They told me not to buy anything from Goodwill because someone from christendom's churches may have worn it and it could be demonized.How ludicrous is that?
Posts by dsgal
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5Should JWS use Pelican crossings?
by badboy in.
a pelican crossing has a pole at 1 end(i believe i may have seen these poles with maypole type ribbons somewhere),there should jws use pelican crossings(of course it also contains the word `cross' and that has pagan connections!).
only goes to show there r pagan connections with everything including rutherford, but that a different story!
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Do you think this 1st century relic is authentic?
by Gopher inhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021021/ap_on_re_us/jesus_inscription_6
scholar touts oldest link to jesus mon oct 21, 5:11 pm et.
by richard n. ostling, ap religion writer.
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dsgal
nancee park,
They showed the box on T.V. and it seemed to be about 18 inches wide when the guy was holding it.I wasn't aware that the Jews used these boxes.I thought it was their custom to prepare the body with spices and wrap it in cloth and bury it in a grave.
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Do you think this 1st century relic is authentic?
by Gopher inhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021021/ap_on_re_us/jesus_inscription_6
scholar touts oldest link to jesus mon oct 21, 5:11 pm et.
by richard n. ostling, ap religion writer.
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dsgal
I don't know whether it's authentic or not but could someone please tell me how they got a person's bones in such a small box?Did they cut them up or wait for the flesh to deteriorate or what?
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Will You Celebrate Halloween This Year?
by minimus insome fundamentalists believe halloween is the devil's holiday.so are you doing anything on halloween?
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What thing did you do when you left
by shera in.
what was one thing you did and really wanted to do when you left the jw's;what you couldn't do because of the organization?.
mine was martial arts.
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dsgal
We rented a building and gave my daughter a sweet sixteen party.We had 65 guests and it was loads of fun with dancing and games,the whole works.
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What did you REALLY think about the banned things
by SpannerintheWorks inwhat prompted this topic was when an ex-jw ( ex-elder ) friend of mine told me that once when he was doing a "car" witness with three others, near to christmas time, they lost one of them!
after a bit of searching along the route, the others eventually found him in a house, eating a mince pie and drinking a glass of brandy!.
my friend reminded him that he shouldn't be participating in these " worldly things.
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dsgal
Men not being allowed to have a beard is totally absurd.There is no scriptural basis for it that I ever found.And NO,I would not allow my child to die if he needed blood.When I was a dub,I signed for my son to have blood if he needed it before he went in for a tonsillectomy.My husband was an unbeliever so there was no problem with him.I never told any of the Witnesses about it and I felt a little guilty but I would have felt worse if he had needed it and I had refused to sign.
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How does the pope keep it up??
by nilfun ini mean look at that hat!.
how the heck....?
reminds me of that i love lucy episode where she's trying to descend a flight of stairs while wearing a towering showgirl-style headdress....
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dsgal
What the hell is that thing on his head?
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Feild service and answering
by shera ini was wondering how you all felt about feild service.. i didn't like it all all,i would have minor anixety attacks and sweaty palms before i went door to door.
i would have a hard time taking a door,so one time,my loving "sister" left me standing at door by myself.i remeber being "happy".
i was very uncomfortable going to peoples door and trying to force religion on them,when they didn't want it.i only went out because it was imbedded in my mind that i had to go door to door to save peoples lives.i didn't want to have blood on my hands of the people i may have helped save with god's words.. with the answering,i almost passed out...lol..i used to be painfully shy.when i didn't answer enough,i would be judged as not being spiritually(sp)strong.the woman i was studing with would try to raise my hand up.the way i looked at it there was no accepting of who you were...had to be like the social butterflies to be accepted.now thats what i call love.
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dsgal
shera,
I thought I was the only one who had problems answering and talking at doors.One time I choked up at the door because I felt so unqualified compared to the sister I was with.She waited out on the sidewalk at the next door where it was my turn to talk.I was terribly embarrassed.As far as answering goes,I only answered at the book study and that was even very difficult for me.They were always giving talks about how important it is to comment at every meeting as if God absolutely doesn't want anyone who is shy.Who are they to say who God wants?They always used Romans 10:10 on me,"Public declaration by mouth means your salvation."This was meant to make me feel guilty.Anyway,I just faded away since I was already doomed according to them.I knew one lady who was not able to have a part on the assembly and one of the elder's wives told her that she didn't have Jehovah's spirit.She figured there was no use in going to meetings if that was the case and she never went back.I don't know of any other religion that says you are doomed if you can't talk in front of people.After all,didn't God create some animals that are shy by nature?
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Favourite jw video?
by haujobbz in.
mine had to be the young people ask, i really could relate to it.. the acting was great.. i couldnt wait for a sequel
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dsgal
That Noah cartoon video with the funny little turtle running across the screen.
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How were you perceived .............. as a jw
by A Paduan in.
as a continuation of minimus' thread.. how do you think people perceived you - when you were a jw?
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dsgal
I was treated as an outcast by the JWs even though I attended every meeting and went out in service regularly.I never felt welcome there.