Posts by starfish422

a poster on another message board (a religious debate board, not jw-specific) mentioned that just before xmas, her husband was accosted outside their home by jws who managed to place literature with him.

instead of mentioning this to his wife, he simply placed the literature in her xmas stocking!

starfish422

Under the category of "Brother Franz would be spinning in his grave if he knew...":

A poster on another message board (a religious debate board, not JW-specific) mentioned that just before xmas, her husband was accosted outside their home by JWs who managed to place literature with him. Instead of mentioning this to his wife, he simply placed the literature in her xmas stocking! LMAO LMAO

Reading that somehow made my night!

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JWs compared to Raelians- ABC News

by Gerard in

"many religious scholars, though, see a broader definition of religion and the raelians fit it, they say, just as scientologists, jehovah's witnesses and mormons do.

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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/raelians030103.htmledited by - gerard on 3 january 2003 15:40:29.

starfish422

I love to see JWs equated with known crackpots. :) Hooray, ABC!!

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How long were you baptized until you left?

by YellowLab in

i'm interested to find out how long each of you were baptized until you decided to leave?.

i was baptized december, 1989 and left six years later.. if only i didn't get baptized in the first place, then i could tell my family how wonderful the holidays were!

yellowlab.

starfish422

Perceived Jehovah's will for me to be baptized in July, 1990; and perceived that I didn't give a rat's ashtabula in June, 1993. Just shy of three years. This June will be my 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Gosh, can't believe it's been that long! Woohoo!

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How will you find happiness?

by eyeslice in

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in the truth, happiness is equated with a stable family life, a hope for the future and working for the cause.. i still believe the same, just may be the cause isnt the same any more.

starfish422

Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Happiness is the day-to-day things in life, not the finish line.

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Another Victim lost BACK TO WT - how sad

by JT in

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a few days back a dfed black woman came to this site - asking for help and looking for answers, so lady "c and myself decided to offer our help, being black we understand that black jw face some issues that a white witness would not, black congo operate many times in a somewhat different fashion in my exp at any rate , we offered our help, we discussed many issues, but in the end she has decided to return back to wt despite the fact that they treat her like dirt- one of the hardest things to watch is to see a jw get so close to freedom and then return to slavery, it reminds me so much of blacks during slavery who were just afraid to run for freedom , even many times when they only needed to cross the river -as a single black mature woman she is facing an uphill battle, if she approaches an elder more than 2 times the elders wife will think she is after her man, if she wants to marry her selection is reduced to some guy with a plaid suit on, instead of the regional director of her company who notices how intelligent she is, but since he don't sell books on the weekend she must let him slide- well here is just a glisp of what we dealt with and how sadly it ended with the jw doing what they have been trained and indoctrinated to do run and deny below are just 3 different sets of dialog .

---- dfed person--sorry, but i don't really think that it is a black and white issue.

jt- o i fully agree it is not a black and white issue, i was merely commenting on what my observation have been, when i was an elder, white bro in meetings would always challenged the co and do if they made some off the wall comment, while black elders would consistently just go along,

starfish422

JT you know you did your best. I agree with whomever said the seeds have been planted. Perhaps it will take some time for them to germinate but know what you did what you had to. :)

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WTS bans American football for "true"...

by ozziepost in

in a magazine article, the wts has warned the r&f dubs that going to the football this new year is "pagan" and is engaging in a "false religious festival".. to support this teaching, the wts quotes from the encyclopedia britannica:"football games in the u.s. have all the external trappings of religious festivals .

one side representing evil and the other good, depending upon the viewpoint of the members of the audience.

leading the congregation are the priestesses (cheerleaders) .

starfish422

Many christians may therefore conscientiously feel that they can participate

Um, this must have been a typo; the GB doesn't allow JWs to make up their own minds about ANYTHING.

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What must I do to be saved?

by StinkyPantz in

first of all, i am agnostic.

maybe there's a god, maybe not.

so i wonder, do i actually have to believe in god in order to be saved?

starfish422

I'm with Funkyderek and the others who said, Saved from what?? That was my first thought as well.

undercover: LMAO!!!!! Thanks, that was a good one. :)

SixofNine: Hooray! Excellent, excellent, excellent.