Posts by megsmomma

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How Far Up The "Ranks" Did You Go In The Organization?

by minimus in

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at age 18, i was a regular pioneer.

at 20, a ministerial servant.

at 24 an elder.

megsmomma

I got married to a MS....then divorced him!!

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Door Sign keeps JW's away

by Wordly Andre in

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my door sign actually keeps jws away!!

this past weekend while doing some house work i looked out of my front window because i saw shadows, i walked to the kitchen and looked out my side window, only to see two young brothers walking away.

one was about 19 and the other looked to be 14, i kind of wish they had actually knocked, im always prepared for them.

megsmomma

Heck....they were probably THRILLED to not have to knock!!

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Justifying Gods Organization Against All The Facts

by The wanderer in

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justifying gods organization against all the factsregardless of how many facts a person has standing against .

the watchtower society it is still gods organization.

eyes that cannot see, ears that cannot hearmy friend knows of the watchtowers involvement with .

megsmomma

It is so strange that with some people...there is NO reasoning with them. I think that is how mind control works though...further proof that it is a cult.

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Anna Nicole Smith died

by sandy in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050167/

megsmomma

It does seem that every time I have ever heard her speak, she was slurring her words, and "on" something.I am sure there is so much more to come on the reason for her death. I hope the baby is healthy and gets to have a calm life.

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Anna Nicole Smith died

by sandy in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050167/

megsmomma

I just heard that on the radio......How sad. I hope she gets to be with her son, and poor little baby, being born into all those tragedies.

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What movie(s) should EVERY JW see?

by gaiagirl in

i'm thinking "1984" and "the island".

megsmomma

"The Village"

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Wish Me Well: Surgery Tomorrow

by AudeSapere in

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well, i did my best with physical therapy but it's not enough.

my knee is very unstabile (especially since i fell again 6 weeks ago).

tomorrow i'm scheduled for knee surgery to repair my acl..

megsmomma

I hope everything goes great and you are back to normal in no time!!

PS.....Do you have a PM from me? I was your secret santa and I am afraid you didn't get it.

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QUESTIONS TO ASK TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND SAVE LIVES

by aanita in

questions to ask to open the eyes of jehovah's witnesses and save some lives.

my first question is - you use acts 15 saying "abstain from blood" as if applied to modern emergency transfusions of whole blood but isn't it balanced by matthew 12:7 where christ says god wants "mercy not sacrifice" when surely the death of even one single adult or child is sacrifice;.

my second question is - isn't it significant that 1 samuel 14:32-35 says to stay alive all saul's men ate blood with meat and were not punished with death; they only had to build an altar to show they were sorry it had been absolutely necessary, and that was due to the mosaic law then being in effect;.

megsmomma

Here are my dad's responses to what I sent....just what you wrote.

Abstain from blood…just like all other guidelines Jehovah has put in place for humans it has its value for time indefinite. Thou shall not kill. It doesn’t say shall not kill except to preserve one’s own life or in case of wars or…
Jehovah does want mercy not sacrifice, but not at the sacrifice of his other commandments; In first Samuel as throughout the Hebrew Scriptures Jehovah made certain sacrifices of his own to allow his chosen people to survive and fulfill his will…wars, killings, angels killing the opposing army’s…all part of Jehovah’s moving his plan forward with his chosen people.
I don’t have an answer here it would take some research on my part and I don’t have time right now.
The natural wonder of the human body is by Jehovah’s design…individuals have no control over these bodily functions…No choice to abstain or not to abstain.

Whether the Watchtower Society has it 100% correct or not, Jehovah will look favorably upon Tamra’s decision, because she place 100% faith in Jehovah. There are some things in life where you have to hold true to your convictions and take a stand regardless what others think or say.

Jesus didn’t burden mankind with as many rules as in the Hebrew Scriptures; however the Hebrew Scriptures gave mankind life sustaining guidelines. Jesus just gave a couple of commandments “love your neighbor…” and “abstain from blood…” obviously Jesus placed an enormous value on this commandment.

There is a new Blood publication out (August 2006) “Blood Why So Valuable”, I would be happy to send you a copy.

Love ya

Dad

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Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow

by minimus in

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as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".

megsmomma

Don't save for retirement

Don't pursue a career

Don't go on a vacation that you'd have to miss meetings for

Don't love anyone who is not a JW

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Ever been questioned by 3 Elders.....

by freefromjws in

when i was 17 i got pregnant (omg)!!!

i was in a meeting with 3 elders from my nj cong.

and the questions they asked:.

megsmomma

It sounds so UNBELIEVABLE...but, here, we know it is true! It makes me so happy I didn't meet with the elders and just DA'd myself. I think it would have caused me a nervous breakdown. (Well, a worse one...LOL)

Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!