Posts by Hecklerboy

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Why in the world do JW's think it wrong to send a Mother's Day card?

by oppgirl63 in

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my jw roommate always sends her mom and stepdad cards.

i told her last night i was proud of her for doing that.

she said she would do it until the day she died.

Hecklerboy

Anna Jarvis was a childless spinster who wanted to honor her mother, who had lost 7 of her 11 children but converted her sorrow into charitable works. When her mother died on May 9, 1905, Anna and the leaders of her church in Crafton, West Virginia, decided to hold the first Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May, 1907. Anna went on to relentlessly promote Mother's Day by writing over 10,000 letters to newspapers, business and church leaders and politicians. In 1910 the Governor of Virginia proclaimed it a state holiday, and in 1914 President Wilson made it a national holiday...."

I drove by her birhtplace on the way to the kingdom hall for over 20 years while growing up.

Oh by the way, that's Grafton, WV

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HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE MAY 2007 AWAKE!

by Mary in

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ok, here's the original:.

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and here's a blank canvas for you: .

We've done the girls now lets do our favorite male singers!

by restrangled in

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i'm currently listening to john mayer, ....what a voice!

also love seal, cat stevens, crosby, stills, nash & young.. i love many of the many new male voices but can't remember them...... tell me who you love!.

r..

Hecklerboy

John Mayer

Sting

Josh Groban

Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) one of my favorite bands

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What Was It Like To Grow Up A Jehovahs Witness?

by The wanderer in

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what was it like to grow up a jehovahs witness?it is fair to say, that as a convert from roman catholicism my understanding .

of what it was like to be raised a jehovahs witness is limited because of not.

having had any family in the organization.

Hecklerboy

I can echo just about everything everyone has said. However I was raised by a single mother (father died when I was 8) so I think she was a little more relax on some of the rules. I was allow to have "worldly" friends and join in on some school function. I do remember being very interested in polictics in high school and wasn't able to pursue my interest in the field. I also remember being a senior in high school in 1988 during an election year. People came to my high school to register us to vote. So I ended up skipping class so I didn't have to go through the embarassment of it all.

One positive thing that has come from my upbringing as a witness. My children will be allow to follow whatever interests the like. They will get to celebrate all holidays and be involved in any school activities they want. I will make sure they have the opportunity of a higher education and I will pay for it all. I want them to have a happy and stress-free childhood. They will have everything I was denied as a child.

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What are YOU passionate about?

by lonelysheep in

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ok, so we all know the wt used to be our passion till that died!.

what are you passionate about today?

kids are an automatic, and so are spouses for some people.. i'm referring to your interests that make up the core of you..

Hecklerboy

alt

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What Do YOU Think Is The BIGGEST Revelation That Has Gotten JWs Exposed???

by minimus in

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for me, it was the un debacle.

their association and weak retreat was priceless.

after that, silentlambs ranks right up there.. of course, if it were not for ray franz, many of us would've never even thought about leaving!.

Hecklerboy

Yeah the UN scandal ranks up there pretty high. However I always like to point out the fact that they say Christ is only the mediator for the 144,000. Even though the bible clearly states that he is the mediator for everyone. The sad part is 99% of JW's don't even realize that their own religion preaches this. It's real easy to have them show you in the bible where it says that Jesus is our mediator, then pull out some of the Watchtower's that show what they really preach.

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What are your vacation/holiday plans this year?

by moshe in

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i am planning a three week rv camping trip out west and back in june.

we want to see some dinosaur digs,redwood trees, yellowstone national park, the grand canyon, my two grown kids and our two granddaughters.

6000 miles in 3 weeks- and i don't even want to think about the gasoline bill!

Hecklerboy

So far I have 2 mountain bike camping trips planned for May and June. Plus the wife and I will be going to Myrtle Beach, SC sometime after she graduates.

I love sitting around a campfire with good friends drinking strawberry moonshine. Oh yeah, the mountain biking is great too.

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How did you dispose of your JW books? (Or did you?)

by exwitless in

little drummer boy and i have a small house and we do not have room for the wasted space all of these books are creating.

here's a brief rundown of what we have:.

several nwt hardcover bibles, chinese bibles (lots of chinese students in our town), insight on the scriptures, concordances, a few bound volumes, song books, km books, reasoning books, the entire bible on audio tape, and more.

Hecklerboy

Burn baby Burn!!!!!

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Jehovah's great justice

by Zico in

in the beginning .

jehovah created millions and millions of angels.

jehovah created 2 humans.

Hecklerboy

God created Adam and Eve with the ability to disobey God so that they could choose to love Him, and without the forbidden tree in the garden they would not have the opportunity to love Him. Would Adam and Eve be perfect humans if they had no choice?

This doesn't make much since. It's like me having children, then telling them that they have to love me or I will kill them. And if they happen to have children before I kill them I will make like hard for them. How could a child love a parent out of fear?

Another question is, why didn't God just kill Adam and Eve immediately and start over instead of letting them live for hundreds of years and have and undetermined amount of children? Not very smart if you ask me.

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I am baffled as to why I Urinate so often and I am not a "Diabetic"?

by booker-t in

i am really scared to go to the doctor but i am going after 5 years of constantly getting up to go to the bathroom especially at night.

in the daytime i hardly ever have to use the bathroom.

i have been tested for diabetis for many years and each time the doctor tells me "you are not a diabetic booker-t" i am terrified now because a good friend of mine who is in his early 40's as i am just found out he has prostate cancer.

Hecklerboy

I asked my wife about this because she is a nurse practitioner. She says that you have classic symptoms of early stage Congestive Heart Failure. Now don't get all crazy. It's sounds allot worse than it is. All it means is that you have a build up of fluid in your body and your body is trying to get rid of it at night. Your doctor will probably put you on a medication called Lasix that will help you get rid of the fluid. They will draw blood to check for sign of this condition. This is a very common and easily treatable condition.

However, if you don't treat it, it will lead to more urinating and increased swelling in your legs and other extremities and shortness of breath.

Get to your doctor and you'll be fine.