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  Lent

  by Robdar in

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  christians are preparing to enter lent.

  and of course, with lent comes fasting.

  orthodox christians recognize five levels of fasting:abstaining from meat (starting tomorrow at sun down) abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, and cheese abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, and fish abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, fish, oil, and wine abstaining from all foods and beverages except bread, water, juices, honey, and nuts.

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  LOL@Beryl!
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  Is everyone on this Web Board a Jehovah's Witness Basher?

  by sandy in

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  i grew up in the religion and was baptized at.............supposedly the most important day in our lives and i cannot remember how old i actually was, anyways...... i believe it was 13 or 14. i was never disfellowshipped.

  i have a "worldly" boyfriend whom i love dearly, and i no longer attend the "meetings".

  i do not disagree with the organization entirely; in fact i am not even sure if i disagree with it at all.

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  PurpleV

  Here is the key:

  This board can be educational if you have an open mind, and you will learn a lot that you may not have known.

  We're sure glad you are here. No one here really bashes Jehovah's Witnesses. On the contrary we love them, we almost ALL of us have family that are witnesses, we WERE witnesses once, and feel they are wonderful people if perhaps a little misled by some "new light," "tacking into the wind," "waiting on Jehovah," among other things. Many of us who lived through the "Millions now living will never die" era are understandably upset.

  I was born and raised a JW and am in my 40's now. Did you know, my mother ( a witness, now deceased, she never thought she'd die in this system) she told me once that in the 1940's young witnesses were counseled not to get married nor raise children in this wicked system, since it was so soon to be destroyed? She told me of an assembly where men were advised to wait until the new system to get married, because women in the new system would be so beautiful whereas women in this old system were nothing but "bags of bones and hanks of hair."

  Most of us have problems with the concept of a "faithful and discreet slave class." We see fundamental flaws in their claim to be God's sole channel, and therefore everything they say is subject to intense scrutiny, as the Bible says we should scrutinize those who would speak for Him.

  Welcome, stick around, and kudos to you for trying to figure this out before you have children.

  Hugs, V
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  Lent

  by Robdar in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  christians are preparing to enter lent.

  and of course, with lent comes fasting.

  orthodox christians recognize five levels of fasting:abstaining from meat (starting tomorrow at sun down) abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, and cheese abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, and fish abstaining from meat, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, fish, oil, and wine abstaining from all foods and beverages except bread, water, juices, honey, and nuts.

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  In my church (Episcopal) one year the priest sermoned on Lent, not as a chance to "give something up" but a chance to "take something on."

  You don't have to fast or deny yourself something. You can take on a new project -- volunteering to help deliver meals to elderly, helping children's literacy program at the library, or even learn something new for yourself... study a new language, read a great classic you've never read, stuff like that.

  Sounded good to me!
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  Raised a JW....No Hope?

  by Scooby in

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  2. experiences

  thank you guys...all your posts are very much helping me to see where i need to get to personally in order to have any hope for my marriage.

  i did not get the truth until i met hubby at 20 yrs old.

  he grew up, fell away, and came back with me...(he witnessed to me).

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  Do I have this right... hubby doesn't attend meetings anymore but he still believes it's "the truth(TM)"??

  He keeps saying now that "you might as well go out in the world and DO ANYTHING cuz your'e dead at Armaggedon

  He needs to be deprogrammed. .

  Can you get him to read Crisis of Conscience?

  I was raised in "the lie" and I have a built a perfectly fine life away from that horrible organization. So there's hope.
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  what were you thinking when you got yourself baptised?

  by greven in

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  my first post diappeared so here's another try:.

  this is actually more than one question.

  but let me first explain my own experience: .

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  I was only 14 and did it because it was expected of me. My mother had me quite cowed.

  I didn't feel anything but depressed. Someone gave me a stick of Juicy Fruit gum. To this day I literally get quite ill if I even SMELL someone ELSE chewing Juicy Fruit gum.

  Then my parents took me to Wendy's [insert sad smiley here, can't insert smileys from my work PC].
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  I just can't do it!!!

  by WantTheTruth in

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  i have been involved with a girl who is of the jw faith; although things have pretty much ended between us... due to her being disfellowshipped for the way we acted together (although she has recently been accepted back).. she did make me think about things... and consider her religion.

  however, i think i have come to my senses.... a few things about the religion seem wrong to me... the whole watchtower thing (false prophet), being baptised into the organisation, the subject of blood and the little evidence they seem to have to back this up, the 'new light' etc.. i would really like more information to present to this girl in order to:.

