Yup!
The trembling hands; the accelerated heartbeat; the constant looking over the shoulder; the "clearing" of your internet history.
Now, most of us can look back and laugh at there things.
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Do you remember when you first Googled "Jehovah's Witnesses"?
by Funchback ini remember when i first googled "jehovah's witnesses".
i was sick to my stomach because i feared that i was disobeying jehovah.
although i was scared that i would find something "apostate" or "demonic", i still continued to click on different links.
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DNA
by teejay inthis past sunday on 60 minutes, there was a segment about the police investigation of a brutal rape and murder of a student at the university of oklahoma in 1996. the only evidence the police had was semen.
so, to catch the killer, police asked every innocent person that even remotely knew the victim to give them samples of their dna, imposing what are called dna dragnets.
many of the victim?s associates, mainly students, volunteered.
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teejay!
Long time, no talk to! Miss you, bro!
This sounds fishy to me. How can the court force someone to submit a DNA sample unless they had just cause? I mean, if someone is a clear-cut suspect, then I can understand. But, why should I be subjected to a DNA test just because I live in the same town as the murder victim?
No, I wouldn't willfully submit to a DNA test.
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Do you remember when you first Googled "Jehovah's Witnesses"?
by Funchback ini remember when i first googled "jehovah's witnesses".
i was sick to my stomach because i feared that i was disobeying jehovah.
although i was scared that i would find something "apostate" or "demonic", i still continued to click on different links.
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I remember when I first Googled "Jehovah's Witnesses".
I was sick to my stomach because I feared that I was disobeying Jehovah. Although I was scared that I would find something "apostate" or "demonic", I still continued to click on different links.
Still, I felt an enormous sensation that I was willfully disobeying God.
That was nearly (3) years ago.
Now, I don't even fear (or believe) in demons or so-called apostates, and I am just as happy as I have ever been!
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There were plenty that I knew.
Dot Horley.
Jane Bauers.
Chris Overdorf.
Marvin Govens.
Bob Botini.
Jane Bauers sister (I forget her name, though).
Brother "Jay" Jacobowitz (in Parkside congregation in Flatbush).
What's funny is Dot Horley aided Jane, Jane's sister, and Chris into the "troof". That alone shows the whole 144,000 thing a crock.
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Help with english to spanish translation
by Elsewhere ini have tried some online tools to translate something, but they don't seem to be translating correctly.
i need to know what the correct spanish translation is for: "do not remove string" .
this is referring to some pull-strings i am going to run around in the attic of my new house (so i can pull wires at a later date) and i don't want the workers to mistakenly remove them.
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Courtesy of www.freetranslation.com .........
No quite la cuerda.
Translated from spanish to enlgish is: Do not remove the cord
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Can you believe it?
by flower in.
remember me and my little munchkin?
this is what he looked like two years ago and today for his first day of kindergarten!.
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Funchback
Hey, Flower.....
Now I know where you get your good looks from!
You and "J" need to come to Philly for some games this year.
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Article in Awake! is Truly Disturbing................
by Funchback in.
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I'm sorry. Allow me to clarify:
It was "You Can Live Forever in Paradise Earth" (the red book). Sorry, I was a JW in the 70's-80's-90's. I only knew the red book as the "Paradise" book. My bad. I was only trying to shorten the article.
Also, more things about this story: The WTS publishing this crap is just plain wrong. She certainly didn't seem to have that "subjective" attitude that the JWs "claim" they have when living in a so-called divided household. It seems to me that any young JW-wanna-be who is living in a similar situation will do what they can to "escape" their "satanic" parents when they read this article, as though they have the "green light" from the WTS to do whatever you gotta to do to be a JW.
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JW's do the Teaching on God's Behalf.............
by Funchback in10/1/2004 wt, page 7:
"one who is meek humbly accepts god's standards in all aspects of his personal life; he does not insist on going by his own views or by other people's opinions.
he is also teachable, willing to be taught by jehovah.
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Blondie....
Good looking out! Thanks for the assist!
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Article in Awake! is Truly Disturbing................
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I will try to summarize because the article is 3 pages long....
10/8/2004 Awake!, Page 13:
"Jehovah, You Found Me!"
This is an experience by a JW woman named Nelly Lenz. (Incidentally, she looks a LOT like Brad Johnson, the former QB of the Redskins and Buccaneers).
Nelly was originally going to be aborted by her mom. But, the mom's employer was a JW and she talked her out of the abortion. Nelly's mom placed her in an orphanage for the first two years of her life, then took her out of the orphanage after she got married. Now Nelly has a mom and a stepfather. Mom and stepdad began studying with JWs and attended the meetings. Then, they moved and began to stop studying.
A few years later, they studied again. Nelly would eavesdrop on the study to "hear what was said about the Bible's hope of a paradise earth." Nelly came to "love Jehovah very much."
At the age of 8, mom told Nelly that they stopped studying and would no longer attend meetings. Nelly says, "At first, I was delighted. As a child, I sometimes found the meetings to be rather long." That evening, though, Nelly wanted to pray to Jehovah but she was worried he might not listen to her.
