Posts by Funchback

"I'm done with you... get away from me Satan..." and go into your self-rightcheous life, like nothing happened. Therefore, people are taught how to use people for their own good, and to throw friendship away at the whim of their conscience.

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When Do Worldly Friends Begin to Get Shunned?

by Funchback in

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when i first started to study with the dubs, i was about 8 years old.

my mom became a jw but she was very lax with the rules.

she never made me "give up" my non-jw friends (perhaps because my dad never became a dub).

Funchback

When I first started to study with the Dubs, I was about 8 years old. My mom became a JW but she was very lax with the rules. She never made me "give up" my non-JW friends (perhaps because my dad never became a Dub).

However, don't most JW parents (even the more strict ones) allow their young children to play with non-JW children at school and in the neighborhood? In my experience, even my JW peers had just "friends". They didn't call them worldly and they didn't call them Christian. They were simply called "friends".

But it seems that these friends were only temporary. As one got older (teens), the rules got more strict. Suddenly, you weren't allowed to have friends who were "worldly". If you called someone your friend who WASN'T a JW, then you would receive looks of disapproval from your JW comtemporaries. Besides, those of us who began to put our faith into practice would cut-off those worldly friends anyway. Certainly, we didn't want to be an "enemy of God" just to be "friends of the world". So, we just associated with fellow Dubs.

So, again. my question is: When do worldly friends become worldly? When do we stop viewing them as friends and start viewing them as bad association? My mind began to ponder this after I read the following article:

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http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/144/oped/Shanae_Anderson+.shtml

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Shanae Anderson

By 0, 5/24/2003

The Harbor School
Teacher: Karen Engles
THE MOST courageous thing I have ever done would have to be when I was in the fifth grade. A bunch of my friends came to sit next to me at lunch and started talking about religion. At that moment my heart started gushing, I started sweating and fidgeting because I knew that I was the only Jehovah's Witness in my whole class.

To tell them that would be like waiting for a pit bull to jump over the fence and bite me. I wasn't about to let that happen. So, as I was about to leave, my friend Roni asked, ''What religion are you, Shanae?'' I couldn't lie, so I simply said I don't feel comfortable talking about that and left.

That night, I thought about what my friends would have thought about my religion, and if they were going to find out. I talked to my mom about what happened. She said, ''Girl, what's the matter with you? You should be proud to say that you are a Jehovah's Witness.''

I dug deep into my soul to find the right answer. I didn't know whether to tell my friends the truth or leave them wondering. That night I found my answer. I was going to preach what I believe in.

The next day at lunch I sat with my friends. Out of the blue I said, ''Listen, I'm a Jehovah's Witness and that's what I believe in.'' For a moment it got silent. So silent that you could hear the thinnest piece of paper fall on the floor as if 20 eighth-graders came stampeding down the steps. Then everybody began talking again. After everyone was told to line up, my friend Sharon told me she has a cousin who is a Jehovah's Witness. That's the day I could say, ''Hey, I got courage!''

This story ran on page A101 of the Boston Globe on 5/24/2003.

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Drunk JW in the News

by Funchback in

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http://www.expressandstar.com/artman/publish/article_32856.shtml

ban ordered for smash driver

a freelance photographer who crashed while over the drink-drive alcohol limit was banned from driving.

Funchback

http://www.expressandstar.com/artman/publish/article_32856.shtml

Ban ordered for smash driver May 24, 2003, 10:39:00

A freelance photographer who crashed while over the drink-drive alcohol limit was banned from driving.

Police called to an accident in Station Road, Norton Bridge, near Stone, found a Renault Megane embedded in a hedge side-on to the road.

Miss Sara Beddow, prosecuting, said a man standing nearby, Christian Wyatt, initially denied being the driver and said his brother had been behind the wheel.

Wyatt was unsteady on his feet and smelled strongly of liquor. Police arrested him after he failed a roadside test, Mid Staffordshire magistrates court heard.

He then told officers: "I take full responsibility for the accident."

Miss Beddow said Wyatt made no attempt to stop at a junction and gone across two carriageways of a major road before colliding with a hedge.

A blood test showed he had 111 miligrams of alcohol in 100 mililitres of blood, the limit being 80.

Wyatt, aged 22, of Meadow View, Shallowford, near Stafford, was yesterday banned from driving for a year and fined a total of £350 with £55 costs after admitting driving with excess alcohol and careless driving.

Mr Chris Clark, defending, said Wyatt panicked and gave his brother's details. "He then owned up immediately and co-operated entirely."

There was a problem with the Intoximeter procedure at the police station and Wyatt was asked to give a blood sample instead.

"It wasn't an easy decision for him to make because he is a Jehovah's Witness."

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Posing With Pets - Post Your Best Pics of You and Your Pet

by Funchback in

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below is me and pepe.

we're both black and white (she on the outside, me on the inside), we both have green eyes, and we both like seafood.

how come my pic shows the link instead of the pic???

Funchback

Below is me and Pepe. We're both black and white (she on the outside, me on the inside), we both have green eyes, and we both like seafood.

***Duh! How come my pic shows the link INSTEAD of the pic???***

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Hi Everyone!

by iiz2cool in

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i'm walter and i live in toronto, canada.

i heard about this board from people on another board i post to, so i thought i'd stop in and introduce myself.. .

walter.

Funchback

Welcome, Walter!

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Screaming for a Caption

by jgnat in

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this one tickled my funny bone.

can you help me find the perfect caption?

if you are really nice, i will tell you how the wt captioned it..

Funchback

"Have you ever been to a Turkish prison?"

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Don't forget to report! (Worship Book ch 4)

by ozziepost in

at the last district convention, the book "worship the only true god" was released intended to be used along with the "knowledge" book on home bible studies.

both books are to be studied before baptism.

so, what are the 'new recruits' learning?

Funchback

Good food for thought, ozzie.

A person who is a wife-beater, or a child molester, or an insurance scammer, or an adulterer, or a drunkard, or a racist, or a gossiper is viewed more favorably than, say, Ghandi, or a volunteer firefighter, or a cardiac doctor, or a school teacher, all because they knock on doors trying to place magazines with people.

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