  1) show her that it really is not right for me; with good/ unquestionable reasons why;.

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  The only way to reach JW's is through their own literature. They won't read anything anti-JW, they think it's apostate and from Satan.

  Try www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com.

  This website contains nothing but quotes from their own propaganda literature. Read through it and see all the flip-flops. Your path will become clear.

  Good luck...!
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  Irritating JW relatives

  by Tammie in

  1. social
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  it's been a very long time since i posted anything here.

  its been a very busy time around my house.

  this last christmas i went in for emergancy surgary.

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  I would wait 5 minutes, then call them back, and when they answer put 'em on the spot and demand to know why they called you and just hung up. Tell them if they keep it up you'll take action against them for harassment.
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  This has gone far enough!! Religious right...

  by PurpleV in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please read this

  do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

  president bush has announced his plan to select dr. w. david hager to head up the food and drug administration's (fda) reproductive health drugs advisory committee.

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  PurpleV

  that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the Bible and praying

  Go to more meetings, go out in service more, pray harder to Jehovah.

  HS:

  Did you know that many of the White House staff believe that Armaggedon is due and that we are living in the last days?

  Really?? Do you have a link or anything for that???
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  This has gone far enough!! Religious right...

  by PurpleV in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please read this

  do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

  president bush has announced his plan to select dr. w. david hager to head up the food and drug administration's (fda) reproductive health drugs advisory committee.

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  PurpleV

  PLEASE READ THIS

  Do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

  President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter has lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with filling all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require Congressional approval. The FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee makes crucial decisions on matters relating to drugs used in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology and related specialties, including hormone therapy, contraception, treatment for infertility, and medical alternatives to surgical procedures for sterilization and pregnancy termination.

  Dr. Hager's views of reproductive health care are far outside the mainstream of setback for reproductive technology. Dr. Hager is a practicing OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. Hager is the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing women with case studies from Hager's practice.
  
  In the book Dr. Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the Woman's Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the Bible and praying. As an editor and contributing author of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient.

  Hagar's mission is religiously motivated. He has an ardent interest in revoking approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) as a safe and early form of medical abortion. Hagar recently assisted the Christian Medical Association in a "citizen's petition" which calls upon the FDA to revoke its approval of mifepristone in the name of women's health. Hager's desire to overturn mifepristone's approval on religious grounds rather than scientific merit would halt the development of mifepristone as a treatment for numerous medical conditions disproportionately affecting women, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, uterine fibroid tumors, psychotic depression, bipolar depression and Cushing's syndrome.
  
  Women rely on the FDA to ensure their access to safe and effective drugs for reproductive health care including products that prevent pregnancy. For some women, such as those with certain types of diabetes and those undergoing treatment for cancer pregnancy can be a life-threatening condition.
  
  We are concerned that Dr. Hager's strong religious beliefs may color his assessment of technologies that are necessary to protect women's lives or to preserve and promote women's health. Hager's track record of using religious beliefs to guide his medical decision-making makes him a dangerous and inappropriate candidate to serve as chair of this committee. Critical drug public policy and research must not be held hostage by antiabortion politics. Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of science and medicine, rather than politics and religion. American women deserve no less.

  WHAT CAN YOU DO?

  1. SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
  
  2. OPPOSE THE PLACEMENT OF THIS MAN BY CONTACTING THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELL THEM HE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE ON ANY LEVEL.
  
  Please email President Bush at [email protected] or call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or (202) 456-1414 and say something like this:

  I oppose the appointment of Dr. W. David Hager to the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee.

  Mixing religion and medicine is unacceptable.

  Using the FDA to promote a political agenda is inappropriate and seriously threatens all women's health.
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  Would the WTS have DF'd Michael Jackson?

  by freedom96 in

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  i know some are getting sick of hearing about michael jackson.

  if he had not da'd himself, with all he has done in the last 15 years or so since that time, would the wts have df'd him?.

  the charity work, the children being around, the cosmetic surgeries, the career, etc?

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