Posts by Lindy

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This Article from the Sep KM is very interesting

by chester in

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i thought this article from the september 2001 kingdom ministry was very interesting.. get out there and sell those books!!!.

is it an obstacle to preaching?.

most people lead busy lives.

Lindy

Yes larc,
I was thinking how this message was the same old stuff I had heard countess times over the good many years I wasted in the Borg. Yada, yada, yada. As soon as the economy takes a down turn and to many JW's try to work extra hours to help out the family in any way, for any reason, service suffers and this same ole' theme reappears somewhere.Or if the "brothers" start to spend to much in general on entertainment or other things, the same old word goes out...get back to business. The reality of the message is that your magazine "contributions" and the Hall "contributions" are down, so get back on the horse "brothers" and giddy-up!

Lindy

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Best urban legends, you heard in the org?

by Nicolas in

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personnally, i heard a lot of urban legends about the presence of a devil in a house.

it was always the same kind of story about a devil who lived in a house and then the jw arrive and they pray jehovah and suddendly, the demon go away...

Lindy

I don't know how much of a legend this is, but it happened in our congregation with witnesses to the event. I was not among them but knew them all and none of the ones involved tended toward the dramatic.

A young newly converted couple were taking some pictures outdoors with this old used camera and when the pictures were developed they came back with them in old fashioned turn of the century clothing. They had been wearing jeans and modern clothing when the pictures were taken. They tossed the camera, of course.

I have a few others but that was the most bizzare that I came across beyond the usual demonized tables, chairs, ashtray, paintings, houses, and the like.

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Spreading False Rumors

by KSJordan in

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i remember when i was a child we had dogs.

anyway, this "annointed" person spread this rumor that we were sleeping with the dogs and worshipping their pictures.

i have also read in the awake that the wtbs frowns on pet ownership.

Lindy

Not that I am arguing with you because I am not, but in all the years that I was a JW I don't recall anything negative about pet owning nor do I recall any article written about owning pets in a negative way, either Awake! or Watchtower. We as children had lots of them and as an adult JW we I have had pets form A to Z and never heard a negative thing about them. Lots of JW I know have tons of pets.I even showed cats on weekends a couple times a year, and never got any flack...but then no one thought much about me one way or another since I got to the point that their counsel was ignored by me in my last years amoung them. Where is this article?

As far as that "annointed one," I would assume that they were just a busy body who wanted to have control over others, and "thought more of themselves than necessary". These kinds of people are everywhere, not just in the "Organization". They should be ignored irregardless of their "titles" which also included "elders", "COs", and "DOs", and "pioneers", "elder's wife", etc.

I even showed cats on weekends a couple times a year, and never got any flack...but then no one thought much about me one way or another since I got to the point that their counsel was ignored by me in my last years among them.

Sorry for your bad experience...BTW, welcome to the board.

Lindy

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PRIMETIME and JW heart surgery tonight

by Lindy in

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just got this in my e-mail in case anyone would be interested(although there date for wednesday the 23d should be wednesday the 22nd.):.

primetime on msnbc.

tonight's primetime lineup on msnbc.

Lindy

Just got this in my e-mail in case anyone would be interested(although there date for Wednesday the 23d should be Wednesday the 22nd.):

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Primetime on MSNBC
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TONIGHT'S PRIMETIME LINEUP ON MSNBC
Wednesday August 23, 2001

Every 33 seconds, another American dies from cardiovascular disease. Did you know that heart disease is the NUMBER ONE KILLER in America claiming nearly 460,000 men and women per year?

Tonight MSNBC INVESTIGATES will take us inside the country's BUSIEST heart hospital. These doctors perform up to FIVE open heart surgeries per day! In this PREMIERE, we will witness the plights of a 31 year old man who needs a triple bypass surgery, a 64 year old man who is choppered into the hospital with his FIFTH heart attack and an obese woman who needs quadruple bypass surgery. You'll also meet a 51 year old patient with a high risk valve problem who refuses to get a blood transfusion. She is a Jehovah's witness who puts her faith before
medicine. Will she be able to survive without any blood exchange? Watch tonight's LIFE AND DEATH hour we call HEART HOSPITAL at 9pm ET/6pm PT.

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Dateline Program - WHEN?

by troubled in

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just wondering if anybody knows when the dateline program will air.

any set date yet?

Lindy

Thanks for the idea blondie, I just signed up.

Lindy

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Deer in highlights

by joelbear in

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i am stuck.

my job is probably going to go away in the next 4 to 6 months due to our company being acquired and my job responsibilities shifting to people in the acquiring company.

i have been with this company for 12 years.

Lindy

Joel,
So far you have a lot of good advice and I only have one thought extra. I don't know much about it myself, but I have heard that head hunter organizations can help redirect any skills you have and find you a job to your liking. I know people that have used them and it has worked out well for them. It sounds like you have a lot to offer and that is what these head hunting companies are looking for. Their services are free because the company seeking the good man for the job pay the fees. You might want to consider this. Continue that education though, that is important. Best of luck in what you choose to do.

Lindy

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More New Light?

by individuals wife in

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interesting comment made in the chat room yesterday.... it was noted that during a talk by a bethelite at a recent dc he made the following point - the reason we are not on the other side of armageddon is that we (jws) do not and have not listened to authority.. now it has to wait like the disobedient israelites had to.. until the next generation.

now, i would presume this is some more of this 'new light' because i'd never heard this thought before... has anyone else heard it?.

can anyone elaborate further.... i wasn't there myself.... interesting implications though, the disobedient israelite generation did not get into the promised land did they?

Lindy

I question why this hasn't been brought out at all the conventions, or has it and no one caught it? Or was it just this bethelite speaking what he thought? None of the ones here who still go to the conventions have mentioned this. But this is a good one. I didn't think of it, Bible example and all!

