Posts by jozb5

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DID ANYONE EVER ENJOY GOING IN SERVICE?

by minimus in

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i was raised with a bookbag in my hand.

every saturday and sunday our family was out in service.i vacation, temporary and auxillary and regular pioneered.

i never enjoyed it but did it because i was supposed to do it.

jozb5

I hated it too.

The earliest I can remember going out was when I was four and the last time I think I went out was when I was 19. My parents were very inconsistance when it came to meetings and field service attendence so I don't have any amusing tales about Jehovah's slave labor, except for the time when a really nice buff black guy without a shirt on came to the door.

I always thought something was wrong with me too cause I couldn't stand going out in field service. That's one of the reasons why I never got baptised.

Josie

Edited by - jozb5 on 28 August 2002 13:45:2

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DO YA MISS "THE SWEET FELLOWSHIP"?

by minimus in

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one of the major reasons that a disfellowshipped or disassociated person has for coming back to "jehovah's organization" is that perhaps they will miss the "sweet fellowship".

after hearing comments regarding the km article on how to treat disfellowshipped ones, i must wonder why anyone of sound mind would think a disfellowshipped person would miss anything from the organization.

viewing persons as "dead" while out of the organization would not make one feel anxious to return to jehovah's loving arrangement through the organization.whoever coined the term about missing "the sweet fellowship" was pretty clever.

jozb5

NO!

Josie

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Got my neice a bowl of cereal

by Hyghlandyr in

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it is some health food crap that my sis buys but it is coated in honey.

yummy.

i had a bowl of it yesterday.

jozb5

Hygh you're so funny.

Smooches,

Josie (Mrs. Jones)

P.S. My kids are watching "In Between the Lions" right not and singing their lungs out. lol

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Reparations & Protest

by Larry in

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this weekend i'm going to dc for the reparation march.

i know this is an highly volatile subject for some so i'm not even going to ask for opinions.

but, for the record here's my stand - i'm for reparations based on principle.

jozb5

Larry,

You said:

"We are a people without a homeland to call our own. We have to assimilate to survive in the US at the expense of losing our ancestral heritage."

I'm sorry but I don't personally agree with that. Regardless of where my ancestors came from or how they got here, this (The United States of America) is my homeland.

I do have african ancestry but it is not my sole ancestry and I cannot and will not call myself a true African without a homeland because I'm not. I have full-blooded African friends who have children here and I consider their children to be African-American, but I and my family are Black and we are full-blooded Americans.

Josie

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The plight of the black man

by RR in

firpo carr's latest book is: "jehovah's witnesses:.

the african-american enigma- a contemporary study", .

los angeles- while they are probably best known for their door-to-door.

jozb5

Grits,

Go Here http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/racism.htm

You'll find what you're looking for.

Josie

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Broadband internet what does it cost you?

by haujobbz in

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hello chums!!!

i recently subscribed for broadband internet 512kbsec which "b.t" provides at 29.99 ( roughly about 50 dollars a month) is that expensive for the uk i think it is,what i want to know is which of you have broadband internet and how much does it cost monthly for your country mmmm im wondering if yours is cheaper.

" later"

jozb5

I have dsl through sbc. I love it but it was a bitch to get it going. It took us almost 3 months to get the damn thing up. It cost about $50 a month but it's worth it. We were thinking about signing up with mci's new neighborhood plan for our basic phone service to save some money but we would of had to let our dsl go and go back to dial-up and that's not happening.

Josie

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Dallas Apostapics..Even More!

by Valis in

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i thought perhaps instead of having 20,000 dallas threads we could put our pics all in one like a big gallery...well...here are my contributions...and there will be more...soon...very soon.

sincerely, .

district overbeer .

jozb5

That was totally cool. You guys were having a ball. I don't know you guys very well but I wish I could have been there.

Josie

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How Many Here Have Been Shunned?

by Reborn2002 in

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as most of you already know, the jehovah's witnesses are covering an article in their august kingdom ministry to be discussed the weeks of 8/19 and 8/26 which details how they are to shun and avoid those who are no longer members of their organization, even immediate family members.. .

undoubtedly this article has been written to reinforce to the rank&file jehovah's witnesses the shunning policy, so as to tighten the ranks and prevent members from having the opportunity to learn the abundant contradictions and hypocrisies found within watchtower doctrine and practice from any who may have left.. this policy also serves to divide families and attempt to shame or abuse those whom have chosen to no longer be jehovah's witnesses, for whatever reason.. that much is obvious.

in recent days this topic has been discussed in detail in various threads.

jozb5

I am not shunned by my family (we do have feuds going among us the result of which a few of my cousins don't speak to me but I don't take it personal)

But my parents have "friends" that they have know since I was 3 and they come up to visit and stay with my parents about once or twice a year. Sometime they bring their adult son, who still lives with them (I think he's somewhere in his early 30's).

Well I have been over to my parents house several times when this "brother" and his parents were there and you know he has never said one word to me or even knowledged that I was in the house. Oh he has spoken to my brother, who isn't a jw either, and even played with my kids, but he won't speak to me.

hmm?

Josie

Edited by - jozb5 on 10 August 2002 17:11:11

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"Against our will...."

by Dia in

we who were 'raised in it' and had no choice about becoming part of this goofy religion, let's discuss our experiences collectively.. personally, i always feel that it was like having parents who were nazi's or members of the kkk.

almost no one can possibly understand what you've been through.

it was so radical.. and so harmful.

jozb5

When I was a child I used to wish with all my heart that Santa Claus was real and he would just once bring me presents for christmas.

I have always loved christmas and the whole holiday season, even though I was born into and raIsed within the organisation. When I got married to my non-jw husband, I was the one who decided we needed a christmas tree.

I take great joy in celebrating all of the holidays with my children and yes they do believe in Santa Claus (to the distain of my parents.)

Josie

Edited by - jozb5 on 10 August 2002 16:4:12

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Pro-Life or Pro-Choice--HELP

by Quincy in

ok...3 days ago, i found out that i was going to be a father!!

good new right?

well then she says that she is considering having an abortion...which i am totally against....so we discussed it...then she started to think that she might have the child....so she talked it over with her twin sister...and she told her to get the abortion...now she says she wants the abortion...now i am upset...not onlly does she want the abortion...but she wants me to pay for the entire thing...so not only am i going to be terminating a developing life...but i have to pay for it????

jozb5

I guess it would depend on how old the "group of cells" are.

When I was pregnant with my 2nd child, at my 8th week of pregnancy I nearly lost her. Her little heart had just begun to beat at 5 weeks and I almost lost her because part of the placenta had dislocated from my womb. Not once did I consider her just a group of cell that would have to fend for themselves.

It's funny how people will precieve a baby at either a groups of cells if it's unwanted but if it's wanted magicly it's a baby on the way.

Josie