Posts by DanaBug

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What Are Some Stupid Things JW's Ban

by Pig in

i wanted to make a dramatic video to remind jw's to be faithful in what is least.. i need as many things as possible, each will only get a few seconds each but it will speed up until the things arent visable to the naked eye and it will end with a spining grinning satan head.

huh, i know it's nuts but trust me it wil work.. these are the types of things i'm looking for.

april fools day.

DanaBug

And yoga.

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What Are Some Stupid Things JW's Ban

by Pig in

i wanted to make a dramatic video to remind jw's to be faithful in what is least.. i need as many things as possible, each will only get a few seconds each but it will speed up until the things arent visable to the naked eye and it will end with a spining grinning satan head.

huh, i know it's nuts but trust me it wil work.. these are the types of things i'm looking for.

april fools day.

DanaBug

If someone who is bothered by magic in movies and video games you better hide your Lord of the Rings movies and Legend of Zelda video games because they might be stumbled if they see that you own such things.

This! How many things left to conscience did you used to do but never talk about for fear of stumbling someone? Agh! Such measly faith they all have.

Things I remember frowned upon: troll dolls, unicorns, fairies, any mythical/magical creature or cartoon that contained those, Fantasia because Mickey was a wizard (but the other Disney movies were okay), anything vampire related, any sex scene or major curse word was fast-forwarded or muted in movies or music, any album that had the PA label on it; hair dyed an unnatural color was frowned upon in my hall as were spaghetti straps, short skirts, combat boots, dark makeup, toe rings, thumb rings, and anklets.

In my family, no concerts (bad association), no singing lessons (not a spiritual goal, thus a waste of time), no phone calls from school friends. At one point, all my popular music was banned for two months since I was acting too worldly. When the three of us were about 13, 11, and 9, we were banned from sleeping over at friends houses. I never knew why.

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We all die, so why bother with Jehovah if the worst is annihilation?

by InterestedOne in

i was wondering what a jw could say to a person who doesn't care about "serving jehovah.

" the person could ask, "so what if i don't serve jehovah?

" if i understand jw belief correctly, they will say, "then you'll cease to exist.

DanaBug

Well, there is Armageddon, which looks pretty painful and terrifying in illustrations. But if you die before it comes, you get around that.

You're first post, IO, is really close to how I felt when I got df'd. I won't ever measure up, so I might as well enjoy the life I have. Plus, eternity never really appealed to me. Some extra time on earth would be nice, but not eternity.

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Florida Holding No Refusal DUI Checkpoints. If You Refuse They Stick A Needle...

by minimus in

jw
friends

in your arm by judge's order.

(a judge will be there at the checkpoint) and of course, if you are legally drunk, you'll be arrested on the spot.. so this weekend in tampa, they'll be sticking needles in your arms if you refuse their demands.

they say they'll be heavily advertising the area that they'll be at over the holiday..

DanaBug

Duh! Coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

I think driving is absolutely a privelege, not a right. If you're going to abuse it, be it texting, drinking or whatever; you shouldn't have it. Some of my friends are heavy drinkers. Even after DUI's they'll still drive drunk. There's just no excuse for it. We're a small town but we have a taxi service. All it takes is a little forethought and planning to not drive under the influence.

I don't know if checkpoints really work though. Usually someone goes through one and then tells everyone else where it's at. I've had one friend get a DUI at a checkpoint, another was absolutely under the influence and passed the sobriety test and drove away. Then there was the wife of a friend who volunteered to drive my fiance and his friends somewhere, but didn't tell anyone she had taken a methodone. After swerving from lane to lane, she ran off the side of the road into a ditch. Thankfully no one got hurt. But what if? My fiance and I have a 3 yr old, and that woman has two sons of her own. I have zero respect for people like that and anything that reinforces the idea that they have no right to do that, I'm all for. There is absolutely no reason to drive under the influence.

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Florida Holding No Refusal DUI Checkpoints. If You Refuse They Stick A Needle...

by minimus in

jw
friends

in your arm by judge's order.

