Posts by suzi_creamcheez

having been a witness kid and having been raised in an alcohol crazed environment, i have a soft spot for those little ones who are the victims of adult irresponsibility and heartbreaking circumstances.

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It sounds like you are doing all the right things, BG. There should be more teachers like you.

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pure fluffy goodness...ever wonder which disney character you'd be?

by tinkerbell82 in

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now you can find out!

http://disney.go.com/vacations/websites/100yom/secret/flash.html.

and surprise, surprise..... i was tinkerbell!

suzi_creamcheez

I'm not fluffy enough to get thru the hallowed gates of Disney. Im closer to Pigpen of "Peanuts" or maybe Bill the Cat (except I keep my tongue in cheek).

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Did You Make Excuses For The Jehovah's Witness Religion?

by minimus in

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did you ever find yourself having to defend your faith, while at the same time knowing, that your arguments were not so good to begin with?

for example, a person might say,"you people don't take blood and believe in doctors.

" even if we might have doubts about the blood issue, we would still defend our "faith" as best as we could.

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In school, I was apologetic when explaining to teachers why I couldn't participate in flag salute, holiday activities, etc. At first I wanted to give a good witness, but I realized teachers got frustrated because there were so many nonsensical rules and they had to change the lesson plan to accomodate JW kids. The mom of my JW classmate said we couldn't study creation myths of various cultures because they were pagan. The teacher threw a fit and said the JWs should create their own schools.

In high school, my Spanish teacher was a recent Born-Again Christian, who made a point of telling me the JWs were a cult. She announced to the class when it was my birthday, and sarcastically wished me a happy birthday tho I had asked her not to. I didn't protest as much after that. It's embarrassing to even think about it now.

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Speaking of the latest magazines...

by Odrade in

did anyone see the recent questions from readers that cautions against about using gift registries for you wedding?

no joke.

sept 1, 2003.whether a couple who are getting married wish to use a gift registry is a matter for personal decision.

suzi_creamcheez

Gift-giving gives attention to the individual, which detracts from God. Putting up a gift registry is like giving Jehovah's people a shopping list; it is disgraceful before the Lord, and turns the Kingdom Hall into a den of sin (Ren. 23:10) Can you imagine Jesus or Paul signing up at the local department store for china and toasters ? Certainly not! Loving christians should not use a joyful occasion like marriage for selfish material gain, instead all the glory should go to Jehovah.

Instead of greedily opting for a "gimme" list, newly married couples should request that donations be made to the Society. For the bible says, "...truly we know, their blessings will be reaped ten thousand fold!!" (Stmp. 10:14)

-just bein' silly =suz

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AWAKE! asks, are we Slaves of fashion?

by plmkrzy in

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suzi_creamcheez

is it just me, or is that a piece of birthday cake on the table? MMMMMmmmmm caaaaake

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What's the most ridiculous thing you were ever counselled on?

by micheal in

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one of the cornerstones of jw's is counsel.

they just love to give counsel and many times they will literally make things up just for the sake of counsel.

i was once counselled for joking around too much.

suzi_creamcheez

thanks Sens! I feel better now.

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Opinions on drugs?

by digderidoo in

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while i was in the 'truth' i and a few of my peers were curious about the effects of certain drugs.

as a teenager during the rave scene of the late 80's early 90's many of the 'worldly' kids were doing ecstasy, smoking weed and becoming heavily involved in the drugs scene.. when i left the 'truth', this curiosity got the better of me and i started smoking weed and eventually tried ecstasy, speed and lsd.. while all drugs can be abused (and i have abused some) i am of the opinion that the use of drugs can be a good experience, if used moderately.. i was wondering whether others have experienced drugs since leaving the truth, i am interested to find out what opinions people have on them good or bad.. i also wondered whether people feel that cannabis should be legalised.

my opinion is that people in power shouldn't tell me what i can and can't do with my own body.

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I have mixed feelings about legalizing pot, because I really, really LOVE it. I started using again about one year ago, and wish I hadn't. I'm asthmatic and it makes me wheeze and cough, but I can't seem to stop once I start. I'm running out and haven't had any for a few days, and I've been scrubbing floors and vacuuming like crazy. You know you really have a problem when your drug dealer is "shunning" you, because you're such an irritating pothead.

Alcohol, Coccaine, XTC, and speed didn't really appeal to me. I could take it or leave it. I have used Vicodin for back pain, but never felt that I needed it. I support compassionate use of marijuana, at the same time I'm afraid that if it were legal I would smoke it constantly. I wish i had some now.