Posts by NanaR

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Well, The Elders & Circuit Overseer Came By Tonight To See If We Are Celeb.

by Lady Liberty in

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hello dear friends.... well..the saga continues!!

as many of you know last new years the jws attacked our "frosty" and egged our home.

" the co said, "so you are both not willing to meet with the elders..?".

NanaR

Good for you Lady Liberty!!

I just can't for the life of me understand why these people have to continue to poke their noses in the lives of those who have left them and moved on.

I SO want to put up Christmas decorations both outside and inside, but my hubby (who hasn't been active for over 10 years) won't let me. We have an elder just down the street from us and I would LOVE to see the look on his face if I put up Christmas decorations. That would be priceless!!

Imagine the arrogance of these little men thinking that their opinion actually means something...

Like you, I was raised JW so had nothing to "go back" to. However I have gone forward and will soon be Roman Catholic. I think maybe I'll just send an invitation to my baptism to the Kingdom Hall. In lieu of a DA letter...

Still smiling,

Ruth

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Young Couples and not having kids

by Serg in

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there are so many young couples in the org.

locally that i have noticed do not want to have kids until the "new order".

that's so freakin annoying that i feel like going up to all of them and smacking them upside the head and lettiing them know the whole truth about the "truth".

NanaR

Serg,

It was going on when I got married in 1974.

My sister who is still very much in just had her first grandchild -- from her daughter who is 32. All three of her daughters are married, two for some time, and this is the first baby.

So I would say that having kids is still discouraged by some.

My attitude when I got married was that if God could protect ME at the Great Tribulation, he could protect my children. Also I felt that the people I knew who never had children tended to be somewhat selfish.

Having children was the very best thing I ever did.

I often wondered why the JWs could stand so strong on blood due to the "ancient" nature of the prohibition (after the flood), but just ignore the first command ever given -- Be fruitful and multiply!

Just my two cents,

Ruth

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do you mind me asking why you are not interesred in the truth

by looloo in

NanaR

I am very interested in TRUTH.

That's why I am to be baptized as a Roman Catholic in March 2008.

I was raised a 5th generation JW, and was active until the mid 1990s.

Jesus is Truth embodied, and the Witnesses deny the Deity of Jesus Christ.

Ruth

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Downloadable video of NBC News Report....

by brinjen in

this is for another poster who has ran out of topics for today.

he has encoded the video to wmv format, good quality, (roughly 13mb) file can be downloaded here.... http://www.sendspace.com/file/7esocu.

uploading video to youtube, will post the link when it is complete..

NanaR

Thanks!

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I got baptised yesterday!

by Mrs Smith in

it was so wonderful.

i had to give a testimony in church.

i kept on having to stop to take a deep breath as the tears were threatening to come pouring out into the ugly cry.

NanaR

Good for you Mrs. Smith

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OK all you X-JW's in the US....are you going to vote?

by restrangled in

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you've left the jw's now its your opportunity to make a difference with your voice in the world we are living in.. are you going to vote in the next election???!!!!!!!.

r..

NanaR

Yup!!

I just got done voting. KY held state elections on November 6.

I'm still debating my presidential choice...

Ruth

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are we inactive or what?

by inactive? in

i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

NanaR

inactive?

I seem to remember you saying something about not going to see your daughter but your daughter coming to see you. I also thought you said, about the man, "no Jehovah's Witnesses" or some such thing. I can't find the post and don't have any more time to look.

Anyway, this is what popped into my head this morning. If the man your daughter is living with is a known opposer of Jehovah's Witnesses or is a former JW (read apostate in their language), then perhaps the fact that you are maintaining any contact at all is the reason you are being treated in such a horrible fashion. It is even possible that what they know about him is something you DON'T know about him -- for example, if he was disfellowshipped in another congregation and then moved to where you are.

Guilt by association -- the Witnesses are famous for extending it WAY beyond its intended meaning.

Of course you must continue to help your daughter. God gave her to YOU and HE expects you to love her unconditionally.

And maybe I'm completely off base and out of the ball park, in which case ignore me.

Just my 2 cents and MHO,

Ruth

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Shower or bath?

by Quentin in

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would you rather take a shower, or a bath?

i prefere showers with water hot as i can stand and i don't mean in scrub up, rinse, out....linger uneder the water is so relaxing...what about you..?.

NanaR

Bubble bath -- bath pillow -- long soak -- candles -- soft music

Whoops, back to reality!!

But yeah, baths all the way :-)

Ruth

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are we inactive or what?

by inactive? in

i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

NanaR

Inactive,

You have received lots of good advice. If you want to pursue the matter with the congregation, you must take the matter "up the ladder".

But ask yourself, is this the way Jesus Christ treated people?

The Watchtower organization is a publishing company masquerading as a religion.

Run.

Ruth

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are we inactive or what?

by inactive? in

i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

NanaR

inactive:

The part of the story that I don't understand is the elders refusing to accept your time slips but still allowing you to have a key to the Kingdom Hall to clean it.

In the mid 1990s, the elders met with my daughter (who was 12 years old and not yet baptized). The end of the matter was that she was determined to be "not a publisher", which meant that she couldn't go in service with me or report time. Her father was removed as a ministerial servant due to not presiding correctly over her family. Her "sin" was smoking a cigarette at the home of an elder in the company of the elder's daughter (who also smoked a cigarette but was not similarly disciplined).

So I have seen very cruel and arbitrary things happen, but what you are relating is very contradictory.

If your time is being refused, you are no longer considered by that body to be a Witness. Period.

The rest I don't understand. It is possible that you are, as has been suggested, a "troll". But I can't verify that, so I won't assume so until someone proves it (for example, is inactive's IP tracking to Colorado?).

I stopped going in service when I was told that my daughter could not accompany me. The journey after that took more than a decade.

The congregation never dealt with me at all. I was visited regularly, and received literature regularly until just recently. Meanwhile, I joined the American Legion Auxilliary and started attending the Catholic Church.

I was a 5th generation Witness and still live in the town I grew up in.

Give your daughter unconditional love. Stop cleaning the Kingdom Hall. Read the Bible without the help of Watchtower publications. Check out sites like Biblegateway.com to find alternate readings of Bible texts. Pray intently and sincerely.

I will pray for you as well.

Ruth