Posts by ferret

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when and where

by purplebunnyfoofoo in

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when and where were you baptized.

1974 in evansville indiana, roberts muncipal stadium

ferret

I don't remember the date, sometime in the mid fifties in southern Ontario

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"If You Needed A Blood Transfusion Would You Take It?''

by minimus in

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that was the question that i was asked this morning by the nurse before undergoing my procedures at the hospital.

she said, "some people can't take blood because of their religious beliefs.

i used to be a jehovah's witness and if needed i will take a blood transfusion".......now that was the first time i ever expressed those words!

New guy from Toronto

by Martyn in

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new guy from toronto.

just enjoying the posts.

i haven't been to a meeting in years, i was baptisted 1990. it seems like yesterday.

ferret

Welcome Martyn from another Ontarioan.

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"Hell-fire/lake of fire" teachers, Is Jehovah going to "burn"unsaved babies

by booker-t in

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i was recently discussing this topic with my "pentacostal" fire and brimstone preaching granduncle.

he said that alot of christians try to be "politically correct" and wiggle out of this question for fear of "turning" people away.

he said that most born-again christians that believe in hell fire do believe that jehovah is going to torment babies in hell if their parents have not accepted jesus as their lord and savior.

OMG Man cut in half by train calls for help

by Lady Lee in

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just heard it on the news.

he is now at the hospital and still alive.. they played the audio tape of him calling for help.. unbelievable.

in not certain if it was in the us or cnada - accents sounded like southern us but it might have been east canada

ferret

I bet he aint got the guts to do it again. (sick)

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Hello...

by gymbob in

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i've been reading you all for a couple years now, it's about time i post.. the first thing i would like to say is....thank you.

without this forum, who knows what my life would be like.

you all have been such a big help to me since i left the witnesses about 4 years ago, and i'm very grateful to you all!.

I'm new here

by Keeli in

this seemed like a likely place to introduce myself.

i live in oregon and was disfellowshipped a couple of years ago.

i never went back to meetings and i don't intend to go back.

hello!

by handyandy in

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hello i am andrew, .

glad to finally get the chance to learn to internet to publish my thoughts with people who understood me.. i forward look to big chat.. .

goodday,.

How many of you still have friends in the org?

by Nellie in

a good friend of mine moved away 10 years ago.

needless to say, we lost touch over the years, but our family always spoke of them warmly and with with great affection.. last week, their daughter looked my son up on my-space and we reconnected.

they've left the organization, basically got fed up with the hypocrasy of the membership.

ferret

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOObut now I have many many many true friends

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How Jehovah's Witnesses are told to treat disfellowshipped Relatives.

by jwfacts in

in another thread it was mentioned the witnesses do not shun disfellowshipped relatives, so i thought i would copy a few articles that show the watchtower says quite definitely that they are to almost totally shun relatives, along with some examples that i know personally.

i personally know many that have not been contacted by their parents for years;my cousin was my best friend, and for a year before my disfellowshipping week after week i spent hours with her and her child, who spent 4 months of his first year in hospital.

on the day of my disfellowshipping i was informed that i am no longer welcome there, and i have not seen my second cousin for 6 months now.

ferret

After 26 years still being shunned by three daughters. Both parents died shunning me. Sounds real Christlike to me.