dogisgod, M.J., and hillary_step...
Thanks for some honest, heartfelt and intelligent comments.
I appreciate it very much...
sacrebleu (half Rom (or gypsy)
there is quite large community of them in this area.
the more you get to know them or deal with them the less you like them.
what a strange and ugly culture.
dogisgod, M.J., and hillary_step...
Thanks for some honest, heartfelt and intelligent comments.
I appreciate it very much...
sacrebleu (half Rom (or gypsy)
an ex-jw has killed herself in the parking lot of a kingdown hall.
after an investigation of the police, they have found that at the age of 15, she has suffer of sexual abuse by a jw from 1986 to 1989. this man could face a trial and 5 other witness for non denonciation of the crime to the police.. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20080110.fap9581/un_temoin_de_jehovah_mis_en_examen_pour_viol_sur_mineur.html.
"un temoin de jehovah mis en examen pour viol sur mineure de 15 ans.
Too bad she had to die to get some attention for the case
sacrebleu
we have many older brothers and sisters in our congregation, and surely the same in many congregations all around the world.. what will be the reaction in the congregations when all these older ones, who were sure they wouldn't die before the end, pass away and leave a vacuum in the congregation.. i don't wish these older brothers and sisters harm, but eventually they will be too old to follow and they will die away.. it won't be the same anymore, when they see these old pillars who stood so faithfully crumble due to old age.. .
Tula,
While your thoughts are interesting, that was under the Old Covenant. We are under the New Covenant now. Jesus paid for our sins so our ancestors won't have to and we won't either if we will believe.
sacrebleu
there is quite large community of them in this area.
the more you get to know them or deal with them the less you like them.
what a strange and ugly culture.
The right name for the people is "Rom"
The name for ANYONE who tries to "gyp" could be gypsy.
Just as there are two (or more) names for most other ethnic groups, the one being derogatory, the other being correct. I will refrain from using examples because I don't want to offend. Hopefully the brighter ones in the bunch will understand what I mean.
Just like any other group, some Rom are honest, some are not.
Be fair. Maybe YOU don't know an honest hard working Rom, that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Yes, I am an X-JW, I am a Christian against abortion and NOW I will also be hated on here because I am half Rom. Wild. Go figure. I thought this group was more loving and intelligent than when we were judgemental, better than thou JWs.
sacrebleu
for me, there are a number of movies that i never tire of.
here's a partial list:.
elfthe holidaytommy boyplanes trains and automobilesdumb and dumber28 dayswhat are yours?.
I always ask people if they could only watch one movie for the rest of their lives what would it be?
Very few people can answer. Mine would be Moonstruck. It is SO TRUE!! The mama's boy, the bad boy, the mother
"Do ya love him Loretta?" "No, but he's a nice man." "Good! Cuz when ya love 'em, they drive you crazy cuz they know they can."
Then later in the movie, "Do ya love him Loretta?" "Oh ma, I love him awful!" "Oh that's too bad."
So true. So true. But I also love and had totally forgotten the OLD movie Cat People! Another major favorite is Fiddler on the Roof and another is American Graffiti.
sacrebleu
i am going to bed.
i just had to share this.
it perked this pissy mama up!.
When you laugh so hard you snort, it is called a snork.
sacrebleu
if you guessed dubs, you're right.
it was around 11:30 a.m., just as i was lazily dozing off on the couch, exhausted because my 9 year old woke me up at 5:30 a.m. (he couldn't wait any longer to look through his stocking!).
i was rudely awakened to the sound of a car door slam in our driveway.
I never went out on Holidays that I remember. I can't remember anyone else doing it either but they probably did.
My mom raised me that Holidays were family time and I wasn't usually allowed to even go see my friends! (That was before we were JWs but even after that my mom's training stayed with me.
Bad religion is no excuse for bad manners.
sacrebleu
subject: fiery sermon.
the fiery sermon member of a certain.
kingdom hall, who previously had been attendingmeetings regularly, stopped.
SOME Christians DO send junk like this drivel... sappy, soap opera stuff.
I am a Christian and I HATE it.
I had one friend who wouldn't quit filling my in-box with krap and I finally
changed my email and wouldn't give her the new one.
sacrebleu
because witnesses are less into christ than they are into moses.
when christ talks about turning the other cheek, witnesses talk about why the faithful should shun anyone that doesn't see eye to eye with them.
the jewish religious leaders were condemned by christ for their biases.. why do jehovah's witnesses treat disfellowshipped ones as if they were "dead"?
don't they claim to be "spiritual jews"?
They did when I was in.
And I always noticed that they keep the rank and file so busy with the Old Testament that they don't have time to get the real Good News of the O.T.
sacrebleu
i once called on a guy who invited us straight in...then told us he was "lazarus son of god.
" he had a cazy look in his eye, and would repeat this line every few minutes.
the brother with me was trying to "reason from the scriptures" that he in fact could not be lazarus...i just wanted to leave.
My sister's Bible study called her one night and told her she must come over it was urgent.
When she got there the woman showed her a box and said it was full of drugs. Sis gave her a ride to the police station and couldn't believe how rude the cops were, laughing and all.
Sis said, "This is serious!" The cops asked her if she had seen inside the box. Of course she hadn't and it was full of trinkets, marbles etc. No drugs. Apparently this was a regular thing with the woman. Man, my sister sure felt stupid.
sacrebleu