Posts by PurpleV

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JW's DO eat Blood

by Yerusalyim in

why is it that jw's are so big on this no blood thing, yet still eat blood in their meat?

the dubs i know claim to "cook out" the blood, but this in no way meets biblical standards.

in fact the way meat is slaughtered doesn't come close to meeting kosher requirements in the bible.

PurpleV

We need not become absurd and quibble like a Pharisee

Hmm. Let's see.

I can stand for the national anthem if I've already been standing for the flag salute, but I cannot get up for the anthem if I've been sitting down for a while and there was no preceeding flag salute.

I can not have whole blood, but I can have albumin and platelets.

I can't throw my garter at the wedding reception, but my guests are free to get as smashed as they want.

There must be two witnesses to sexual molestation.

I am considered spiritually weak if I have a 2-door car.

@#%#$

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WTS Secret Police

by Pleasuredome in

heres a story of what happened to me at a district convention this year.. an unbaptised publisher and i travelled to wolverhampton district convention in england.

this wasnt our district but id been on holiday and had missed my own district convention (how unspiritual of me).

so me and this friend decided to go to this convention and was also hoping to meet a friend there.. on the saturday morning we were delayed in traffic and we eventually arrived at 11.30am, paid our 3 for parking (i wonder if they had the use of car parks for free?

PurpleV

LOL @ Trauma_Hound

Get me a convention badge, and I can make fake ones. LOL

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Comments You Will NOT Hear at the 11-3 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you wont hear at the november 3, 2002 wt study.

"pay more than the usual attention"hebrews 2:1.

introduction .

PurpleV

OK, now that I've stopped hurling, I can reply.

Still blaming the victim. It's always everyone else's fault but the GB. It's the molestee that's to blame, not the molester. It's not the speaker's fault, we're not listening correctly. My personal fave: We NEVER said it was 1975. You all leapt to conclusions. Well, smack my hand!

Bleah.

Thanks, Blondie!

Hugs, V

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Feild service and answering

by shera in

i was wondering how you all felt about feild service.. i didn't like it all all,i would have minor anixety attacks and sweaty palms before i went door to door.

i would have a hard time taking a door,so one time,my loving "sister" left me standing at door by myself.i remeber being "happy".

i was very uncomfortable going to peoples door and trying to force religion on them,when they didn't want it.i only went out because it was imbedded in my mind that i had to go door to door to save peoples lives.i didn't want to have blood on my hands of the people i may have helped save with god's words.. with the answering,i almost passed out...lol..i used to be painfully shy.when i didn't answer enough,i would be judged as not being spiritually(sp)strong.the woman i was studing with would try to raise my hand up.the way i looked at it there was no accepting of who you were...had to be like the social butterflies to be accepted.now thats what i call love.

PurpleV

I hated it. I hated it. I hated it.

Especially when younger... I had flat feet and could only walk about 1/2 hr at a time. I remember crying and telling my mother how much my feet hurt and begging to stop but she wouldn't... we had to stay out at least an hour to make the "time."

My poor footsies would swell up and throb with pain the rest of the day. Even after they got me the steel arches and orthopedic shoes, it hurt even worse to walk but she made me do it anyway, and wouldn't let me take the steel arches out.

Let's not even talk about the days she dragged me out in subzero (well, it FELT that way anyway) temperatures. I'd lose all feeling in my toes and fingers even with thick socks and gloves.

And I got bit by a dog, and chased down the street, and screamed at a lot. One time we were working the projects and these little kids invited me in and there was the mother almost passed out drunk and the kids were hungry and all I did was try to talk to the mother and give her magazines.

No, I'm not bitter.

Hugs, V

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silentlambs march pictures NY

by silentlambs in

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the silentlambs march pictures, they are in three albums due to so many,

sl

march 1

PurpleV

Hi Bill

Trauma_Hound transformed my VCR tape of the Channel 11 local news coverage into digital, it's here

http://www.seattle-chat.com/video/

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NEED INFORMATION

by LovesDubs in

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who is the woman who recently wrote a book about the society who was also one of their writers?

i want to say her name was also barbara...but not barb anderson.

this book is recent.

PurpleV

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison's book, Visions of Glory, is online at freeminds.org. It's out of print, but a great read. Well done.

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Watchtower study vs. Bible study

by dreamcatcher in

very urgent please help.

i am looking for scriptures that refer to the correct way of worship (and i am sure it will not include reference to watchtower material).. i am currently studying the watchtower with some jw's in our area, but have serious reservations about their lack of communal worship that does not include complete readings from the bible.

reading a chapter and then using the watchtower to back it up instead of using the bible to backup the teachings of the watchtower).. the watchtower is not divinely inspired so how on earth am i going to get anything of value out of it.

PurpleV

Hi

Before you go any further with the witnesses, please read this thread, which was started by a non-witness who is considering marrying one.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=39037&site=3

Good luck

V

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I Need Help Please!!!

by CW02 in

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i'm a 24yr old non-witness who has been dating a 23yr old witness.

we met through a mutual friend.

when i met him i thought he was sweet and kind and the kind of guy i could see myself with for the rest of my life.

PurpleV

Hi

If you become a JW you can expect the following:

1. No more birthdays, Christmases, Easters, Halloweens, Thanksgivings. Period.

2. You can join OK, but try to get out if you change your mind? You will be marked and shunned by everyone JW, even the ones you thought were your friends.

3. All love is conditional there are strings attached.

4. If you raise a child to be a JW, that child will be absolutely miserable because of all the things they have to abstain from in school, in addition to the holidays I mentioned, joining clubs, playing sports, joining the band, etc., all "discouraged" (translate: forbidden).

5. You will be watched like a hawk, and if you dont put in enough hours every month going door to door peddling JW literature, if you miss too many meetings (5 hours PER WEEK), if your skirt is too short or sweater too low-cut, you will be reprimanded, and this can be a PUBLIC reprimand, too.

6. You are expected to forfeit your life, and that of your child, should either of you ever need a blood transfusion, you are expected to say NO even if it means you or your child will die.

7. You are not allowed to vote, serve in the military, salute the flag, or smoke,

8. Going door-to-door deserves another mention; it is an absolutely miserable activity knocking on peoples doors who are NOT glad to see you interrupt their Saturday morning, in all kinds of weather. This activity also costs you money; you are expected to pay for the stuff you sell and then turn in the profits, too plus gasoline and car repairs. You are also expected to schlep others around that dont have their own car. JWs believe they must do this in order to be saved.

RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The WTS has disassociated itself !!!

by Elsewhere in

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http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36375&site=3

http://www1.richmond.com/output.cfm?id=2161158&cfid=568503&cftoken=77338460

wednesday, september 11 [...].

PurpleV

When YOU join the YMCA to use the pool you are committing spiritual fornication. When THEY join the United Nations to use the library card, THEY are acting as Gods Sole Means Of Communication and sometimes God needs to look shit up at the library...so get over it.

I was gonna say that! LOL!

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-20 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 10-20-02 wt study.

"without an illustration he would not speak to them"matthew 13:34. introduction.

"can you recall an illustration you heard, perhaps in a public discourse, many years ago?

PurpleV

Blondie

Thanks very much for your candid answer . I can relate; except my reasons were for family.

There are some others here that are in the same situation

That must be very comforting.

I hope my little review doesn't disturb anybody who is already gone.

Me too. I wish you well on your journey. I hope that one day you will enjoy the fruits of the freedom you will enjoy should you ever choose to sever your ties. In the meantime, I salute you; you seem like a very fair minded and loving poster. I look forward to more conversations with you.

Hugs, V