Posts by fairchild

after researching the process of how one actually decides they are "special", i see that there is no way to actually prove that you are of the heavenly calling.

the spirit has borne witness in me that i am of this special class.

fairchild

I once had a dove fly down and shit on my head. I think I'm annointed too.

They usually do that on my laundry when it hangs outside. Does that make my laundry anointed?

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JWD has given me....

by jgnat in

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hi, my name is janet and i love jwd.

if there were any doubt, it has been blown away by my 5000?th post, making me a supreme one.

for newbies, i am a non-jehovah?s witness married to one.

fairchild

OOHHH look at you!! 5,000 posts! (I'll race you to 6,000).

Congratulations!!

Usually, when I log on, I look for names I know, it is nice to see people who are steady on here, somehow, they become a part of my little world in their own way. You certainly are one of them.

*Hurries to the kitchen to bake cookies for Janet*

Cheers,

Chris

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Do You Enjoy Reality Shows??

by minimus in

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i hate them.

and i find them boring......what's your take?

As a rule (and I really stick to it), I allow myself 2 hours of TV watching time a week. One hour definitely goes to fear factor, my favorite show. Ha, I usually don't know what else to watch, so most of the time, it is the only thing I watch all week.

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What world scenario would make you go back?

by Qcmbr in

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whenever the world has a bit of a hiccup (like the y2k bug) people seem to be keen to pick up their religious feelings again.. are there any situations that might make you heed back through the kingdom hall doors again???

?

fairchild

I wouldn't mind going back, but I might give them this list of conditions first..

*Allow women to give talks and conduct studies as well, they too have a voice and a couple of braincells, you know.

*Openly admit to all the wrong predictions, and never make another prediction again.

*Reduce the Sunday meeting and the Thursday meeting to 1 hour.

*Stop disfellowshipping. When people are out of line for some reason or another, it is between them and God, and no earthly organization should get a say in such matter.

*Celebrate the memorial the proper way. If everyone makes a dish with food and brings it, it could be a very nice get together. The prayer at the beginning of the meal will certainly be heard and appreciated.

*A nicely decorated christmas tree is not a sin.

*Allow men to have beards. God looks at what's in the heart, not at what's on the face.

*Stop fussing about suits and dresses. Clean jeans and a nice sweater are cool.

*accepting blood should be up to the individual.

*Study the BIBLE during the bookstudie.

*Do not, under any circumstances, try to control the members their private life. Whatever they do is between them and God.

*A swearword at the proper time can be an enormous stress reliever.

*A good non JW friend is not necessarily bad association.

*Stop judging.

*Smoking was okay for the JW's at the beginning of this century, give it a rest.

*Provide the older JW's with a couple of grandchildren to bring joy to their lives. After all, many did not have children because they devoted their lives to preaching the good news.

*Buy a webster's dictionary and look up the word 'generation'.

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You know you're a JW when....

by Preston in

you know that d.c. isn?t the capital where the president of the united states lives .

a pioneer isn?t an 1800?s historical figure who traveled the west.

the majority of books in your parent?s bookshelf have years on them.

fairchild

You know you're a JW when

*your fingerprints are on every doorbell in town

*Crisis Of Conscience means being torn between going to the meeting or staying in bed when you have the flu.

*Santa Claus walks right past your home, nose up in the air.

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Do some WT phrases make you squirm?

by jeanniebeanz in

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for me it's "the doors of the ark are closing.

i can never forget as a child, being forced to see the graphic images in the publications showing families, mothers with little babies clinging to a rock and others drowning as the ark floats away.

fathers shaking their fists at god for destroying their families... it's like some of the little mind control still functioning in there somewhere causing a kneejerk reaction of uneasiness.... are there any others that bug you?.

fairchild

Thinking, it took me a long time and many tries to figure out how to highlight. This link should you take to some instructions on how to highlight. Give it a try!

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/24/83301/1.ashx

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What's in your library?

by the_classicist in

whats in your personal bible or religious library?

let's see what i have... cambridge kjv (really nice, calfskin leather), cambridge reb (really nice, not as good as kjv though), 50 year old douay rheims (with annoying jw notes and written-in textual changes inside, courtesy jw great-grandmother), rsv-ce (imitation leather, looks extremely cheap), nab (imitation leather, looks better but sucky confraternity notes in it).

that's my bible collection (i got rid of the nwt).

fairchild

Hmm, 4 bibles, different sizes and different languages, but all NWT.

Insight in the scriptures, 2 volumes

Crisis Of Conscience, Raymond Franz

History Of Christianity, by John Abbott (printed in 1893)

A whole big bunch of WBTS publications

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Do some WT phrases make you squirm?

by jeanniebeanz in

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for me it's "the doors of the ark are closing.

i can never forget as a child, being forced to see the graphic images in the publications showing families, mothers with little babies clinging to a rock and others drowning as the ark floats away.

fathers shaking their fists at god for destroying their families... it's like some of the little mind control still functioning in there somewhere causing a kneejerk reaction of uneasiness.... are there any others that bug you?.

fairchild

"Food at the proper time"

I wasn't always hungry, ya know?