My ex-wife used to make her potato salad with LOTS of bacon and PLENTY of bacon fat...Mmmmm. I don't miss her but I sure miss her cooking!
Posts by Flash
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10New Light ? Saturday Evening Fluff
by jeanniebeanz ini?m sitting here wondering what to make for dinner, and began to think of all of the great old family recipes that i will not be able to enjoy due to disfellowshipping.
i actually had one ?relative?
ask for the old fashioned "potato cake" recipe back.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-3-05 WT Study (complete)
by blondie inwhom do you see at this place of worship?
christian identity or their identity as jehovah?s witnesses?.
faith and confidence in?his organization?in jehovah and his promises which can only be explained by the wts.
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bennyk your absolutely right about paragraph 10. DF'ings will be going way UP if people fall into this trap.
10 Strong faith is built on
Reassuring answers???knowledgeblind faith in us. "Faith follows the thing heard," stated Paul. (Romans 10:17) What did he mean by that? He meant that by feeding onGod's WordWTS Publications, we build our faith and confidence inJehovahthe Governing Body,histheir promises, andhisour 'mother organization.' Asking honest questions about theBiblethe WTS views can lead to reassuring answers.Yeah like, "We're always right...and if you don't think so, there's the DOOR!!"
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-3-05 WT Study (complete)
by blondie inwhom do you see at this place of worship?
christian identity or their identity as jehovah?s witnesses?.
faith and confidence in?his organization?in jehovah and his promises which can only be explained by the wts.
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Flash
As always Blondie I enjoy reading your insightful take on the WT. I noticed recently your training your readers to think in terms of 'How To' read/review the WT.
This should be your Signiture Scripture Blondie:
Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world . 1 JOHN 4:1
It's a funny thing for "Christains" to live under so much of the Law Code as the GB teaches everyone to do. No one seems to question (outwardly anyway) the many so-called priciples they state as doctrinal absolutes!?
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8 By asking Jehovah to examine us , we invite him to test us. He may allow situations to develop that reveal our true motives and heart condition. (Hebrews 4:12, 13; James 1: 22-25) We should welcome such tests because they give us an opportunity to demonstrate the depth of our loyalty to Jehovah.
By asking Jehovah to "examine us" we are not nessesarily inviting Him to test us. Besides, there are differant types of tests, tests that are positive and build character and strength and tests of loyalty to God that are Satanic and evil. I believe God uses only the positive ones, as for those that if we failed, would/could cost us our lives, no, He doesn't test us with those...But Satan will, as he did with Jesus and Job.
Concerning those Satanic tests of loyalty, it is very important for us to obey what Jesus taught when He told us what to pray for:
"...and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one." Matthew 6: 13 NIV
We will all have to face varying degrees of tests of loyalty as Jesus did. In the meantime we definately should follow JESUS instructions and not ask for those tests.
We are follower of Christ, right???
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I am an official apostate.....nearly.. and I'm loving it!!!!!!
by Gill intoday, whilst shopping, i ran into an old school friend of mine that i had been quite close to.
i used to write her 'sick' notes for her, so as you can imagine, we're friends forever now.. anyway, she tells me that she is studying with jehovah's witnesses again.
i think she expected me to be thrilled with this news.
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Flash
Good for you to warn her!
She asked me why are they so materialistic, why are they so ignorant and rude against everyone who does not conform to their perfect values. Why were they cruel and heartless about the thousands and thousands who died in the Tsunami and told her it was more important to think of the 'poor brothers suffering under persecution in Georgia'?
This is a very very sad commentary on the state of the congregation today.
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Ted Jaracz and the Pope
by onacruse ini had an odd feeling today, as i waited for news that pope john paul ii was on the verge of losing his physical existence.. never having been a catholic, why should i care about this one man's existence?
and especially, insofar as he has served as a representative of one of the world's most heinous religions?.
and suddenly a contrast came to my heart: if it was ted jaracz who was dying, i wouldn't give a flying fleep.
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And suddenly a contrast came to my heart: If it was Ted Jaracz who was dying, I wouldn't give a flying fleep. But, for the pope, I feel a measure of sympathy. Why do I feel this way? Craig
Probably because you (like the rest of us) have been directly affected by the tyranical way the WTS is run. Not so with the Pope. When I was a Catholic I was almost as disgusted with their leadership as I am with the Witnesses...I left the Church much sooner though.
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Is it ok to be critical of the pope yet?????????
by tyydyy incensorship borg style.
somebody killed the pope's last poop thread just because someone else was offended when i mentioned that i think that he wasn't such a good guy.
if you think you might be offended by what's said in a thread then don't read it.
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Flash
People usualy take a breather from critisizing someone when they die...until the emotion wears off anyway. Then their 'fair game' again.
IMO John Paul was a political showman more than anything.
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Young People Ask: How Can I Make Real Friends?
by seattleniceguy inmy friends were doing some spring cleaning the other day and they found an old copy of this video.
for grins, we decided to toss back a coke and whiskey or two and watch it.
it was a blast!
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Young People Ask: How Can I Make Real Friends?
Just be yourself...Ohhhh, I forgot, your not allowed to!
The Organization Behind the Name
Yea, that ones always good for a laugh. My children always got sour-pussed when I'd rank on it while we were watching it. I wanted them to become 'Thinking Witnesses' not Kool-Aid drinkers.
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My Last Post
by kaykay_mp init's been really inspiring looking at the many posts and threads on this board, and i've enjoyed posting quite a few myself.
regretfully, i feel that it's time to move on in my quest for inner peace, but i will always cherish meeting many friends along the way who support me.
i've had both bad times and good times here, but it was time well spent.
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"Sigh...I fell for it too"
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hi I'm new
by delilah inmy friend mary told me about this site.
she told me how much she enjoyed it, so i've finally taken the baptismal plunge, and here i am.
now mary can count this as a bible study.
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Was C.T. Russell a member of the annointed?
by xjw_b12 indid russell consider himself the first of the new generation of the "annointed"?
if indeed he was, i was thinking there must be one hell of a power struggle going on in heaven.. .
wwe smackdown.
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Flash
"THE First in modern times?" I'd have to say I believe he was. I'm not a WT Historian, yet with what little I do know, after he passed-on the Org. became progressively more rigid right down to today. One has to wonder why? Matthew 24: 48 and 49, Luke 12: 45