Posts by Saoirse

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The Bahamas were great, traveling there was not so great.

by free2beme in

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just got back about 2am from the bahamas.

it was awesome and the atlantis was an amazing place to stay and play.

we spent a few days just hanging out at the resort, riding slides and exploring all it offered.

Saoirse

Just remember that the Straw Market stalls are about half JW's selling their stuff!

Are you serious? The Straw Market is full of scam artists and just about everything in there is counterfeit. My friend bought a purse there and it fell apart a couple of weeks later.

I really got tired of the attitude about Americans there...I wonder what they think would be supporting them if not tourist dollars???

What happened? My husband and I were thinking about taking a weekend cruise there. I'm having second thoughts now.

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JW animated Armageddon and New World movies!

by Atlantis in

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a bit of a sour stomach after watching !animated armageddonhttp://www.latindimples.com/newbeginning/lastday.swf new dawnhttp://www.latindimples.com/newbeginning/newdawn.swf

Saoirse

That is extremely disturbing. I hope whoever made that video gets professional help.

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I JUST FOUND OUT............

by Es in

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that im having a baby!!!!!!!.

its still early days but i did the test and theres 2 lines.

im so excited.

Saoirse

That's wonderful news. I hope you have a comfortable pregnancy and an easy delivery.

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UPDATE: Man Sentenced to Church

by Saoirse in

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an update on the case states that he only went the kingdom hall once and then attended the other five services at a christian church.

i wonder if all the letters had an impact?

the article goes on to state the the case generated interest from as far away as germany and great britain.. .

Saoirse

Have American Judges heard of the separation of Church & State?

Sorry, the headline was a bit misleading and I should have given some background on the case.

The man was given a choice between 30 days in jail or attending a predominantly black church for 6 Sundays. The man chose to go to the church. Another article stated that the judge decided to offer the man the choice of attending church because he knew if this man was sent to jail he would probably just get involved with a racist group and would learn nothing from the situation. Since he was given a choice, I don't see a problem with it.

The only controversy I saw was that the man attended services at the Kingdom Hall of JWs. I believe it was mentioned that his lawyer may have had some JW ties. Several people, including myself, wrote to the judge to express our dismay over this man attending the KH. I don't know if our letters made a difference or if the man just decided that the KH sucked and didn't want to go back. Either way the outcome was good. Hopefully, he learned his lesson and will be more tolerant in the future.

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Old Light!

by Deputy Dog in

the jws just walked away from my front door, while i'm sitting here on jwd.

my wife is home, sick from work so i didn't answer the door.

the funny thing is, they left the october 1, 2004 watchtower.

Saoirse

I love trick you played. I took a picture of The Time is at Hand with Luke 21:8 in the background and showed a witness, they almost puked.
If I can ever figure out how to post a picture I'll upload it.

What is this about? Can someone post a link?

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UPDATE: Man Sentenced to Church

by Saoirse in

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an update on the case states that he only went the kingdom hall once and then attended the other five services at a christian church.

i wonder if all the letters had an impact?

the article goes on to state the the case generated interest from as far away as germany and great britain.. .

Saoirse

An update on the case states that he only went the Kingdom Hall once and then attended the other five services at a Christian church. I wonder if all the letters had an impact? The article goes on to state the the case generated interest from as far away as Germany and Great Britain.

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JW message board talking about "famous" apostates

by unbeliever in

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http://ewatchman-exposed.co.uk/research/exposure_1_strange_bedfellows__robert_king_and_donald_burney.html?lastpost=1141249562#msg11 1. james penton who was an elder in lethbridge, alberta canada became apostate in the late 70's, took at least 80 souls with him at that time.

god only knows how many he took through the years?

his book is intitled: "the apocylpse is not delayed because of my stupidity".

Saoirse

I can't believe Danny wasn't mentioned.

Carl Jonsson became apostate during the mid 70's and started to doubt many with regarding 607 BCE and wrote stupid book about it and took many from the truth.

Carl Olof Jonsson's books are excellent. The only stupidity I see is the JW morons who don't do their research and actually believe the lie that Jerusalem fell in 607 BCE.

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Cults, Crisis, Concision

by RichieRich in

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so this month (march) i promised my mother that i would auxillary pioneer with her.

{that's 50 hours in field service, fyi}.

i was supposed to turn in my application tonight, but alas, i forgot it.

Saoirse

She began screaming and crying. Babbling on about me lying, loving / not loving Jehovah, all because of this damn application.

(((((Richie))))) I am so sorry . She reminds me of my own mother.

I beat myself up for years, thinking I wasn't good enough until I finally realized that my mother has a mental problem and it has nothing to do with me. It's almost as if they are junkies and legalistic religion is their drug of choice.

I really admire you for taking such a stand at such a young age - it took me 30 years. I wish I could introduce you to my JW step-daughter.

Apostates can not be apathetic.; Our war is too fierce, and we all are sleeping on the battlefront every night.

Truer words have never been spoken. People are dying, pedophiles are going free and families are being torn apart. If that's not worth fighting for, I don't know what is.

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So what about Lent and Easter??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so today is the first day of lent (which is painfully obvious to me because i've chosen to give up my favourite snacks for lent and right now, i have a really bad craving for doritos), and it got me to thinking, once again, about wts doctrine and the whole banning of holidays thing that they have going on.. i've read the reasons behind banning things like birthdays, christmas, halloween, mother's and father's day and national holidays like canada day and independence day, but i have yet to read anything about lent and easter.. so, what's the line of reasoning behind the banning of lent and easter??

and i don't mean easter as in chocolate bunnies and easter eggs and all of that, i mean easter as a religious celebration of the resurrection of christ.

after all, jws have the memorial of the crucifixion, don't they??

Saoirse

a "True Christian" will instead go to the Memorial and watch other people accept the Communion (unleavened bread and wine). Sounds like a good time to me.

This will be the first year that I attend an Easter service and partake of the Communion. I am really looking forward to it.

I attended the JW memorial last year with a friend who is trying to fade out. I went to give her moral support (am I a good friend or what?). It was such a travesty to see all those so-called Christians pass the bread and the wine and ignore Jesus' commandment to partake. I felt like such a hypocrite just being there. It actually made me ill just to see it. Never again.

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So what about Lent and Easter??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so today is the first day of lent (which is painfully obvious to me because i've chosen to give up my favourite snacks for lent and right now, i have a really bad craving for doritos), and it got me to thinking, once again, about wts doctrine and the whole banning of holidays thing that they have going on.. i've read the reasons behind banning things like birthdays, christmas, halloween, mother's and father's day and national holidays like canada day and independence day, but i have yet to read anything about lent and easter.. so, what's the line of reasoning behind the banning of lent and easter??

and i don't mean easter as in chocolate bunnies and easter eggs and all of that, i mean easter as a religious celebration of the resurrection of christ.

after all, jws have the memorial of the crucifixion, don't they??

Saoirse

My boss told me that many Christians observe Lent, not just Catholics. She said that she was going to try and give up swearing. I think I might do the same. I thought about giving up chocolate but seeing all those chocolate bunnies and Dove milk chocolate truffle eggs make that way too difficult. Besides, I need to make up for my Easter chocolate bunny deprived childhood.