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  "Playing Chess is evil, not for Witnesses" -Awake 1973

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  awake 73 3/22 p.12 "....the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances, as the new york times reported: most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in games to the chess board.

  but in some homes tensions linger long past checkmate.

  chess has been a game of war since it was originated 1,400 years ago....the games connections with war are obvious...a play-substitute for the art of war.

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  LOL!! Pacman violent? OMG! The nightmares I will have tonight!
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  Donating Blood

  by vikesgirl101 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, so i am guessing this has been posted in the past, but not recently.. after removing myself from the influence of the org, i wanted to do something different to symbolize drift.

  i am thinking about donating blood.

  the reason is not just symbolic, but i heard it can save up to like 25 lives.

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  I am excited to donate blood. I know I put down that it was part of my drift from the org, but it is actually my departure that I want to celebrate. For awhile I wanted to get a tattoo. Well now that just sounds like fun, but is it beneficial to anyone? I love the thought of philantropy and benevolence for mankind. To me donating blood saves more lives than knocking on doors. I know it sounds like my mind is made up, but I like to take in all facets to an issue before I commit. Obviously I would not bounce this issue off from a JW, but I would love to hear from some of you who have been there, and done that. If there is a reason not to donate that I am overlooking, I would love to hear it.

  Thanks for your thoughts! :)
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  I can't imagine doing THAT in my wildest dreams.....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  putting on a three piece suit to spend a 90 degree summer day knocking on doors and trespassing!dragging an entire family, including babies and young children to three or four day meetings in an outdoor stadium, living in a seedy motel room for the week.getting home from work and spending the next six hours cramming for a 'theocratic review', getting the entire family ready to go, gulping down dinner, and speeding off to the hall, and then finally getting home around 11 pm, hurrying off to bed so that everyone could get up for work and school in the morning!going to school to explain to the teachers why little johnny can't color pictures of santa, salute the flag of his country, eat birthday cake with all the other 5 year olds, bow his head when prayer is offered, or exchange valentines with all the cute 5 year old girls in class.

  and then explaining with grace why he is not immersed in a cult!well, on and on!

  these things were typical of my witness life - now i cannot imagine ever doing such silly things, and especially thinking that somehow they would bring pleasure to my god!.

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  Hallelujah! Life is so much happier when it can be so much simpler!
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  MJ's kids to be raised by Katherine Jackson and possibly as JW's

  by fern in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just read on the accesshollywood website that michael jackson wanted his kids to be raised by his mother if anything happened to him.

  those poor children will now have to endure an even more bizarre and f***ed up chilhood than before.

  i feel bad for them.

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  orbison11. Thank you, and well stated.
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  Donating Blood

  by vikesgirl101 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, so i am guessing this has been posted in the past, but not recently.. after removing myself from the influence of the org, i wanted to do something different to symbolize drift.

  i am thinking about donating blood.

  the reason is not just symbolic, but i heard it can save up to like 25 lives.

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  vikesgirl101

  Okay, so I am guessing this has been posted in the past, but not recently.

  After removing myself from the influence of the org, I wanted to do something different to symbolize drift. I am thinking about donating blood. The reason is not just symbolic, but I heard it can save up to like 25 lives. It would be so awesome to feel like I made a difference. So I am opening this thread up to you guys...yay or nay? I am not asking you if I should do it, I want to know how you feel about donating blood after you drifted from the org, and why. Thanks. I will make an informed decision.
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  "Playing Chess is evil, not for Witnesses" -Awake 1973

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  awake 73 3/22 p.12 "....the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances, as the new york times reported: most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in games to the chess board.

  but in some homes tensions linger long past checkmate.

  chess has been a game of war since it was originated 1,400 years ago....the games connections with war are obvious...a play-substitute for the art of war.

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  My dad used to refer to this article when B1tch!ng about another elder. He felt that the bro was defying the org. Didn't they link chess to military strategies or something? So if a Christian was to claim to be neutral, he could not partake in chess. I believe this is a case of so anywho.......

  What about the scripture that talks about removing the rafter from your own eye instead of trying to extract the straw from your own? Isn't there also a scrip about being a stickler like a Pharisee? At what point are you just a Pharisee dissecting pointless activities??
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  MJ's kids to be raised by Katherine Jackson and possibly as JW's

  by fern in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just read on the accesshollywood website that michael jackson wanted his kids to be raised by his mother if anything happened to him.

  those poor children will now have to endure an even more bizarre and f***ed up chilhood than before.

  i feel bad for them.

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  Oh my goodness, I thought the kids were screwed up living with MJ. They will be majorly nuts after that brainwashing. I hope you guys are right that there is no biological relation.
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  Were you afraid to go to a bar?

  by rebel8 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  someone who shall remain nameless (*cough*snowbird*cough) mentioned she has never been to a bar.. this shocks me.. i was remembering how terrified i was of going to a bar when i was exiting the mother ship.

  i was looking for the lightning bolts to get me.

  and it was a big nothing really.

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  Yes, I have been afraid to go to bars in the past. It made me feel dirty. But, my Bf and I went to a bar two nights ago for karaoke night. We were not too happy. Alot of people were obnoxiously drunk. We decided we don't really care for it. We would rather sit at home and have a beer around the campfire or watch a movie. Far less drama!!
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  How has Life Been Going For You ? Wanna Talk about It ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you hanging in there with life and moving on- post witness ?

  i'm sure most are staying busy with work- or staying busy looking for work with this economy.

  are you moving on and enjoying life in your leisure time ?

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  I know that we have corresponded in some threads. I want you to know Flipper, and Mrs. Flipper that I am so happy for the first time in my life. I am 33 years old, and walked away from a religion that both sides of my family have been in for three and four generations. That makes me a 5th generation. But I have made my own family. I bought my first Fathers Day card for my surrogate dad. It was beautiful, and he cried.

  My children ages 13 and 8 are more rounded than ever. Well...except my 13 year old flips off the K Hall whenever we pass by. We are working on Namesta with that child. My 8 year old is in a Little Miss pageant for our town.

  Maybe all of this you have gathered in my posts. Glad to hear that you and Mrs Flipper are well. I enjoy your posts. Thanks!!
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  How many in your cong. became JW out of door-to-door preaching?

  by Albert Einstein in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  door to door is an essential way of preaching among jw, you cannot get baptized unles you join in door-to-door service, ..... but how many converts in your congregation in past 20 years came out of door-to-door preaching?

  please deduct mentally handicaped and weirdos.. number for your congregation?.

  mine could be 2, (mother with a teenage son), but they da shortly after baptism.. albert .

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  I can't think of hardly any post 1975 that came in via door to door minisrty. Pretty much everyone was born into it and brainwashed to stay.