Posts by Virgochik

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My wife and thanksgiving

by DS211 in

so my wife and i chatted about thanksgiving last night and decided were going to celebrate it.

she was reluctant at first but i then brought out that according to the bible that we shouldnt judge nor be judged on celebrating a festival because we are also still giving thanks to god for the life we have.

i know many witnesses are on the fence on whether thanksgiving is politicak or pagan or whatever, but its no e of those.

Virgochik

"She could witness during such meal."

She won't have to worry about any more invitations, ha!

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ANNOUNCING the Amazon.com KINDLE version of my BOOK

by Terry in

http://www.amazon.com/i-wept-rivers-babylon-ebook/dp/b00fmhq4gk/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=utf8&qid=1380884339&sr=1-1&keywords=i+wept+by+the+rivers+of+babylon+terry+walstrom.

i wept by the rivers of babylon is now instantly availabe at amazon.. i published the 6x9 trade paperback version last monday and the e-book book (non-kindle) versions.. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/m0rtslaw.

i hope the decent reviews are posted before the customary savage knee-jerk jehovah's witness crew jumps on and finds the juggular.. .

Virgochik

I'm ordering the book! I feel bad that my father was the congregation servant back then in the small town I grew up in, and he was sending guys like you off to prison with his bad advise to refuse the draft. One young guy I remember especially was sentenced to prison in Milan, Michigan. In his old age, my father turned around and claimed every VA benefit he could from his Army years before he becme a Witnoid. I'm speechless over that one.

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Colorado Flooding Near My House

by dazed but not confused in

jw
friends

here are some picture in my neighborhood.. our house was not affected.

there is possibly more flash flooding expected tonight.. in the picture below our house sits at the bottom right corner about 2 blocks out of frame.

yesterday and tonight we are staying in another town with family.. .

Virgochik

Dazed, thanks for posting the Colorado make my day law. I will pass it on to my pal Mr. Ruger, lol. It's disgusting to think anyone would take advantage of the flood situation to loot homes, but there was a group doing that after the Waldo Canyon fires too. Fortunately they were rounded up. You and your family take care.

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Colorado Flooding Near My House

by dazed but not confused in

jw
friends

here are some picture in my neighborhood.. our house was not affected.

there is possibly more flash flooding expected tonight.. in the picture below our house sits at the bottom right corner about 2 blocks out of frame.

yesterday and tonight we are staying in another town with family.. .

Virgochik

Dazed, best of luck to you! I live in El Paso county and we got hit hard. Never saw so much rain in my life, and they're predicting more heavy rain and possible flash floods on Sunday.

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My first gun

by LivingTheDream in

my first gun.

i realize that not all jws avoid guns.

if you live where they hunt for food, it was ok to have guns as a jw.

Virgochik

Home defense is my story, and I'm sticking to it! I told my JW mother that I bought a Smith & Wesson m&p 9mm and she got quiet. Next I remembered with regrets the Rossi .38 special I traded in at a gun show for a cheapo .380, so I bought a Ruger LCR .357 which I load with 38 special ammo. Here sits this .380 box of ammo, so we recently bought a S & W .380, "The Bodyguard" for my birthday because we didn't want that good ammo going to waste. Wow! What fun it is to go target shooting at the range! Walmart has some zombie targets that are fun to tack up and practice your accuracy on. My hubby & I discovered a new hobby and he was pleased that I like going. I gave him the 9mm so now I may need to find one for me! At work, quite a few women are getting into handguns for target shooting and personal protection. You can't just wring your hands if someone breaks in your house, or do they think mumbling a prayer and killing them with kindness works?

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Should an elder discourage military service even if said elder has a military pension?

by garyneal in

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friends

discussion with my wife concerning what i perceive as a hypocrisy that i see amongst elders (and ministerial servants) who happened to serve in the military long enough to draw a pension check.

all this in a former life (read before coming in to the truth) of course.

i think if said elder were to discourage a young one from seeking military service, or worse participate in the disfellowshipping of such a person if he or she choose to serve, smacks of total hypocrisy.

Virgochik

My father was an elder and actually applied to VA for additional benefits in his seventies. He only served one tour in the army in his twenties but had no problem with asking for money. He was an elder when he did this and had done his fair share of lecturing young men to refuse to serve when there was a draft during the Vietnam war. Some of them went to prison for it.

My parents were mad that VA turned them down for assistance because they'd blown through their inheritance and now VA turned them down. How were they supposed to make ends meet?

I thught they should've been ashamed of themselves.

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New Child Abuse lawsuit to be filed tomorrow in Ohio against WT and congregation

by AndersonsInfo in

media alert: press conference wednesday, july 31, 2013, 11:00 am .

civil lawsuit filed against ohio jehovahs witnesses congregation and national organizations by sexual abuse victim .

childhood victim suffered sexual abuse from congregational leader over a four year period .

Virgochik

rI'm sorry there are more victims, but I think it's awesome the BotchTower is being dragged down into the real world, where this is not OK, or to be swept under the rug!

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During Your IN Years If You Had Anointed At Your Hall, What Were They Like?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

the scoop of humanity at one khall, the anointed ones" were a mixed group.. one bro, h. had been in for eons.

he was df for adultery, back in the day when they would announce your sin openly from the platform to everyone.

he just kept on coming and partaking until he was reinstated.

Virgochik

When I was a little girl, there was an annointed lady, (so she claimed) who shared a small house with my father's handicapped aunt. She was mean, had a wicked tongue on her and wasn't well liked. I was afraid of her. I could never believe she had been chosen by God as someone special because she was so nasty.

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Casual sexism in Watchtower literature

by slimboyfat in

i notice the sexist language of the watchtower a lot more these days.

is it on the increase or am i simply more tuned into to noticing it now?

for example this statement in the june kingdom ministry:.

Virgochik

Cedars, thanks for the clip! It was apalling. It helped me to be certain I could never ever sit through a meeting again. My elderly mother's been urging me to just go for the talk. I'm a Supervisor at my job and not only am I not in subjection to men, I'm the boss of several and have even written a few up over the years. No, I've changed too much to sit through this ridiculous crap. This Lett guy's really wierd and I can't picture allowing him to tell me what to do. I may be a female, but I have a brain! Amazing they actually get today's educated, career women to get baptized.

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The Elders want to meet with me ... (Judicial Meeting)

by Oubliette in

the elders want to meet with me.

at least that's what they keep telling me, and they've been saying it for more than a month and a half now.

just so you're clear: this is a judicial committee.

Virgochik

That is so disgusting. I'm applying my basic rule of thumb I use to Witness behavior: "Would Jesus act like this?" Definitely not!