(a judge will be there at the checkpoint) and of course, if you are legally drunk, you'll be arrested on the spot.. so this weekend in tampa, they'll be sticking needles in your arms if you refuse their demands.

they say they'll be heavily advertising the area that they'll be at over the holiday..

DanaBug

BTS, what does BAC mean?

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Cancer Vaccine Developed -- And Ignored

by glenster in

the food and drug administration has just approved a. vaccine that helps protect against anal cancer in men.

and women by targeting the human papillomavirus (hpv).. about 90 percent of anal cancers are believed to be.

caused by hpv, and the vaccination also helps prevent.

DanaBug

Compare the cost of a vaccine like Gardasil to the cost of treating cancer; chemo, drugs to alleviate the side effects of cancer, etc. Which costs more?

My fiance's dad underwent chemo and radiation last year for throat cancer (no, he doesn't have HPV). Even after his employer's insurance coverage, he paid about 4k out of pocket. Treatment was about 5 months, it wasn't a large tumor about the size of a marble. I know that's different than cervical cancer, that can be treated before it becomes cancer. But if it's not caught early, and you have to go through that kind of treatment, it gets expensive. A big chunk of that will go to the hospital and doctor you use, but you also be paying for drugs during that treatment. And I bet you'll pay more for those than the vaccine costs.

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Cancer Vaccine Developed -- And Ignored

by glenster in

the food and drug administration has just approved a. vaccine that helps protect against anal cancer in men.

and women by targeting the human papillomavirus (hpv).. about 90 percent of anal cancers are believed to be.

caused by hpv, and the vaccination also helps prevent.

DanaBug

Not health insurance companies, drug companies.

Are parents now doing a similar thing by ignoring this important development?

Y'all remember when this vaccine first came out and they were recommending all middle school girls get it, before they become sexually active? Parents were opposed because it would encourage them to have sex. HPV is the most common sti, condoms don't protect you from HPV, and most people that have it don't even know it because there are no outward signs. My daughter will get the vaccine when she's old enough.

Facebook: Jehovah's Witnesses News, Library, History, etc

by DanaBug in

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friends

so i'm browsing this page (why i torture myself, i don't know) and i come across this:.

fwd: bro.

steve lett: not-at-homes.

DanaBug

So I'm browsing this page (why I torture myself, I don't know) and I come across this:

Fwd: Bro. Steve Lett: Not-at-homes

Begin forwarded message:

From:

To:

As ____ said, the source is not verified, but I have heard this in similar ways presented from the platform. It is a nice boost when needed when having a "bad day" in the ministry.

----- Forwarded Message ----
I have no way of verifying the source, but also no reason to doubt it.

THIS GIVES US SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE IN THE MINISTRY.

Not-at-homes

......a comment made at morning worship with the Bethel family by Brother Steven Lett of the Governing Body, regarding our work of preaching and bearing witness to others.

Food for thought when we feel we are not accomplishing much in the field.

He made the point that we should not be discouraged by not-at-homes or those who
are not interested in our message. He mentioned that even if 80% of our visits were not-at-homes, and 20% were not interested, we still have many reasons to be joyful.

Primarily, it is because we are pleasing Jehovah. Also, we are fulfilling our responsibility to bear witness to others, thereby proving that Satan the Devil is a liar.
Additionally, we are helping the angels determine the condition of people's hearts. He then gave this example of a typical day in field service.

At the first door we go to, after we knock, a woman peeks through the window, sees us, but doesn't answer the door. We mark it as a not at home, but the angels mark it as something else. They can see the condition of the woman's heart.

At the second door we knock at, no one is home since the husband and wife are both at work; but we leave a tract. That night when the couple gets home and sees the tract, a conversation begins. Those Witnesses were by our house today. They sure are persistent!

The angels are watching and make note of it. At the third door we knock at, no one answers. This is because the woman at the first house called her friend at the third house and warned her that we were coming. She says: "Boy, those Witnesses sure are persistent. They just don't give up." We mark it as a not at home, but the angels mark it as something else.

We knock at the fourth house and no one is home. However, a lady across the street sees us. The Witnesses had knocked at her door last week, but she didn't listen. She says to herself, "Those Witnesses sure are persistent, but very well dressed. Even their children are well behaved. Maybe I should listen to them the next time they knock at my door." Again, the angels make note of it.

