Posts by betterdaze

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Farmers Branch Tx. assault on illegal immigrants (Mexicans)

by hambeak in

the farmers branch city council ( a suburb of dallas, tx.

) has voted unanimously to make english the official language of the city.

also to fine landlords that rent to such ones.

betterdaze

This is a letter to the Editor of the Sunday Star-Ledger here in NJ a few weeks ago (October 2006):

“Shoe on the other foot"

"One wonders what Mexico’s government and citizens would say, think and do if
20 million Americans illegally invaded Mexico and expected the government to:

Provide free medical care;

Supply them with free education and automatic Mexican citizenship for their children;

Require bilingual interpreters at all hospitals and courts;

Insist on bilingual government forms;

Demand that Mexico accept American IDs;

Provide Americans with sanctuary cities, ignoring our multiple lawbreaking and
allowing us to remain free from arrest;

Expect Mexicans to learn English so we wouldn’t have to learn Spanish;

Fly the U.S. flag from our homes and cars;

Insist on courses in American culture at schools;

Demand driver’s licenses and college tuition;

Balkanize Mexico’s cities and towns;

Insist that police speak to us in English and require them to hire American bilingual
officers who are culturally acceptable;

and Permit the American government to have 47 consulates in Mexico to subversively
serve American illegal aliens.”

~Sue

P.S.: I wasn't the writer, but I wonder, too, what would happen if the shoe was on the other foot?

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What will your God do to Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BCZAR2ME in

on judgement day--what will be the fate of jehovah's witnesses?.

bczar.

betterdaze

***Maybe we'll all be judged on our best day and everyone of us will one day be friends.***

Abandoned, that's the Christ-like attitude that was so sorely missing in the JW congregation. Can I quote you a year or even 10 years from now? This thought (hope) is timeless.

~Sue

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This discussion board is just the medicine I needed

by Backed away in

jw
friends

a big thank you to those who created this board and for all the amazing people who post here.. truth be told (no pun intended) i have seen other religious boards out there but never felt compelled to join since i didn't feel qualified to speak one way or the other regarding their beliefs.

this board is another story.

i was raised as a witness but never thought so many people all over the world had a similiar past as i did.

betterdaze

***I'll tell you all, admitting how I was raised was wrong was THE hardest thing I have ever had to come to terms with.***

Me, too.

Welcome!

~Sue

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writer's workshop websites?

by doogie in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

i have a question for any writiers in the house.

i was just curious if anyone here knows of a good writer's workshop website (you know, those sites where you can post stuff and get feedback...that sort of thing.).

betterdaze

You may be interested in the 2006 Lantern Books Essay Contest.

One of three topics is: "Describe a turning point in your consciousness. Why do you believe what you believe?"

There's oodles of essays here on JWD that could qualify... First prize is $1,000.

http://lanternbooks.com/essay.php

"Lantern Books — publishers of books on animal advocacy, spirituality, social justice, and environmentalism — is pleased to announce our second annual essay competition. The aim of the competition is to allow new thinking to emerge on the key subjects of Lantern's publishing program and to encourage new voices to step forward to shape the debate for the future."

~Sue

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writer's workshop websites?

by doogie in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

i have a question for any writiers in the house.

i was just curious if anyone here knows of a good writer's workshop website (you know, those sites where you can post stuff and get feedback...that sort of thing.).

betterdaze

You may be interested in the 2006 Lantern Books Essay Contest.

One of three topics is: "Describe a turning point in your consciousness. Why do you believe what you believe?"

There's oodles essays here on JWD that could qualify... First prize is $1,000.

http://lanternbooks.com/essay.php

"Lantern Books — publishers of books on animal advocacy, spirituality, social justice, and environmentalism — is pleased to announce our second annual essay competition. The aim of the competition is to allow new thinking to emerge on the key subjects of Lantern's publishing program and to encourage new voices to step forward to shape the debate for the future."

~Sue

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My Mom Is Told To Not Take Food From My Ex Because She's "Disfellowshipped"

by minimus in

jw
friends

my mother told my aunt than my ex recently brought her some delicious food when she got out of the hospital.

my aunt immediately cautioned her to not take anything from her or socialize with her since she is "disfellowsipped".

my mom asked her who told her such a thing and she said, "well, you know you shouldn't have anything to do with her.

betterdaze

Your ex serves "delicious food."

Your aunt serves words of rebuke.

Regardless of either one's standing at the Kingdom Hall, which
act of kindness made a greater healing effect for your mom?

Just my 2 cents. Hope your mom feels better.

~Sue

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Gosh this is so Stupid!

by roflcopter in

jw
friends

so my wife just got a job at a huge company where a witness friend works.

we only have 1 car... well my friend cant carpool with my wife to work because it would be imporoper for a man and a woman to be in the car alone.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr im so frustrated.

betterdaze

How about public transportation? The Witness woman would be commuting to work with lots of lecherous men (maybe even lesbians) who could be chatting her up at the bus top, or sitting next to her on the train. What then? Orgies?

Seems they are saying women are safer riding with a variety of worldlies, than with just one dedicated servant of Jah. A young girl (I was one once) walking home alone is in a FAR more dangerous situation than accepting a ride with one of the brothers. It's revealing that a young girl's personal safety, her very life, is worth nothing to those elders.

roflcopter: You could inform the elders that you must now deduct $$$ from your regular donations to the Kingdom Hall/Wordwide Work to cover this burdensome extra fuel expense, wear-and-tear on tires, increased frequency of oil changes, etc.

Also, your car insurance premium may increase with added commuting mileage/time on the road. Would they kindly write a letter to your insurance carrier that it's necessary to prevent your wife from engaging in extramarital sex to and from her place of employment?

Oh, and now that you must get to sleep extra-early, to get up extra-early, and the both of you get home so very late now, you will no longer be able to attend evening meetings.

Is this the "yoke that is light" that Jesus spoke of?

~Sue

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The Divine Error of the Ages. Russell Chart update.

by Wasanelder Once in

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couldn't resist.. w.once.

betterdaze

Lil,

A few years before my study of SIS, my "fleshly" sister took a college course where she learned about Russell.
She told me he was a Millerite, an Adventist, and used the pyramid to come up with 1914, the sacred date of our youth.

I completely shut her down! "See, that's worldly knowledge, all lies from opposers. What did we learn in the Kingdom Hall...
Jesus said we'd be persecuted. We have the TRUTH."

No sense arguing with good little Susie-knows-it-all smarty-pants.

We never discussed it again. She's an agnostic today. I owe her an apology!

Peace to you too.

~Sue

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Who really is the faithful slave?

by Elihu/Elijah in

as a ministarial servant i was surprised to find out that, some who had been appointed elders, who i was serving with in 2000 never really believed in god at all.

i was blown away by the fact that a person could have been serving for many years did not really believe in god.

if they did not really believe in god why were they here, and in what did they really believe in?

betterdaze

So encouraging! Thank you. I'm snail-mailing your post to my mom.

~Sue