yxl1

Joined

• started 47 topics
• posted 479 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by yxl1

• 
  12

  Long hair

  by A Paduan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can i get some comment on long hair, please.

  - he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long

  - no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to god from birth

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  "I prefer short wavy dark hair on a tall muscular guy"

  Sandy, You’ve just described me! Fancy a date?
• 
  63

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

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pioneer, ms, elder publisher???

  ?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  My father-in-law was removed as an Elder because his wife had her "tubes tied" after they had their 8th child. Apparently, someone found and and was "stumbled". He was appointed an Elder again after a year.

  Its a shame they didnt remove his elder-dom when he was punching, kicking and screaming at my wife on a daily basis when she was a teenager....Man, the stuff this bloke did to his adopted children AND then give talks on family values. If it wasnt so sad, I'd laugh
• 
  60

  Do You Smoke???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm curious as to whether you've ever smoked.

  i've never put a cigarette or any thing similar to my lips.

  i've never had the desire.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  Welcome aboard micah2332. I agree. If you must smoke, at least mix it with something green.... But it does require a lot of self control not to end up wasted all day. One or two after my evening meal is the best time to kick back and chill. Any more and I end up acting (and looking) like an extra from a George A Romero movie!

  yxl1
• 
  23

  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-22-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  comments you will not hear at the 6-22-03 wt study

  may 1, 2003 wt page 19

  wt quotes are in red (or quotes).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  That was a great post blondie.

  I recall a sister in our congregation had all her social security stopped. Her husband, who had left home, was now sleeping in her garden shed. Someone told the local authorities that he was still living with her, so all her benefits were stopped. The following month,at the end of the theocratic ministry school, an Elder announced that there was "someone" who was having serious finanical problems needed the assistance of the congregation. The sisters collected food parcels from the families in the congregation and gave them to the sister in need. I was friends with the sisters eldest son, and he showed me the food that the congregation had given....

  catfood, dogfood, out of date tins, packets and packets of flour, and powered milk.

  Probably enough to feed one person for a few days.(If you like petfood) This sister had no pets(!) and four children. There were no more food parcels and no more announcments for help. The sister then had to get a few low paid cleaning jobs to make ends meet while her two youngest were taken into care. We didnt see much of her after that. I wonder if the Elders ever checked up on her?

  Christian Love? Dont make me laugh.
• 
  63

  What turns you OFF?

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  a couple days ago minimus asked the question (anyone notice he's always asking questions?

  me: snobbery, ignorance, flourescent lighting and hands that are shedding innocent blood.

  bradley

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  everything that xena said...god, how I hate loud chewing
• 
  18

  A child of nine.

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  "it's paradise, a 1000 years!".

  "no more sorrow, no more tears.".

  see the pictures in my book?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  I'd forgotten about all the sleepless nights thinking about Satan and his demons trying to get me. That stuff used to frighten the shit out of me...
• 
  19

  District Convention Part 2/6. Friday afternoon

  by Winston Smith :>D in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  things that the wts could never get away with putting in print but have free reign to say verbally

  heres my summary of the dc after recently having the veil lifted from my eyes re the wts

  look for the alcohol talk.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  Loved it Winston. Really looking forward to the rest of the post. I'm finding it amusing that you're now paying close attention to the talks. I read the Watchtower and Awake! from cover to cover these days...for amusement value. When I was a dub, I'd never v olunteer read that crap. Keep up the good work, and please be careful. Your wife will be destroyed if she's known as the "Apostates wife"
• 
  31

  Home Schooling

  by yxl1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my sister-in-law's husband was raised as a jehovahs witness in north yorkshire and was educated at home by his mother along with his 5 brothers and sisters.

  i remember many years ago when it first became common knowledge, many brothers and sisters thought that this method of education was ideal for witnesses who wanted to remain separate from the world, but all the kids from our congregatation had a state education.

  i guess my question is, was home education only limited to my in-laws husbands family, or were any of you educated at home?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  "If it's done right, the results can be exceptional. I know some people think that kids who home school can be social morons, but I haven't seen that with the kids I know."

  What are these kids like socially? Are they confident? Is their knowledge base varied? What are they like physically? Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking home ed, but only if its done correctly. My sis in laws husband is a good example of home education not working. He can quote watchtower doctrine OK, but ask him a general knowlegde question and you'll get a blank look..Yeah, he's a moron, and so are the rest of his home schooled siblings
• 
  31

  Home Schooling

  by yxl1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my sister-in-law's husband was raised as a jehovahs witness in north yorkshire and was educated at home by his mother along with his 5 brothers and sisters.

  i remember many years ago when it first became common knowledge, many brothers and sisters thought that this method of education was ideal for witnesses who wanted to remain separate from the world, but all the kids from our congregatation had a state education.

  i guess my question is, was home education only limited to my in-laws husbands family, or were any of you educated at home?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  My sister-in-law's husband was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in North Yorkshire and was educated at home by his mother along with his 5 brothers and sisters. I remember many years ago when it first became common knowledge, many brothers and sisters thought that this method of education was ideal for witnesses who wanted to remain separate from the world, but all the kids from our congregatation had a state education. I guess my question is, was home education only limited to my in-laws husbands family, or were any of you educated at home? And if so, do you think you've missed out or benefited from this?

  Personally, the thought of home education leaves me cold. Even though most people at school thought I was a little weird (not allowed to sit in on school assemblies, not celebrating xmas/b'days/easter, walking the streets on a saturday morning with a briefcase, not allowed in any after school teams, etc etc) I couldnt imagine anything worse than spending the "best years of my life" watching my mum fumble through a science textbook.

  FYI, my sister-in-laws hubby (still a witness) has little knowledge of anything other than what is published by the WBTS. No history, science, art, geography, music....but seems happy to wash windows for a living....
• 
  7

  James Ossury is a fake

  by Abaddon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the james ossury, and another piece (a inscription relating to repairs to the temple) have today been declared fakes by the body of scientists tasked by the israeli antiquities authority; no url reference, this is off the radio (bbc world service).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  yxl1

  Greven said "The WT is not going to like this: they had an article in the WT about it a few weeks ago...."

  Greven

  Any chance of a scan of the article? Or a least let us know which issue it was in