Posts by TheOneBuck

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The Most Unkind Cut From An Elder/ MS..

by Englishman in

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this was mine:.

"you're a brand rescued from the burning..in israel you would have been stoned to death..get down on your hands and knees, get your head hard down on the carpet and beg jehovah for forgiveness".. they don't tell you about that sort of thing when you first have a bible study.. englishman.. .

TheOneBuck

Wow these stories enrage me even hearing them. Purplesofa, I am not sure I could restrain from sticking my size 15 up the persons ass who said that my kid.... What a horrible thing to say and do. Even if she was bad assoaciation (which I am sure she is not) isn't the proper Christian attitude to help her by surrounding her by good things. Fing tool bag!!!

because Jehovah would not be listening to my prayers. Wow I have no idea what you did or even care, but does this needle dick not know how to read. For gods sake look at the forgivness he has shown King David and every other person who sinned. Why do so many make god to be this vengful killing machine. Everything I have read in the bible is that he loves us dearly and will be will forgive us for our sins if we ask for it. It is pretty clear.

I hope the elder whi said that knows how much that had to piss off god. If he thinks for one minute god would ever say that, then he is well beyond hope.

Personally I have never had a elder say something mean to me. There are some who are just nasty, but they know I would never take their junk. Seriously, I am not an ego freak, but I never viewed the elders as prominent. I think people but too much expectations on elders. I hear people whine well elder so and so ever helped me here or said this, so who the heck are they. They are no more imprtant then you. Wow this is going to be rant so I will stop.

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I went to the Memorial and to the Sunday meeting...

by JH in

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an elder came over last monday to invite me over to the memorial, and i went.

i also went to the sunday meeting.

they were happy to see me, and now the elder that came over monday, wants to come over again, this time with another elder..... for those that don't know, i'm inactive since y e a r s. i go to the memorial, and usually, that's it.

TheOneBuck

Go through the motions...if you cancel they will bug you for months to reschedule.... Jus keep steady water steady you know what I mean.

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help me!

by kerseygurl in

where do i begin?

i can't believe i'm even here...i am a 20 year old female and have been dating a jehovah's witness for 4 and 1/2 years.

until recently, we've been completely and utterly devoted to each other.

TheOneBuck

Man my heart sinks for you.... I can tell you his side of the story first hand.. I dated outside the truth with a girl for 4 years and what a stress. Please bare with me as I want to cover soooo many point and do not want to make this a novel.

- If you guys do get married what are you ok that the kids will have no christmas or other worldy holidays. I am sure if you have been dating him you know that it is hard during these times. I am sure you even talked about it, but imagine how hard it would be to celebrate with your kids while dad sat in the corner and did nothing. Plus this would cause so much stress for him because the local elders would be like all over him and what happends in his house is a direct reflection on his standing with Jehovah.

- When I was dating this girl I always assumed if I dealt with it slowl she would just come to the meetings eventually. I asked her to come to special talks, memorials and etc hoping that she would just convert. Maybe he is doing the same thing. Maybe he is hoping that you just convert. Now I am not a JW hater at all, but if the religion is something that you know you will not be happy with then stand your grounf firm and do not change. That is so loving of you to accept his faith it is only fair that he accepts yours. The thing is JW culture is not accepting at all of different faiths and you will never have full approval of his close friends or family.

- What would happend if you kid was in accident and needed blood? What would happend?

- As much as you think you know what pressure he is under, you have no idea. There is no doubt he loves you but I am sure his heart is so torn. His family is telling him one thing, which they think is right because I am sure they do not want to see you get hurt or him, but it is RARE these relatioships work. Trust me you bf is in complete turmoil. If he is on the fence he does not want to let god down, but realizes he has to compromise to make things work with the girl he loves. Plus after 4 years I assume you guys have done more then hold hands and I sure that tears him up inside too.

- I am sorry this f-ing sucks soo bad. If JW could just have a little compromise in their belives you ca make this work. The best advice I have is lay is ALL on the table. Tell him that you will not become a witness for him (if you really do not want to) and this is what you can accept if the relationship is to continue. Make sure to talk about where you will getr married, kids, everything be brutally honest with him and be honest with yourself. You are at a hue risk of losing him and I am sure in your mind is somethin you can not even think about life without him, but I am sorry hun you have to think with reason on this one.

- You mention he is distancing himself. He very well could be. This is a total assumption, but I am sure he loves you and he does not want to break up but in his mind if he draws away from you, you will break up and he will not have to do it himself making the out easier you kow. Call him on this and see if that is the case.

- Just being brutally honest these relationships will NOT work in most cases. My mom/dad are different in religious views (dad is a JW mom is not) and have seen it work, but my mom is SOOOOOO compromising it is unreal. If you are that type of person great, but to be honest life is to short for you not to be totally happy.

Aww damn it my heart goes out to you soooo much... Please ask me anything at anytime. I pray that this works out for you both. Keep us posted.

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Kingdom Hall Decorating

by AuntieJane in

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never been in one, but know they are not all exactly alike.

are any pictures hanging in them at all, of jesus, god, etc?.

are there kids' bible story pictures or anything?

TheOneBuck

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IBM unveils new nanomechanical storage system: 1 terabyte per square inch!

by seattleniceguy in

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the new storage system has been tested reading and overwriting 10,000 times, showing it has what it takes to be used as reusable storage.

it writes onto a polymer film at a density of 1000 gb per square inch.

wow!.

