Posts by NewChapter

I think it is a difficult time in America right now for people with opposing views to get along. I feel like we are all on the defensive because of the climate of our country's and politics. More than ever, people want to be free of a moral code imposed by believers in the bible. More than ever, those believers seek to take political power and force that code on us. Everything becomes a federal issue anymore. We want our children to learn science and be able to compete on the world scene. They want (not all they, just the powerful ones) to force a pseudo science into schools and teach design. We think government should not be defining marriage by a biblical concept and should trust homosexuals to make their own choices about marriage. They are pushing to actually ammend the constitution to define marriage as they see it. Even though marriage has always been handled by states, and the same people will claim federal govt. is getting too big.

Yes there is a lot of anger here. It's hard to stay balanced. I think it would be easier if we didn't have a constant struggle in our government to keep religion OUT of those things and in private lives and churches where it belongs. I live in a state that actually changed it's CONSTITUTION to prevent homosexuals from marrying! I'm not gay, but how dare they change the very structure of our government to support their christian agenda.

If I ever made you feel bad or persecuted. I apologize. It may have been some misplaced anger. Unless it was at someone like godrulz. In that case he engaged me and opened the way for fiery debate.

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On my way to Cleveland for the 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come" District Convention!

by MrFreeze in

well, i would be... if i were still going to meetings.

i live in pittsburgh, pa. for as long as i can remember we've always had our conventions in cleveland.

i think the year i was born was when we started going there.

NewChapter

SAFE, when the conventions were held in Richfield, I worked in a little store in Richfield as a cashier. I wasn't a JW, and we HATED DC season. We were CONSTANTLY witnessed to and everybody bought lunch meat---which made the lines long. We were prepared to slice a pound here and there, but we weren't a deli, so 10 people ordering lunch meat at a time pissed us off. LOL

They'd walk in with their name tags, and order lunch meat, and try to leave literature.

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The New Awake is Ridiculous! Special Issue about Childrearing

by serenitynow! in

i have just skimmed it, but the parts i've read are laughable!

they talk about how "complete control" is unscriptural and "usually backfires!

" i guess that doesn't apply to the gb controlling it's jw subjects.

NewChapter

LOL LOL LOL FRESH MARIJUANA JOINT! Priceless!

Hey little girl, would you like a fresh marijuana joint?

Hey dude, pass that fress marijuana joint!

Fresh Marijuan joints for sale!

Hey mister, do ya know where I can score a fresh marijuana joint?

The more I use it, the funnier it gets!

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On my way to Cleveland for the 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come" District Convention!

by MrFreeze in

well, i would be... if i were still going to meetings.

i live in pittsburgh, pa. for as long as i can remember we've always had our conventions in cleveland.

i think the year i was born was when we started going there.

NewChapter

Yes the Wolstein Center. Ahhhhh good times.

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On my way to Cleveland for the 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come" District Convention!

by MrFreeze in

well, i would be... if i were still going to meetings.

i live in pittsburgh, pa. for as long as i can remember we've always had our conventions in cleveland.

i think the year i was born was when we started going there.

NewChapter

Cleveland here ADD. Along with 2 other members on the board. (at least)

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On my way to Cleveland for the 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come" District Convention!

by MrFreeze in

well, i would be... if i were still going to meetings.

i live in pittsburgh, pa. for as long as i can remember we've always had our conventions in cleveland.

i think the year i was born was when we started going there.

NewChapter

Mr. McFreeze, I'm gonna send you a PM.

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Would You Be Shocked If You Found Out That A JW That YOU Knew Was Here?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i bet there's a lot of jws in "good standiing" that frequent this place.. what do you think?

?.

NewChapter

Well I met one person here who I had heard about quite a bit but never met while still in. He was a well-known apostate. Also I've been really loose with identifying information and haven't heard anything yet. Perhaps they are building a case.

However TODAY I had lunch with a member of this board, Noni, and then we stopped at the grocery store. SHE is a KNOWN apostate. LOL We bumped into 2 sisters! One of the sisters was mother to Noni's best friend as a child, so she's sure she was recognized. She worried about me. But that ship has sailed. I've given enough info here and will no longer to anything to hide who I am. They can play their little judicial game--I want nothing to do with it.

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Does anybody on here TRULY believe in the Resurrection...and how?

by itscrap&theyknowit! in

jw
friends

i really want to see my dad again!!!!

i just wonder when this will occur.

thousands of years have gone by.

NewChapter

godrulz got banned yesterday Isidore. Maybe he's lurking and will see your answer.

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Was the policy change to equate DA to DF because of Ray?

by teel in

as ray says in the last chapter of coc, before 1981 da was quite different from df.

"persons who resigned were not treated the same as those disfellowshiped", they were not shunned for example, except when the dad person enters into politics or military.. i put it on account of humbleness that ray says he doesn't think they changed the policy just to use it against him, he probably feels he wasn't so significant as to warrant such a far-reaching change.

but it seems way too convenient that the policy change came at that exact time, too much of a coincidence.

NewChapter

I had no idea this policy was ever different. I came to the org in 1991. I've read some of Crisis but not all of it yet. I think I agree with the above poster, this is the moment when this became a cult. When they took away the freedom to leave.

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