Posts by REBORNAGAIN

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Searching For JWs/Dr. Laura's Advice (cheating with two topics :P)

by bbdodger in

often, i find myself doing google searches for people who i went to kh with years and years ago.

i try to find clues of what they're up to, search out the ones who were "weak in their faith", and try to see if they are still hanging on, or have "fallen away from the truth".

i look for people my own age to find out what they're doing.

REBORNAGAIN

I too have contacted JW's I have known in the past, hoping to hear they were no longer JW's. But, sadly the few I have contacted were still JW's. And why not, I always tried to hang around the strong ones. I guess like most of you, I too am hoping to hear about others being free'd from this cult.

Another good website that provides names, addresses and phone numbers plus a link within to a subsequent website even more informative: http://www.zabasearch.com

Good luck in all your searchings. Maybe one day we will find the lost sheep who were actually the smart ones who found their way out of the pack of wolves.

LINDA

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Warning to Witnesses with blood cards = 11 bags blood but still alive!!!

by Witness 007 in

i friend of mine wen't to a night club where things got out of hand, and a drunken fight resulted in him being stabbed in the abdomen with a large knife.

rushed to hospital {lucky boy 15 min drive} he arrives looking pale and too weak to walk, he already had lost alot of blood.

taken immediatley inside for emergency treatment.

REBORNAGAIN

· Officer Robert Sitek, Phoenix Police Department Shot and critically injured, April 12, 2003 On April 12, 2003, Officer Sitek and his partner attempted a traffic stop on the driver of a red truck who cut off the patrol vehicle. The driver had just committed an armed car- jacking. When the officers stopped, the driver began shooting, hitting Officer Sitek four times in his abdomen, leg and hand. Officer Sitek was in cardiac arrest when responding paramedics arrived. He was revived, rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery and coded in the emergency room. Officer Sitek was brought back to life and as of June 3, 2003 had pulled out of his three week coma, is breathing on his own and has been transferred to a rehabilitation hospital. He is still unable to walk. The shooter, Francisco A. Gallardo, was a Mexican citizen who had recently completed a seven-year prison term for aggravated assault. He had been deported after his release but had returned. Gallardo was shot and killed by Officer Sitek’s partner as he attempted to escape. History will be made on February 10 when blood drive coordinators witness the largest donor/blood recipient meeting ever held in Arizona. Officer Sitek required 148 blood transfusions from volunteer donors when he was shot four times in the line of duty in 2003. Two of the bullets pierced his body less than an inch below his protective vest. Sitek will meet face-to-face for the first time with up to 50 of his blood donors at the Valentines for Life luncheon. Donors from all walks of life contributed to Sitek’s recovery, from high school students to retired seniors. But they all had at least one thing in common – each provided a lifesaving blood transfusion for Sitek. Sitek will be joined by featured speaker Dr. Kevin Foster, Medical Director of the Arizona Burn Center at Maricopa Medical Center. As the physician who performed the emergency surgery that saved Sitek’s life, Foster has first-hand knowledge of the impact blood donors have had on his recovery. During his emergency surgery and subsequent treatments, he lost the equivalent of all the blood in his body five times. Sitek required 93 red cell, 43 plasma and 12 platelet transfusions – many of which came from donors recruited by blood drive coordinators. http://www.unitedbloodservices.org/heropress.asp?state=az

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Where were you when the planes hit?

by coolhandluke in

it f*cks me off that this happened only a few years ago but no one in my office has yet to even mention it.

it was such a pivotal event:.

i was driving from fontana to chino in california dressed in service clothes.

REBORNAGAIN

Where was I? I was at home, turned my TV on and saw what looked like a still shot of a smoking building, I had no idea what I was looking at. I switched channels and saw the same identical thing on other channels as well. All I thought initially was, "This is weird, what is going on?" Then I listened closely and OMG, then I saw on the TV the second plane fly in and never did I expect to see the buildings crumble down. We must have all thought the same thing, "Can anything be worse than that?" Sadly enough, we've had a good share of tragedies.

The only other thought I had was, "How many JW's were out there to help?" Hurricane Katrina, "How many JW's were out there to help?" They think approaching people with literature will sustain them, when they desperately needed literal water, clothing, lodging etc. etc. As a former JW, I know I would not have provided for anyone. I was never taught how to care for others. They have a lot to learn. And a lot of explaining to do to God, "When did I see you .....?" Need I say anymore?

LINDA

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REGRETS?

by REBORNAGAIN in

i was among the jw's for 30 whole years.

left them in 1999 and it was the best thing i ever did.

i can't believe how much i was deprived of, for that matter, all jw's.

REBORNAGAIN

I can't believe this, but I now know why.....God was behind my actions....

in the 30 years as a JW, as far as I know, I NEVER converted one single person. Planted several seeds, but they never got watered, *thankGod*

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REGRETS?

by REBORNAGAIN in

i was among the jw's for 30 whole years.

left them in 1999 and it was the best thing i ever did.

i can't believe how much i was deprived of, for that matter, all jw's.

REBORNAGAIN

avatars???? What is that?

