Posts by aquagirl

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What Is This All about?

by Bangalore in

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http://www.charityblossom.org/nonprofit/watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-of-new-york-inc-patterson-ny-12563-philip-brumley-111753577.

bangalore.

Bane,Its true,I dont believe the bibical stuff anymore.That seems to be the fallback for Dubs,"Its in the Bible".Well,ok,it might be,but the bible just dosent mean anything to me other than a curious book.I think that you can take any written word and translate it to what you want.I wonder why you are here on this forum? Its not like any of us dont know the deal with Dubs.We know ALL about it.Seems to me that you are sort of typing to see your words in print.Do you count your time on this forum as field service time?

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FUN TEST! I am 37% JW!! Post your percentage here plz

by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

jw
friends

i found this online.

i have not seen it on here before so i thought i would post it.

it is a test to determine if you belong in the jw religion.

aquagirl

17%

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Jehovah the lunatic god

by transhuman68 in

i was virtually a born-in dub, as my mother was baptized when i was four or five; i was the bible study of two separate long-suffering brothers in my home cong before i walked out, never getting baptized.. i absorbed all the teachings of the witnesses, and always believed that the bible was in some way the word of god.

now i am re-reading living in sin, by john shelby spong.. although at the time he wrote the book he was a bishop of the episcopal church, he states that the bible, or at least the hebrew scriptures, was written by the israelites using their imaginary god to explain their victories and defeats; to provide an explanation of their history.. i had always taken it for granted the god had chosen the israelites to be his people: but maybe they chose god.. why would the creator of the universe choose an obscure tribe in the middle east, leading them back and forth across the desert and in and out of captivity, interfering with everything they did; while totally ignoring everybody else living on the earth at that time?.

a modern analogy would be god coming to earth and choosing the brooklyn dodgers as his chosen team and ignoring every other team, and coaching them so the dodgers would always win.. what sort of petty, bored, lunatic bigoted god would do that?.

aquagirl

Transhuman68,As my own personal god,I forgive you..Yeah,I always thought the story of Job,and of Isac and His daddy Abe was the work of a sick masochistic mind..Not any sort of "god" that I would invite into my life...

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This may sound kinda stupid to some...

by babygirl30 in

jw
friends

...but i miss my kitties and i miss my lil niece!

once i decided not to 'return' to the org, and let my parents know - they began to shun me.

broke my heart at first, but it is what it is.

aquagirl

BG30,We all been there.So sorry.Really.It hurts a lot,especially when they tell you that it ws "your choice"to be df'd..Awful..Shame on the JW's. My parents still talked to me when I was df'd tho,albeit not as much as before.I think its up to their "personal conscience.

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Stairway to heaven

by exwhyzee in

i remember in the 70's my friends mom started partaking of the emblems.

she said she had developed a preoccupation with heaven and of wanting to know everything she could about jehovah and could hardly go a minute without reading the literature or the bible...even while on the toilet.

her formerly "opposing" husband had recently studied and gotten baptized.

aquagirl

If Fliper has any dubs at his funeral{?} Ill bet they would be cool enough to get it...Long,long time away,hopefully.

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why I like this site

by nancy drew in

i like this site (aside from the fact that we have the jw experience in common) because i have come to realize that all of you are very creative, interesting & courageous.

it takes a special person to exit the jw's.

we all of course are also very different & thats good because we can learn from each other.

aquagirl

Anyone seen that Will Smith movie called "Seven"?Spoiler alert"!!!!!!It has a ubercool jellyfish suicide in the end.Will Smith gets better with age,like Al Pacino. I had Manicotti tonight w/my mum.It was great!

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The old big orange "Paradise" book

by aquagirl in

anyone remember that?

i learned to read on that book.there were some very disturbing images,like the earth opening up and people falling into it.like upside down ladies and hippies.id love to get a hold of one and peruse it with a friend and some herbal medicine.maybe there is one in the attic?anyway,that and the image of the snake talking to the beautiful,bare shouldered eve,who was holding an apple,made a big impression on me.any else have any faves from that book?is it still being used?.