this is a stupid story if it is a story at all..... quentin and i decided we'd go to the district convention since it is right here in our home town.. why?.
oh, curiousity.
a desire to find my old prison buddies.
Right. I made my "error" by mouthing the greeting to my arch Nemesis who had freaked in response.
I don't believe that...I reckon her nose was out of joint as you'd 'got the better' of her previously. I reckon she'd have taken the same action whether or not you'd spoken to her.
last weekend witnesses came to where i work....i work at a barbque restuarant (hey it's fun!
) i recognized two elders before they came in and freaked!!!!!.
the elder obnoxious was at the register and i was sure he did not recognize me.
embarrassed about having been a witness?
It's sort of like admitting to being gullible...the only positive thing is that I (we) are educated as to Cults/WT propoganda/brainwashing. I honestly believe there are no 'intelligent' JWs (as in those that attend actually believe - I appreciate some JW non-believers attend for 'other' reasons)
last night i listened to the conferance call with the bowens.
i thought it was excellent .i feel they are doing a marvelous work & are to be commended .
i am very sorry i upset bob porter.
I mentioned the name Jehovah ....That many who leave the WT hold it in contempt. Rick & Bob felt it is Gods name ....I am sorry I dont .....I would rather use Yaweh if we use anything But I refer to God as FATHER!!!!!
Hello Grace...you have a good Christian Conscience, anyone can see that! I agree absolutely with your above statement, for as much as JWs criticise 'Christendom' and blame them for removing God's 'name' from the Scriptures, wasn't it a Catholic monk (Raymundo Martini?) who INVENTED the name 'Jehovah' (in the 13th Century?) which was then inserted in one or two places in the CATHOLIC Bible...?
Happy Belated Birthday Too!
imagine sitting thru the watchtower study on a sunday with your 6 year old and 9 year old kids....the topic "fornication" the discussion explains how oral sex and touching of genitals is still fornication...why do kids have to sit thru this??
or the bible reading is about lot having sex with his daughters....this type of thing is not for kids!
and why should kids be forced to sit quietly while someone drones on for 2 hours?.
How is talking about things of an adult, intimate and sexual nature classed as worshipping? In my opinion, Social Services should be aware of what (very young) minors are subjected to at these so-called 'family worship' meetings...it's disgusting.
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=124378&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeid1=124522&contentpk=20623030
Hang on...see if this works....nope, it didn't, so edited to post article...
12:21 - 14 May 2008
More than 200 Jehovah's Witnesses descended on Derby this morning to build a new £300,000 place of worship in just four days.
The trained volunteers travelled from as far away as Southampton to lend a hand for building the meeting hall in Leytonstone Drive, Mackworth.
A team of workers was on site from 6am, building the internal walls to the hall while another team constructed the roof.
A crane was due to arrive in the early afternoon to lift on the roof before the bricklayers build outside walls.
Members of the Mackworth and Mickleover congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses have estimated that the volunteers saved them about £500,000 in building costs.
Peter Follis, secretary of the Mackworth congregation, said: "This is the third such project we have completed in the county in the past year after we built two other halls in Matlock and Ashbourne."
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=124378&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeid1=124522&contentpk=20623030
Link's not working for me Mouthy ...can you gimme a clue as to the story/content so I can find it one the site?
i coined this the other day on another thread and it seemed to get a laugh out of a few people.. and since were talking about it, what other great terms could we come up with in the spirit of "the borg," the filthful and disgraceful slavebugger (a fave of mine)......??
?.
DUB TUB - where unsuspecting minors are dunked, unwittingly forming a lifelong binding contract with the BOrg.
i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.
i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!
she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .
I am interested in Jw because of the bible not the wts which is like you say just a tool.
I don't understand this, but in my opinion you ought go 'back to' the JWs - and be governed by the WT - as you cannot separate the 2. You can, however, separate the Bible, and if you REALLY want to study the Bible, then the WT/JWs is the wrong place....but JWs won't 'tickle your ears' and give you all this attention, will they?
Evening Badboy ... you know, I haven't a clue what the current belief is. I did hear that 'dinosaur bones' were 'planted' on Earth to test Christians' Faith.
When I was a kid, I DO remember that the WT 'disproved' Carbon dating ... lots of talk about that!
and last night i found out that the movie "the 40 year old virgin" is a no-no.
we were watching dancing with the stars and def leppard came on as the musical guest and played "pour some sugar on me" (one of my personal favs), my mother asked if i thought my pastor would approve and i shot back what would he have to with it.
she said well because of the words in the song.
Lol...same as Open Mind, I thought you meant HERE...I was going to say 'Congrats' ...I've not seen the film '40 Year Old Virgin' (is it 'racy'?), but I thought being a virgin at 40 is something the WT would promote!
