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  Bird Watching/feeding Fans....antics with squirrels.

  by restrangled in

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  i have spent numerous hours trying to outwit the squirrels.

  i thought i had them licked with my own invention.

  i had a 10 foot 1 inch metal pole that i greased with silicone, that i placed between a tree branch and a 6 foot fence.

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  lavendar

  Restrangled -- I'll have to look for that one too. It's nice to be able to attract ALL varieties of birds. I just LOVE them!!

  PS: that would be so awesome if your Doobie-Doo found his way back home to you.
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  Bird Watching/feeding Fans....antics with squirrels.

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have spent numerous hours trying to outwit the squirrels.

  i thought i had them licked with my own invention.

  i had a 10 foot 1 inch metal pole that i greased with silicone, that i placed between a tree branch and a 6 foot fence.

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  lavendar

  Okay!

  I'm gonna put black oil sunflower seeds in mine. I found a great source for the seed! FIFTY pounds for $17.99! As compared to WallyWorld that has TEN pound bags for $30.00!!
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  Bird Watching/feeding Fans....antics with squirrels.

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have spent numerous hours trying to outwit the squirrels.

  i thought i had them licked with my own invention.

  i had a 10 foot 1 inch metal pole that i greased with silicone, that i placed between a tree branch and a 6 foot fence.

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  lavendar

  Hi!

  I LOVE feeding the birds and watching them! We have Indigo Buntings, Tufted Titmouse, Cardinals, Nuthatches, Blue Jays, Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, chickadees, Grosbeeks....and I saw our FIRST Baltimore Oriole the other day, too!

  I have a terrible problem with those pesky squirrels as well! They can clean out the feeders in a matter of hours! So, like you....I ordered a Yankee Flipper several days ago; and it should be here any day. I can't WAIT to put it up and watch the squirrels go flyin'!!!!

  There is also a squirrel repellent product on the market that I'd like to try, as well. I saw it in a catalog called Home Trends.

  Have fun!!
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  It gives me chills

  by net1261 in

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  so i've been out of jw's about a year.

  i've done a lot of research since then etc.

  but just in the past month or so i cannot look at wt publications.

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  lavendar

  So happy that you found your way out of the WTS. I'm hoping to be able to say the same for my family member someday!
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  Birthday cards......

  by lavendar in

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  when you were (or those who still are) a jw.....do/did you secretly enjoy receiving birthday cards from non-jw relatives?.

  my family member became a jw several years ago, but i've always sent him a birthday card.

  he's never said anything derogatory about them.. .

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  When you were (or those who still are) a JW.....do/did you secretly enjoy receiving birthday cards from non-JW relatives?

  My family member became a JW several years ago, but I've always sent him a birthday card. He's never said anything derogatory about them.
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  Only JWs Will be saved?I

  by Shepherd Book in

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  i received this quote via email:.

  "but jehovah's servants already belong to the only organization that will survive the end of this wicked system of things".

  it's my understanding that this is from the dec. 15, 2007 wt.

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  lavendar

  .....so the rest of us (6,000,000,000+) will all be destroyed because we're not members of the Watchtower Society. Typical cult mentality.
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  First post after lurking on the sidelines

  by onefootout in

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  i've been lurking on the sidelines for a while and have decided to jump in and introduce myself.

  the name kinda gives it away.

  i'm a lifer who got a shocker about a year ago by stumbling across the 607 baloney.

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  lavendar

  Hello onefootout....and welcome!

  Won't it be nice someday when you can have TWO feet out?
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  Help on becoming a Jehovahs Witness

  by tpadgett in

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  i am seventeen years of age and have been born into christianity by my parents.

  for some reason i havent really been all that into going to my christian church.

  some of the things we discuss are very confusing.

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  lavendar

  Hello Tpadgett,

  If you become a Jehovah's Witness...here's what will be required of you:

  Become a Jehovah's Witness and you can't...

  Celebrate Mother's Day

  Celebrate Father's Day

  Celebrate Grandparent's Day

  Celebrate Birthdays

  Celebrate Thanksgiving

  Celebrate New Year's Eve or Day

  Celebrate Christmas

  Celebrate Halloween

  Celebrate Easter

  Celebrate Flag Day

  Celebrate Independence Day (Fourth of July)

  Celebrate Hanukkah

  Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

  Celebrate Valentine's Day

  Celebrate "Any" Holiday

  Sing any Holiday Songs

  Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving

  Create Holiday artwork in school

  Join the Boy Scouts

  Join the Girl Scouts

  Buy Girl Scout Cookies

  Become a Cheerleader

  Attend class reunions (No "Worldly" association)

  Go to the school prom

  Play School Sports (No competition allowed)

  Play Professional Sports

  Join any organization that has ties to Christianity

  Shop at the Salvation Army

  Volunteer for the Salvation Army

  Donate to Relief Organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Charities and more

  Shop at Church run thrift stores

  Shop at Church Garage Sales

  Shop at any Store that has Christian ties

  Contribute to the Red Cross

  Attend a Church School

  Join the YMCA

  Join the Military

  Become a Police Officer

  Attend Alcoholics Anonymous

  Have any job with a gun

  Strike against a Company

  Salute the Flag

  Can't Stand at Public Events while others are Standing to salute the Flag

  Sing the National Anthem

  Go to War

  Wear Clothing Associated with War; e.g. Combats or Army Tops

  Learn karate

  Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be ostracized if you do)

