Dawn

Joined

• started 145 topics
• posted 1,385 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Dawn

• 
  8

  Brotherly Love

  by ambush23 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you all out there in cyberspace would be lucky to have a brother as good as mine.

  i dont know about the rest of u, but i never got love any thing like that in my 16 years as a jw.

  so all of you siblings out there let me know about your brothers, phyisical and other wise.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  I had 3 brothers, one passed away last year so I have 2 left. They don't talk to me. I tried to mend things with them but they view me as unworthy because I do not want to return to that religion. Recently I realized that blood relation does not necessarily mean "family" - and so I have "pruned" them out of my life. They are no longer my family.

  I have a new family - a terrific husband, two beautiful children, and a ton of great friends that are my "family" now. I don't miss my brothers.......I like the family I have now.....God has blessed me very much
• 
  37

  The lady across the street...

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .

  still has her christmas decorations up...

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  Ok -now I feel bad. For years I have b*** about people having their lights up year round.....I took my lights down by the 2nd weekend in Jan and NO LATER. Guess what.......we got hit with a big snow storm this year, then I got sick,...and well........I still have my x-mas lights up I'm so ashamed.

  I'm going out first thing tomorrow morning and taking them down. Guess that teaches me to b**** all these years hu?!
• 
  12

  Was Little Red Riding Hood Asking For It?

  by dh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  Yea.......'cmon......she pranced by the wolf every day in that red outfit - baked goods in her hand.....she was just strining him along! It was a set-up I tell ya!
• 
  30

  Lane Convention, committed suicide because he was gay!

  by cyberguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lane convention, the son of the society?s premiere attorney, committed suicide, because he was gay!

  or at least was envoled in gay sex and drugs for many years!.

  well, lane was a very good friend of mine.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  That is such a sad story.

  I hope to God that I have proven to my son and my daughter that I love them unconditionally - and that I want them to be happy. For someone to kill themselves because they are gay.......how sad......what a loss of a potential for a beautiful life.
• 
  17

  Well, I've done it..........

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have successfully deprogrammed my first dub.. my very good friend has finally seen the light.

  i am so happy that the shackles have come off.

  she is in the process of reading coc and has stopped going to meetings.. i have made my first apostate disciple.. wannaexit

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  YEA!!! I am so happy for you!
• 
  20

  Do other religions use the name Jehovah?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when people hear the name jehovah, they automatically think jehovah witnesses.

  i know that in old catholic bibles, the word jehovah might be found or jahweh.

  is it the jw's who came out with that name first or did other religions use it before the jw's?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  Our church also uses the name Jehovah from time to time.....and we sing the song "Jehovah Jirah...". In fact, we had quite an interesting sermon a few months ago about the history of the name Jehovah, Yahweh, and "I AM".

  I listen to church sermons on the radio from time to time (I do a lot of driving in my job) and I hear it on there too. So the JW's don't have the corner on the market........although they like to pretend they do.
• 
  5

  I finally made the decision!!

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm starting the support group i talked about for so long.

  too many people i have run into lately have told me how much it would help them.

  so i'm going to bite the bullet and try to get it organized asap.. know what?..........it feels really good now that i decided to do it!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  I'm starting the support group I talked about for so long. Too many people I have run into lately have told me how much it would help them. So I'm going to bite the bullet and try to get it organized asap.

  Know what?..........It feels really good now that I decided to do it! I know that if my mom finds out that will be the final nail in the coffin and she'll never talk to me again - but I've thought about it a lot, and prayed about it a lot, and I am ready to take that risk. I think I would feel better knowing that people are being helped than I would be holding back just in hopes mom might actually someday accept me in spite of that religion. She made her decision - and I have made mine. And I feel so good!........relieved.......and excited.

  Wish us luck - I'm hoping we get enough people to turn out - and I'm hoping to find some "guests" to come and talk to the group about exiting cults, etc.
• 
  4

  Coincidence At Funeral Home

  by Undecided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i visited with the family at the funeral home tonight.

  we were in a line going to the family of my dead uncle.

  right behind me was the other kenneth patterson in our town.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  Your uncle's wife is the "other Ken's" aunt........wait..........isn't your Uncle's wife also YOUR aunt? So that makes your uncle and aunt also the uncle/aunt of the "other Ken's" ....so that makes you and the "other Ken" cousins......or........perhaps.........you are the same person?? I'm so confused......
• 
  24

  Anointed in JW's midst?

  by Noumenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in your time with jw's did you meet any of the 'anointed' ?.

  i have met a number over the years, and they all seemed very normal, intelligent, balanced, loving people.

  i've met a few obviously 'bogus' ones too.. my question is (atheists, agnostics, and god/bible basher please ignore and move on to another thread): what if there are genuinely anointed christians in jw's midst?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  I also am convinced that only a relatively small number of persons will in fact receive the heavenly calling, to be corulers with Christ over the planet one day (those things are immutable truths for me, so for the sake of this discussion I don't want to engage in a specific discussion on the validity of these teachings or not, if you don't mind).

  I respect your request on this - would you mind conversing with me via personal messages? I'm interested in hearing your support for why you believe this. If you would rather not, I understand. Thanks.
• 
  24

  Anointed in JW's midst?

  by Noumenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in your time with jw's did you meet any of the 'anointed' ?.

  i have met a number over the years, and they all seemed very normal, intelligent, balanced, loving people.

  i've met a few obviously 'bogus' ones too.. my question is (atheists, agnostics, and god/bible basher please ignore and move on to another thread): what if there are genuinely anointed christians in jw's midst?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Dawn

  Hey Nou...

  To answer your first question - yes - I have met a few anointed.

  To answer your second question - You first need to realize that God does not exist in any man made religion. His Church exists in people who have accepted his son as their savior. It is a different plane of thought than what most people think of when they say "church". Those people ask Jesus into their heart and become the "body of Christ" - thus...annointed. These people don't all attend one church or are members of one religion - you will find them scattered all over in different areas. Religion is a man made attempt to explain God and set up rules for us to judge who is, and who is not acceptable. For some reason man always thinks he/she has to judge and decide who is accepted no matter how many times Jesus warned against this. But I'm getting off on a rabbit trail here...........so back to your question:

  What if there ARE genuinely anointed Christians in JW's midst?

  If they are GENUINELY anointed, I believe that the holy spirit would eventually lead them out of deception and into the "body of Christ" - that is, into a relationship with God and Jesus and an understanding that they need to do what they can to make this world a better place for everyone.

  So what about religions? Well - most Christians who have accepted Jesus as their savior will want to find others who have the same relationship with Jesus - and will want to worship together. So most Christians will eventually find a church they feel comfortable at and will make friends there - but they will realize too that there is not one right "church" - rather, the "body of Christ" exists on a much larger scale than any one denomination.