*blonde*

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REGRETS?

by REBORNAGAIN in

i was among the jw's for 30 whole years.

left them in 1999 and it was the best thing i ever did.

i can't believe how much i was deprived of, for that matter, all jw's.

REBORNAGAIN

Speaking of praying,

Boy, the JW's have a lot to learn. When someone did something wrong, as you know, the Elders NEVER revealed what was going on. All they ever said was, "....for conduct unbecoming a Christian" I have learned in the other churches that being made aware of what a persons problem is, gives everyone the opportunity to pray on their behalf for exactly what their problem is. The Four Square Church I attended recently, nobody looked down at their members because someone may have started smoking or drinking again. It was announced in a small study group that so and so started up on this habit and needs our prayers and then we all held hands and prayed on this persons behalf. There was no hiding and covering up the facts. Boy, how many times did I think the worse about someone who got DF? Of course when I got DF, everyone thought the worse of me no doubt. But if they REALLY knew why, they'd flip. But the majority just assumed the worse and wouldn't even let me explain. Fine....they can just st*** it.

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REGRETS?

by REBORNAGAIN in

i was among the jw's for 30 whole years.

left them in 1999 and it was the best thing i ever did.

i can't believe how much i was deprived of, for that matter, all jw's.

REBORNAGAIN

All that time wasted? Tell me about it. A BIG waste. But I look at the positive side, I still have a never-ending future whether in Heaven, The Other Side or wherever. A future where I can do exactly what God had planned for me all along.

Btw, what city do you live in? I'm up in Bellingham.

LINDA

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REGRETS?

by REBORNAGAIN in

i was among the jw's for 30 whole years.

left them in 1999 and it was the best thing i ever did.

i can't believe how much i was deprived of, for that matter, all jw's.

REBORNAGAIN

Your comments awaken in me the memories I had of all the demands the WTBTS put on us. You're so right about what we were supposed to wear, how long the guys hair was supposed to be, mustache or no mustache, depending on the congregation. My experience since leaving them has revealed to me, that no matter what we were forbidden to do, if it's meant to be, it will happen anyway. People can keep us from being with someone, but it didn't stop me. It took me 35 years to be with a couple of guys I was forbidden to be with back when I was 16/17 yrs. old. We had a ball seeing each other again.

I got disfellowshipped unjustly, but hey....they all treated me as if I was already DF beforehand, so when I was officially, it was no different.

Sorry to hear about your tendencies to still judge others. I hate that about me as well. At times I even resort to not looking at someone when I walk down the street, afraid I'll think something dumb about them. I'd rather not look to avoid having something to judge.

God does love us, each and everyone of us. He's non-judgmental and if we are made in His image, we should reflect his attitude as well. I try and I know he forgives us when we fail and He doesn't punish us like the JW's do with their DF'ing and pointing of fingers.

Thanks for all the welcomes...I fit right in here. Nice to have sincere friends and not these supeficial "Because-we-have-to" friends.

LINDA

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Finally! Jehovah's Witnesses come to see smellsgood!

by smellsgood in

just now, i had two living, breathing, proseltyzing jehovah's witnesses come to the door.

it's been yeaarrrs!

one was very skinny and the other the other persuasion (i wonder how she would appreciate the articles re: overweight people printed in the seventies?).

REBORNAGAIN

I haven't had any witnesses come to my door yet. Been living here for 1.5 years now. I even live in a somewhat large city. I'm tempted to pretend I know NOTHING about the JW's, let them run a whole sermon by me and hopefully I can come up with some good questions, some I know, they won't know an answer to. I'm sure I could come up with something good. Then on the other hand, I would PROUDLY tell them, "Hey....I'm an Apostate and proud of it. Still wanna talk to me?" *heehee*

LINDA

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Sorry WTS - Higher Ed More Important Than Ever!

by Seeker4 in

i'm working on an article tonight from an interview i did last week with jane sanders, the president of burlington college and the wife of us senator bernie sanders.

i was thinking of the wts's comments this summer at the dc where they really bad mouthed the value of a college education.. this is what jane sanders said:.

"the cost of education is very high, and we are one of the only industrialized nations in the world that doesnt give some kind of strong support to higher education, that considers that that is a necessity.

REBORNAGAIN

OMG.....you mean to tell us that the WTBTS is STILL bad mouthing a college education? After all these years of doing so? They know themselves people cannot survive without a degree now-a-days. I have a couple of interesting remarks to make in that regard:

1.) In Europe, all young people, INCLUDING JW'S... get further schooling, i.e. learn a trade with a degree/certificate. The Witnesses over there, wouldn't even THINK about a lack of schooling to get somewhere in life. Why the contradiction between here & there is beyond me.

2.) Has it ever occured to you all, that the HIGHLY SKILLED brothers at Bethel did NOT learn what they know at Bethel. Most were brought into the JW lifestyle through the door to door ministry. They had their college degrees etc. etc. before hand.

LINDA

P.S. If I had a BA, I wouldn't have had 100+ résumés out there and unemployed for 10 whole months. Hence the reason I headed off to college. My degree is still pending.