The next Sunday, she saw her JW neighbors going to the meeting. After 3 weeks, she visited the neighbor and explained that she wanted to go to the meetings. The neighbor said, "Impossible", because Nelly's mom forbade it. Being insistent, Nelly and the neighbor approached Nelly's mom and asked mom if Nelly can go to the meetings. Mom agreed, said it would teach Nelly good principles. Nelly went to every Sunday meeting.
This went on for 3 years. But, at the age of 11, her parents divorced, and Nelly and mom moved away. Nelly lost all contact with the JWs.
One day, Nelly sat on her steps and two JW men asked if her parents were home. nelly said "no", and the men turned to leave. Nelly "ran after them" and declared, "Are you JWs?". They said "Yes.". Nelly replied "Me too!". Nelly was just 13 years old.
She begged the men to return in the evening. Nelly told mom. Mom became upset and said that she wouldn't let them in her home. In fact, she planned to leave before they arrived. Nelly "tearfully" begged mom to stay. Just as she was getting ready to leave, the doorbell rang, and it was just the one brother. (Hmm!)... Mom accepted a Bible study.
Less than a year later, mom stopped studying (again). She forbade nelly to have any contact with the JWs and she discarded all the JW publications ahe could find. but Nelly was able to hide a Bible, song book, two WT bound volumes, and a "Truth" book. During her last study, she asked the JW man what she could do. His answer? "Study on your own and pray often. Jehovah will care for you.". Nelly was now 14.
Every Sunday Nelly went to her room and had a pretend meeting. She sang "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" at the beginning and end of each "meeting". To this day, "I cannot sing this song without weeping." She also studied the articles in the bound volumes and she concluded each "meeting" with prayer. "I felt that Jehovah was near me."
At the age of 17, Nelly and mom moved again. "those years were difficult, as our home was anything but a haven of love."
One day, mom accepted the "Paradise" book. "When I saw that it used God's name, Jehovah, I started to cry and silently prayed, 'Jehovah, you found me!' "
Mom told me that a neighbor might be a JW. She went to his home and told him she wants to get baptized. The man hooked her up with a study. But, again, mom began to oppose Nelly's studying with the JWs. She told Nelly she will have to wait until the age of 18 before she could become a JW.
Nelly's employer noticed her situation at home was "worsening". He invited Nelly to spend time with him and his wife on the weekends. Her employer owned some horses and they would ride together. "I felt that they were like parents to me."
One day, the employer said that he and his wife love Nelly very much and that they wanted her to live with them. He was offering something she always wanted - a loving family. But under one condition: Stop associating with the JWs. So, she declined their offer.
"Because of the trouble I was experienceing at home," Nelly moved in with her stepfather. He encouraged her to continue studying. She got baptized at the age of 19.
Then, stepdad began to change.When she was praying, he would speak loudly and throw things at her. He also insisted that she further her education that would "interfere with my goal to become a pioneer." Eventually, he kicked her out and gave her a $100 check and thold her that when she cashed it, she would know that Jehovah didn't care for her.
She began to Pioneer at the age of 22. She still has the uncashed check to this very day!
She met a JW man and got married at the age of 25. They have a son and a daughter.
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This article is disturbing because there are so many sad things said, or not said, between the lines.
1) Nelly seems to have low self-esteem, knowing she was almost aborted and knowing that she was an orphan for a couple of years.
2) All three of them were dysfunctional. Mom would study, then not study, then study again. Daughter was allowed to study, not allowed to study, allowed to study, not allowed to study.
3) Mom "opposed" Nelly by telling her to wait until 18 before getting baptized (she ended up getting baptized at 19). What was the big rush?
4) Stepdad was trying to have Nelly get a better education. Ooooooh! Such persecution! Nelly wanted to Pioneer instead. Hmm.... I noticed Nelly didn't pioneer until 22. She could have gone to school and still be a JW. Oops....I forgot. When Nelly was growing up, the WTS forbid higher education. No wonder she felt like her stepdad was persecuting her.
5) Not once did Nelly say anything good about her mom. Did mom feed her? Clothe her? Allow her to study with the JWs? Um...Yes, yes, yes, and yes! But Nelly could only talk about the "opposing" mom, the anti-JW mom. Gee, I wonder how mom and stepdad will feel after reading this article?
6) I feel sorry for Nelly's kids. They probably won't have any chance to question anything about the JWs. After all, "Jehovah done found Nelly!"
7) Nelly slapped her parents the same way Moe would slap Larry and Curly (or Shemp) (simultaneous SLAP! SLAP!) when she said: Her employer and his wife was something she always wanted: A loving family.
All three just seemed to have "issues". But were Nelly's parents SO bad because they were SOMETIMES opposed to her studying with the JWs? Shoot! If my young, teenage daughter would isolate herself in a room singing 'Keep Your Eyes on the Prize', then I just might snap, too!
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Article in Awake! is Truly Disturbing................
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