Posts by carla

Can I turn in a certain elder & family that are all above the 'average weight'? How about someone who eats twice in one night? Would that count? carla

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Did you see the news today?

by gringojj in

jw
friends

just had a conversation with my wife this morning about the news.

she said the world is full of bad things.

just turn on the news and you will see.

I know what you mean gringojj, husband is the same way. Likes to watch anything 'gloom & doom'. So we make him watch decorating shows! that's what happens when your the only guy in the house! at least it's not gloom & doom! carla

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Relationship??

by penton in

after meeting a wonderful fella who also is jw.

i've never felt this way about anyone before in my life.

the only thing is i don't know if its possible for us to have a stable relationship, as i am r.c, not actually i'm irish roman catholic which is a little bit "stricter".

carla

If you are happy with a part-time spouse, hey, go for it. Part-time parent, same thing. A jw will ALWAYS put the organization first. No matter what. You may think, 'oh, no he loves me so, it will be different with us'. Think again. look around at all the people here and on other boards that thought the same thing. Run and don't look back. carla

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Producer of KNOCKING posts at my guest list, Barbara Anderson replies

by Dogpatch in

jw
friends

the following was posted at my guest list the other day, by a producer of a new documentary that is pro-witness and may go out on pbs.

i'm joel engardio, director of the project.

joel .

carla

Should everyone email ITVS? carla

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Somethings just not true!

by defd in

jw
friends

ive been here for sometime now.

long enough to know that some peoples hatred toward th wtbts and some of its members are based on wrong information.

for instance: ive read on hear many times that the wt promotes the idea that everyone whos not a witness are not friend material or will be destroyed at armageddon.

carla

The quotes hardly matter to me in this case. It is the 'group think' that is the point. As a non jw, my research has indicated that the feeling and thinking of the majority of jw's is that the rest of us will be destroyed. Furthermore, even jw's who haven't 'done enough' will also be destroyed. Then the question is, how much is enough?

Are there many that secretly harbor the view that everybody else will not be destroyed? Wishful thinking? The jw I know, says that he does not believe everybody will be killed. Yet, just take a look at the literature and graphics from the wt.

They may pay lip service to the concept of grace, but have no real understanding of it. They like to say, "what and keep being a sinner?!" . Well, yeah. Aren't we all? As if they on one had believe that the org truly is the 'cleanest' org on the face of the planet. Bring up some major or even minor stories of jw's, and the answer is, "that's just one individual'. The org is made up of exaclty 'individuals' which sin everyday, just like the rest of us.

A mature Christian does not need an org to control everyday decisions as the wt does. Including grooming habits! Can you imagine Jesus adding to his sermons, How to Dress for Success as New Convert? Aside from the ridiculous, moral decisions should be made by the Christian (if that's your slant). Throughout history people have tried to legislate and demand certain behaviors from their people. The result is never 'real' changes as they are only learned behaviors, often just to save your skin!

When people do things out true desire and love, then real changes can occur.

whoops! got off track, sorry, that's what happens if you talk to a jw too long! carla

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SHOW SOME EMOTION

by tijkmo in

i was thinking today the showing emotion is frowned upon by jws .

you cant be angry..about anything..because you arent cultivating the fruit of the spirit .

you cant be bitter..because you should be forgiving .

carla

and sometimes I thought it was only MY imagination! weirdly comforting, carla

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Rockford?

by carla in

anyone go to the rockford, ill. dc?

carla

Me go?!! very funny. Cold day in hell before I'd go. Just wondering, someone I know went. Wanted to know if it differed at all from the posts here about dc's. Nope, don't know where exactly, just in Rockford. thanks anyway, carla

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Corrupting historical facts

by Hellrider in

at the university of oslo, norway, there is a professor, who is also a jw.

he does not even have a degree in history, he is a professor in semittic languages, still he has now published a book (in norwegian and english, and it`s going to be translated into lots of other languages also):.

http://folk.uio.no/rolffu/chronlgy.htm.

carla

And all of this is a salvation issue, how?