Posts by Ellie

Things like stealing etc etc go against my own personal morals and so I would choose not to do these things because of that reason, not because some book tells me not to do them.

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would you let your child associate with Jehovahs Witnesses?

by Ellie in

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i'm the only one of my family who is not in 'the truth', and my family don't want anything to do with me.. however, today my mum asked me if she can take my 2 year old to visit the rest of the family, i'm not invited and wouldn't be welcome at any of their houses, so she would be taking my daughter alone.. i told her i would think about it.. i really don't think it would be practical because my daughter is not familiar with the family and i don't want her to be upset.. but the main reason |'m thinking of saying no is that i feel offended that i am not good enough for them to speak to.. am i being selfish if i say no?

Ellie

Hi Blondie,

No, I am not disassociated or disfellowshipped, I only studied with them but just found that I couldn't aacept their teachings.

I have never been rude to them or done anything to offend them except stop my study.

But in their eyes this makes me bad association and so they have nothing to do with me.

I sort of feel though that by saying they can't see my daughter this makes me as bad as them and I don't want to deprive her of her family.

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would you let your child associate with Jehovahs Witnesses?

by Ellie in

jw
friends

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i'm the only one of my family who is not in 'the truth', and my family don't want anything to do with me.. however, today my mum asked me if she can take my 2 year old to visit the rest of the family, i'm not invited and wouldn't be welcome at any of their houses, so she would be taking my daughter alone.. i told her i would think about it.. i really don't think it would be practical because my daughter is not familiar with the family and i don't want her to be upset.. but the main reason |'m thinking of saying no is that i feel offended that i am not good enough for them to speak to.. am i being selfish if i say no?

Ellie

I'm the only one of my family who is not in 'the truth', and my family don't want anything to do with me.

However, today my mum asked me if she can take my 2 year old to visit the rest of the family, I'm not invited and wouldn't be welcome at any of their houses, so she would be taking my daughter alone.

I told her I would think about it.

I really don't think it would be practical because my daughter is not familiar with the family and I don't want her to be upset.

But the main reason |'m thinking of saying no is that I feel offended that I am not good enough for them to speak to.

Am I being selfish if I say no?

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Whats the spookiest thing that has happened to you?

by diamondblue1974 in

i have had a few experiences which some could be dealt with rationally although even to this day the coincidences seem too convenient; .

mine was on new years day in 1994; i didnt celebrate new years at the same although i was about to start my fade that year; i was ill on new years eve anyway and i had been sleeping when i awoke at precisely 12.13. i couldnt get back to sleep but there was no obvious reason why.. my grandmother was in hospital but she was getting better when i had last spoken to her; i managed to back off to sleep but woke that following morning for some reason really concerned about my gran; just as i was coming downstairs the phone rang and my girlfriend answered it.

i said to her before she got to the phone that it would be my mother with bad news about my gran; i was right on both counts; it was my mum and my gran had died.....at 12.13 precisely..

Ellie

Back in 1989 my grandma was living in a nursing home for the elderly, my family used to visit her once a week.

This one particular occasion we went to visit, she was in fine health (for a 90 year old), nothing unusual except that she kept smileing for no particular reason.

When we got in the car ready to leaeve I remember looking into the sky and thinking 'thats the last time I'll see her', the feeling was so strong but I never told anyone.

Then the next day my mum got off the phone crying saying grandma had died in the night.

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Young JWs-living a lie

by Jez in

for the past year, i have been observing the jw kids that i know.

i am in a unique situation as i work at the local high school, therefore see many of them on a daily basis.

let me tell you, 80% of them are totally undistinguishable as jws.

Ellie

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Explain you religion/beliefs in a nutshell

by devinsmom in

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lately i have been pondering my lack of a belief system.

i think that being a jw really turned me off to believing in anything since it was all crammed down my throat.. i have been feeling a need to believe in something.

i think i believe that something created us but not sure if it was one god or many.

Ellie

The bible may very well be a book from God but the problem is it has been changed so much over the centuries that none of us really know what the original book teaches.

I also think, if it was a book from God and our whole life depends on it then no God in his right mind would have invented languages, he would make sure that we all had access to the original writings and so would be able to make a decision whether or not we want to live by bible principles, not which man made religion we want to trust in.

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Champions League Football, Liverpool vs AC Milan

by PaulJ in

im a liverpool fan and am currently beside myself with exitement.

this is by far the biggest game we have played in 20 years and im getting so jittery i fear i may pass out.

Ellie

well, they won, atleast its over, can't believe they took Corrie off!

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WT inflating their numbers?

by Fatfreek in

there have been posts here that indicate the kh building work may be slowing in the u.s., and that there is consolidation of the congos going on.

if that is true why don't we see the society's published numbers on the decline?

my next question is, heaven forbid, you don't suppose they're inflating the membership numbers do you?

Ellie

More along the lines of what Blondie said.

My sister regularly takes a walk to a light house to place magazines, it takes her an hour and a half there and the same back, she maybe spends 5 minutes placing the magazines but she puts it all down as 3 hours.

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Twin Towers\ Armageddon

by Es in

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hey all this may have been mentioned before.

i was thinking last night about when the twin towers fell and i remembered thinking how close armageddon must be did anybody else think similar....i guess it would only apply to those who were still in the borg at the time es

Ellie

My JW mum phoned me up crying, saying it was the start of Armageddon, ordering me to go straight to the kingdom hall.

A few weeks later she started crying again, saying she couldn't stop thinking of all those poor jehovahs witnesses that must have died in the tragedy, I just thought 'Oh, don't feel sad for all the other innocent people who died, just the JW'.