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IS SHUNNING RIGHT?
Matthew 5: 43-48
rebelfighter
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A Chance To Plant A Seed That We All Have
by dubstepped ini'd like to brainstorm something with the rest of you.
this summer at the regional conventions we all know by now that a talk on shunning is going to be given.
we all know what that talk will likely point to.
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Go my invite / think I am now a Do Not Call
by rebelfighter inmy son says hey mom that's your doorbell.
so answer it.
next i get, mom it is the jehovah witnesses.
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rebelfighter
Zeb,
My fb page is linked to multiple Shriner's Hospital pages and an organization called HIKE (Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment ) along with many organizations that help abuse kids in need that I support in fund raising. When I see the success stories that is what I need to keep me motivated to continue my charity work that I am so passionate about.
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Go my invite / think I am now a Do Not Call
by rebelfighter inmy son says hey mom that's your doorbell.
so answer it.
next i get, mom it is the jehovah witnesses.
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rebelfighter
My son says hey mom that's your doorbell. So answer it. Next I get, mom it is the Jehovah Witnesses. I go to the door and there is a man and a woman and my son takes off the other way. The man says any particular reason why he called you to the door. Nope. So I ask what position do you hold at the KH, MS, Elder or ....? He hesitated then said you have a history with the Jehovah Witnesses? Nope just an interest in the organization, so what is your title. Special Pioneer. So why are interested in the JWs? I am a child's advocate, have either of you heard of the Australian Royal Commission? Got a firm no from both. I explain that the WT turned over the files of 1006 pedophile that exist in the KH in Australia that have never been reported to the police who committed 1700 rapes of children. His response was I take it this is something you read in the media and I said no I watched the entire trial from victims, through Elders, Circuit Overseers, WT Lawyers, even G. Jackson All these people were lying after taking an oath on the Bible.
I brought up Candace Conti and Lopez. They stated that these were just slander against JW you cannot belieive what you read. I asked him how can you not believr what happens in a court if law. I just kept getting imperfect men. Imperfect men. Also told the lady I am a woman's advocate.
I just continued talking, he continued saying we have other appoints we must get to which I used as the next subject. I asked if they would go online and look up the ARC they both said no it is just people trying to damage their fine organization.
In the beginning of all this my son and his wife and their babies exited through the garage door as usual my son being the smart one stuck his head around the corner and said I wish the two of you good luck.
I do believe I might be on a Do not call list. LOL
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Money....
by The Rebel ini believe all our worst nightmare are believing money will make our life's complete.
i am not talking about money providing life's comforts, but i am mortified that contentment and happiness always requires " more money"..ummm i need a window cleaner, a flashy car and a 50inch t.v screen to be happy.
money...well in my opinion we need money integrity to be happy, but it seems such a waste of life to search for the making of money more than ....well what i mean "hey" most of us have more money than most, and would the making or having more money really make you happier?.
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rebelfighter
The Rebel,
Very nicely stated. I love working with many charities especially those that benefit children in need.
On a personal side I also helped a mom for 2 years with 4 children get back on her feet after her and I successfully saw that her husband went to jail for a very long time for the unthinkable. I took care of her kids every night so she could work the premium shift in the ICU unit. I got both her's and my kids off to school and then put in a full 8 hours in my office. After 2 years she was able to financially afford to switch to the day shift and be home with her kids at night.
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Money....
by The Rebel ini believe all our worst nightmare are believing money will make our life's complete.
i am not talking about money providing life's comforts, but i am mortified that contentment and happiness always requires " more money"..ummm i need a window cleaner, a flashy car and a 50inch t.v screen to be happy.
money...well in my opinion we need money integrity to be happy, but it seems such a waste of life to search for the making of money more than ....well what i mean "hey" most of us have more money than most, and would the making or having more money really make you happier?.
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rebelfighter
My grandkids and I play chase through my house. Their mother freaks out. LOL, I call it look gram gram I am going to go get a piece of crystal in that room that I am not allowed in now it is time for you to chase me. Their dad, my son when he is here just plants himself in the door frame of the room that they are supposed to be in and states YOU need a baby gate. -
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Money....
by The Rebel ini believe all our worst nightmare are believing money will make our life's complete.
i am not talking about money providing life's comforts, but i am mortified that contentment and happiness always requires " more money"..ummm i need a window cleaner, a flashy car and a 50inch t.v screen to be happy.
money...well in my opinion we need money integrity to be happy, but it seems such a waste of life to search for the making of money more than ....well what i mean "hey" most of us have more money than most, and would the making or having more money really make you happier?.
