Posts by Mulan

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MLM schemes @ the hall, i.e Amway, , etc...

by avishai in

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anyone get sucked in?

i always thought it was ironic how often they preached against this sort of thing from the platform, then were out in the parking lot trying to sell it to you.

tons of elders defrauding folks this way..

Mulan

Once again I have to defend MLM. I was in one starting in 1993, and we left the WTS in about '97. I got started to buy weight loss products at the wholesale prices, and boy did I lose weight, and fast. Everyone I knew noticed and wanted in. Some of them did very well too. I didn't do much with the business part of it unless people came to me, because I was too busy being a good JW, elder's wife, etc.

As soon as we started to withdraw from them, I got busy in the business, and because they were so similar, I really knew how to do it. I became very successful, with an international downline. Eventually, with the Asian financial crisis of the late 90's, I lost most of my Asian downline, that were making me a ton of money.

I set up a website to sell the products and got tired of the meetings and constant recruiting, so now I only sell off of my website, and do very well, with a regular income from that.

The products are personal care, health and nutritional supplements, and weight loss products. The FDA banned the ingredient that really worked for weight loss, so they don't work as well anymore. The other products are top notch though. We use many of them.

My point is, that some of the MLM business are very good, with excellent products. How well you do, depends on you. You can't just join and wait for the money to come in. Your upline isn't likely to build your business for you, although I've known a few who do that.

By the way, I was not in Amway. My company was Enrich International, that merged with Rexall Showcase in about 2002 and is now called Unicity International. I don't talk against Amway though. They were the first and broke the ground for the rest.

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Are Seventh-Day Adventists a better Church to belong to than being a JW

by jwfacts in

a lot of exjws need an answer to "where else to go?

" and some people seem to need to belong to an organization.

doing some research on answers.yahoo.com i noticed that both jws and mormons come in for a lot of criticism for being manipulative cults.

Mulan

Very funny question................my husband's family were 7th Day Adventists before becoming JW's. They found the similarities amazing, except Adventists really encourage higher education.

I think the main attraction to the witnesses for my mother in law, was that she could drink coffee again, and eat bacon.

They used to not celebrate holidays, but have gotten more mainstream the past 50 years and now do it openly.

But.............they are a high control religion..........maybe not a cult, but close to it. Mom had a young neighbor who was in the SDA and she felt horribly guilty for talking with Mom so much about religion, unless she was preaching her own religion. Hahhaa. They kept that young woman extremely busy.

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Did you read the whole Bible when you were a JW?

by outofthebox in

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after an informal poll in my congregation (and many awkward responses) i found out that almost nobody had read the whole bible ever, not even the elders (surprise!).

brothers and sisters with 20, 30, 40 and 50 years as jws don't know what the bible says.

so, if god decides that a test is coming, will they pass it?

Mulan

many times, starting when I was very young, about 8 or 9. I tried to read it through every year...............but it usually took 5 or 6 years. Mom told me that if I read 3 chapters a day I could read it in a year. I went to work on that. Of course I missed days, but the first time, I read it in about 2 years. Just reading though............didn't absorb it at all.

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Taking the kids to watch fireworks forbidden

by freedomfighter in

we had our meeting on the last day of the year 2006. the previous 5 yrs we had gone to the 9pm fireworks display in our local area with other witness familys.

this was so our children could enjoy the display and the family atmosphere.

( they also had rides and a concert for the kids).. well, back to the meeting.

Mulan

I happen to know that at Brooklyn Bethel residences, many of the Bethelites go onto the roofs to watch the 4th of July fireworks over the Staute of Liberty and the New Year's fireworks too. They don't seem to think there is anything wrong with it.

Sounds like that brother was stating his own opinion.

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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

by Black Man in

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i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

Mulan

Fred Curry did leave for Washington to care for his Mom. He was the PO at Jackson Heights English for many years. I'd say he left around four-five years ago.

What's wrong with his mother? She is one of my mother's friends. Mom hasn't said she has had any problems.

Fred's sister and brother in law are also here. Nice folks. I knew Fred too, but from assemblies and such, and news from his mother to mine.

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Does anyone know? (eBay question)

by mkr32208 in

i've got a question.

my brother and i recently sold some gift certificates on ebay.

some from walmart some from bass pro shops and some other stores.

Mulan

I've bid on items that I know the regular price of, so am always surprised when the price goes far over. I've concluded that they must live in the Yukon Territority, or Antartica where there are few stores, so this is their only source of shopping.

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What book are you reading right now?

by Wordly Andre in

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i am reading buried alive: the terrifying history of our most primal fear, it's really cool

Mulan

Danielle Steele's new book..................very fluffy, but entertaining. "Amazing Grace" is the title.

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The View's Sherri Shepherd

by bikerchic in

did anyone see todays show?

sherri talks about being raised a jw and how she left after her father was df'd and she could no longer speak to him.

it was really surprising to me.....am i the last to know she was raised a jw?.

Mulan

Rosie left the show in May. Sherri and Whoopi are the new cohosts.

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What's Your SUPER POWER?

by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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my super power is that i can size people up rather quickly.

i also am the one even people i hardly know come to for advice because i can usually figure out exactly what to do in any difficult situation.. .

i like my super power.

Mulan

I know who's on the phone before I look at the caller ID.

I am also very good at that

I can make a baby stop crying in seconds..................just experience, I think

I ask for things, free things, and often get them, like free rooms in hotels, free meals at the casino. I figure if you don't ask for a comp, you get nothing. I have no fear of asking, but my husband has to walk away when I do it, because he is embarrassed by my nerve. He loves the end result though.

Once I told an insurance adjuster the roof needed replacing, not just repair. I got almost $8000 for that one..................replacing the roof was half that, but the insurance paid more. I took it.

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The View's Sherri Shepherd

by bikerchic in

did anyone see todays show?

sherri talks about being raised a jw and how she left after her father was df'd and she could no longer speak to him.

it was really surprising to me.....am i the last to know she was raised a jw?.

Mulan

she doesn't seem too bright...................having to think about whether the earth is flat or not................then saying if a JW was running for President she thought his religion should be a factor. Duh! She doesn't even know they aren't in politics?