Never having been a JW...I really wish I could understand this better. Shortly after my dad died, mom starts her "bible study" with the nice ladies from the hall. Fastforward a couple of years...she's now a baptised JW...and a TOTALLY different person. She's a freakin nut. She grew up speaking ENGLISH, although my grandma can speak spanish. Well...I NEVER heard Spanish spoken in the home, EVER. I know about enough to get by at Taco Bell, if you know what I mean. Well, I guess she wants to explore her "roots" or some such bs and has taken to speaking spanish...and attending a spanish congregation. My mom is 70 years old and now has a couple of "young brothers" (23-24 years old) borrowing MONEY, borrowing her CAR (screwed up the tranny) etc. My husband is done repairing her car so "brother" so-in-so can fk it up. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but most of these guys are illegals, and what recourse would she have if they totally ripped her off? She blindly TRUSTS them, simply because they are JWs. My husband tried to tell her that the big dent in the tranny pan just didn't "happen" but she got REAL pissy, afterall, the "brothers" are SO responsible that they'd NEVER do anything like beat on her car. Last time she dropped over for a visit, she picks up the phone and started speaking in spanish (yes the brothers can understand English) I thought it was rude, but not as rude as dropping by with one of them in tow...she's pulled that too. It is bad enough that she has all but alienated herself with her nutty religion, but the language thing is really driving a big wedge between us as well. I can honestly say, I don't know her anymore. I'm not sure if I'm angrier or sadder about the whole thing. It's frustrating...where's my mom?
KistByQpid
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Mom's completely mental...
by KistByQpid innever having been a jw...i really wish i could understand this better.
shortly after my dad died, mom starts her "bible study" with the nice ladies from the hall.
fastforward a couple of years...she's now a baptised jw...and a totally different person.
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A Muslium American kills fellow soldier
by JT init will be interesting to see what happens to muslium soldiers who are serving in the us miltary.
it could be a serious backlash for these folks.
when folks belief systems are tested it is very hard to tell how it will play out.
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For the traitor in the 101st...Court martialed in theater:
890. ART. 90 Assaulting or willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer.
899. ART. 99 Misbehavior before the enemy
918. ART. 118 Murder
928. ART. 128 Assault
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Celebrities and their stupid comments
by freedom96 indixie chicks, playing a concert over seas, announced that they were embarrassed that our president is from texas.. why don't they keep their dumb ass comments to themselves?
why do many of these entertainers think we give a sh*t what they think???.
play your music, act, entertain us, but keep your yappers shut about politics!
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Open Letter to the Hollywood Bunch
Ok, let's just say for a moment you bunch of pampered, overpaid, unrealistic children had your way and the U.S.A didn't go into Iraq. Let's say that you really get your way and we destroy all our nuclear weapons and stick daisies in our gun barrels and sit around with some white wine and cheese and pat ourselves on the back, so proud of what we've done for world peace. Let's say that we cut the military budget to just enough to keep the National Guard on hand to help out with floods and fires. Let's say that we close down our military bases all over the world and bring the troops home, increase our foreign aid and drop all the trade sanctions against everybody.
I suppose that in your fantasy world this would create a utopian world where everybody would live in peace. After all, the great monster, the United States of America, the cause of all the world's trouble would have disbanded it's horrible military and certainly all the other countries of the world would follow suit. After all, they only arm themselves to defend their countries from the mean old U.S.A. Why you bunch of pitiful, hypocritical, idiotic, spoiled mugwumps. Get your head out of the sand and smell the Trade Towers burning.
Do you think that a trip to Iraq by Sean Penn did anything but encourage a wanton murderer to think that the people of the U.S.A. didn't have the nerve or the guts to fight him? Barbra Streisand's fanatical hateful rankings about George Bush makes about as much sense as Michael Jackson hanging a baby over a railing. You people need to get out of Hollywood once in a while and get out into the real world. You'd be surprised at the hostility you would find out here. Stop in at a truck stop and tell an overworked, long distance truck driver that you don't think Saddam Hussein is doing anything wrong. Tell a farmer with a couple of sons in the militarty that you think the United States has no right to defend itself. Go down to Baxley, Georgia and hold an anti-war rally and see what the folks down there think about you. You people are some of the most disgusting examples of a waste of protoplasm I've ever had the displeasure to hear about. Sean Penn, you're a traitor to the United States of America. You gave aid and comfort to the enemy. How many American lives will your little, "fact finding trip" to Iraq cost? You encouraged Saddam to think that we didn't have the stomach for war. You people protect one of the most evil men on the face of this earth and won't lift a finger to save the life of an unborn baby.