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rebelfighter
Money Oh Yes it can make you very happy but does it really make you happy. We had it all!! I was making big bucks 4 story colonial, nice new cars, 2 kids in the best private schools, a nanny and maid,oh and an abusive husband who did nothing. My clients were all treated as if they were my only client I had. Then on 6/1/2000 I got my wake up call. The doctor said you have cancer. In the next 12 months I beat cancer, kicked the husband out, fired 50% of the clients, sold the monster house ($4,000 amonth mtg) moved to the suburbs and devoted my life to my kids and being happy and healthy. -
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Child Abuse
by MicaSmith inhello, i am new to forum.
i want to thank you for allowing me to post my concerns.. you are a lively, intelligent, empathetic community.
i have read many of your posts and comments.. i have two concerns that i would like to discuss here.
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rebelfighter
@Vidiot,
I have been accused of having a loving and caring heart and never knowing when to say no to these people in need. And I have 3 of these people in my life. Thankfully I now have gotten 2 of them out of my life. The 3rd one I am sorta stuck with since he has nowhere to go but he knows now he better behave because I have threatened to kick his sorry butt out again. He knows I mean it cause I did it once till the state gave him back to me since I forgot to file for divorce.
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Child Abuse
by MicaSmith inhello, i am new to forum.
i want to thank you for allowing me to post my concerns.. you are a lively, intelligent, empathetic community.
i have read many of your posts and comments.. i have two concerns that i would like to discuss here.
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rebelfighter
My heart goes out to you. What a very sad story. None of us were JWS but I suffered from an abusive alcoholic mom not nearly as bad as yours. This is what has made me into an advocate for all children. I now work endlessly for all kinds of children charities.
Yes, and my mother also blamed me even into adulthood calling me a thief, liar and crook as I was paying her bills and attempting to care for her. LOL
For my own health I have forgiven her BUT not forgotten what she did. She is in a nursing home where the County Sheriff and Social Services highly recommended placing her for everyone's safety because she had become much to violent to control.
Welcome to the forum.
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Memorial mixed emotions...
by Tornintwo indoes anyone else feel 'pulled back in' at this time of year?.
i still consider myself to a believer, believe in god and jesus christ, on the whole i think he taught tolerance, love, acceptance and i think we can benefit from following his example.
i love ray franzs book in search of christian freedom.
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Tornintwo,
Never a JW, but walked away from religion at 50 for good. I had been a member of the same church since the age of 12 even married there. That was the year my life fell apart. I had 2 dependent kids and an abusive husband. On 6/1 I was diagnosed with cancer and butt head husband response was thanks for telling me and turned around walked away from me, never showed up at the hospital.
When I went to the pastor and said I was ill. and my husband just upped the abuse, his response was sorry your going through this. Never heard another word from any member of the church. I have never returned.
I believe very strongly in a Supreme Being which I call God and Jesus. After much research I now believe ALL religions are man made, if God had created Religion he would have created ONE. Think of all the wars that would have never have happened. The more I think about it the less I believe in the Bible, there are some good points in the Bible like living a good truthful life with high morals. Loving one another. Help one another.
The way I worship God is sitting in one of God's beautiful nature environments (prefer sunrise on the east coast) and listening to several hours of wonderful Gospel music which reflect the gifts that God has given very special people. This allows me a wonderful time to meditate on all the great things that I have in my life. God and I also take a little time to talk about some of these crazy people in my life too.
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rebelfighter
Never a JW. As I have stated on this forum many times I am one of the adult leaders of one of the Masonic youth groups. We teach our youth about charity work. The major fund raiser is HIKE which is short for Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment. Each year these youth will organize on their own with some adult assistance all types of fund raisers to raise money for this charity. Last year alone the state I am from these kids raised $25,000 for this charity.
Who benefits from this charity? Any child who has hearing loss between the ages of 10 and 20 and applies for assistance, we ask no questions as to religious beliefs, race, etc only questions asked are medical need and financial need.
As I said on another thread yesterday these videos and literature produced for the children by the WT "ARE" child abuse!!!