Posts by carla

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Should a Christian celebrate Christmas?

by Samsie in

hello, i'm new here and have woken up to the real truth concerning the org.

i'm sort of fading away at the moment.... i need help with something, i used to as a child celebrate christmas and have always had amazing memories of it (my husband hasn't as he was born into the org) but i gave it up when i learnt the "truth".

my interest was only in pleasing god and still is.

carla

I have heard that some jw's when hearing popular Christian music that they say things on the order of; "it's like they (the Christian) is in love with Jesus!" they have other less kind things to say as well but I will not repeat them here.

They seem to confuse romantic love with love of what should be, even for them, love of the Savior.

I would agree with Vanderhoven that they don't seem to know Jesus nor do they want to. If you point this out to them they will claim that "Jesus is our King!" or "He is our savior". Yet they are not allowed to talk to their 'king' or 'savior'. They use 'in Jesus name' simply to end a prayer like a tailsman or something. Yes, I know a tailsman is usually a physical object, hope you get my gist.

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Should a Christian celebrate Christmas?

by Samsie in

hello, i'm new here and have woken up to the real truth concerning the org.

i'm sort of fading away at the moment.... i need help with something, i used to as a child celebrate christmas and have always had amazing memories of it (my husband hasn't as he was born into the org) but i gave it up when i learnt the "truth".

my interest was only in pleasing god and still is.

carla

sorry about double post!

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Should a Christian celebrate Christmas?

by Samsie in

hello, i'm new here and have woken up to the real truth concerning the org.

i'm sort of fading away at the moment.... i need help with something, i used to as a child celebrate christmas and have always had amazing memories of it (my husband hasn't as he was born into the org) but i gave it up when i learnt the "truth".

my interest was only in pleasing god and still is.

carla

Romans 14:5 New International Version

One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

Colossians 2:16 New International Version

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

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Should a Christian celebrate Christmas?

by Samsie in

hello, i'm new here and have woken up to the real truth concerning the org.

i'm sort of fading away at the moment.... i need help with something, i used to as a child celebrate christmas and have always had amazing memories of it (my husband hasn't as he was born into the org) but i gave it up when i learnt the "truth".

my interest was only in pleasing god and still is.

carla

Romans 14:5 NIV -5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

Colossians 2:16-New International Version

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

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Roe vs Wade Overturned by US Supreme Court!

by Simon in

i know there was a leak a few weeks back, but this really does seem to have come out of the blue.. the anomaly was the original decision.

it clearly had no basis in law or the constitution, and was a flimsy, ridiculous ruling.

plus the whole thing was based on a fraudulent case in the first place.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898.

carla

Back in the 80's I had a conversation with a woman who said her sister had 11 abortions. The woman wasn't even 30 years old by that time. Can you imagine? 11! I asked if that was her method of birth control? and why didn't she consider birth control to begin with? The woman I was talking with didn't seem to see it as a problem. I did.

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JW Pets and Blood

by Vanderhoven7 in

as a jw would you have allowed your pet to have a blood transfusion to save it's life?

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what is the society's stand on this today?.

carla

"Using fertilizer with blood in it was a violation too." -yep, my jw insisted on throwing out a bag he found in a shed which I couldn't understand myself as the 'blood' was in fact being 'poured' out onto the ground wasn't it? if their reasoning of no blood is in part because of Deuteronomy 12:24 NIV- New International Version

You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

crazy jw's

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Why are Jehovah's Witnesses determined to be WRONG (about saying JUH-HO-VUH and JEE-Suss)?

by Terry in

jw
friends

all throughout history in greek, hebrew, and latin languages - there was no j sound!

no jay sound.. .

why did christians start using a non-hebrew name for the son of god?

carla

I asked my jw the same thing (well not exactly like your explanation) and he said they say it that way because of 'tradition'. Then I brought up some jw quote about how they don't do things just because of 'tradition(s)'. So naturally I had to start mispronouncing his name to see if he liked that I decided to start using a different pronunciation because in some countries they say his name that way, it is a tradition as well as language difference. He didn't like it all. I asked how he thought God would like everybody mispronouncing His name AND telling everybody else they must also mispronounce His name or be damned, err, zapped out of existence per dubland theology?

One could also replace the vowels with any of choice, jeehevee, jahovoe, etc....

You can imagine how this conversation went. Ridiculous in the extreme. In the end he decided that his fearless leaders in NY must know more than the both of us and will stick with their tradition.

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Still here.

by Lee Marsh in

jw
friends

the last 2 1/2 years have been extremely stressful.

while the rest of the world was dealing with covid, i was also dealing with cancer.

in fact it seems none of my doctors knew about it.

carla

Glad to hear some good news today! Cheers to many healthy years ahead

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Michael's story, shunning suicide funeral this past weekend

by nibbled in

wow.

this story is so stunningly sad.

the good guy finishes last, as he has a crisis of conscience and ends up leaving behind four kids.

carla

Thank you for sharing this.

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Ex JWs who use the catch phrase "Friends"

by jojorabbit in

its a personal pet peeve to me but i hate it when ex jws use the catch phrase friends.

this was used at every convention and many meetings i went to.

the friends, mother and others.

carla

As a non jw, you do understand how very cultish this all sounds? so the next time someone starts a thread like, 'do you think jw's are a cult?' this thread should be remembered if you are quick to say no it isn't. Sounds like a duck.....