Posts by Tammie

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Split tongues

by onacruse in

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i saw something on the news the other night, it just blew my mind!

(no comments on that last, if you please .

apparently the latest rage of "body art" (started on the east coast usa, where else??

What can I expect??

by Bona Dea in

my husband is getting baptized in 3 weeks.

i have had some tell me to expect some big changes.

as of now, i am agnostic...probably will be for the rest of my life.

Tammie

my husband starts this "neither of us are very happy...we may need to begin thinking about doing something about this..." hinting around about divorce.

When I read your post I am getting a strong impression that he does want a divorce. If he does get a divorce before he is baptized then he would be free to remarry a JW sister. When I was a JW there was something that I did noticed. When a man gets baptized as a JW, it goes to his head. They really start to act like a jack ass.

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Were you married at the Kingdom Hall ? How bad was your wedding reception ?

by run dont walk in

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i'm just wondering...... i remember going to some wedding receptions for couples who got married at the kingdom hall,.

and i hate to be mean but, super boring, and bad, how bad you ask ??

ok here we go ..... - the worst had to be one couple played kingdom meolodies for their wedding dances, i couldn't believe it.. - no alcohol (i'm sure we all experienced a few of these), reception was over by 9:30.. - no music at all, just a gathering of people, and they ended the reception with a prayer, i thought i was at an assembly.. - food, like if you can't afford to get married don't, like frozen stuff bought at your local grocery store, and still in the package when you got up to the tables, how tacky.. - you could always tell a couple who couldn't afford much, when you had to drive 50 miles into the back woods to find some dinky little community hall they rented for $100.. - i remember one where the bride was pregnant, i was really surprised they allowed them to use the kingdom hall.. - another classic was, they had this band (of all jw's of course) and man they were bad.

Tammie

My husband and I were married at the Kingdom Hall, back in 1993 The worse part of it was how long winded the elder was in giving his wedding speach/talk. But I got my just dues with him later. About a year later he and his family stayed with me, because our congeration was getting a new KH. I made him sit and watch the whole video of him speaking. He looked at his wife and asked her if all his talks are that long winded (his words). She said yes dear you are.

As far as my reception went, it was a blast. Granted I did not have alchole, but I chose that for personal reasons. Hubby and I picked out a bit of everything that every one would have enjoyed. Our wedding song was by Bryan Adams "Everything I do, I do for you". I had a "Top Gun" sound tract and played several songs from that. Lets just say the music I picked out really rocked the house, and the elders were perfectly happy with that. (Bon Jovi, some Maddona, Reba McIntire, Alabama, Elvis and several others that I can't recall at this moment.)

Mom brought smoked ham and smoked turkey, along with a veggie tray. I had everyone else bring a cover dish of their choices. Which they did not mind that. My wedding cake consisted of several layers. Each layer was a different flavor, Chocolate, White, and Marbled. Under the cake I had a fountain. We had lots and lots of ballons, needed to because the reception was held in a gym.

My reception lasted from 3 pm and lasted till 9 pm. Hubby and I left around 8:30 pm. But before we left, most of the people who attended said that they really had fun at my wedding reception. They really enjoyed themselves. Something that don't very often in the JW world.

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Would you like to know your future?

by JH in

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if it was possible, would you like to know your future, every good thing and bad thing that will happen to you?

would you be too afraid to go and look what your future would be like?

Tammie

Going back into the past and the future are two totally different things. To put things in an extream example. Lets say a young mother and father are killed in an accident. Their children survive, but have no relatives. The kids are put into the system, which is sometimes not a good thing. They grow up in they system and become crimials. Yet on the other hand if the parents knew about the thing that would end their life and avoided it. Kids grow up in a healthy enviroment and become a useful person to society.

So your saying that would cause a paradox, and that would be a bad thing. Gimme a break.

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Do You Know Of Reasons Why Some Got Removed From Their Privileges?

by minimus in

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pioneer, ms, elder publisher???

?

Tammie

I know of some.

My FIL lost his position of being an elder because his adult daughter (but not all there mentally) stopped going to the meetings and refused to go.

My best friend's dad was removed from being an elder because he refused to turn his back on his kids. One of his daughters got married to a non-JW man. She was put on reproof. Long story short she caught her husband cheating on her. She left him and moved back in with her parents till she could get on her feet.

Another friend was a MS. He made the mistake of marrying the wrong woman (sister). Less than 2 weeks later she walked out. In trying to do what was right, he tried to see if they could work it out. She said no way. I guess she did not want to live in a misserable life. Any way he lost all his privelages. (Passing of the mic, parts on the meetings, things like that.) Yet on the other hand I knew an elder who did get a divorse. His wife tried to save the marrage, but he did not care. He kept his position as an elder with all his privelages. I only learned receintly that his wife passed away about a year ago from cancer. And that SOB never attened her funeral. She was faithful to him till the day she died.

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Would you like to know your future?

by JH in

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if it was possible, would you like to know your future, every good thing and bad thing that will happen to you?

would you be too afraid to go and look what your future would be like?

Tammie

Yes, I would like to know my future. Then I would try to change any of the bad for the better.

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No Food Coolers at Assemblies!

by VM44 in

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you can't bring a food cooler to the assemblies!.

wasn't there a post quite awhile ago where someone brought this up?

i recall that someone said that for lunch they had to go out to the local mini-mart and grab a hot dog that was simmering all day on the grill!

Tammie

OMG I sure do remember those god awful D.C. The last one I ever attened, my son was about 18 months old and I was expecting the second on the way. That was 5 years ago. I don't remember if the food serving was still going on or not. It's all becomming one big blur to me now. I do remember that it really SUCKED big time. I was hot and misserable and so was my child. And don't forget the swelled feet.

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Sword of Jah: Re:Omitted Scriptures - NWT has no footnote explanations.Why?

by AwakenedAndFree in

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dear sword of jah:.

the watchtower society omitted the following scriptures from their new world translation bible without a footnote explanation to readers explaining the reason of omission.

here are the missing scriptures - i'am referring only to the ones i know - there may be more: .

Tammie

Those verse as written the KJV.

LUKE: 17:36, Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

MARK 9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

MARK 9:46, Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

MATTHEW 18:11, For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

MATTHEW 17:21, Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fastin

JOHN 5:4, For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

ACTS 8:37, And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

ACTS 15:34, Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

ACTS 24:7, But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

ROMANS 16:24, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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Who else went sex crazy?

by buffy in

ok, question for all the non dubs.

am i the only one who went totally wild (sexually) when i got df'd?

well, i actually went wild when i turned 21 and became inactive.

Tammie

I did not go sex crazy, but stopped feeling guilty about it.

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What's the worst sin that you knew a JW commited? Espec. Elders, Bethelites

by FreeofGuilt in

the po of my congregation was screwing another elders wife- i have more, but i wanna hear yours!

kristine

Tammie

I have known several really bad cases involving men of position. But what really topped the list was one that my husband told me about.

There were two brothers, not sure if they were an elder, MS, or just a reg. publishers. My husband never did tell me their names.

One of the brothers owned a red sports car. He was driving down the road when he saw another JW walking down the road. He picked him up. Then in return the JW he picked up turned around and killed him. Dumped the body and stole his car. Yes, he did go to prision.