We knock at the fifth house, and again, no one is home but a garbage truck passes by. The driver tells his co-worker, "There go those Witnesses again." The co-worker asks, "Aren't they the ones who don't accept blood
transfusions?"

"Yes", the driver replies but look at how well dressed and well behaved their children are. I wish my children were the same? The angels make a note of this.

So at just these five houses, there may have been five not-at-homes marked down, but look how many conditions and reactions of the heart the angels were able to observe. Now, imagine how many of these same scenarios they observe being played out around the world each and every day. How important it is that we be in the ministry to help our angelic brothers to see behind the response we receive at the doors.

So may we never become discouraged if no one is home, because we are assisting the angels in seeing the people's heart condition. We are also pleasing Jehovah and proving Satan a liar.
~~~~~
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Which begs the questinon of why anyone needs to go door-to-door at all, since the angels could take care of it. Argh!

More torture:

I would like 2 know if nite clubs or clubs pops whatever are bad even if their located in a hotel and if u dont get drunk?? thanks

Is it a free will choice?

Personal conscience issue. :)

Oh ok tnx!

Question: When I was studying I was told that dinosaurs were not real; but this sister just said that she believes that they did exist. How would I go about researching this topic?

Did u check the watcher library cd? And type in dinosaurs. Do u have that cd?

I went to watchtower.org and typed in dinosaur and alien and nothing came up. Well all the scriptures about alien residents pulled up, but no articles on aliens ... I even typed in UFO ... Nada.

Do you have the creation book?

It's interesting connecting one another through this channel. However, we need 2 beware of d voice of strangers. It's vital we rememba that d best & reliable source of advice from Jehovah is d BIBLE and The faithful Slave Publications.

Yeah, we should repost this every 3 days or a week, for them to remind again and again, because Satan is using every devices right now! inserting some words that can affect our emotion or our conscience etc. Just watch for unknown people here who's trying to pretend like a brother or a sister and you should be aware of what they are saying.

Are you sure directly contacting Him by Name in his Son's name isn't the best source?

we must call him in His name but we send it in His operator Jesus Christ :)

By their fruits you'll recognize those men.Those who are not part of us lack some theocratic terms and as such when they speak you can discern that it is a voice of stranger.All of us need to "Beware of the trap of the bird catcher.

I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I still am. These people seriously cannot think for themselves! I'm just starting to. But, gawd! It's so frustrating to see and think of my two brothers still in. I'm so worried for them.

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A Big Thanks to John Williams at Bethel

by mentallyfree31 in

jw
friends

about five years ago, john williams came to philadelphia, ms as a visiting bethel speaker for our special assembly day.

i was well acquainted with him, as he had been to my kh before as a special weekend speaker, and also to a neighboring congregation.

in his afernoon talk, he goes off about social network websites and he made this statement: "brothers, make no mistake about it, myspace is no place for christians".

DanaBug

I remember a talk that said the same about the LOTR movies, from the same brother that was reading his favorite parts of the book to us in service months before. Yep, same thought. "This is complete bs!"

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Pope Benedict Blames Society Not The Church For Child Sex Scandal

by Yizuman in

it is a modern-era phenomenon to shirk responsibility for ones actions that at one time was the domain of criminals and spoiled little children.

in the past, the clergy preached that unless one accepted responsibility for their actions and repented, they were still sinning.

so, in keeping with the tendency of todays mindset of deflecting blame, the pope stated that the churchs child sex-abuse scandal was a product of secular society where child abuse is commonplace.. pope benedict made his pronouncement at his traditional year-end address to cardinals and bishops of the vatican, and said that the exposure of abuse in 2010 had reached an unimaginable dimension forcing the church to accept the humiliation as a call for renewal.

DanaBug

Wow! They really don't get it. Bet the pope's words were a real comfort to victims.

Anyone seen the doc "Deliver Us from Evil"? Heartbreaking. The main thing I noticed is the priests, bishops, etc will never understand how evil this is. To them it's just a sin, any kind of sex is a sin for a priest. It's no different to them than a priest sleeping with an adult woman.