Looks like a "popcorn" bush next to your steps.
When I was a teen, my best friend and I would go out walking in the woods after it snowed. It was so beautiful and serene. Absolutely quiet. All the branches were bowed, and took on different shapes.
When I was in Florida for four years, I would go out at night and occasionally see snow flakes land on my jacket. They would melt as soon as they hit they cloth.
Hubert
is anyone surprised?.
http://townhall.com/columnists/mikegallagher/2009/01/30/ungrateful_flyers.
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I'll almost bet that when the plane was going down, some people on it were thinking..."Oh boy, if I live through this, I'll be rich"!
Some people will sue at the drop of a hat. And then of course, the "ambulance chasers" must have all their phone numbers, too.
Hubert
i wince when i hear how many of you ex-jw's have finally woke up after serving the watchtower society for 10, 20, 30, even 40 years!.
i realize that was because before the internet, there wasn't much information available to research the j.w.
"religion", so it was easier for the j.w.
Hi Clam, good to see ya.
That's my point. The information is here now, so it's much easier to access it if and when you are starting to have doubts, rather than before the internet.
I think that no matter how hard you try NOT too see apostate material, it's almost impossible not to come across some when doing searches for other stuff. So, it must be more tempting for new converts to "sneak a peek" at what is so terrible that the W.T. tells you to avoid at all cost.
Hubert
this poem is about one of our esteemed members who got free of the wt grip and is exploring where that freedom leads.. no, i will not tell who it is, though it would not be hard to figure out if you were determined enough.. if you see yourself in the poem, then great!
it is also a nod to anyone who gets free of their tower, whatever it is.. .
Very nice poem.
I think I figured out who, but I'm not gonna tell.
Hubert
mr. b's pancake house staff works for free to help bossby susan harrison wolffis | the muskegon chronicle monday january 26, 2009, 10:51 pmlead server, mary vandam, picks up orders from the kitchen.
vandam suggested employees at mr. b's to work for free last sunday to help the financial situation at the restaurant after customer traffic slowed.photo slideshow see more photos after the jump.in a world yearning for good news, meet mary vandam who decided to help out her boss during tough economic times by working a sunday shift for free.. then, just to put icing on the cake, she convinced her fellow employees at mr. b's pancake house to do the same.. a week ago, 17 restaurant employees -- servers, cooks, busboys, dishwashers, cashiers and hostesses -- worked exclusively for tips, so owner dave barham could trim the payroll.. "isn't that something?
" he asked.. dave and lisa barham own mr. b's pancake house.
I really did enjoy it, Ohio. Thanks for posting it.
I'm sure the owners of that restaurant didn't "ask" their employers to work for nothing. I'm pretty sure these employers volunteered to do this on their own.
It has to be a great place to work, as they all agreed to do this. I'm sure no one was threatened with a layoff if they didn't.
Great people!
Hubert
i wince when i hear how many of you ex-jw's have finally woke up after serving the watchtower society for 10, 20, 30, even 40 years!.
i realize that was because before the internet, there wasn't much information available to research the j.w.
"religion", so it was easier for the j.w.
Lavender and St.Ann, this is why I ask these questions, also. I too, have a daughter studying with them, and I hear from sources that she has been "slacking" on meeting attendance, and I am also wondering if she or her hubby are finally doing some real research and finding things that don't make sense. And they are in the 3 to 5 year range, also.
I was never a j.w., so I can't say how long it would have taken me to see the light, either. Maybe it would have taken me many years too. I'm just glad I didn't have to go through that. It must be a tough deal to take when you realize you've been had by a book publishing company for so long.
I am Catholic, and although I'm not the "perfect" parishioner, I can't imagine researching it to see what is wrong with it. I guess it's because mainstream religions are just that, mainstream, and not cultish like the W.T. With that said, I imagine it would have taken a lot more years to find wrongful material if it weren't for the internet.
Hubert
No, but I've printed out coupons from the internet to save money.
Hubert
i wince when i hear how many of you ex-jw's have finally woke up after serving the watchtower society for 10, 20, 30, even 40 years!.
i realize that was because before the internet, there wasn't much information available to research the j.w.
"religion", so it was easier for the j.w.
Ohio, what I mean by "wincing" with no disrespect at all, is I feel bad that people have wasted so many years in the Watchtower when maybe they would have been able to get out sooner if the internet was available, which of course, it was not.
When I first started researching the W.T. Society, all I could find was a few booklets in Catholic religious stores, which, by the way were in my opinion, absolutely useless for using to anti-witness. I know, I tried using them and got nowhere.
So, until I started using the internet for research, and old book stores for finding old W.T. material, I had no way to know if the W.T. was the one true religion, also.
Sorry to sound disrespectful. I am glad you all found out about the W.T. and are out now, I just wish it would have happened sooner for you.
Hubert
i wince when i hear how many of you ex-jw's have finally woke up after serving the watchtower society for 10, 20, 30, even 40 years!.
i realize that was because before the internet, there wasn't much information available to research the j.w.
"religion", so it was easier for the j.w.
I wince when I hear how many of you ex-jw's have finally woke up after serving the Watchtower Society for 10, 20, 30, even 40 years!
I realize that was because before the internet, there wasn't much information available to research the j.w. "religion", so it was easier for the j.w.'s to dupe you and keep you in.
I wonder how long it would have taken you to see the real truth about the Watchtower Society if the internet was available when you started doing bible studies with the j.w.'s.?
I am wondering if because of the internet, that the life-cycle of a new convert has shortened to maybe only a few years, or 5 at the most? Are there any statistics that can show the turn around of newer members since the birth of the internet?
Hubert
anything come to mind??
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Forbidding Organ transplants....Then allowing it 13 years later. How many died in those years?
Hubert
