Messages By: housewife52

I didn't know they use a different bible. Sometimes my friend does quote Scripture to make a point about something, but she quotes Scripture from the King James version that I am familiar with. My friend has been involved with the Witnesses for about 13 years. She is entrenched and likes it. Also, I have a 77 year old aunt who is studying with them. She says that they have a beautiful belief. She did say that it is hard to stop believing what she has always believed. She hasn't been studying for very long. If it's true that they don't vote, I wonder if my aunt would go along with that. Because she fell on Monday night and injured her knee, but was determined to hobble to the polls on Tue. and vote(for John McCain) She is a very independent woman and I can't see her joining a religion that will be telling her what to do about things that IMO don't have a thing to do with believing in God. But, again, I don't really know the whole story. Just some of the things I have heard are controlling and decided by men instead of God. My friend DID tell me one time, that if someone in her church was doing "wrong", and was told to stop doing whatever it was, and didn't stop, then they would be shown the door. I asked her how they found out someone was doing "wrong" and all she would say was"they just do". So I figured that there must be some sort of a posse checking up on people and confronting them. Them problem with that is, no one is perfect and the posse is not in any position to be checking up on people's lives. It's kinda like the fox guarding the hen house if you ask me. The only way my friend and I can BE friends is if we leave religion out of it. But, I wonder if someday, she will be confronted about hanging around with a Baptist and get "dis-fellowshipped" if she doesn't stop being my friend? Chances are she would choose the church over our friendship. It has caused a rift between her and her mother, because her mother has never accepted that her daughter is a Witness and tries to talk to her about it and it just causes hard feelings and arguments. During the Christmas season, my friend and I don't hang out. Really she just goes to church and stays home during that time because she can't stand to be out and have people wish her a "Merry Christmas". But, the rest of the year, we are friends and hang out and do things together. I WILL go and check out the website you mentioned just out of curiosity. But, trust me, my friend is a Witness through and through and is happy and satisfied with her religion. There's not a thing I could say to sway her. If I did try to talk to her about it, all it would do is end our friendship. And what good would that accomplish? 

I think the saddest thing about this whole Drew Peterson case is the children, especially the younger ones. They lose, no matter what. On the one hand, thier father murdered thier mother. Some day, they will surely find out about what is going on now. Eventually, they are going to wonder about thier mother going on vacation forever. On the other hand, thier mother abandoned them, supposedly with another man. This is the story of thier lives.

Around 30 years ago, a jury here in SW VA convicted a man of murdering a young college student, without a body, and no physical evidence. Only circumstantial evidence. Tracking dogs and the fact that he had asked a friend, soon after her disappearance, "Can you convict without a body", probably sealed his fate. Her body has never been found. He has been sitting in jail all these years saying he didn't do it. Long story but I always have thought he's guilty.

It's hard to believe Drew Peterson is innocent. But, without evidence of some sort, this will probably never go to trial. And to tell you the truth, if I were on a jury, under the circumstances, it would be a little hard to find him guilty, even though I suspect he probably is guilty.