Posts by uninformed

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Hi everyone! im also a newbie here.

by dhand in

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hi everyone, thought it was time to say hi after nearly a year lurking on this site!!

abit about me... i was born into the jw's and have been baptised for about 15yrs and was appointed as an ms about a year ago.

i have been a die hard jw for the last few years, but because of the arrogant and unloving attitude of certain 'spirit appointed' men within the cong and circuit i began to wounder if what i had really was 'the truth' and caused me to do some digging on some of the fundamental teachings.

uninformed

welcome,

Gary wrote this but I loved it so much, I wanted to emphsize it:

Howdy!

When a person commits to the Jehovah's Witnesses by taking a bath in public, that person entered into a contract with the Watch Tower Corporation that gave the corporation a first mortgage on the Witness' life/time. When the elders and other Witnesses come around, they are there to collect on the debt owed.

The Witness group isn't a religion, it's a separatist political action group functioning as a government called "The Theocracy". The Witness government has it's legislative branch, it's executive branch, and it's judicial branch. The local police are the elders. The chief of police is the circuit servant. The investigative committee is the court, and the judicial committee is the sentencing hearing.

The exile from family and "friends" is the psychological prison of the Theocracy. Shunning is a virtual execution substituted for a real execution that they wish they could carry out.

Adult Witness people are the worst people I've ever met in my life.

Amen Gary.

Brant

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Lurkers and Newbies Ahem!!! :)

by LovesDubs in

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we want to hear from you!

now is the time to finally be heard without fear of reprisals or punishment or condemnation!

you have anonymity here and you are surrounded by the genuine love and concern that you thought you were getting in the jws!

uninformed

LD,

I know you mean well. But, I strongly dislike dubs. I agree with Dawg:

LD, it's the people who give their power of reason to the organization that's the problem, without them the Org. wouldn't exist.

Dubs are hypocrites, every last one of them. Why? They demand that others 'examine their religion', while they patently refuse to do so, even in the face of FACTS.

You are wasting your time loving Dubs. It is a hateful bunch.

Brant

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Wake Up -- Possible Local Mini-Scandal

by West70 in

at the risk of causing some excitement around here, and since i haven't posted anything here in a long time, i thought i would post some links which maybe someone here can provide a reasonable explanation as to why a north dakota congregation's name would be on what possibly is a contract to provide home health care services to possibly some elderly jw -- but in illinois ????

click on the links on the following webpages: .

kingdom hall of jehovahs witnesses .

uninformed

Jeremy C-----------------Right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t think that the indiscretions of a few local yokel JWs is of much interest. Nor should it be. I don’t intend to be disrespectful to anyone, but I find it quite trivial and boring that a situation like this - which is filled with so much conjecture - would command any attention.
We all saw how Jehovah’s Witnesses responded to the United Nations scandal (a real scandal which attracted international attention). Witnesses tripped over themselves in their attempts to rationalize, justify, and excuse the Watchtower-UN affiliation. Traveling overseers and elders stumbled, mumbled, and fumbled in their apologetic excuses for the Watchtower’s involvement, with no hint of embarrassment. As of today, the vast majority of JWs are hardly aware that it occurred. Most JWs simply do not care about the organization’s actions unless it affects their lives personally.
Therefore, if Jehovah’s Witnesses did not care about the conduct of the Watchtower leadership in regards to an international scandal, what makes anyone think that they would care about the possible indiscretions of a few fly-swatting JWs in North Dakota?

Brant

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Lap Band Surgery

by uninformed in

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about 10 years ago i was diagnosed as diabetic.. i was about 70 lbs overweight and tried to lose weight, but could not really control my eating, and i neglected exercise too.

over the 10 years, i did manage to lose about 15 lbs.. on may 12, this year, after researching bariatric surgery, i decided to have a 'lap band' installed.

i went to a hospital in juarez, mexico, and i have enjoyed some good results so far.. i have lost over 20 lbs in the past two months, and my blood sugar has dropped over 50 points.

uninformed

Thanks for the comments, you too Gary.

Exercise: I am a bricklayer and exercise after work is a problem.

The Bariatric Bypass surgery is the absolute cure for diabetes. Within four days of the surgery, you are not diabetic.

The Lap Band surgery is 80 to 90% effective. My sugar levels are dropping, but still relatively high.

I dropped below 230 lbs today (228). That is a mile marker I have been looking for. Lost 28 off my high!

Brant

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Balm In Gilead for WTS

by snowbird in

in the 8th chapter of jeremiah vs 22, the rhetorical question was asked, "is there no balm in gilead, is there no physician there ...?".

i thought of that as i watched the news report of the convention in mobile, alabama.

the jw's met at the civic center which has a seating capacity of 10,000. sunday's peak attendance was around the 5k mark.

uninformed

sylvia--that is a beautiful song.

Here are the words to the spiritual we used to sing in church. How true they ring to me right now!

Refrain
There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin sick soul.
Some times I feel discouraged,
And think my work’s in vain,
But then the Holy Spirit
Revives my soul again.
Refrain
If you can’t preach like Peter,
If you can’t pray like Paul,
Just tell the love of Jesus,
And say He died for all.
Refrain
Sylvia

Thanks

Brant

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Lap Band Surgery

by uninformed in

jw
friends

about 10 years ago i was diagnosed as diabetic.. i was about 70 lbs overweight and tried to lose weight, but could not really control my eating, and i neglected exercise too.

over the 10 years, i did manage to lose about 15 lbs.. on may 12, this year, after researching bariatric surgery, i decided to have a 'lap band' installed.

i went to a hospital in juarez, mexico, and i have enjoyed some good results so far.. i have lost over 20 lbs in the past two months, and my blood sugar has dropped over 50 points.