Posts by kazar

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Am new here, would love some info on JW

by dorie in

hey all .

am new here, am the sister of a minister of the jw in ireland, and also the aunt of 2 lovely nephews soon to be baptized into jw's faith!!

we've tried for years to make her see sense and leave the jw's but it doens't work!!

kazar

Hi Dorie and welcome.

JW's predictions and expectations are so convoluted I couldn't begin to explain it here. Suffice to say they believe that in 607 BC the Gentile Times began. In 1914 the time of the end was supposed to have begun with the great tribulation having at its climax the UN (they believe it is the beast in the book of Revelation in the bible) destroying religion. If you can get the Witnesses' Revelation book it will explain it to you. Not that you'll understand it! I didn't, and very few of us here could ever make sense of the Witnesses predictions going as far back as the book of Daniel and further, and I'm getting a headache remembering the rest. Us here on this forum at one time or another all waited for Armagedden. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society kept changing the dates on us. AND, that is why I left. Along with the fact that too many questions addressed to one of their explanations is viewed as virtual heresy.

Good luck

Hope I didn't confuse you more.

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what was the deal with furbies?

by kittyeatzjdubs in

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one of matt's friends got me a furby over the weekend off of ebay.

i wanted one as soon as i remembered a jdub telling me that they were forbidden...i never knew why...does anyone know?

i played with it all day monday...i couldn't find any reason why the jdubs would ban them.... .

kazar

Funny, horrible life LOL.

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Do You Hide The Fact That You Were/Are A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

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i don't.

it reminds me every day of what i was was and not what i can enjoy.

kazar

I do conceal it by never mentioning it. I find that people will want to know the difference in disfellowshipping and expulsion , etc., and why one would be disfellowshipped for a difference of theological opinion. It brings up too much of the past. And, I don't want to appear to be a victim.

of the (trying to be sophisticated class)

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What do you miss most about being in the truth ?

by prophecor in

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every once in a while, i'll drive thru the blocks of our old territory, remebering the friends, how we would share time in the ministry.

reminiscing about those i left.

every so often, i'll pull out the old photographs.

kazar

I miss being certain that I was part of Jehovah's plan with His special people; having a confident attitude that worldly people and other religions didn't have of living through Armagedden (maybe) to a paradise earth. Oh, that sounds so naive.

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Everyone wish Whyamihere (Brooke) a big happy birthday

by Dustin in

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tommorow is my good friend brooke (whyamihere's) birthday.

everyone wish her the best as i am taking her out along with my wife to make her drink and party.

kazar

Happy Birthday, Brooke and many more.

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Did Anyone Ever Try To Get The UN Scandal In The News Here In Canada Or The

by Legolas in

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hi, i am new to this site as of july.

i just disassociated myself last month (history of why and the elders visit i think is on my profile) anyway did anyone evere try to get the un scandal in the news somehow here in canada or in the us?

thanks yvonne

kazar

Welcome to the board, Legolas. Hope to be hearing more from you. Just ignore Grissom.

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Upside/Downs Day

by bem in

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post 2301 of 2305. since 15-dec-04.

emperor class.

birthday!

kazar

Happy Birthday and many more. So glad I could be a part of this.

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The first day you found this site.....

by PaulJ in

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how did you feel?

what was your situaltion with the jw's?.

personally i had left by daing myself 2 and a half years ago.

kazar

I had been disfellowshipped for years. Like many others here I got on this site accidentally looking for Jehovah's Witnesses. I was trying to locate the convention grounds in order to attend. I inadvertently got onto Free Minds, Inc. and from there to here. I was shocked at what I read! I lurked for a few months and then posted.

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Reason for getting disfellowshipped.

by greendawn in

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what were you all disfellowshipped for?

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perhaps a frequent topic overall but i never happened to notice it.

kazar

I had stopped attending meetings for years and was eventually disfellowshipped. I had married a non-JW. I had confided in a "sister" I was very close to that I had been reassessing my beliefs and I came to the conclusion that I did not want to live forever. What was unspoken by me was that I did not want to live under the penalty of eternal life with judgmental people who had no individuality or talent. The "sister" reported it to the CO and I was hauled before the Judicial Committee and bingo! DF'd. I tried reinstatement a couple of times but could not stand being around them in the Kingdom Hall. So I faded.

Grissom, I will never justify anything I did. No apologies, excuses, etc. I don't care, no, I don't care (set to the sheet music).

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Another Xenophobe's Guide To The USA:

by Englishman in

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british xenophobes' guide to the usa

recent intelligence from spanish agent "columbus" has indicated that the hoped-for express sailing route between britain and the tea plantations of ceylon and india is blocked by a large land mass going under the name "the united states of america.

" the following advisory for european travellers was originally compiled by the british secret service, but the recent glasnost in eastern europe has made accessible far more comprehensive and accurate archives from the russian committee for state security.

kazar

Very amusing and entertaining post, Englisman.