie,

Glad you are here, and thank you for sharing your experiences. Welcome to the board!

JK

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Formula 1 starts this weekend!

by JK666 in

to other race fans,.

i have been waiting for months for the beginning of the 2008 f1 season.

the first race in australia is this weekend, and since i bleed red, i hope ferrari dominates.

Not a great start for the Scuderia by a long shot! I was impressed by the pace of the BMW and Williams though. It could be a very interesting season. I think the championship is Hamilton's to lose. The McLaren looked great all weekend.

JK

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My Next Car ... and YOURS?

by compound complex in

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JK666

For something really outrageous, a Bugatti Veyron 16.4, at over 250 m.p.h. (407 kph)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x157l2_bugatti-veyron-at-top-speed

JK

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My Next Car ... and YOURS?

by compound complex in

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JK666

W007,

I have a Saab convertible with side airbags. The Windshield frame acts as a rollbar. It is about as safe as any closed top car.

JK

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My Next Car ... and YOURS?

by compound complex in

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JK666

Alfa Romeo 8C Spyder:

alt

JK

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MOUTHY..Grace...

by Snoozy in

jw
friends

hi mouthy..i just wanted to tell you i saw tom jones this week in concert!.

he is still hot and still sexy..he had lots of panties thrown at him to prove it!...

we were too far away to take pictures, all that was allowed were camera phones.. they searched our purses before we went in.. believe it or not i almost got to meet him but the waitress for our table screwed up our order and we were late.

JK666

ninja,

Especially in Branson.

JK

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I got my voter registration card today

by B_Deserter in

my jw brother brought it in.

god i hope he didn't look at it!

i was hoping it'd come in a discreet envelope, but no, it had to be marked all over the place.

JK666

Here is a little taste of WTS doublespeak on voting:

Watchtower, June 15th 1999 Issue, Page 30:

Questions From Readers

How do Jehovah’s Witnesses view voting?

...As for Jehovah’s Witnesses, they do not interfere with the right of others to vote; neither do they in any way campaign against political elections. They respect and cooperate with the authorities who are duly elected in such elections. (Romans 13:1-7) As to whether they will personally vote for someone running in an election, each one of Jehovah’s Witnesses makes a decision based on his Bible-trained conscience and an understanding of his responsibility to God and to the State. (Matthew 22:21; 1 Peter 3:16)

...those who have a part in voting a person into office may become responsible for what he does. (Compare 1 Timothy 5:22, The New English Bible.) Christians have to consider carefully whether they want to shoulder that responsibility.
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In view of the Scriptural principles outlined above, in many lands Jehovah’s Witnesses make a personal decision not to vote in political elections, and their freedom to make that decision is supported by the law of the land. What, though, if the law requires citizens to vote? In such a case, each Witness is responsible to make a conscientious, Bible-based decision about how to handle the situation. If someone decides to go to the polling booth, that is his decision. What he does in the polling booth is between him and his Creator.

The November 15, 1950, issue of The Watchtower, on pages 445 and 446, said: “Where Caesar makes it compulsory for citizens to vote . . . [Witnesses] can go to the polls and enter the voting booths. It is here that they are called upon to mark the ballot or write in what they stand for. The voters do what they will with their ballots. So here in the presence of God is where his witnesses must act in harmony with his commandments and in accordance with their faith. It is not our responsibility to instruct them what to do with the ballot.”

What if a Christian woman’s unbelieving husband insists that she present herself to vote? Well, she is subject to her husband, just as Christians are subject to the superior authorities. (Ephesians 5:22; 1 Peter 2:13-17) If she obeys her husband and goes to the polling booth, that is her personal decision. No one should criticize her.--Compare Romans 14:4.

What of a country where voting is not mandated by law but feelings run high against those who do not go to the voting booth--perhaps they are exposed to physical danger? Or what if individuals, while not legally obliged to vote, are severely penalized in some way if they do not go to the polling booth? In these and similar situations, a Christian has to make his own decision. “Each one will carry his own load."--Galatians 6:5.

There may be people who are stumbled when they observe that during an election in their country, some Witnesses of Jehovah go to the polling booth and others do not. They may say, ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses are not consistent.’ People should recognize, though, that in matters of individual conscience such as this, each Christian has to make his own decision before Jehovah God.--Romans 14:12.

Whatever personal decisions Jehovah’s Witnesses make in the face of different situations, they take care to preserve their Christian neutrality and freeness of speech

JK

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