TheOneBuck

It is either ProtgterGamble or Johnson/Johnson that has a patent on using a prizim cube for memory storage. It is based on light refraction and it is said that one face of of 1 in cube can store the entire Library of Congress on it. That is just freaking awsome....

Hybrids will be so awsome, imagine gas stations that you can go to and charge up instead of filling up.

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Please help me help a friend, quickly

by wonderwhy in

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i have a friend who is a jw as is her husband.

she is stuck in a marriage with a man whom i believe has major mental problems and he is visciously abusive to her emotionally.

on two occasions he became physically violent with her as in he grabbed her and pinned her while he was yelling at her.

TheOneBuck

I am not trying to make witness ladies look bad, but she most likeley does not want to go to them for several reasons. First, they would most likley council her on what she is doing wrong to make him be like that, etc etc. Telling her she needs to be in subjection to him and stuff like that. When you are in that situation you do not need to be told it is your fault you kow. Also, she is concerned about her husbands rep, again a product of the system, which in many ways is loving and nice of her, but to this extreme she should only be concerned about her. If she told the sisters the every hall in an 100 mile radius would know about it. Sisters, love the gossip, at least that is the experiece I have had, actually let me rephase, JW in general men/woman love gossip.

I hope your friend gets the help she needs... my heart goes out to her I am sure she feels totally helpless right now.....

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Sport: bringing out the worst in JWs

by Pleasuredome in

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in my time involved with the jws, i used to play a lot of football nearly every week with the bros. i used to find it amazing and laughable how some, including elders, would start name calling and getting aggresive, sometimes to the point of making threats.

it made me realise that football and other sports can show the true character of individuals.

has anyone here experienced things like this when playing sports with jws?

TheOneBuck

They always act like it's O.K. when they talk trash, but as soon as you taunt them back, then you get reported to the elders. God how I hate them.

Glad I was not the only one who experienced this... I also thought it was funny what Brook said, most of them were terrible at sports but thought they were great. That is why when I played I just tried to have fun, but they made it ultra competitive. When we played pick up games with wordly people it was so much better. They were as competitve but were usually better, and had some type of social skill to go along with it, which made things 10 times better.

Having knocked the Witnesses, I know of 2 that could have easily got Division 1 looks for college if they played HS football/basketball. One kid was so good that I had him come out and meet the coaches, he practiced with us and tore it up.. I mean literally tore it up, but his dad threw down the hammer. Seriosuly, one practice Jim Tressel (coach at Ohio State) when he was at Youngstown State was going to offer him on the spot from just seeing practices. It is a shame. The other kid I am talking about was begged by area Catholic Schools and the local public HS to attend and play bball for them. He is/was amazing on the court, but again dad threw down the hammer. He would dominate all the summer leagues around here and open courts.

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Sport: bringing out the worst in JWs

by Pleasuredome in

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in my time involved with the jws, i used to play a lot of football nearly every week with the bros. i used to find it amazing and laughable how some, including elders, would start name calling and getting aggresive, sometimes to the point of making threats.

it made me realise that football and other sports can show the true character of individuals.

has anyone here experienced things like this when playing sports with jws?

TheOneBuck

I use to get so annoyed playing with some of the witnesses... these hollier then though a-holes use to be total pricks when playing.... The funny thing me and another guy were the only ones who played (both played HS and college) and when we played we would just go out and have fun until one of them started to be a d*** then it was on. They were cool with it when they picked on someone, but as soon as we hit them hard they would start bitching and whinning..... It was always more fun to kock around the elder boys because they would be the biggest culprits of the above mentioned behavior.

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The eldery at the KH....

by Country Girl in

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while i was a kid at the kh, some of my most favorite people at the kingdom hall were the elderly.

i loved sitting by them, loved talking to them, and loved them giving me candy during the meeting, and then giving dirty looks to those younger folks that dared send them a nasty stare for my chomping of the gum they gave me.

my favorite people at the kingdom hall, and to this day, have been elderly people.

TheOneBuck

The elderly totally kicked ass!!!!! Those are the ones who should be elders. There were two old guys that I totally kicked it with. I would be totally honest with these guys, I mean everything. They would laugh and be like well, try to do better. Always made me feel good and preached how Jehovah loves us and we can be forgiven for our sins. They did not get so caught up in insignificant BS and just tried to show that God is love. They were so refreshing, it was unreal. I still talk them to this day... tell them everything. Even they both say they wish I was back, they are pround of who I am, and said trust in Jehovah, he will make things right.

It is funny whenever would be giving me grieve those 2 would always have a story of what they (the elders) were like as kids and stuff... they would be like do not worry what those people think.. keep it real with Jehovah and everything will be cool....

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Barbeque Grills

by pratt1 in

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i am in the market for a new outdoor grill.. any suggestions on a reliable brand, mid range price - $500 - $1000?.

also which do you find better, gas or propane gas?

TheOneBuck

A great investment in either.. Obviosly with Gas you will not have to fill up the tanks, even though they are only about 12.00 to fill, but it is nice when you are cooking that you do noy have to worry changing it out when you are cooking 30.00 steaks on it. Propane is a hotter flame then NG so if you are use to using NG be aware of this change.

My personal 2 cents is, if you the space and getting the NG line to the grill is not an issue go with that. If you do get a propane, buy an extra tanks and keep it handy or go for a 120, tank and hook it up close to the hosue. Should be able to lease one for 40/yr.