Posts by Juli

That sounds like classic gallbladder to me. Had one attack, no longer drink gin and/or eat fried foods. You describe it perfectly as the pain you can't get away from.

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Applying for Wipeout Canada

by tec in

so for my thousandth post, i decided to tell you guys that i'm applying to compete on wipeout canada.

my kids, the ones i love, are making me :).

i expect to get my butt kicked.

Juli

I thought the video was great,especially with the kids monkeying it up in the background!

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The PERFECT Translation...for Churchoids!

by theMadJW in

http://www.themadjws.com/thercvbible.htm.

I am replying to your post #480. This is not a Watchtower meeting where the answer is regurgitated from the text, rather than sparking an original thought. Go to the Hall if you want that sort of interaction. You will ALWAYS stay on topic there - there is no deviation.

You could not state the things you say here ( 1919 is goofy and 1914 is beginning to look like another mistake ) as a candidate for baptism and not expect to have your baptismal request denied.

In order to be baptised, in order to be a member in good standing, you must believe perfectly in imperfect people and their writings in the Watchtower magazine. Anything else is, at the least, running ahead of Jehovah; at worst, apostacy.

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The PERFECT Translation...for Churchoids!

by theMadJW in

http://www.themadjws.com/thercvbible.htm.

Juli

Infallibility is not just a 'Catholic" thing. It is much more a JW thing that Catholicism. Catholics have very specific, stringent rules for what may be declared infallible. With the Watchtower, as soon as it hits print in the rags, it's as if Jehovah himself spoke it and the Witnesses better toe the company line.

Which of the 80+ study questions may a baptismal candidate disagree with openly and still be considered for baptism?

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The PERFECT Translation...for Churchoids!

by theMadJW in

http://www.themadjws.com/thercvbible.htm.

Juli

It is human nature to guess. It is not human nature to insist that people believe infallibly in fallible people who guess. It is not human nature to disfellowship those who voice their doubts about these "guesses". It is not human nature to preface writings with statements like "these are God's words...God's dates...God's prophecies". Those things are the mark of an organization drunk with the taste of power over other human beings. These are the hallamrks of a place very far from God.

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from a Yahoo e-mail group (This was in the July KM)

by booby in

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friends

this was in the july km, so i thought i would share.. the march report for the united states was outstanding!

new peaks in hours, return visits, and bible studies were reached.

there are now 698,507 persons studying with us.

Juli

I'm sure we're counted as a return visit. Each month the magazines are rolled up and stuck through our door handle. No one has tried to talk to us or has rung the doorbell for a couple of years.

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which are the strong points of the WT?

by marcopolo in

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can someone say me ?.

Juli

I've always felt that the JWs painted themselves into the corner of having to call their God "Jehovah" because of the 144,000 anointed doctrine. If only 144,000 are brothers of Christ and entitled to use the term "Father" then to whom do the unwashed masses direct their prayers? That stupid erroneous doctrine has led to all of the twisting and turning the WT has done to justify their bible version, their doctrine, and their shutting off heaven to their followers.

Jesus did not call his Father by his first name, and neither should we. it's disrespectful IMO and denigrates the name that Jesus said to keep "Hallowed". That means to keep it holy, and sacred - not something used by a corporate publishing company.

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WTF! Only JWs have a RIGHT to pray?

by Mythbuster in

*** w90 5/15 pp.

11-12 fear jehovah, the hearer of prayer ***.

a restricted privilege.

Juli

I posted on an internet board for years with a JW woman. When she had some health problems, several of us said we would keep her in our prayers. She pointedly asked us not to, because our prayers weren't heard by Jehovah, but demons might hear them and jeopardize her health. I am not kidding! And this was a woman who was an internet acquaintance for several years by this time.

My stepson used to do the "say your own prayer after the infidels are finished" when we'd say grace at the dinner table. Our prayer didn't "count" to bless HIS food. Urgh. It's such a hateful, impolite, unkind religion.

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Christmas & JW objection

by Luo bou to in

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jw's reject christmas because of its pagan origins.

it's not what it meant to people in the distant past that matters but what it means to us living today.

does anyone today visit a person's house see a christmas tree and think oooh he must be a pagan.

Juli

I agree, PSacramento. I grew up Catholic, and the Advent season ( the four weeks before Christmas ) was so beautiful because it prepared us for the birth of Christ, made us take a look at our lives and how we could be kinder, more loving, more selfless towards others. It was a great time that focused on the lessons Christ brought to us through his example.

Traditions like birthdays and holidays tie one generation to the next, and create a sense of connectedness, which is an essential human need. By denying that essence of humanity in all but very perfunctory ways, the Watchtower tries to kill off the natural affection that people have for family, for joy, for laughter, for unreserved love. Once that is gone, peopel are capable of anything, in my opinion.

When my JW stepson came to live with us after his mother was DF'd, the hardest thing I had to do was try to instill a sense of joy, happiness, silliness, and how great it is just to be alive.