Posts by Tameria2001

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Smurf WArs

by snare&racket in

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growing up in the uk we didnt hear any stories about smurfs being demonic or evil etc, i watched the smurfs without a bad consciense.. what were the stories?

the rules and the reasons why?

how widespread was this crazy idea?.

Snare&Racket....You asked me how many demons have I seen and interacted with, right off the top I can tell you that there were two different demons whom I have interacted with, and both times they tried to kill me. Where I saw them was in the the parking lots of two different kingdoms halls. My husband was driving both times, and I was in the front passenger seat. The first time was at a congeration in Missouri. It was on a Sunday morning, during one of their meetings. Outside in the parking lot I could see a whole host of demons dancing around in the parking lot around the cars. One happen to notice that I was looking straight at it, and faster than I could blink my eyes he was over next to my truck, grabbed the steering will and tried to cause an accident.

The second time, about 4 years later, was also in the parking lot of another congeration in Arkansas, but this time it was on a Saturday, and there were a few cars in the parking lot. Again I noticed this and again one of those creatures saw me looking at it. This time around it did something to my back wheel, and ripped out park of the rubber. It was enough to cause my husband to loose control over the Ford Bronco. We happened to slam into some barrels that was a barrer to a bridge.

Both time the things I saw looked like reptilian, with long skinny legs, arms, and fingers, and very ugly. The only reason I call them demons is that as soon as they saw me, besides doing what they did, they also vanished to where I could not see them.

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Smurf WArs

by snare&racket in

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growing up in the uk we didnt hear any stories about smurfs being demonic or evil etc, i watched the smurfs without a bad consciense.. what were the stories?

the rules and the reasons why?

how widespread was this crazy idea?.

Tameria2001

I was a teen at the time and never had any Smurf items, but my younger sister sure did. She had a doll, a drinking glass, and a pair of slippers. She even had them for quite a while with no problems. Then all of a sudden the Watchtower came out about something on how they are demonic. I can tell you one thing, when it comes to supernatural stuff I'm a little more sensitive with it. I'm not going to go into all the details, but if there is a spirit around I can sense it. Anyways, back to my sister's Smurf items, until the Watchtower actually came out about it there was not any problems with "demonic" activities, and I use that world very loosely. All of a sudden one day, after a talk was given, my sister's Smurf glass fell and broke. There was nothing "supernatural" about it, it fell and it broke, nothing more or less. With just hearing that talk only a few days earlier, mom got it in her head that the "brothers" must be correct, and she threw away all my sister's Smurf items. The story of the broken glass took off like wild fire, and slightly changed to fit, what the Watchtower had been saying was true. I was there the day that glass was broken, and I can tell you that there was no "demonic" activities going on that day.

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Are you really an Apostate, according to the WT ?

by Phizzy in

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perusing the coverage of the 2013 dc spewings about apostates, the wt claims that apostates are "liars" and speak "twisted things".

this is their definition of apostates.. now, the reality is that sites such as paul's excellent jwfacts.com, books like coc and isocf, by ray franz, the works of olaf jonsson, penton and others, all write what is true !.

we are careful on here to present that which is true, at least i hope we are !.

Tameria2001

I was called an Apostate once by my brother-in-law. My only crime was doing research on the Watchtower, only using all their past publications. I was not sharing any of this information with anyone but my husband. The only reason why he found out was, he popped over for a "visit" one day, and I did not have time to hide the stuff.

When he called me a stupid woman and an apostate, my husband lost it and told him, "Then the Watchtower must be an Apostate with God", because I was using only their literature. I was only using the internet as a guide on where and what to look for, pages and paragraphs, and which publication to look in. When my husband told him that, all of a sudden my brother-in-law went silent, and that was the end of that. One thing a person does not do is to attack me like that, or my dear hubby will go off on them. He nearly beat the snot out of his brother that very night. The only thing stopping him was there were about 4 police officers right outside. They were there because our next door neighbor was fighting again. This all went down at 1 am, yes, that bozo would come over for visits at weird hours.

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Moving out, away and starting a new post JW life

by OneDayillBeFree in

recently at my last meeting, an older brother "in good standing" got disfellowshipped.. sitting only two seats away from him, i saw as he burst into tears as lifelong friends and family began their shunning and immediate gossip in the form of whispers came up from above the brothers and sisters in the kingdom hall.

i felt like giving him a hug and telling him that it was going to be okay and that whatever the reason for his disfellowshipment was, it didnt matter and that god still loved him but before i could muscle up enough courage to do so, he stood up in tears and left.. i shed a few silent tears for him.

i didn't see anyone else do the same.. it was at that moment that i realized without a doubt that living this way is just not worth it at all.. so i've thought about it long and hard and now i just want to move far away and just start new again.

