I try to stay so busy that I cannot think straight for long on any one thing. This thread Did make it occur to me to wonder where that first JW crush went to. Turns out she's in real estate. Well, I'd have to say the song "Unanswered Prayers" from Garth Brooks No Fences does all the reflecting I need to on this matter. Now some sleep and back to trying to download this insufferable Python / IRAF / PyRAF distribution that lets me extract spectra precisely to the pixel.
Posts by rmt1
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21Cheers! Here's to lost opportunities and forgotten memories.
by pronomono init's 1am and i'm halfway through a glass of brandy.
i've been cleaning out the closet (literally), and reminiscing about old times and decisions i didn't make.
it's times like these i regret being brought up as a witness the most.
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THE DIVORCE OF THE CENTURY!
by JW GoneBad inso there is a rumor going around about 1914 and its possible demise!.
i cant help but think of the many and i say many divorces (not to make light of the matter) that jw families have had to deal with among their ranks over the years.. however, knowing how long the wtbts and 1914 have been together and the thought of mother (wtbts) doing away with her man (1914) after nearly 100 years of marriage is truly heart breaking for some.
many old-timers probably still think of the old days when they were like any other happy couple; inseparable, always holding hands, romantic and the like.
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rmt1
To pursue your parable or analogy to its logical conclusion, she will poison him. Generally, in a way that retains full mobility, plausible deniability, freedom of speech, capacity to conspicuously mourn, the right to sympathy, and other devices, designs, and strategems.
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In 10 words or less express your joy at being free from JW prison.
by Wasanelder Once ini love and enjoy life as never before!.
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rmt1
Freedom to pursue the self-directed persistence of this species.
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If the big change at the AGM meeting is dropping the literal 144,000...
by slimboyfat inthe best conjecture seems to be that the gb are going to drop the literal 144,000 teaching, especially in view of the december watchtower that pointedly does not mention the 144,000 number.
if they are dropping the literal 144,000 number, but still claim that only a small number are anointed, and can partake, and that only a few are left on earth, then it is fair to ask what has really changed?
they are simply clearing up the embarrassing situation that there were obviously more than 144,000 "anointed" believers from 36 ad until now, and that the number of partakers has been increasing in recent years.
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rmt1
It is a fine digest spread out, or, cut to the chase, on this thread table.
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Thank you Jehovah for the GBs unapologetic manner in providing these adjustments.
by Joepublisher1 ini was shocked when i heard a circuit overseer include a strange comment in his concluding prayer at the end of this sundays meeting concerning the adjustments discussed in the watchtower.
he said, in part (and im paraphrasing) thank you jehovah for the governing bodys unapologetic manner in providing these adjustments.
i thought to myself, what a strange expression to make in prayer to god!
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rmt1
Yeah, that sounds like a Freudian slip. In repose or composure, he would have found a different way to express the sentiment that the GB must be patient, and so you should be also.
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Gorby's father collapses at home after new light watchtower study
by Gorbatchov infriends,.
sunday my father, a strong believing witness, former elder and still a ms, collapses at home after the new light watchtower study.. the cause was extreme stress.
i asked him about his worries.
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rmt1
I'm sorry you have to see that with your own eyes.
I have not looked around for what this particular new light is. Is this the GB redefining themselves?
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OMG Have you seen this?? This site is sooo hysterical. It reminds me of The Onion, but for exJW's
by noni1974 inhttp://jehovahstrumpet.com.
i read the cat baptisim article and i doubled over laughing.
one time when i was a kid i asked why my kitty couldn't go to the kh with us and my mom told me that animals were perfect and didn't need to go to the kh.. .
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rmt1
What would really make this extra awesome is if this guy is on the inside.
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WTS admits (indirectly) decreasing in U.S. publisher ratio to population
by Gayle inservice year reports:.
2010 - 1/259.
so, the wts is not keeping up with the u.s. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc..
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rmt1
Are these numbers massaged or cooked? If so, in what way? Is it really so that TWS would publish factual numbers that any JW with a spreadsheet could track over time? I'm just surprised.
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OMG Have you seen this?? This site is sooo hysterical. It reminds me of The Onion, but for exJW's
by noni1974 inhttp://jehovahstrumpet.com.
i read the cat baptisim article and i doubled over laughing.
one time when i was a kid i asked why my kitty couldn't go to the kh with us and my mom told me that animals were perfect and didn't need to go to the kh.. .
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rmt1
Very good.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
by 5go inun-covering is what the word really means in greek.
i no longer long think of the apocalypse as the death of six billion people but the uncovering of the truth about what is really going on.
so in a metaphoric sence i have been through it already..
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rmt1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso
""concealing the knowledge", which combined with the Homeric epithet δολ?εσσα, meaning subtle or wily, justifies the hermetic character of Calypso and her island."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_music
The wife is in a steel drum band that plays arrangements of Trinidadian Calypso music (which function in Tucson as rain dances for senior citizens who want to relive their Caribbean cruise). She said that at least colloquially, calypso music is characterized by hidden meaning, innuendo, suggestiveness. It was doing this in the 40's and 50's, which sort of justifies the distinctive term in a specific context, and it certainly would not have a monopoly on suggestive lyrics by today's standards.