Freedom of choice you say? Well I'm going to exercise some freedom of choice of my own. If I see any of your names on a marquee, I'm going to boycott the movie. I will completely stop going to movies if I have to. In most cases it certainly wouldn't be much of a loss. You scoff at our militarty who's boots you're not even worthy to shine. They go to battle and risk their lives so ingrates like you can live in luxury.
The day of reckoning is coming when you will be faced with the undeniable truth that the war aginst Saddam Hussein is the war on terrorism. America is in imminent danger. You're either for her or against her. There is no middle ground. I think well all know where you stand. What do you think?
God Bless America...Charlie Daniels
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Did You Know Jehovah & Jesus Attend Meetings & Want You To Scrub Floors?
by minimus inaccording to the watchtower of dec. 15, 1985, jehovah and his son attend the meetings at the kingdom hall.
"how can you show gratitude for what jesus did" is the article that you should review.
this is what it states:"since jehovah and jesus are present invisibly at these gatherings, grateful christians will not snub them, as the apostates do, but rather do all they reasonably can to attend regularly.
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I hear ya Biker chick!
Never been a JW...but I've scrubbed floors. I have an education TODAY because I was able to find a night job that paid well. Unfortunately, the word "janitor" is often used as a slur. It is "lowly" work that everyone thinks they are "too smart" and "too good" to do. I earned a four year degree (BS H.D.) working as a "janitor" in public schools...they PAY. The people that looked down on me then, are STILL uneducated and working for pennies over minimum wage... As they say, money all spends the same.
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Watch your language boy/girl
by JH inwhen we were in the org, we had to watch our language, and speak correctly and never swear.
people knew we were jw's just by the way we dressed, but also by the way we talked.
do you still talk in the same polite way as before?edited by - jh on 4 february 2003 19:29:28.
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H = Holy
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What exactly ARE the JWs known for?
by detective ini was reading a thread in which jh said:.
people knew we were jw's just by the way we dressed, but also by the way we talked.. .
now, not to come down on jh by any means, but this raised a question in my mind.
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Never having been a JW...here WAS my opinion BEFORE knowing a "real" JW:
#1 Religious fanatical cult members. Strange, unbiblical doctrines.
#2 Elitist. Only THEY think everyone is in awe of their "reputatation" Being Jehovah's chosen few (sarcasm), gives them an obnoxious superiority trip.
Now that I actually KNOW a JW (Mom's a new convert) Heres what I think NOW:
SAME AS ABOVE x 10
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Bug Chasers -- Controversial Rolling Stone Article
by MegaDude inthat boyfriend left because carlos was having sex with other men and because he was interested in barebacking -- the practice of having sex without a condom.
the first discussion group was established in 1998 and had 1,439 members at the end of 2002. yahoo!
bug chasers want to be a part of that club.
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Un-freakin-believable.
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Great Depeche Mode Quotes from songs
by Beans ini love music from every different era and all types, but one band that i enjoy alot is depeche mode!
usually i don't listen to words or take them in alot, but alot of there lyrics are pretty deep and say some interesting things!
you cant change the world.
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Enjoy the Silence
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little worldPainful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girlAll I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harmVows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettableAll I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
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What song is stuck in your head?
by El Kabong in.
today, for some reason, i've had the kinks tune victoria stuck in my head.
what songs are stuck in your head tonight?
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...that song in the Ford COMMERCIAL... a commerical !!! "I'm a Ford Truck man" don't ask me why???? Who is that guy anywhooo?
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JW lingo...ad nauseum
by KistByQpid inok...i have to admit this board has been unbelievably helpful in helping me figure out my jw mom!
i've especially got a kick out of reading the many posts about their "language.
" well, today i'm trying to have a "normal" conversation with my mom...i've decided their is no such thing as "normal" when talking to a zealous jw.
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Ok...I have to admit this board has been unbelievably helpful in helping me figure out my JW mom! I've especially got a kick out of reading the many posts about their "language." Well, today I'm TRYING to have a "normal" conversation with my mom...I've decided their IS NO such thing as "normal" when talking to a zealous JW. She asked me if my husband was still working rotating shifts (safe enough topic right???) I said nope...he's on graveyard. When all of a sudden she goes off on how (get this) Shift work is a "symptom" of "this system of things." What the ???? I said, "What system?" She just kept on yapping and I didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for her absurd "reality."