Tameria2001

When I left the JWs, I did not move away at first. Due to things out of my control, I did end up moving to another state. After moving here, I was able to buy a home. Because I was so sick of the bull that my JW relatives were still puting me through, I decided not to forward my mail. The place I am living at, no one knows my history with the Watchotwer, except for a few of my non-JW relatives. The part I love the most is that I no longer get dirty looks from the JWs, nor watch them cross the street or turn around when they see me coming. That being because if any JW does run into me, they don't know my history with them.

When I bought my home back in 2008 it was like a fresh start for me, but it did take time to get there. I left the JWs back in 2001.

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WHAT IS TRUTH?

by DATA-DOG in

how many of you have listened to this talk from the dc?

how many of you actually yelled at your computer, " wth!!!!!

that's what i have been saying you ignorant buffoons!!!

Tameria2001

What is Truth? Well it sure ain't the Watchotwer.

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'No he didn't' .....8 years later..... 'OK he did it' Michael Jackson defender files sex abuse claim

by Sol Reform in

michael jackson defender files sex abuse claim.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/showbiz/michael-jackson-sex-claim/index.html.

by alan duke, cnnupdated 10:00 pm edt, wed may 8, 2013 the death in 2009 of superstar michael jackson, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50, sent shockwaves around the world.

Tameria2001

Of course this is going to come out again. The man is not around to defend himself.

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Pre-cleaning the district convention venue

by hoser in

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this year as with every previous year a letter was read on how we can honor jehovah by helping to clean the stadium where the district convention is held.. does the watchtower get a break on the rent if the dubs do a major cleaning of the stadium?

sounds like slave labour to me.. .

hoser.

Tameria2001

That is exactly why I volunteered for the food dept. I use to clean for a living, and my boss was an elder. He would aways try to get me to clean tolets at those conventions. I always told him that someone else beat him to it, that is asking me. I detest cleaning tolets even to this day. At my house if my husband wants the tolets clean it is either him or the boys who do it. I take that back, I do clean my tolets once in a while, but not very often.

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Do you tuck your shirt in?

by Iamallcool in

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normally i do not tuck my shirt in.

if my work enviroment or any special occasion requires me to be dressed up, i always tuck my shirt in.

i just like to be very comfortable.

Tameria2001

No one at my home ever tucks in their shirts, not my husband, sons, or myself. The last time my husband ever tucked in his shirt was when he went to the kingdom hall, and that was back in 2001. Also that went out the window were panty hose, ties, and dress shoes.

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What tactics do the Witnesses get the worldly people curious?

by Iamallcool in

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i will tell you one, i do remember one brother that was doing some street work, he was standing while he only showed the very back page of the magazines and his tactic did work more than you think and they asked him what the magazine was all about.

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Tameria2001

They keep their eyes open for those who are going through emotional troubles, and strike at those. That was how they got my mother to be one. In her case, my older sister, she was 5 at the time when she died. They lied and told her that with 1975 coming she would again get to see her little girl. 1975 came and went, and my sister was still dead. I think it it were me, I would have left way back then, on the grounds of a lieing, and I would have seen about a lawsuit. I'm sure there has to be something about a breach of contract there somewhere.

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Second fire at Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. 666 written on the door.

by whereami in

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click link for video.. http://www.cbs8.com/story/16417179/second-fire-at-jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall?autostart=true&topvideocatno=default&clipid=6595835#.twxsvk-zvmc.facebook.

san diego (cns) - a fire broke out at a church in university heights friday for the second time in 10 days, and arson was suspected, authorities said.. the non-injury fire at kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses in the 2000 block of adams avenue was reported at midnight, according to a san diego fire-rescue dispatcher.

it took firefighters about 15 minutes to knock down the blaze.. a fire was intentionally set at the same structure around 11:55 p.m. dec. 20 by one or more burglars attempting to destroy evidence of a break-in, sd fire-rescue spokesman maurice luque said last week.. damage from last week's fire was estimated at $50,000 to the building and $25,000 to its contents.

Tameria2001

I was in a congregation back around 1985 or was it 86, anyway, I was in a congregation that was burned down. The person who was responsible for it was never a JW, his ex-wife was though. When he learned that his ex-wife was going to get remarried he was first going to burn down the kingdom hall, then kill both is ex-wife and her fiancé. What stopped him from killing her was when he torched the kingdom hall, a couple of my class mates saw this and called the police.