Posts by VIII

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Armageddon Survivors-- Welcome to Jehovah's Vegetarian New World........

by Room 215 in

..... just don't trip over those 7 billion cadavers on your way in!.

VIII

Given their vegetarian Paradise Picture, why haven't the JWs gone after PETA?

Think about the publicity! PETA for Jehovah!

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Finally got my memorial invitation

by keyser soze in

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friends

i had a message left on my cell phone letting me know about the memorial on tuesday night.

it was some local elder whom i've never met.

i can only guess that he got my cell number from my oldest brother.. i found it rather condescending the way he actually described to me what the memorial was, as if i'd never attended one before.

I got mine in an e-mail, telling me that I needed to reconnect with Jehovah and what a wonderful opportunity it would be for my husband to learn about the JWs. And, as an added plus, since so many people go to Memorial, it might not even be in the KH!!

Whoopee!!

I declined with my silence.

I'll drink a glass of good red wine at home and have a toast with my husband as we watch TV.

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Priest may molested 200 Deaf boys but was never removed from the church

by Yizuman in

warned of priest, vatican failed to remove himap.

milwaukee's roman catholic archbishop warned a top vatican office led by future pope benedict xvi about a priest who may have molested as many as 200 deaf boys, but the priest never was defrocked.. begin story detail printemailshare recommend (0)march 17: pope benedict xvi listens to his personal secretary during an audience at the vatican.. vatican city -- two wisconsin bishops urged the vatican office led by cardinal joseph ratzinger -- now pope benedict xvi -- to let them conduct a church trial against a priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys, but the vatican ordered the process halted, church and vatican documents show.. despite the grave allegations, ratzinger's deputy at the congregation for the doctrine of the faith ruled that the alleged molestation had occurred too long ago and the accused priest, rev.

lawrence murphy, should instead repent and be restricted from celebrating mass outside of his diocese.. the new york times broke the story thursday, adding fuel to an already swirling scandal about the way the vatican in general, and benedict in particular, have handled reports of priests raping children over the years.. on thursday, a group of clerical abuse victims provided the documentation to reporters outside the vatican, where they staged a press conference to denounce benedict's handling of the case.

VIII

OMG! I am thinking the Pope is toast.

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Is Rock music satanic?

by Weeping in

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friends

in the following statements, rock musicians testify of an outside power that has taken over them while writing and performing rock music.

some of them have actually identified this power as demonic: .

in smash hits magazine, bon jovi says: ".

VIII

Obviously, which is why many of us are here.

We've heard Satan's Siren Song and climbed on board.

I first heard his sweet voice at my first concert. It was REO Speedwagon. I knew then that I had to leave the grip of the JWs and become an apostate. Why?

I wanted to R-O-C-K.

See how simple Satan is?

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we know what southerners like, what about northerners?

by rockmehardplace in

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friends

i'll start -.

boston red sox.

irish rock bands.

VIII

Snow

Cold evenings with the bedroom windows open

Fireplaces on, burning wood

Firepits in the yard

Smores

Chicago style Pizza (best)

Chicago style Hot Dogs

Italian Beef Sandwiches

Driving in snow

Wearing thongs (feet) in the snow

Watching the leaves turn in the fall

Watching the buds come out in the spring

Change of seasons

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Amazes me how elders act.....

by LoriJis in

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friends

most of you know that my husband (iron hill) and i have been trying to do the fade from the witnesses....here's the update!

my husband's ex wife who is disfellowshipped decides all of a sudden that she wants to get reinstated - i guess cuz we decided not to go anymore - and the guilt of their daughters dying in armageddon is killing her.

but anyway, she asked us if we would be ok with her coming and taking the girls to the meetings on the weekends that are ours.....my husband denied.

VIII

Sorry to hear about the treatment you received.

Nothing surprises me about the way Elders act. Nothing.

Except, perhaps, the thread on here which is an Elder apologizing for the way he treated everyone. That was amazing.

My sister and dad were DFd without them being there by Elders with an agenda. So, it happens much more than the average JW realizes.

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Odd Man Out: Living in a World of the Religiously Insane

by cameo-d in

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friends

i was in a huge public building the other day and while waiting to use the phone, i had to sit across from someone who was a staff member of the business.

she had a rhinestone j-e-s-u-s pin on her collar.

it was about an inch tall.

VIII

Surely you have seen these people. Their conversations are absurd, spoken in platitudes that make no sense. Their phrases are ambiguous. Their faces are distorted by expressions that seem to be trance-like and fakey Pepsodent smiles and you expect them to start drooling any minute. But, apparently, these people appear normal to everyone else but me. Lately, I am seeing them more and more. They are everywhere. I feel like I am living in the wrong world, or a time warp or something. It just all seems so artificial and surrealistic.

Cameo-d--are you sure this wasn't Nancy Pelosi? Or, perhaps any other member of Congress?

Your description could be any politician I'm afraid.

Regarding your post: I can't stand it when I encounter religious stuff when I am out and about. Just leave your religion at home. Growing up JW I know all about how it can offend people.

Companies, public and private, have to walk a delicate line with employees rights with this kind of stuff. Anyone can claim religious discrimination if their rights are *stepped on* and legal fees are high. So, companies will let employees do stuff until someone complains to HR. Then companies deal with it. Like someone wearing a huge JESUS logo. Or Kosher food. On and on.

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