Posts by dh

i'm an 'earth pig'................is better than it sounds.. http://chinese.astrology.com/year/?arrivalsa=1&cobrandref=0&arrival_freqcap=1&pba=adid=14184901.

cheers, bliss..............oink, oink

How many of you were nervous?

by Confusedgirl in

if you are taught the jw organization is your link to god, it is so hard to think of leaving everything.

like a hole that will not be filled again, there is so horrible things that have happened in the world, could it be that there is no everlasting life for us, so many questions and to think of giving up everyone makes me sick to my stomach.

but i want to be happy and i'm not, does anyone feel empty?

dh

Hi, welcome to the forum!

If you are taught the JW Organization is your link to god, it is so hard to think of leaving everything.

For me personally, being raised in the machine, in such an 'all or nothing' environment, when it came time to leave, it was easy, the one time the PO (who I studied with up to baptism) invited me back to the memorial, I laughed and told him he should know me better, if I go, it is full, if I don't, it's not at all. I did not find it hard to leave the JW's, but it was and is a rough road in finding answers, and in finding out that the only answers there are, are the ones we choose to accept, because nothing is set in stone. Leaving everything? Look at it like this... What you see as everything now, in years to come will look like nothing. It's like the straw in your eye, blocking your vision, but you only see that the further away you stand. It's perspective.

Like a hole that will not be filled again,

Think of yourself as a dougnut! The hole doesn't need filling, in fact it's kinda cool

there is so horrible things that have happened in the world,

As long as there has been talk of God, there have been horrible things in the world, maybe that is the problem.

could it be that there is no everlasting life for us,

Do you NEED everlasting life, you did not 'NEED' this life... So what if you die, you get your shot, then it's over. If there is more, you'll find out when you get there! Why waste this life hoping for another which may not even exist.

so many questions and to think of giving up everyone makes me sick to my stomach.

Are you giving them up, or are they giving you up? Real friends don't kick you to the curb when you change your mind about something.

But I want to be happy and I'm not, does anyone feel empty?

LOL, emptiness personified.

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Looking to Convert...

by swyven in

i'm not currently a jehovah's witness, although maybe i am (?).

my father was a devout jehovah's witness, and he intended on indoctrinating me in the faith as i grew up...however, my mother took me away from him when i was 4 years old, and i haven't been able to find him since (i contacted the main hq in new york, but he couldn't be found anywhere).

i have read numerous books and articles which i've got from the watchtower store, and have read this website, www.watchtower.org and been involved in the yahoo!

dh

can i just say

LOL

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Any Suggestions Regarding GOUT???

by minimus in

i have it, have been on allopurinol for yrs.

but recently stopped taking the med every day.

big mistake!

dh

You could always pray to Jehovah for forgiveness . . .

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A Jehovah's Witness CANNOT Say These Words

by steve2 in

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in five words or less, please give examples of statements no jehovah's witness in good standing could ever say.

here are two examples:.

dh

LOL, you can narrow it down to two words they can't say.

'I think'

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The Greatest Man

by the_classicist in

dh

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.?

I've heard this and discussed it before, but not sure if it was with a JW.

I seem to remember the context is that John was raised by women without a father. Therefore no man raised by just women is greater than John.

It's kind of like saying 'yeah, he's okay to say he was raised by women'

This is my understanding of it anyway, in context, though I have to say it's been years since I actually read it so I could be off base.

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anyone into FOREX ?

by one in

jw
friends

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how you do find volume and volatility (good for day trading) as compare to securities?.

i dont have the time but last time i checked stocks they were going no where and volatility seemed low, imo.

dh

Forex as in foreign exchange?

I tend to look out for currencies that drop in value, for example the US dollar, and if you can afford to buy it and sit on it, and if it benefits you to buy at the lower rate and sell a year later, or two, then you can make substantial gains, there are also short term gains you can make, but hard to predict unless you have inside info. In all honesty I think there are far better ways to invest money, currency is volatile, espcially in todays climate, with wars, the dollar being weak, the US wanting China to revalue, etc etc. The dollar just rose to a 3 month high a few days ago, that was exciting for me, LOL, luckily I had managed to get rid of some Euros which I would have made quite a loss on since the dollar gained so much against it. Foreign currency values don't really matter much if you live in one country and bank in one currency and don't do business overseas, but if you do, currency value is everything, that is what makes the world go round.

So, no I don't trade in forex, I wouldn't say I am even into it, but because of business and life I need to keep up on what is doing what, so many times a day I use forexnews.com and oanda.com, Oanda being the best Forex site out there with so much historic Forex info, it's a great tool, forexnews is a good site to get the daily low downs on how the majors are trading and why.

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Be Happy You're Not In Pakistan!

by minimus in

jw
friends

i was reading that if a woman is raped in pakistan she can only go to court if she had witnesses to the attack------4 islamic men who witnessed the attack!

see.....the witnesses aren't so bad after all!

dh

The Witnesses aren't so bad after all!

yes they are.