Posts by sparrowdown

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one hit....

by snare&racket in

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a magician, a con man, a spirit medium.... will have more power over you with a single hit, than without.

what i mean by a 'hit' is, if they convince you of something or amaze you just once intially, they can use that to hold a power over you for quite some time.. if a spirit medium was to point at you and say the name of the person you were hoping to 'talk to' on the other side, it would likely overwhelm you.

tarot card readers will describe your exact personality and thinking process.

sparrowdown

Education can also one of the important tools in preventing human rights abuses that occur in countries

where oppressive treatmentof the vulnerable in society is tolerated and part of life.

But does'nt the "magician" himself have to be educated in his particular field of illusion.

Conmen and scamartists are sometimes very educated people.

So without moral restraint education itself can and has been used for less than honorable purposes.

You are so right.

Education won't stop people from being arseholes but it will certainly help in preventing me from becoming a victim of one.

I really felt the couple that studied with me took advantage of my uneducated, underprivileged state. They essentially played on all my weakness.

They conned me into thinking this all-great, all-loving, sausage fest of a religion was going to care for me and about me. What kaka.

Nothing could have been further from the truth.

Who knows an education may just have saved me from their clutches.

Well, you live and you learn.

sparrow

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Elderettes?

by mellojello in

hey everyone i'm new here.

i'm not baptised but i've been qoute on qoute 'studying' for the past 4-5 years.

i'm almost 20. i've been lurking and i've seen a lot of posts about elderettes.

sparrowdown

I have personally known "elderettes" with more clout, more ambition, demonstated more backstabbiness and territorial behaviors that would give any "alpha-male" a run for his money. Hell hath no fury!

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To be or not to be ?

by sparrowdown in

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i am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.. i have always wanted to do this and when i was going to meetings i held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone.

(stupid i know).. they are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge.

you just have to do your share of night shift.. does anyone know anything about this sort of job?

sparrowdown

Thanks smiddy,

There was a bro in our cong who hung himself and I expected there to be a local needs on depression at the very least, but nothing. The elders did'nt skip a beat it was just business as usual. It reminded me of the old movie The Time Machine when the guy is in the future world and this young woman is drowning in the river and everyone just ignores her cries for help.

All the best for your future endeavors. sparrow

eva,

Sorry to hear you had to go through that.

As long as so called christians view suicide as a sin they are part of the problem not part of the solution.

The last thing someone at wit's end needs to hear is that their final act of desperation is a sin against god. It's criminal.

sparrow

Cheers sarah

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To be or not to be ?

by sparrowdown in

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friends

i am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.. i have always wanted to do this and when i was going to meetings i held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone.

(stupid i know).. they are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge.

you just have to do your share of night shift.. does anyone know anything about this sort of job?

sparrowdown

Thanks eva,

I also believe that in helping others we help ourselves. The sexual assault hotline is another division of this counselling service, so there are a few courses to choose from. I am feeling quite excited about it.

I would meet so many people out witnessing with real problems and felt unable to offer any real help other than a lame offer of a bible study which always seemed so insensitively inadequate. I was disgusted by most bro's and sis's attitude to people with suicidal ideation. It will feel good to do something worthwhile.

sparrow

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Different Vibe in hall since new understanding of Faithful slave

by Clambake in

has any noticed a different vibe in the kingdom hall since the new understand of the faithful and discreet slave .

when my wife forces me to go once and while and like to say i wonder what the slave will be this week .

man it pisses her off but she has been hardly actively since the new light.

sparrowdown

In my hall the apathy is only outdone by the stupidity.

So either they don't care because they don't care or they don't care because they are too stupid to care.

Ignorance can be bliss.

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To be or not to be ?

by sparrowdown in

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friends

i am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.. i have always wanted to do this and when i was going to meetings i held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone.

(stupid i know).. they are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge.

you just have to do your share of night shift.. does anyone know anything about this sort of job?

sparrowdown

I am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.

I have always wanted to do this and when I was going to meetings I held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone. (stupid I know).

They are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge. You just have to do your share of night shift.

Does anyone know anything about this sort of job? I understand it's not for everyone and quite a few burn out.

sparrow

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Does anyone know? Will our disfellowshipping be announced when the CO is here?

by cha ching in

sometime soon, we are to be "announced" as "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

well, that's what you get for testifying against "glorious ones.".

question is: will this kind of announcement be made the week of the co visit?.

sparrowdown

If they choose to announce during CO visit they will do so on whatever night your school/ service meeting is on.

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If the bible said two plus two equals 5 or 2 how would u respond, believers?

by Jon Preston in

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so would you accept that as true?

or would you test it to see if it is, indeed, truth?.

sparrowdown

keyser soze-

I will do more than merely suggest that the WT pulled that equation out of their ass.

I must insist that the only source of material is their ass.

It is a big ass with much kaka.

sparrow

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Have you ever wondered about the math?

by stillin in

this is strictly academic, but i have wondered whether the 144,000 might have been realized long ago.

we know from scripture that there were thousands "added" in the first century, and that according to the fds they were all of the anointed, heavenly-hope class.

ok, thousands.

sparrowdown

Hi stillin,

Math not a strong suit of mine (I'll tell ya that for nothin), but yes I too have always felt that if 144000 is literal then it seems ludicrously small number relative to earths poulation over the centuries. Let alone most of the new testament only talking to this tiny group. Talk about elitist.

cheers

sparrow

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Knights and Dames for Australia but will our Knights be supplied with horses and armour

by barry in

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australia has reverted back to the medieval system outgoing governor general has accepted a damehood and the incomming governor peter cosgrove will be receiving a knighthood.

i have met a few knights one of them mentioned to me he was dissapointed he didn't get a horse from the government.

the queen wil have to get busy with her sword dupping the new knights and dames.

sparrowdown

There aint nothin like a dame.......

My favourite aussie Dame would have to be Dame Edna.