  Run for any Public Office

  Campaign for a Candidate

  Contribute to the Presidential Campaign Fund on your tax return

  Can join union, but not participate in its affairs

  Run for class president

  Join Sororities or Fraternities

  Participate in holiday parties at school

  Buy lottery tickets

  Gamble

  Play Bingo

  Can't buy a raffle ticket

  Date without supervision - young or old

  Watch R rated movies

  Cannot work on another Church if it's a regular customer

  Own a religious picture or statue

  Smoke cigarettes, pipes or a cigars

  Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars

  Accept Blood

  Donate Blood

  Store your own blood before an operation

  Wear blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall

  Wear pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female

  Wear skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time

  Wear any type of long hair if you are a man

  Wear a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard)

  Pierce ears if male, other body parts if female

  Have any tattoos

  Say curse words

  Can't be hypnotized

  Get divorced unless scriptural (adultery or fornication is committed by one partner) if you do divorce cannot remarry unless ex fornicates first

  Toast drinks (pagan origin)

  Throw rice at a wedding (pagan origin)

  Say "Bless You" when someone sneezes

  Say "Good Luck!", "Wish me Luck", "I was Lucky" or "You were Lucky"

  Tell ghost stories

  Practice Yoga

  Own a Smurf

  Eat Lucky Charms Cereal (References to Magical)

  Throw a penny into a wishing well

  Read Horoscopes

  Promote anything Superstitious

  Have wind charms because they represent a pagan symbol for scaring away demons

  Watch TV shows, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Touched by an Angel", or "Bewitched"

  Say "It was fate" or mention anything to do with "fate"

  Engage in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding

  Have Jesus as your Mediator and Savior

  Can't partake in the Memorial of Jesus' death, by eating the unleavened bread or drinking the wine; only allowed if you are from the elite group of the 144,000

  A woman can't hold a position of responsibility in the congregation

  Wear or own a Cross

  Attend another Church (Spiritual Fornication)

  Associate on a regular basis with nonbelievers

  Associate with ex-members

  Associate with disfellowshipped ones

  Talk with disfellowshipped ones

  Sue another Jehovah's Witness

  Marry a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation)

  Marry in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church

  Have a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church

  Pray, including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays

  Study other religious articles not from the Society

  Read negative information about the Society

  Question the Watchtower Society on anything

  Exercise your on conscience if it goes against the religion

  Question the Society or the Organization

  Have Christian freedom

  If you are a woman you can't pray aloud in the presence of men, without a covering on your head

  If you are sick and need alternative medical help you can't get illegal medicines from another country

  Become a Jehovah's Witness and you shouldn't....
  .... if you do you will be looked down upon

  Discuss politics

  Surf too much on the Internet

  Attend social functions organized by your place of work

  Associate with worldly neighbors

  Attend College (The Society has lightened up on this somewhat, but if you attend you are not putting Kingdom interests first, and will be judged.)

  Play Chess

  Go to Nightclubs

  Own a Gun

  Read philosophy, sociology, psychology; these are discouraged as non spiritual food

  JWs are discouraged from seeking psychological help from psychiatrists, psycho-therapists, and psychologists because they give "worldly" advice according to the WTBTS.

  Become a Jehovah's Witness and you have to....

  Must be baptized into the organization

  Attend several regular meetings each week

  Go out in field service regularly to recruit new members

  Report your field service activity to the congregation each month

  Attend regular scheduled conventions

  Give talks at the congregation (whether young or old, male or female)

  Read and fully understand their teachings

  Prepare for each meeting

  Participate in the meetings

  Study with family

  Use Theocratic Warfare (War Strategy) - To lie or to hide the truth to a non-JW for protection of the Organization

  Fully accept the Watchtower's authority and rules (no exceptions)

  Dress according to their rules at the Kingdom Halls, Service and conventions (no exceptions) Women and small girls must wear dresses Men must wear dress pants with dress shirts and ties

  Associate only with fellow members

  Report on fellow members including your family, if they are caught doing something against Society's rules

  You have to sing at the meetings (even if you have a bad voice) - or you are looked down upon

  Women must be in full submission to their husbands
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  How would you respond to a Witness calling worldly people "wicked?"

  by BonaFide in

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  this morning in the field ministry a brother in our car group was talking about wicked people.

  i asked him what he thinks of when he says "wicked people.

  " (i am working undercover) he said, "those that don't worship jehovah.".

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  lavendar

  Ask him how he's going to feel when he has to help build houses & raise food for all the billions of "wicked" people that'll be resurrected onto the New Earth after Armegeddon? (heh heh)
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  Good anti-witnessing last night.

  by hubert in

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  my wife had a few women over last night for a get together, and she told me that one of them has a sister that is getting "rv's" (return viisits) from a j.w.

  so this lady told me that her sister talked to the j.w.

  for two hours, the last time she came to her house.

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  lavendar

  Thanks, Hubert! I did Google it, and found a bunch of stuff.