Posts by Coop Man

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Silent elder at my door

by JH in

jw
friends

an elder and his wife were in my apartment building this morning.

i live on the 3rd (top floor) and i heard someone walking up the stairway very slowly and silently.

so i went out the back door, down the staircase and up the front staircase where they were, and i saw them at the neighbors door, 3 feet away from mine.

Coop Man

They didn't knock on your door?! How lucky can you get! Hope you're just as lucky with the lottery tickets....

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Caption Competition!!!!!

by Gadget in

jw
friends

i noticed this christian shop when i was up at my aunts in scotland a few weeks ago, what do you think?

any good captions for it?

Coop Man

Confessionals tonight, come in, blow a wad, but leave all cash at home.

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what do you REALLY want for christmas?

by missylissy in

jw
friends

if you could have anyone thing for christmas, what would it be.

it can be, an actual object, or sumthing you'd really like to happen.

but, what do you really want for christmas?

Coop Man

My "missed childhood" back.....

The time I missed getting to know my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins etc....whom I couldn't see because they weren't dubs...

The chance to go back in time and play organized sports in high school...

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So you think I'm a hypocrite?

by dothemath in

........reply to joker 10.

.......i just noticed your post........can't say i blame you for thinking that.

i mentioned i'm currently an elder and don't plan on leaving the organization...........but i probably won't be an elder much longer......as i'm not exactly the "ball of fire" they want.

Coop Man

I USED TO BE INDECISIVE, NOW I JUST CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND...

Welcome to the fence brother! You and I both are now what the ones at my hall deem "fence sitters", not on one side or the other. Difference is, I haven't been to a meeting for almost a year now, and I haven't really decided whether or not to go back yet. The more discrepancies I see, the more irritated I get. As an example:

My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. For years she knew she was going to get it, as all of her sisters and her mother had it, losing all but 2 of her siblings to the disease. She started giving money to breast cancer research, but was warned by the elders that this was incorrect, a disease could only be fought by Jah, and she was supporting mans' way of handling problems. So the charity stopped, and approx. 2 months later she was diagnosed. Here we are a year later, and the cancer is all but gone, after a rigorous and exhausting regimen of chemotherapy, radiation, and double radical masectomy. The brothers in her hall praised the doctors who worked with mom, and mom in turn accepted the fact that without modern medicine, she would have surely died as her mother and 5 sisters had. Once again she started giving money to fight cancer, and AGAIN was admonished against doing so, as she puts it "the money I was giving to research I was told could better be used within the organization" (as if WTBS has a research center somewhere).

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, yet even more terrible is a mind that fights with a consciensce.

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Heart is seed of motivation?

by Coop Man in

quick question, or please someone straighten me out!.

the bible refers to the heart as the seed of motivation.

is this the literal heart?

Coop Man

Quick question, or please someone straighten me out!

The Bible refers to the heart as the seed of motivation. Is this the literal heart? If so (as I was taught) then do people with artificial hearts have no motivation at all?

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Anyone from Cincinnati?

by Coop Man in

hello to all, just trying to find a few old friends of mine from the cincinnati ohio area.

i haven't been around for a while, as my job took me to colorado for a while, but now i'm back and trying to catch up with a few pals.

i am not currently disfellowshipped, though i am inactive.

Coop Man

Not too far away at all! Is Monty anywhere close? I really enjoyed spending time with your brothers, one can only imagine the trouble we would have gotten into had we not been dubs. The last I seen Matt, he really liked this girl, I believe her name was Carrie, but she had really long straight blonde hair and was short/thin. I hope those two eventually got together.

I don't know if you knew the Snyder sisters at all, Tamar and Sarai, but believe it or not, Tamar was dating my younger brother for a while, about 5-6 years ago. Seems kind of funny, because when I was younger, and she was a LOT younger, we were an item. ( I was 18 or 19, she was only 15 ! ) STUPIDITY on my part!

I know for a fact I could still drive out to your place, in the dark! I spent soo much time there, it was like a second home.

Hope to hear from ya soon!

D.C.

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Marking.

by Englishman in

i've heard the expression a few times here but have normally not taken much notice.

i've been exited for 31 years and 4 months, well before the onset of elders, reproofs and marking.. i understand the first 2 but am all at sea about the the third.

someone please tell me exactly what "marking" is and how one becomes marked or a marker.. or markee!

Coop Man

Just a question,

Can ANYONE find the practice of "Marking" in the bible? I know it is mentioned, but I don't recall of anyone in the bible ever being marked, or any mention of how the organization back then should give a sermon on a weak person and have them marked.

Just wondering.

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"Worldly" Celebrations

by Coop Man in

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nowhere in the bible is it stated to celebrate your wedding anniversary, yet j.w.

baby showers are acceptable, but not birthdays.. correct me if i am incorrect, but doesn't the bible say to "honor the father and mother of your youth", yet mothers day and fathers day are unacceptable to celebrate.

Coop Man

I'm sure if the WTS found some information with regards to Wedding Anniversaries being of some incredulous background, it would suddenly become a "conscience matter". I never could understand why somethings are absolutely a huge no, and others are a conscience matter. Take R-Rated movies. A huge NO, but PG-13 is a conscience matter. What in the world is the difference? If you hear the "F" word once in a PG-13, you may as well hear it 10-15 times in an R-Rated one.

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"Worldly" Celebrations

by Coop Man in

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nowhere in the bible is it stated to celebrate your wedding anniversary, yet j.w.

baby showers are acceptable, but not birthdays.. correct me if i am incorrect, but doesn't the bible say to "honor the father and mother of your youth", yet mothers day and fathers day are unacceptable to celebrate.

Coop Man

Doesn't make sense to me what-so-ever! It would seem that following the bibles' direction on honoring your parents would take precedence over manly thoughts or inclinations...

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"Worldly" Celebrations

by Coop Man in

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nowhere in the bible is it stated to celebrate your wedding anniversary, yet j.w.

baby showers are acceptable, but not birthdays.. correct me if i am incorrect, but doesn't the bible say to "honor the father and mother of your youth", yet mothers day and fathers day are unacceptable to celebrate.

Coop Man

Nowhere in the Bible is it stated to Celebrate your Wedding Anniversary, yet J.W.'s do this. Baby Showers are acceptable, but not Birthdays.

Correct me if I am incorrect, but doesn't the bible say to "honor the father and mother of your youth", yet Mothers Day and Fathers Day are unacceptable to celebrate. Why?