Mrs. Fiorini

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  My hospital adventure....

  by CoonDawg in

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  okay...so saturday, my mom goes back to the hospital here because she's having labored breathing and chest pains.

  they admit her to the hospital because she's also in a-fib.

  the doctor thinks she's got fluid still in her chest from previous procedure's fuckup.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Wow, what a rough one! I'm glad your mom's doing better. Your whole family's in my thoughts and prayers. Please know that you are cared about.
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  "If you are Christian you are definately Trinitarian"

  by Sirona in

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  2. beliefs

  my jw mother thinks that all christians (non jws who call themselves christian) are all trinitarian.. i tried to point out that there are certain groups who are not trinitarian, but she seemed to think that all christian groups in babylon the great believe in the trinity.. is it true that only fringe groups reject the trinity?.

  sorry for my ignorance but i don't know much about mainstream christianity.. i would like to email her (my mum) a list of religions which reject the trinity but are also christian.

  i also heard of groups who believe and preach about jehovah as gods name.. sirona.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Sirona, Regarding your question of the use of God's name Jehovah, the JW's like to act like they are the only ones who use it. It's simply not true. Even in my Catholic church you will hear it on occasion, although usually in it's more accurate form of Yahweh.
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  After years I visited my Disfellowshiped Sister and "worldly" husband! CRY!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  i've been away to visit my sister and her "worldly" husband after many years of not seeing her...i don't even have her phone number as she lives overseas.

  we just had a first family get together.

  when she met me at the door i was ready for anything!

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Tears came to my eyes as I read your story. I haven´t talked to my siblings in years and it broke my heart when they refused to come to my wedding.

  I am so happy for you and your sister. I know that what ever other feelings she may have, she is just so happy to be seeing you again. I just hope someday my brothers and my sister will be like you and we can be reunited too.
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  Society to start laminating paper backed publications

  by Lady Zombie in

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  2. bible

  at the wednesday night ministry school meeting, a letter from the society was read announcing that wtbts paperbacked publications will begin to be laminated.

  according to the letter, this "will save approximately 2 million dollars per year," "lengthen the life of the publications," and "increase the attractiveness" of the publications.. so there's that.. .

  also, will someone please explain to me why 85% of the congregation started smiling and nodding at this.. i sometimes think that headquarters could send the congregations boxes of turds and the jws would act like it was the best thing ever..

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I loved the "Box of turds" comment.
  
  Tell 'em it's chocolates and see how many ask for more.

  CO: "Now when I eat these, I think they taste like turds. But if the Faithful Slave tells me they're chocolates, then I'm going to say they're chocolates."
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  Do You Still Believe In Anything JWs Taught You?

  by minimus in

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  are there any beliefs that you learned from the witnesses that you still believe in?

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  This is a good question. When it comes to doctrines that are exclusively JW, I reject them all. And they are not the only Christians who believe, for example, that hell is not a place of torment, etc. I am appreciative, however, of the fact that by being raised a Witness I avoided some of the problems I could have gotten into, for example drug abuse, teen pregnancy and so forth. I once met a young woman who was raised a JW and left it but had taken up smoking. I thought to myself, "with all the crap that religion dumped on you, too bad you weren't able to benefit from the good from it and protect your health." I knew Witness kids that did get into trouble though. And many good churches (and non-religious parents for that matter) help their kids stay out of trouble, so I don't think the JW religion gave me anything positive I couldn't have gotten elsewhere, and it came with a big load of abuse.
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  Welcome to the forum.....malachi04 !!!

  by yknot in

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  malachi04 also made their first wading into the discussion on the fallout from gb anti-college letter this will cause problems!

  thread.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/160066/9.ashx.

  posting a thought and experience !.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome to the board! Thanks for your contribution. I'm looking forward to future posts from you.
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  Newbie Welcome...Facemouse !!!

  by yknot in

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  facemouse made their debut on the "fallout from gb anti-college letter this will cause problems!

  ' thread !.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/160066/9.ashx.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome Facemouse! I'm looking forward to reading your posts. And thank you to Yknot for being so welcoming to new ones. You did this for me too. It was so sweet!
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  Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

  by song19 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

  theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

  we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Surprisingly even some parts of the Bible have pagan origins. According to the book "Psalms For All Seasons" by John F. Craghan, an associate professor of religious studies at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin, the first several verses of Psalm 19 "was originally a pagan hymn honoring the Semitic god El." And he says of Psalm 29, "Scholars generally agree that this Psalm was originally a pagan composition extolling the Canaanite god Baal, the weather god who through storms and rains brings fertility to the earth...In appropriating this hymn for her worship, Israel substituted the name of her god Yahweh (translated "the Lord") for that of Baal."
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  Wow-I didn't know.

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  i am shocked and saddened by the things that i have learned from this website and a few others i've seen.

  my grandma was a witness and my mom started to study seriously when i was 8 yrs.

  i was baptised at 13-way too young.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome and congratulations. The fact that you can face this is a testament to your character and integrity.
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  Re- registered to vote

  by Quester55 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i can no longer be among the ranks of the whining, complaining and naysayers who do not vote in our national elections.

  what individuals choose to do according to free will is their own business.

  i heard soeting somewhere that has continued to prick my consciense for a long time.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Congratulations! I remember the first time I ever voted. It felt so good, especially after being told I couldn't for all those years. And you are right. It's a civic responsibility. In a democracy it can and does make a difference. Anybody who doesn't believe that need look no further than the last seven years.