Posts by Emma

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New magazine cover from the religion that calls former believers "mentally diseased"....

by cedars in

apparently "prejudice" applies only to racial equality and has nothing to do with diverse sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

it's news to me, but that's the only way i can explain this latest cover from the society.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/86/wp_e_20130601.pdf.

cedars.

QUESTIONS FROM READERS - W15, 01/01 .... new light!

by EdenOne in

questions from the readers (w15, 01/01).

what is the christian position regarding looking out the window ?.

"gods word, the bible, commands us to thoroughly make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine.

Elders Call Off Meetings A Lot More Easily Than They Did Before For Inclement Weather

by minimus in

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friends

the meetings were cancelled in this area with only 2 inches of snow for the "storm''.

lol.

a month ago the co had the meeting cancelled because it was a bit tracherous, which i thought was a good call..... years`ago, if we cancelled a meeting it took until one hour before the presiding overseer would finally decide to cancel.. today's jws are wimps..

Emma

Fair-weather Christians.

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Something interesting after 6.5 hours in the ER

by Gojira_101 in

this is just a few things interesting that happened to me yesterday while waiting in the er.. i'm fine other than a minor concussion and being sore from tripping over my cat yesterday and face planting into the corner of the wall.. so anyway i had to wait about 6 hours in the waiting room and while i was there, there were these two hispanic women going around the room asking people if they wanted a "tract" on jesus, they didn't know english all that well and i couldn't really see the cover of the tract or anything, but the one woman who approached me had what looked like a bible.

of course i couldn't see what bible it was.

if i wouldn't have been suffering with a concussion and could think better, i would have inquired on if these women were jw's or not.

Emma

It is a great feeling to purge your records. You might want to recheck because it took me several attempts over a couple of years to make sure the "JW" was off all my records.

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Has a wrong disfellowshipping ever been reversed?

by lostnotfound in

im not talking about simply being reinstated.

i remember hearing a story about a brother that was disfellowshipped because of the testimony of two false witnesses.

years passed before they admitted to lying about the brother and was reinstated.. what is policy in this sort of situation?

Emma

I was in the Livonia, West (Michigan) congregation in the late '60s early '70s and they nullified the disfellowshipping of a young man in the congregation. It was an unusually kind and loving congregation, even the elders. Everyone greeted him with warmth after the meeting.

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Hubby and Wifey saying Hi

by free and happy in

jw
friends

so where do you start?.

i've been reading peoples experiences for several months now trying to figure out what i want to say but how do you put your whole life into a few words?.

i was a born in but have been happy and free for 5 years and luckily for me my husband felt the same way and we have freed our children from being brainwashed.

Emma

What you were put through! Congratulations for getting out and looking out for your family. (Please share with your wife.)

And welcome to the forum!

Emma

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New Light 144,000 Congregations

by Bob_NC in

has anyone heard quiet rumblings of new light on the meaning of the 144,000?

to look for 144,000 congregations of jehovah's people as there are now almost 112,000 congregations?

has anyone heard this?.

Emma

What a great distraction; wts couldn't have planned it better.

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New Beginnings

by LouBelle in

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friends

this week monday i started my new job.

initially i didn't have much to do and was left alone in an office for 3 days.

i felt very isolated and uncomfortable.

Emma

Congratulations LouBelle! I really admire you. The job will get better. My daughter started a corporate job this fall and had the same experience. It took a few weeks before she felt like she was part of things.

Keep us posted on your healthy plan. I'm trying, too, struggling to get back on track after gaining 20 some pounds. I lost some of it over the holidays and my blood pressure came down dramatically. That's my reason!

Good to hear you're doing so well!

Emma

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My friend's conversation with a JW about me! Lol!

by TimothyT in

one of my old friends from work, who i used to have lots of spiritual conversations with, messaged me on facebook before and told me how he had a call from the jws this morning.

here is our conversation from facebook when he told me what happened:.

my friend: any way funny thing today, some jehovos came to me door and we were having a chat and i told them i didnt agree with their religion saying i was biased because i had a friend who used to be one and was kicked out for being gay and how could they preach like love etc and be so discriminative and then said they would know you mentioned your name and he did know you, and has even been on holiday with you in the past.

Emma

Hooray for friends! Great "witness" from him. Congrats to you!

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Hard Boiled Eggs Cannot Be Peeled . . . Ever!

by compound complex in

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friends

good morning, friends:.

it's nearly 3:00 a.m., and i needed a midnight snack.

i didn't want to fry an egg so i tried to peel a couple cooked eggs.

Emma

Agree with Hermano. You need eggs that have sat around for a bit, a little mellow, like me.