Posts by PurpleV

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Telephone Witnessing AND Wallkill, NY

by unique1 in

went to the meeting (first time in a month) last night.

they had this skit on telephone witnessing.

the bro and sis, were dressed up, but hey it was a meeting.

PurpleV

Let me see if I got it straight: They want you to contribute your money to buy a new $50,000,00 printing press, to print more books and magazines, that you will pay for at the literature counter, go out and spend your valuable time and gas money ~~foisting them on~~ placing them with people for a donation, which you will then in turn fork back over to the society, buy more literature and do it again, every week.

WHAT A GREAT DEAL! This will earn your salvation and buy you a place in Jehovah's "memory!!"

How much more worthwhile is this than to feed hungry people?

Oh, why oh why did I ever leave??

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Survivor Pearl Islands II

by Stacy Smith in

we watched the second episode again last night.

i love rupert the pirate.

he got a little too attached to that spear but amazed everyone when he found the lost tip.. the drake tribe is kicking morgans butt and when oston from morgan started whining about wanting to go home his muscles didn't look as awesome anymore.

PurpleV

I think Sandra will come to regret taking that tarp and destroying their shelter a little later on in the game.....

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SURVIVOR--Pearl Islands

by simplesally in

the new season is getting ready to hit at the end of the month.

i was reading the bios and came across this one of osten taylor http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor7/survivors/bio/osten.shtml.

turns out he is from the same town as child molester paul berry.

PurpleV

Buh bye, Nicole! Next time try wearing underwear.

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Newbie

by Abbie in

hey all,.

ok lovely, my very first post and i post a empty post.

got carried away with the tab key!

PurpleV

Steve/Dave

I will say this much for you: you give good chiropractor.

Leslie, sorry to hijack your thread... I'm leaving now.... *slinking away back to Randy's board*

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Newbie

by Abbie in

hey all,.

ok lovely, my very first post and i post a empty post.

got carried away with the tab key!

PurpleV

It's not as much fun as sitting around an open camp fire with a bunch of apostates as a monsoon rolls in, but we manage to have a little fun.

I resemble that remark!

Hi Les, how are you?? It's been over a year since we sat around that open fire with Dave, as you can see he hasn't changed a bit.

Hugs, V

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I would not lend a hand!

by Mecurious? in

remember this line below from the old phill collins song?

"well, if you told me, you were drowning i would not a lend a hand"!

are there some people who you despise so much that you wouldnt stop to help them if they were drowning or otherwise in need of dire medical attention?

PurpleV

the governing body

11

The Enormity of It All

by Swan in

occasionally the enormity of it all just comes flooding back in on me.

at times it just seems so overwhelming.

at times it seems so incredibly fantastic so as to be unbelievable.

PurpleV

I was happy when I found out it was all a lie.

I didn't want to live forever with nothing but jws around me.

8

Need some suggestions.... thx

by thebeliever in

jw
friends

i am disfellowshipped and recently went to the kh.

i have an older brother (32 yr) who i was very close with who desperately wants me to get reinstated.

or that i can't babysit your child.

PurpleV

There is a wonderful place, a web site where there are ONLY QUOTES from WT literature, no commentary. You can safely direct your brother there. The quotes are designed to highlight the flip-flops in doctrine and policy. Here’s one from the "How to Treat DF/DA" category:

Link to main page:

http://www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com

Link to DF/DA category:

http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/DF_DA.htm

After a whole lot of articles showing complete shunning of DF/DA peeps, you come across this shocker:

*** Watchtower 1998 December 1 p.17 Defending Our Faith ***
What About Slanderous Publicity?
15 At times, Jehovah's Witnesses have been the target of distorted information in the media. For example, on August 1, 1997, a Russian newspaper published a slanderous article claiming, among other things, that Witnesses categorically require members to 'reject their wives, husbands, and parents if these do not understand and do not share their faith.' Anyone who is truly acquainted with Jehovah's Witnesses knows that the charge is false. The Bible indicates that Christians are to treat unbelieving family members with love and respect, and Witnesses endeavor to follow that direction. (1 Corinthians 7:12-16; 1 Peter 3:1-4) Even so, the article was printed, and many readers were thus misinformed. How can we defend our faith when we are falsely accused?

Ask your brother to explain that, and ask him the next time policy changes again and "allows" communication, will he apologize for all the lost time??

Also ask him when he’s going to stop being such a wuss and think for himself. JUST KIDDING DON’T SAY THAT LOL

Good luck, let us know what happens.

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NEW YORK'S WHERE I'D RATHER STAY, I GET ALLERGIC SMELLING HAY

by TresHappy in

jw
friends

i am making my first trip to manhattan in october.

i'll be in manhattan on my birthday.

i am so excited.

PurpleV

Don't miss the Museum of Sex on 5th Avenue (no I'm not kidding!)

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...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

by ScoobySnax in

jw
friends

jehovah's witnesses.

the organisation.

i love 'em both still.

PurpleV

yes I do believe JWs have the truth, even to regards the blood issue. I think they have made many announcements prematurely about the "end of this system" don't you think I've surfed the internet looking as well? Its only my opinion, but I still think they have the truth as far as it is revealed up until this point in time, through the FDS

Scooby, just out of curiousity, as I asked you before.

If this is truly what you believe, why don't you go back? Why do you stay and post here at all?

And if you think "premature announcements" from Jehovah's FDS about the end of the system are so innocent, I suggest you look up some elderly JWs who are desperately trying to eke out an existence on Social Security (USA) from the government they rejected and reviled as being under Satan's control all their lives. They are now choosing between food and medicine, ultimately deciding whether to starve to death or stroke out.

They are not hard to find; they are myriads.

Is this what God's FDS is all about?