on monday night i ended in hospital with kidney stones (5th time) this ones plagued me for the last 2-3 years.. i recieved all the necessary pain killers to settle things down, so i was comfotable most of tuesday.
tuesday night the specialists came to see me, & they asked about me being a jw and would i still refuse a blood transfusion.. immediatley i said no to being a jw & yes to a blood transfusion, i had been wonderng for sometime what would be my awnser be, & how quick i would responde to these questions, so now i know.. by the way there was alot relief on the faces of the specialist when i answered this way.. they have only so far put a stent in to relieve the pressure from the stone blocking the kidney, further treatment to come but could be some months away.. so anyway i'm still in hospital, thank god for netbooks & wireless broadband, i go home 2moro.. just thought i would share what i've been through these last couple of days, & to say i really am feeling like i'm now free of the borg.. kevin.
Well done Kevin. My youngest 24 year old son was recently in hospital with a broken leg and they asked him if he would be O K with a transfusion if it became necessary. He said yes that is fine. I was so pleased to hear this as all one side of my family were and are witnesses. Luckily he has a good brain on him and made his decision not to join a couple of years ago. So hearing him say that was the iceing on the cake for me.
Hope all will be ok for you. I wish you well
enjoy these remarks, friends.
and, as always, if you have received this from another source, please just delete, forgive me and move on!
saturday, january 9, 2010, 8:22 am .
Amazing how they put a good spin on anything. If there is increase they say it shows how Jehovah is blessing the org. If there is no increase it does not matter as the main purpose is to make God's name known.
They also feel it does not matter if a large percenage of the world has never heard the JW good news. It is not necassary as the preaching work has been sent to the most distant parts of the earth.
Things have not changed since I was a witness 15 years ago. They still teach witnesses the answers to any questions that come up. It matters not if they are sensible answers or not the rank and file lap it up.
it's incredible how witnesses cosy up to immoral worldly people who are possible converts...sure they smoke, live in sin, are homosexual, wear short skirts and lowcut tops but...they are my new best friends!!!!!!
until after studying for 2 months they say: "look, i don't want to be a witness at the moment, but i enjoy your friendship......" .
typical cult recruitment methods.
Hook, line and sinker. I thought there was massive love in the org. until I dared to question one or two of their doctrines. Over night I lost my best friends. A friend and neighbour won't talk to me now as I dared to disagree with the gov body. And yet my son who has never been a witness and does the complete opposite of what a witness would do recently got a get well soon card from the ex friend. They are such hypocrites.
well sometimes life is just really good.
my former study got out of the cult before me and we have been getting to know each other again.
she visited last week, barely missed the snow storm, and now she has joined our forum.. .
Welcome Connie and well done for getting out to you and AWAKE& WATCHING. It is not easy giving up something that for years you felt was right.
There are many good and kind people on this site who can help with any questions you may have.
after 1250 emails between my friend, derek and i discussing why i am a catholic.
and not a jw and after sending him verses about how christ wants to come into.
our lives etc, i came to the conclusion, my friend who had not uttered one.
You do realize he was probably counting field service time while emailing you.
The advice the WT give is, if you are not getting through after a reasonable length of time you should just leave it in the hope that the person concerned will come to their senses.
That is good advice for us too I guess. If they keep changing the subject and go round in circles it is best to leave it till they work it out for themselves. Not always easy but the right thing to do.
i'd like to hear of other people's experience regarding the jws inclination to pirating software, music, films.. this of course is relative to your country.
because i live in a relatively poor country, the rate of piracy is extremely high, individuals practically never buy software, music and films are bought now and then.
this of course is against the law here too.. so what do jws do?
At the risk of sounding pompous I would say however poor you are JWs should not be piroting software. They have set themselves up as having higher standards than everyone else and what they are in fact doing is stealing.
In UK that is what it is called, and I'm sorry but if they can afford computers then they should be paying for the sofftware that goes with it.
The bible very clearly says that you should practice what you preach and that you can be disfellowshipped for stealing.
Very interesting about the different QFR article. I'm sure you are right the society do not want to make an issue of it.
Incidently teel I would be interested to know where you come from. Thanks for posting.
the watchtower organization is very much aware of what is going on in their false religion.
too many witnesses no longer believe their teachings to be biblically correct.
an intensive effort to discover disloyalty, subversion, and those causing divisions is now taking place.
The conference calls are put out every two weeks from USA and can go on for several hours. The recordings can be played back normally during the following week,, from the site Six screens of the Watchtower site..
Although there is practically no growth at all in Europe, unfortunately that is not true of the rest of the world. For some reaso the USA had around 4% growth , the highest for some time.
it's a shame those of you outside the uk probably can't view the following link:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qm86v/qi_xl_series_7_greats/.
jehovah's witness get a prominent mention at the start of a popular comedy quiz show here in the uk, hosted by stephen fry, called qi.
It's always good to see any negative news about the witnesses but as soon as one bit of the info. is wrong (as was the case here) JWs will simply reject the whole thing.
Just a bit more persecution from Satan as far as they are concerned.
okay, first you will need ten pennies.. .
heads=prayer answered.
tails=prayer ineffective.
Terry I used to be convinced that God helped me stand up and give a talk at the Kindom Hall or conduct book study meetings in peoples home but it was all rubbish. I realize I could do that now without any help if I really wanted to. It all depends how determined you are.
hello all you scary apostates.
ill try to be brief, prob could do a whole topic on each point.. i was born a jw, one of 7 kids.
my mum ruled house with iron fist (whole story just there) we were the perfect jw family, never missed fs or meetings all baptised at magic age of 14, all pioneered.
Welcome God chick I and some other ex witnesses are on the Friends Reunited site and boy do they hate us saying anything against the org.
They seem totally unable to have an inteligent conversation like most people are able to do.
You won't find that on here. It is full of great people.
