Posts by mimimimi

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He Needed Jehovah's Witnesses [or at least religion]! A True Story.

by AK - Jeff in

i was a dyed in the wool jw.

he was a 'call' turned over to me by my best friend when he headed off to bethel in '73.. the first time i called there, i nearly gagged with the filthy living conditions.

i hate the religion of jehovah's witnesses.

mimimimi

Definitely there are some people who are helped by it. I totally agree with that. I feel that my mother is one who was helped. She had a violent schizophrenic father and an alcoholic adulterous mother. Her brothers and sisters were all alcoholic but one, who died at an early age of cervical cancer. My mother needed something to help her escape from what would very likely have been a very bad, probably alcoholic life. To convince her that the religion is wrong, especially at the age of 77, would take away something that has been of benefit and joy to her and would probably make her feel totally hopeless.

The Watchtower does great damage to families and i think there are those who need to be helped out of it, but not everyone.

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I see that I can post on JWN now!

by AK - Jeff in

please do not try it - the balance of the thread will explain.

i am locking this thread and letting it fade away, but those who read it should see that there are some problems by some that i did not experience before i posted the thread.

i have notified admin to address the email/identity issues.

mimimimi

What is the web address for JWN? Oompa asked, too, so would someone tell us, please? Thanks.

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Gov of Ill. arrested for corruption, another close buddy of you know who

by Gregor in

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he was trying to sell obama's seat plus a bunch of other shakedown schemes using his union contacts and control of state funding.

mimimimi

I did not vote for Obama and preferred to see McCain get the office, but I truly do not believe Rod Blagovich's arrest reflects in any way on Obama. Good ole' Rod is a Democratic machine politician born and bred, spawn of Chicago unions. I read that he did not want to appoint who Obama wanted because that person would not be willing to pay for the position.

Now that Obama is in office, I do support him wholeheartedly. My biggest issue with him was gun control.

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What are you doing for Turkey Day and Black Friday?

by SnakesInTheTower in

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happy turkey day everyone... the one thing i can be grateful about this year is that i am over a year out of the borg.... that was a huge milestone.. i have only distant relatives close by and wont be able to travel this year to be with my brothers (who live 5 and 8 hours away) or mom (11 hours away).

just no time or money to travel this year.. i did receive an invitation to spend turkey day dinner with a jwder and their family, but this year i think i am just going to coccoon the next couple of days... .

(i am very very grateful that they thought of me to extend the invite.

mimimimi

We are going to my husband's sister's house. Not my favorite thing to do, but there it is. Black Friday, I am working all day and since I work at home, I will stay completely out of the whole thing. Shopping on Black Friday is also not a favorite thing of mine to do. Both of my daughters in law plan to shop till they drop on Friday, though.

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#1 reason they go in service...be honest!..........

by oompa in

ya a beautiful fall day here....trees ablaze with color...and a slight drizzle...me sippin yummy coffee...wife crammin her bookstudy book, then off to meeting and service........god she dresses up a lot!....i fogot how much i did that.....i have about $2000,00 of suits getting dusty in my closet if anybody needs a 42 long btw......so i just asked myself and sooo wanted to ask my wife "why are you really going out in service today?

".......and there are many automatic jw answers:.

1. jesus said we must go and make disciples, and it is the loving thing to do..........2. because the time is short and have to save as many as possible......3. because we love our neighbors ( but i cant frikin have them over for a grillout!).........

mimimimi

"my wife has not had a study in probalby 25 years....if ever....in our dozen years not once has she even got anyone to a meeting! How many do you know that have ever had a study, much less got anyone baptized? "

The last time I had a study with anyone, it was just plain a burden. It was a couple, man and wife. The service overseer told me that I could not study with them because of there being a man. Well, let me tell you, turning it over to a brother was quite unsuccessful. Three different brothers I tried and they at least went once each, two of them more than that, but I ended up back with it.

When I was young, I remember an urgency about the service that I never saw in later years. I remember going out in service back when I was in my late teens and early 20's with a real sense of purpose. Also, there were no breaks taken back then. You got in there and did what you were there to do.

In recent years, service seemed more of a social event to me than anything else. Not to myself, but that seemed to be how others viewed it. There was always a lot of time wasting and aimless meandering. And quitting early. I guess everyone has to make it as painless on themselves as possible.

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Were there any physical problems caused by kh?

by badboy in

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any takers?

mimimimi

Snakes, remember when that same German hag and her husband kept the thermostat turned so low at the KH all the time that everyone but her froze because she was having hot flashes? And a note was put on the thermostat that no one was to change it. People were wearing winter coats in the middle of summer.

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well, we had a baby...

by drew sagan in

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i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.

on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.

just wanted to share!

mimimimi

Beautiful little boy! Congratulations.

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In the Bible, what does" stop judging " mean to you ?

by caliber in

matthew 7:1, 2--stop judging that you may not be judged; 2 for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged.

the greek word in that verse is krino.

there are seven (7) different meanings to that one word.

mimimimi

How very interesting that the words in Matthew came from Jesus, but the words in Corinthians came from Paul. The Bible may have been inspired to a point, but I think that the human writers took a lot of latitude in putting their own ideas into it.

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