Anyways, doesn't that info bring up more questions? It does to me. When did the "next generation begin this time? What about the promise of "this" generation not ending without the new system? What about this earth being so polluted that it can't go on without God's intervention? What about all the signs of the end? Does the Bible say that there will be new ones or do the same ones start over again at the "new end" of the "next generation"? How are the "new" ones to believe the "new signs" are the ones, when these signs for the past 100 years were supposed to be the "worst ever"? How bad do the new signs have to be"? Guess we don't need to worry about the world say "Peace, peace, and there will be now peace" anymore. The hurricanes and the tornados and earthquakes will have to
take a breather too. War will have to calm down a bit too, so the "new generation" will be able to see a difference to the past ones!

What about Satan being thrown down to the earth knowing he has little time left? I bet he's happy for the extention! Now he can make the earth even worse and see if the "next generation" can hold up when this one didn't! Demons must be thrilled and looking for even more items to possess to lure JWs away. The Smurfs will have to make a come-back!

What about the annointed numbers dropping down in numbers and how does that work with only 144,000 going to heaven and the fact that the Society says that some will be alive during the end, with so few left now? Life extension for them up to 200? With science pulling off some great things in the medical field and life expectancy taking a turn for longer years which are already reaching up towards 100, and the discoveries extending it up past 120 plus not impossible, how does that fit in the "generation" numbers? Might come in handy to explain things, huh? I thought the "love of the greater number sooling off" was a sign that the end was near and not a sign to extend to the next generation?

Or maybe there is a scripture that will account for "new ones" in that area? What about the field service, already dwindling down, how are JWs going to encourage the "next generation" to be "obedient" when they aren't? With the world getting more "wicked" and "Satan's influence" so great how will the next generation beat him off? And these are just things popping off the top of my head! This "new thought" and possibly "new light" hasn't been thought out very well. If they impliment this, there will be a bigger exit than ever, nothing compared to the one when the end didn't come in the mid 70's!

Lindy

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Name the bird!

by Bendrr in

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for the story, see my "cute baby bird story" post.. seems that "peckerhead" isn't the best choice for a name.. well, she won't be living at the shop and being a "mascot" or anything so letting my customers name her is pointless and the other guys at the shop won't chip in to buy her food ($3/day for mealworms).

you see what i came up with, so why don't y'all give me some suggestions for a name?.

small, ravenous appetite, sometimes clumsy, and for some unknown reason just loves me to death.. so what do you think?.

Lindy

You could name her "Miss Piggy" since she loves to eat. Are you green? You could be Kermit, since she loves you to death.

I can't find your original post so if you have a picture up I didn't see it. My SIL has a bunch of different birds. We have had a few too. I think they are cool. They each do have such different personalities. Some can be a pain and others can be wonderful. Hmm, like all other animals huh?

Lindy

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Were you afraid that the JW's were right?

by jurs in

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many posters have said that initially they had doubts and then cane to the internet to check things out.

were any of you afraid that maybe you would find that the org was the truth ?.

i was worried about that.

Lindy

Shoot I was more afraid that they were right when I was really in. I thought that I was never going to be good enough and the "bad" things that I had done in life would never be forgiven and I would never make it into the "new system".

For a while after I faded out I would worry at ever thunderstorm or every earthquake that happened. Every major flood or hurricane made me think that was "it".

I started to search on the internet. I found the JW stuff and started to realize that this religion was just another religion. But with the JW thinking still pretty much intact, I went exploring the net on other religions. I thought there still must be one out there that was the "right", "true" one. The more I explored and researched the more I found that there isn't a single one of them out there that is the "one". Even the pagan religion isn't the "one". There is no one true faith. But I did find similarities in all of them.

Each one, upon researching it fails. I thought I was wasting my time except that I now have the freedom of knowing that there is no "one" "true" faith. So pick one or none. I also found through my research that "God" isn't what people think either, and the possibility that "God" may not exist at all, at least not as Christianity thinks of him. Research reveals that there is much more to discover and to know and that mankind is not even close to finding out the "truth" about religion. Most people pick one or are raised in one or the country they are in has one and that is as far as they explore. They and their religions put tremedous limitations on mankind individually and limit mankind as a whole to doing there best for the world of people and for the physical world itself.

So it really doesn't even matter, except as an individual what makes you happy and what makes you feel secure. Stay a JW or leave, become what ever, it makes no real difference except if you are truly not happy with the choice you live with. The only sad thing is that each religion makes you think you need them and if you leave them you are the one at fault and you are the one missing out. Religion in my opinon, harms humankind much more than it helps it.

Lindy

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Am I The Only One................................?

by Big Jim in

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am i the only one that catches myself either whistling or humming kingdom songs?.

usually i catch myself before i go to far as not to embarase myself.. my wife who is still very active gets a pretty good charge when she catches me at it.. you would think after being away for almost six years that would not happen.. just wondering if it happens to any of you?

Lindy

Yeah, once in a while I catch a KH tune zipping through my head. I have been away about 5-6 years now. After all, if you were in a long time like me, some 40+ years, how could you help it? It was a part of your life. I dream of the JWs I knew too. My dreams even have assembly and KH settings, or informal settings with JWs there among the other people. Normal and natural. They all were a huge part of my life. My girls told me they also have a song from the former times pop into their heads. No biggy. I just catch myself and go on.

When you were a JW didn't you have Christmas songs run through your head, or some popular old time religous tune click on when you least expected it? Same thing. I would hum Christmas carols all the time and catch myself in shame. Now I laugh at how silly it was to think that was soooo bad.

Just don't let your wife here it too much. She might start thinking there is hope you might return.

Lindy