Well, think about this, when they do actually 'give' their donations, it will only be to JW Tsunami victims. As in the past, we always prayed for and helped our 'brothers' who were having a difficult time, not the rest of the people in the countries.
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Tsunami Donations and the Witlesses
by DazedAndConfused ini just saw a news article listing organisations that had given to the tsunami victims.
it is interesting:.
"collections include: tenterfield shire council $2,500; rotary club $5,000 (both included in the total figure and tenterfield community tsunami appeal of $16,580.55 going to red cross australia); bowling club $2,080; golf club $250; seventh day adventists $500; st mary's catholic church $4,600; uniting church $750; anglican church $590; salvation army $457; jehovah's witnesses continuing to collect; assemblies of god church $200; lions club $490; drake red cross $3,645.".
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TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........
by Mary ini actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.
an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.
i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!
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PixieDust
Going to the meetings was absolute pure torture. How can anyone get excited and listen with eagerness when they've heard the same thing a thousand times before? As for teaching your children to behave at the meetings, there was an elder's wife who told me that I needed to "break my daughter's spirit" because she was so unruley. At the time she was only a year old. So, I just ignored her and did not "break her spirit", I wasn't going to be one of those parents who humiliate their children during the meetings. My brother and I used to laugh and make fun of those kids that got slapped in the middle of the meeting.
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I'm thinking of going back
by Smoky inover the weekend my cousin came to visit from mi, and her husband (elder) started to do his shepperding thing with me (have not attended meetings for over 1 year), and made a compeling argument about how the holy spirit is given by god only if you attend meeting and go to field service...etc, etc.
and the whole "faith and works" issue.
it was a different angle that i have never heard before, about me being a "instrument or tool" of god...blah, blah, blah... anyhow, it got me thinking about going back...especially when things are not going to well for me right now... (he said its because i left jehovah).. how can i convince myself that this is not true?
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PixieDust
Well, I went back after being D'fd, and it was no piece of cake. People never treated me the same as before i was D'fd. So, I left again, and my life has been nothing but BETTER
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PixieDust
O, and I want to meet "Elvis", hehe
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PixieDust
My grand father who died 4 years ago. Am I wierd to still believe in all that "paradise" stuff? I just can't help but believe it still, it's the only thing I ever knew. Does anyone else still believe in "paradise"?
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WHY are you here ? (on the board)
by frenchbabyface in.
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ok ... to me it's not totally related to jw life actually, i'm here because i'm used now to chat with people (you know like you go into a cafe and share wathever you want with whoever as this board is very rich and full for immediat interaction), support them, get some support ... i just like that ... also of course it's very interesting at the same time to follow some news and get information that i might spit back to my familly in time to wake them up .... what about you ?
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PixieDust
Thanks, it kinda gives me a warm cozy feeling to be here.
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WHY are you here ? (on the board)
by frenchbabyface in.
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ok ... to me it's not totally related to jw life actually, i'm here because i'm used now to chat with people (you know like you go into a cafe and share wathever you want with whoever as this board is very rich and full for immediat interaction), support them, get some support ... i just like that ... also of course it's very interesting at the same time to follow some news and get information that i might spit back to my familly in time to wake them up .... what about you ?
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PixieDust
Hi, I just joined this board, I've been reading for a while now, and decided that I have alot in common with you all.