Billygoat

Joined

• started 230 topics
• posted 5,200 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Billygoat

• 
  44

  It's snowing!

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else got snow outside this crisp frosty morning?

  it just started in surrey at 9.35 am!

  lovely!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  It was 70 degrees here in Texas for our Christmas. It was 80 yesterday!
• 
  20

  Sister "I just have to comment all the time" had my thought...

  by wanderlustguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about how one of the cult tactics come into play in such a simple action, like commenting at the meetings.

  don't know if it was the same everywhere, but at our hall, sometimes the wt study conductor would call on a couple of people in sequence, the first would give thier comment, then brother "i get to carry the microphone" would run over to the other, just for them to say "he, she had my thought".

  just that statement "they had my thought" says so much now.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  I remember at one WT study there was a sister who thought that she didn't get called on enough, so she brought one of those rubber finger things that you wear at a football game and put that on to get the conductors attention. It worked and she got called on and then just read the answer out of the magazine.

  LMAO!
• 
  85

  Another great loss in my life..I hesitate to post this ,,

  by LyinEyes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [edited: links have been removed from this post.].

  i hestitated to write this on xmas day and i hate to get anyone down, but i hope you understand and maybe send prayers my way.. .

  dear friends i don't know how to even put my pain in words, or my great loss.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  (((((Deedee, Denny, Wanderlust)))))

  I am so sorry. Oh, I am so sorry. I don't know what else to say except that we love you.

  Andi
• 
  25

  One of my pastors just called...

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to see how i was since it's been a while since i've been at my church.

  he didnt call to ask if i still believed in god.

  he didnt call to ask if i doubted that he and the other pastors represented god.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  (((Josie))) I'm so glad you've found such a great church home. There are more out there than the JWs would like to admit. My church is similar. If you're missing or going through hard times, people are always very quick to jump in and encourage with NO hidden agenda or guilt trips. It really is the way it should be.
• 
  5

  Does anyone collect antique china?

  by Billygoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple months ago we had a garage sale.

  we gathered old useless boxes of stuff from friends and family.

  stuff they were wanting to just trash and we took it to sell.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  A couple months ago we had a garage sale. We gathered old useless boxes of stuff from friends and family. Stuff they were wanting to just trash and we took it to sell. At the end of the sale, we had some dishes that didn't go. I have done some research on the net and realized one of the plates is a collectors item that sells for $35 - $57 a plate!!! I have a three other odd dishes that didn't sell. But I can't seem to find any info on them on the net. Does anyone know anything about Royal Limoges, Royal Albert, or Johnson Bros of England? Do you think if I just take them to a local dealer, they'd buy them from me? Any suggestions?
• 
  97

  Does the King Kong movie have racist overtones?

  by enlightenedcynic in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hey everybody,.

  was having a discussion with a co-worker about the new kk movie.

  he asked if i saw it already.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  Why do some people always have to look for an some hidden meaning that nearly always results in allowing them to play the victim. Isn't time better spent addressing legitimate racism and discrimination, there is enough of that without S T R E T C H I N G for hidden messages.

  It's kinda like those people that look at the pictures in the WTS art depictions that try to find Satan's face. Some people are just wired to play victim.
• 
  30

  just wrapped my first christmas gift...

  by in a new york bethel minute in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was fun!

  the only thing that sucked about it was the fact that i had no idea how to wrap a gift... late 20's and i've never wrapped a present before????

  hahaha only in the jw faith is that possible!!!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  My m-i-l collects that blue English pottery... Cant think of the name but it's pretty pricey

  Spode?
• 
  30

  just wrapped my first christmas gift...

  by in a new york bethel minute in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was fun!

  the only thing that sucked about it was the fact that i had no idea how to wrap a gift... late 20's and i've never wrapped a present before????

  hahaha only in the jw faith is that possible!!!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  I LOVE wrapping gifts! My first few years of holidays, my gifts were HORRIBLE! LOL! But with a little practice and time, I quickly learned how to do it. I even asked my roomies back then to let me wrap their gifts. Of course, they hated wrapping gifts, so they let me do it.
• 
  21

  SPIRITUALITY - A PERSONAL OUTLOOK

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear all,.

  most of you will be aware by now of my story regarding watchtower and, after exiting, finding i had an even greater battle to contend with - the fight against cancer!

  throughout this battle i have been helped by many people here.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  Sherry,

  Yet I have never seen anyone fear death more, cling to life more, or try to legislate against merciful endings in dire medical circumstances. (This is not to give an opinion on that last one, I haven't decided how I feel about that yet myself.) However if you knew you were dying and going to heaven wouldn't you be looking forward to that? I don't get it.

  As a Christian, I believe that this earthly Life is NOT all there is. And while I'm greatly blessed during my presence here (darling husband, wonderful house, sweet pets, amazing friends and church family) there is nothing on this earth that excites and relieves me more than the idea of going to heaven. There have been many moments in my life that I have pleaded for my Father to take me home. But here I stay. I believe it is because I have yet to complete what my God have assigned to me to do during my lifetime. Should I go tomorrow, I think I might mourn my own passing. Not because of losing my earthly life, but because I know that my husband, friends and family are behind mourning me as well. THAT idea breaks my heart...today. And yet at the same time, I have a feeling that I will have an understanding of Life that they don't yet have. That the beautifulness and glory of Heaven is so amazing, that the loss of what I left behind is but a simple surface wound. The relief and joy of the afterlife overwhelms the pain of not being with my loved ones.
• 
  22

  What are your children doing on the internet?

  by TD in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ---stories like this make my trigger finger twitch.

  boy's web cam opens portal to a grim worldby kurt eichenwald the new york times .

  monday, december 19, 2005. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billygoat

  I don't have kids either, but I know that my children will be VERY closely monitored when it comes to internet use and especially chat rooms. It confounds and horrifies me that these parents don't seem to care what their kids are doing on the net. I honestly can't imagine being that naive.