Crooked Lumpy Vessel
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Does anyone remember this case in Illinois
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel ini hope my link works.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/135032/1.ashx.
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Does anyone remember this? Murdered JWs in Illinois?
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel init was a long time ago....maybe about 10 years or so i was traveling to the state of illinois on business.
on the local news i saw a 21 year old red headed boy who had murdered his mother and step father when he was 17. after which he had raped his dead mother.
they were jws and i remember the news media surrounding the kingdom hall where brothers and sisters scrambled around like mice.. i believe she was pretty wealthy.
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Any recommended readings on the 19th/20th turn of the century religions?
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel ini have read some historical references regarding william miller and his 'end world' predictions back in the mid 1800s and how after the 'end' did not come, the religion broke off into what is now seventh day adventist and church of christ (i think).
there were also some interesting references attributing the establishment of jehovah's witnesses to william miller in a round about way, since charles t. russell was originally an adventist who broke away and started international bible students, carrying some of the same teaching but modified towards his interpretations.. i found this stuff pretty interesting history but was wondering if any one has ever written books that comment more in depth on this evolutional change in religion during the 19th and 20th centuries.
without of course the personal slant towards a belief system.
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Remembering My First KM
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel ini remember my bible instructor inviting me to a school meeting and giving me my very own 'our kingdom ministry' she sternly instructed me that this magazine was not for the public.
it should have been my first clue that there were documents to lure people in and other documents strickly for brainwashing.. i showed up in sweat pants.
i remember pulling someone aside and saying 'i thought they said it was a school?
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Why would God...
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel input us on this planet...giving us life with all its beauty.
flowers, children, relationships, clouds, trees, kittens...then.
tell us we are imperfect human beings and that there are invisible evil forces and demonic influences that are much greater and stronger than we are trying to sway us in the wrong direction.
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Purpose...What is it
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel inafter losing my father-in-law last week, who is not a jw, but was a loving, kind and generous man, i find myself pondering that age old question about the purpose of life.
leaving the jw organization after 15 years, i am completely turned off to religion itself.
i am not even sure about the bible anymore.
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Lost my father in law
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel inhe passed away on sunday.
he discovered and had removed melanoma from his back in december.
all seemed well and it was diagnosed that they had removed it successfully.
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a By the love they have among themselves
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel ini dont know the hebrew word for fake love....but this is the love that i have seen over and over again.. last year my nephew married a sister from our hall.
this young man is a good hearted person and saved himself for marraige.
looking back now in hindsight, i dont think this sister was a virgin but i think she pretended as though she was one.
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can a person be disfellowshipped without knowing?
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel incan a person be disfellowshipped and not know about it?
me and my husband have been shunned the moment we stopped attending meetings.
no one has ever called and only a few have come by over the last 2 years.
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JW Mentality
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel ini recently received a visit from a sister who is moving out of the area.
she was telling me how she would live in her new place on the weekends and then stay here locally in an apartment (mon - fri) while she and her husband finish out their last year before retirement.
what made the conversation so mental was she was explaining this to me in terms of how she would be attending her meetings.