Posts by diana netherton

i told my koolaid drinking bro that i'd tone down the xmas part if he and his family would come and they said 'yes'.. my parents and other siblings are very merrily shocked.. my question to this board is....what should i do or say or not do or say to keep the peace should jw topics arise?.

i guess i'm looking for advice to get them to think without scaring them off.. thanks,.

diana netherton

I'm in the same situation with my parents. I am just going to tone it down, not

make a big deal about it. As long as each party understands the other's stance.

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The Real Purpose of Shunning Holidays

by metatron in

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the watchtower endlessly prates on about pagan traditions in popular holidays - while the bible itself is loaded with subtle pagan religious ideas - such as wicked spirits being cast "into tartarus" (a pagan greek place in which the rebels against zeus got imprisoned) or "sacred secret" - a term the apostle paul likes that was adopted from pagan 'mystery' religions.. then we can throw in the reference to being divinely 'called christians' in acts - which uses a pagan term that refers to demonic oracles of the day.. of course, the watchtower has no objection to accumulating millions of pieces of paper that feature occult symbols (any dollar bill!).

in recent years, for good measure, they have added birthdays and thanksgiving to the official banned list, despite the sketchiest justification for doing so.

if birthdays are wrong simply because they figure in two negative accounts, then it makes much more sense to ban dogs as pets because of all the negativity in the bible about them!.

diana netherton

Something you might find amusing...I invited my parents over Christmas Day for dinner but my

mom asked if we could do it Saturday as Sunday was too "Christmasy." So I'm cooking Christmas

dinner on Christmas Eve....I don't get it. And she made a point of telling me that she couldn't be there

until 5:00 because they have a Bethel speaker. Exactly how most people want to spend their

Christmas Eve, I imagine!

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Just finished skimming through the 2012 Yearbook

by NoRegrets in

a letter to jehovah.

to write a letter to santa.

to write a letter to jehovah.. thank you for promising.

diana netherton

I ate a vertboten birthday cupcake when I was six. I was the best damned cupcake I've ever had.

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JW FAMOUS CLICHE SAYINGS

by strymeckirules in

what saying made it all around the country?.

the ones that were passed around, word of mouth.. for example.

"donations basis proves jehovah is behind the work!".

diana netherton

Bad associations spoil useful habits.

Our dear Heavenly father, Jehovah....

AND the kicker...Jehovah's happy people.

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Catching the Manipulation in Sundays Watchtower Article

by Butterflyleia85 in

inspired by many on jwn board, my goal is to every sunday study the article and find the manipulative parts.

if you would like to join me that would be great!

we can then find them together and then find what the scriptures or insights truly means with research, our own understanding, or maybe how it should be interpreted to ones self.

diana netherton

This brings back memories of JW articles while I was growing up...do you notice that they list the

"positive" things about a subject ALWAYS followed by another paragraph starting with, However.

Yes, college may be able to get you a better job, etc.. However, you'll probably become an alcoholic,

commit fornication and die of AIDS; that is, if the New System doesn't save you first.

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Born ins..Were You Forced to Be a JW Growing Up?

by LostGeneration in

myth: parents who are jehovahs witnesses.

force their children to follow their faith.. fact:witness parents strive to inculcate love.

for god in their offspring, just as the bible.

diana netherton

I couldn't take it anymore and left at 18. Fortunately, I refused to consider getting baptised since

I knew I was going to leave as soon as I could.

I hated the threats. Like God wasn't going to love you if you didn't want to go and sit through

hours of boring crap THREE times a week.

I am actually writing a book on how it was growing up JW AND having a weight issue and how

I finally made peace with myself....

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How was the singing in your congro?

by karter in

mine as best abysmal.. we had brother ..i can't sing in tune but will sing louder than anyone else.. sister trained opera voice that sang a note or 3 above everyone else.. the rest were just down rite dreadfull..

diana netherton

Everyone sang the soprano line and it was dreadful. I used to particularly hate it when a

long syllable word was compacted to fit the sentence. Thr'out instead of throughout~

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Occupy Watchtower

by OnTheWayOut in

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i stole the idea from a fb friend.

just like occupy wallstreet (and the spread to various cities), imagine people without a single voice picketing wt at brooklyn and having warming barrels loaded with burning watchtower literature.

if you did, what would your sign say?

diana netherton

I love the idea. I'm only a couple hours away.