Posts by ShirleyW

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Mom says, "CO says there's only 15 years left!"

by Separation of Powers in

i don't typically hear from my mom often, but i tell you, over the past couple of weeks, i have heard from her several times.

you heard the comment about "our way of worship will be altered" and thank you for your posts by the way....but yesterday, she calls and is asking about the kids and then, in typical jw fashion mind you, says:.

"you know, you should really get back to meetings.

ShirleyW

My mom used to say the end is near also just about week when I was growing up in the 60's also. A few years before she passed in 2006 she changed up and said "we're on the fringe" of the BIg A, I wonder what she would say now? The fringe is pretty close to the end of anything.

Also the JWs do say they believe in the scripture that says no man knows the day nor hour, so why are they always saying the end is near? Ask your mom that and listen to her go around in circles trying to explain that one.

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At the meeting... And I have #3 Talk

by cappytan in

wife ended up sick this evening.

so i'm by myself because i have talk #3 and i didn't know she would be sick.

buzzing on 4 beers and 1 bourbon and coke.

ShirleyW

Four beers, wow ! Hope you didn't burp! Which is what I did once after downing a few swallows before the meeting one time, that was years ago when my digestive tract was still in it's 20's, however, that burp, although silent, did give a major hint that I had a beer sometime during that evening.

Surprising that my elder dad didn't say anything about it since he was two seats away from me . . . oh, now I get it, he was probably counting the time till he could get home so he could pour his Johnny Walker Black Label. Which I can remember him doing since I was about 4 or 5, although he didn't come into da troof until I was a teenager, he tried to give it up, but just couldn't do it, like many others elders, who probably put forth the effort but found out most of congregation were drinking fools anyway.

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HOW EXACTLY does god communicate with or direct the GB?

by stuckinarut2 in

we're all familiar with the organisations claims (and have seen the flow diagrams in books and mags) that the gb is "directed by god".

in turn, the local elders are "directed by god".

so, how exactly do they suppose this happens?

ShirleyW

The question is how exactly does God communicate with the GB

In no shape or form does God communicate with 7 random old men in Brooklyn, case closed, that is of course unless they had a bit too much of the bubbly the night before they came up with such idiotic rules which their followers gladly adhere to without question.

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I just went to a "wordly" funeral/memorial service.

by William Penwell in

as my topic stated, i just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness.

the minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected.

i just respectfully listened.

ShirleyW

Now the only thing I had trouble with is on the handout it says that "god had called this person to heaven" and "that he only takes the best"

I know what you mean, about 15 years ago a mini schoolbus was hit when a tree fell on top killing three 9-10 year old girls, one of those girls and her family lived across the street from my mother, although i didn't know the family, but I met the mother later on, it was covered by TV and news media. If you're from NYC you would be familiar with the name Floyd Flake, although he's a reverend he's also heavily into local politics. The funeral was covered by TV media and one thing I've never forgot that he said which to this day contributes to why I can't get attached to any religion is that he said " I guess God needed three little angels" and of course the folks in the audience of the Baptist church just carried on like they do when the preacher makes a point in the sermon. I am fully aware of the scripture that says God works in mysterious ways but I'll be damned if anyone from any religion will convince me that the Lord dropped that tree on that school bus with three innocent children in it because heaven needed three more angels.

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the NA blizzard.

by zeb in

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friends

how are you guys going in the blizzard?.

from zeb.

in australia.

ShirleyW

What blizzard? NYC was to supposed to get the worst storm in ages, wasn't that bad and the forecasters are apologizing for saying it was going to be so bad, but Long Island got hit worse than the city and Boston and Rhode Island also

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East Coast Blizzard 2015

by breakfast of champions in

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where we're at, we won't get it as bad as nyc, long island or new england.

even so, my university is closed until wednesday morning, and we're expecting well over a foot of snow.. anyone else out there "hunkering down"?.

ShirleyW

Besides shutting down the subway and buses at 11pm this evening, they also said that if you were out on the street after 11 without good reason you would be fined. Being NYC I guess they're going to make a gold mine in fines to make up for those weeks when the cops were on strike so to speak because they were mad at the Mayor.

"only in New York" ...

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Did You Know Any Bad JWs?

by minimus in

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over the years, i knew some individuals that were pretty bad witnesses.

they broke more commandments that most.

ShirleyW

There was a bethelite that was arrested, I think it was in the mid 80's and made the TV news. I believe he had a side gig somewhere and he was caught stealing. My mother refused to believe until she asked one of elders in her cong, and he confirmed it for her.

There was also a story about 15 years ago in Brooklyn or The Bronx that made the News when a sister had her husband set up to be killed as they stepped into the lobby of their apartment building.

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What is the main reason the Watchtower Society baptize their children so young?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

jesus was thirty was he was baptized.

today, you hear of young children getting baptized as young as 10 years old.

the parents, family and congregation think it's a wonderful idea that someone dedicates their life to jehovah at such a young age.

ShirleyW

Well, comparing to "the world" as the Dubs say, 8 or 9 isn't so young as compared to 2 or 3 months old infants being baptized, as they like to bring up with their smug attitude. That is true, but and 8 or 11 year old isn't old enough to sign a contract, so basically they just signed a contract with Jah to be his faithful servant when they obviously don't have the full understanding of what that includes.

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Embarrassing Doorstep Questions

by Vanderhoven7 in

can you add or subtract from the following list of introductory questions?

the aim of the questions i'm looking for, is to determine the level of integrity of the witnesses at your door.. .

if you didn't have the truth, would you want to know it?.

ShirleyW

The UN they will definitely say no to and blood question they will probably say no and they'll just talk around in circles with most of the other questions. This I know for a fact, I like to quote certain things to them that have been posted here, like when they said in the 70's in a Kingdom Ministry that some brothers were selling their houses and such before 1975 and other things like that I read them the direct quote and which publication it's in, but It's not like I won the conversation. They just talk all around it.

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The boy who came back from heaven (the book), a hoax.

by James Mixon in

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oh really.

the boy was six year old when he said he was in heaven with the angels.

now he admit it was made up for attention..

ShirleyW

One thing that's interesting about that story that I've read in a few others comments on the web about this is the boys last name is Malarkey, how appropriate