Posts by c5

has anyone here had any personal spiritual experiences and is anyone here brave enough to describe/relate any personal spiritual experiences they've had, whether pre-borg, during being borganized or post-borg?

to be more specific, have you ever seen any angels or spirit creatures, been made aware of their presence in any way, interacted with or communicated with them, or had dream/visions...etc?

c5

In 2001, right before my flight home from a trip to Las Vegas, I had an unmistakable feeling that I KNEW something was going to happen on our flight. Sure enough, our plane ended up making and emergency landing in Denver. The way it happened was so wierd too, the pilots never told us what was going on till our decent. This may not seem like a big deal, but I knew for certain something out of the ordinary was going to happen on that flight. Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck the whole time and ended up hyperventalating and just about lost it.

I also get the same feelings that a previous poster said of when you go into antique stores, the feeling that you can sense the past. It is more than just the smells and feel of the place, it goes a lot deeper. I seldom tell people about this because most think you are crazy or trying to get attention somehow.

There used to be this old museum in a small town I grew up in. We would visit it once in a while. I found it facinating and educational but also got the creeps from it. It featured old artifacts indigenous to the area, a lot of old settler, pioneer, and indian things. I swear to you that when I would go to the sections that had the mannequins and artifacts set up, I felt that they were alive. I could feel the presence of people in the past.....as if they were still living there right now. Then I would go to other areas of the museum and the feeling would dissappear. Of course, when I would tell my Witness friends and aquaintences about it, they would say that I was just getting carried away with my imagination. I knew deep down it was real, so I just stopped sharing it.

Cari

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Whats you favorite drink?

by Gadget in

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i just had a really bad day at work.

apart from what you'd normally expect from a 15 hr shift, tonight vitually everything that could go wrong did.

when i got home i decided to have a drink(the first since emans barbie!!!

c5

Sex on the Beach

with extra cherries and extra cream!! Yum yum!

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What you didnt have to worry when you were a JW

by berylblue in

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"the truth will set you free.

that is what we were always told when learning the wonderful bible truths tm.

freedom from ancestor worship, worrying about an eternity in hell (well, now you had to worry about getting nuked at a. but never mind), if the world would be destroyed in a nuclear holocaust, etc.. what are some of the things you felt you did not have to worry about when you were in, but do now?.

c5

When I was a witness, I never worried about making friends. You had all these "token" friends that you did not have to work to make as long as you remained a good witness.

Like others have posted, I did not worry about death and my health. On a funny note, I seldom brushed my teeth when I was a witness because I figured that Jehovah would give me a new set of teeth if mine fell out if the new system had not come yet. LOL.

I also did not worry about employment as I was convinced that if I put Jehovah and his kingdom first, he would always provide adequate work for me. It is a shame because now I am paying royally for my neglect back then. Any one else have similar thoughts?

Cari

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Samurai sword-wielding man terrorizes church full of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jgnat in

this is a local news item.

i doubt the link will last more than a day.

it appears the man had no connection to the jw's previously, he just considered them an "easy mark".

c5

Forgive me, but I found this so funny, cant stop laughing.

Wish exciting things could have happened at our meetings. Most thrilling or scary thing was when maybe the power would go out for a little bit!

:-) I find this so funny!

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What if JWs had never been part of your life......?

by Scully in

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prisca's topic about personal responsibility vs blaming the jws (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/56286/824979/post.ashx#824979) got me to thinking..... where do you think you'd be if the jws and the wts had never been part of your life?how would your life be different from what it is now?what do you think you might have accomplished or done differently without the encumberances of the jws in your life?what kind of relationship would you have with your family?who would you be?.

there are no right or wrong answers, but think about those what-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up ideas you had as children and whether those dreams could have become a reality.. .

love, scully

c5

This one is a hard one. There are so many twists and turns we have taken in our lives that we have ended up today where we are at. It is all unique! If my family had not become jw's, there could have been thousands of ways my life would be different than today.

Don't know if I would have gone to college or not, that one is a toss up since my family never had the means to help with it nor the desire to encourage it even without the jw influence.

It seems to me deep down, past jw experience or not, I still would have ended up being the same I am today. Perhaps I may not have learned some of the lessons I have, but I cannot see myself as being anything other than myself no matter what religious or non-religious background I could have had.

My basic opinion has always been that being a jw does not necesarily make one better morally etc like a lot of jw's like to believe. You know how some of them used to say "If it wasnt for the truth I'd be a drug addict or have aids......." or " I'd be dead without Jehovah's help....". I think I would have ended up with the same morals that I have today, jw past or not.

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If you had the choice...

by JH in

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if you had the choice, would you rather live up to 80 years old, of which you would be healthy 70 years and sick 10 years, or.

would you rather live up to 800 years old, of which you would be healthy 700 years and sick 100 years?.

c5

Definately live 700 years! There is so much out there that I would want to do. Haven't even touched the surface!

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The GB vs SilentLambs Marchers In September

by SYN in

later on this month there will be an amazing event happening right in front of brooklyn's bethel, the headquarters of the book publishing company formerly known as a religion, the watchtower bible & tract society.

dozens, if not hundreds, of silentlambs and other interested and angry parties will be participating in this march.

the official spin on the issue straight from the top) :victims and their parents are free to go to the police.victims and their parents will not be sanctioned for going to the police.reports of molestions will be reported in states where it is required!there are fewer molestation cases on record than bill bowen and barb anderson claim.the "child protection policy" of the watchtower is "bible based (tm)", i.e.

c5

I believe the WT will look at this protest as another proof that they are being persecuted. They will believe it is trouble initiated by apostates, pawns of Satan the Devil.

They will never admit to making a mistake in this pedophile issue. To do so could cast doubt on them as being God's Organization. They could never afford to do that. They never admit to when they were wrong in the past, and probably never will. Makes me sick.

They probably will issue the same stupid statements they have been saying since this whole scandal came up. They will take the role as the innocent God-Fearing group recieving trouble from disgruntled former members. They will also probably take this oppourtunity to reaffirm their faith, as they believe this will be fullfilling bible prophecy.

The bright side of this is that this protest will do wonders to help educate those who know little about JW's. It will help inform people that JW's are not all the happy people who want to help. People need to know the whole truth about JW's.

I have so much respect for Bill Bowen and company, and all who are going to participate in this and other similar goings-on. These efforts will not be in vain.

Cari

Edited by - c5 on 9 September 2002 10:35:33

Edited by - c5 on 9 September 2002 10:37:13

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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #19

by ozziepost in

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to mark this weekend's district convention in sydney, australia, we are asked to cast our minds back in time and remember those district convention days with a certain nostalgia.

so, are you ready to begin that walk down memory lane?

settle back with a cuppa with me and reflect awhile.

c5

I guess Mulan and I were one of the few who truly tried to get something out of the conventions! I still have many of my notes and some of them are word for word from the talks.

Sure, a few times, especially in the later afternoon, the talks would get long. During those times, I would briefly observe the styles of clothes other sisters were wearing to see if I was in JW style. I usually ended up feeling sad because I could not afford a new dress for every day of the assembly like many of the other sisters could. Or I would try to find everyone in my congregation in the audience if they were not seated in the "assigned" section they encouraged us to sit in.

Edited by - c5 on 8 September 2002 15:49:57

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DO YOU LIKE J W D BETTER THAN BEFORE?

by minimus in

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over the last few months, changes have occured on this board.

many that complained have either left or post limitedly.

constant swearing is no longer accepted.

c5

I liked the board before, but I like it even better now.