Posts by Joliette

theres much to be remembered about max larson, but for me, there were two things that i remember the mostthe wonderful timbre of his speaking voice and his strange-looking, very long eyebrow hairs that grew every which way.

Joliette

Great info! I'll have to read later ;-)

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Is Disfellowshipping a form of Bullying?

by Quarterback in

again, on anderson cooper's show today, he had a topic of bullying.

i thought that subjec related so closely to the disfellowshipping practice.

Joliette

Very much so bullying. I've never even thought about that. Very passive bullying.

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JW's and music

by Pink Floyd in

i really resent the fact that the wt looked down upon alot of music.

rap was considered violent.

heavy metal was satanic.

Joliette

Your not the only one, so dont feel alone ;)

I missed out on my prom growing up, really enjoying being a teenager, instead, I was constantly afraid, fearful, etc. Of course, you had 'the backsliders' at the hall who acted like JW's, but who were doing 'wordly' stuff, just like the doomed worldly kids were doing. Then they would act holier then thou once they got to the KH. I couldnt stand it, because I beat myself up growing up, trying to do things 'Jehovah's way' And I wasnt even baptized.

Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands by the way ;)

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Little sis got shunned today by big sis

by nugget in

i called my sister today and they said "we were shunned today.

" normally this is a bit of a non event after all how many faders get shunned on a regular basis.

i asked who it was and they said "big sis" now this is a shock.

Joliette

Sorry about that Nugget. The only thing that we can hope is that JW's will finally come to their senses and see this so called religion for it truly is....A CULT!

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How old is the religion of Jehovahs Witnesses?

by mankkeli in

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this is taken from the reasoning book, page 199.. .

"according to the bible, the line of witnesses of jehovah reaches back to faithful abel.

hebrews 11:412:1 says: by faith abel offered god a sacrifice of greater worth than cain .

Joliette

Jehovah's Witnesses were born in 1931 so its only 80 years old.

But according to JW's they've been around since 1879. But thats not true.

The watctower has been around since 1879 NOT Jehovah's Witnesses.

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It's my birthday today and i did NOTHING.

by Aussie Oz in

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do you find that years after leaving the jws birthdays just don't matter?.

i just can't get into it.

in years past the inlaws have made an effort and given a little party but now we are out country its just not a big enough deal to be bothered with.. no presents, no cake.

Joliette

Oh, and I was gonna add: Sometimes doing nothing is the best thing to do ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQ_6QXwcqs&feature=related

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It's my birthday today and i did NOTHING.

by Aussie Oz in

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do you find that years after leaving the jws birthdays just don't matter?.

i just can't get into it.

in years past the inlaws have made an effort and given a little party but now we are out country its just not a big enough deal to be bothered with.. no presents, no cake.

Joliette

Happy Birthday to you Aussie. I know; I didnt really do anything for mines this year, either. I took the day off, enjoyed my own company, watched movies, and drank wine. Sometimes you can be your own best company ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaQdJekbJrg

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Do we really think that the WTS will lose their Non Profit Charity Status?

by Quarterback in

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i just looked over some of the charities that exist as non profit organizations.. what surprised me was that wicca is also recognized there as a non profit status.

could the wts really lose this status?

.

Joliette

One could only hope. I'll do a big celebration dance when they do.

But I dont see that happening. The public and gov't just has too much sensitivity when it comes to religion and God.