Posts by freddi

many years after i left the j.w.'s i started watching t.v. evangalists. you see i was still searching for some sort of religion in my life and i missed that contact that you have with other so called christians. i figured that you can play it safe by watching these men and women on t.v. spouting their doctrines because you were in the comfort of your own home and thus weren't accountable to anyone but yourself.

needless to say i don't watch too many of them any more because after awhile you can discern the sincere ones, which there are not that many, to the real fraud, phony, fakes.

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mmmmm beer :)

by Jesika in

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i know alot of people don't like beer, but i have been drinking beer since i was 7 yrs old.

i love the stuff!!!.

i was drinking bud light but my bf drinks dark beer (which i hated), but from kissing him for more than a yr now.

freddi

colt forty five by the double deuce. but it has to be really cold.

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Do you still read the bible?

by JH in

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not going to the meetings anymore, do you still feel the need to read god's word?

edited by - jh on 5 december 2002 14:52:45.

freddi

oh yes! i still read my Bible. i have left the j.w.'s not God. i still believe in a Creator and in His word. as a matter of fact i think that i read the Bible more now so that i can refute any old witness friends that i run into on the street.

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people df'd for having sex

by placebo_apothecary in

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was it worth it?.

freddi

sure you are dfd for having sex but it doesn't mean that unmarried j.w.'s don't have sex. i used to know of some witnesses including myself who was involved with a wbrother intimately. as long as no one found out it was cool. my elders never found out that i was having sex with one of the brothers until i fell into their guilt trap. but it went on for about two yrs. i got pregnant, had an abortion and got married and the elders never knew until i mentioned. i was dfd for it though because of the circumstances. the elders blamed the brother since he was not the first to confess. he was the one who was dfd.

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For Sale - What the hell should I do with my books

by hippikon in

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what should i do with my books .

we are in the process of buying another house and are on the move again.

packing stuff up, chucking it out, selling the surplus you know the story.

freddi

i gave my entire collection to my brother's girlfriend. what a catastrophy. now she is one of them. oh well, whatever rocks your boat. i would say like everyone else to give them back to the kingdom hall that you were attending.

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Why Was YOUR Meeting Cancelled?

by Funchback in

do you have any odd or unusual reasons why the elder's decided to cancel one of your meetings?.

i don't know if this is necessarily unusual but our hall lost power one cold day.

the meeting was cancelled.

freddi

in all the yrs that i used attend the hall meetings were never cancelled. you know how it goes. never miss a meeting or else you will be scrutinized. that is why i am glad that i left the j.w.'s. it was always like you had to give an answer because you missed a day. you were even expected there if you had the flu.

i am so glad that i am involved in a church where i want to attend the meetings. i reached a point with the j.w.'s where i used to pray for a cancelled meeting. i used to try to be late getting home from work or praying for really bad weather so that i could have some excuse not to go.

my opinion is that you shouldn't go somewhere if you feel like you are being coerced.

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Gifts of the Holy Spirit

by freddi in

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on my long journey from trying to find a place where god actually resides, i have been to many a church.

i know that he does not reside in any building but i do like the fellowship along the way.

i used to be a church hopper when i left the k.h.

freddi

hi all,

on my long journey from trying to find a place where God actually resides, i have been to many a church. i know that He does not reside in any building but i do like the fellowship along the way. i used to be a church hopper when i left the k.h. but i am now at a baptist church. my aim is not to be a baptist but a christian.

i just have this problem with believing whether or not this thing about talking in tongues and people passing out once hands are laid on them is the real deal. you know how we were taught in the hall; that these gifts died off back in the time of the apostles and how if there is any evidence of it now that it is from satan.

i need some input on how other former witnesses feel about this and if others ever became "filled with the spirit"

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new religion?

by freddi in

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hey all,.

has anyone ever ventured into that world that witnesses call christendom once they stopped attending the kingdom hall?.

i know that i have returned to "my own vomit" as j.w.

freddi

hey all,

has anyone ever ventured into that world that witnesses call christendom once they stopped attending the kingdom hall?

i know that i have returned to "my own vomit" as j.w.'s would say. i have been to many charismatic churches. of course, i had that guilt of not wanting to be seen by any other member of the j.w.'s for many yrs. but i got over it.

i am now happy to be involved in a baptist church with no feelings of remorse. as a matter of fact, a former j.w. sister saw me and my hubby going into a church and i noticed the negative look on her face. i still forged straight ahead. no one will tell what to believe ever again. i decide for myself.

peace,

freddi

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James Colburn, Merlin Santana, Queen Latifah

by Funchback in

james coluburn died of a heart attack on monday at the age of 74. i wasn't a big fan of his but i'm sure he was a good actor.

i know it wasn't one of his greatest roles but i did like his character in the movie 'snow dogs'.

merlin santana.

freddi

funchback,

what a joke you are. i used be a member of the nation of islam and i was involved in many of the protests of the 60's, so i don't know where you think that you are coming from. this is why our black youth are being locked up because all they are being mentally filled with is stupidity. the news is not filled with anything upliftng for the youth of today. ask them who was medgar evers was and they would not even know. such a pity. we have too many things to occupy our minds with. such as globalization and why the black man is being shot and locked up.

peace,

freddi