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  I have a Dilemma ... would appreciate some advice....

  by stevenyc in

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  well, it appears that i?m in a bit of a quandary and would appreciate any advice anyone could give.

  two days ago i announced that spring had finally arrived to some fellow new yorkers.

  they tried to convince me that on the north east coast, spring is never certain until summer is here, nonetheless i was adamant that, ?spring had indeed arrived?, and took on full responsibility for such a (now obvious) brash statement.. .

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  Whenever I have that happen to me I take the snow down the pants! But that is just me....

  Jeff
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  Is there a song that you cannot hear without a visual image?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  for me it is the theme to "pink panther" - by henry mancinni i think - i always visualize a lanky pink panther slinking across the room and hiding from inspector clouseou (sp.

  jeff

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  AK - Jeff

  Come to think of it - all the theme songs have that effect on me - I guess that is the idea. THE HOOK!

  American Pie by Don McClean in the late 60's is another non-theme song that takes me back - I remember driving to Cedar Point [the amusement park, not the 20's conventions, I am not THAT old] and listening to that song. The sister that was sitting in the front seat was a super friend of mine for the 30+ years since - now she will not speak to me. But I still love the song.

  Jeff
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  Is there a song that you cannot hear without a visual image?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  for me it is the theme to "pink panther" - by henry mancinni i think - i always visualize a lanky pink panther slinking across the room and hiding from inspector clouseou (sp.

  jeff

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  AK - Jeff

  For me it is the theme to "Pink Panther" - by Henry Mancinni I think - I always visualize a lanky pink panther slinking across the room and hiding from Inspector Clouseou (sp.) -

  Any others?

  Jeff
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  UN & wife

  by tepic in

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  when i looked up the un website & found the wt as a ngo i told my wife.

  she implied that it was an apostate site.

  i told her 'i typed in united nations' , how are apostates going to hijack the un site?.

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  I emailed the UN directly and copied the reply to show my niece - first words out of her mouth 'is this made up by apostates'? Just programmed response - I told her to go and do a search for the UN site - so that I was not involved - then search on the site for 'watchtower' - she would find the news release herself - don't know if she did.

  Sometimes ignorance is bliss to dubs.

  Jeff
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  The actual turning point -- where you regain your own power

  by JustTickledPink in

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  i have done a lot of thinking about what it's like to actually believe the wts has "the truth" and what it felt like to be immersed in the religion and i finally figured out the exact turning point a person has to get to, that allows a person to let go of it all.. it doesn't matter what scandals you read about, what sort of a victim you were to the society, it doesn't even matter if you quit attending meetings years ago.

  there comes a day when you finally realize inside your heart and throughout your mind that it's just a religion.

  not "the truth," not "inspired by jehovah god," but in fact just a religion.. i started thinking about it in terms of a profession.

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  JTP

  Funny how long it takes for some to come to that thought. But I think you are definately on point.

  Four of five months after reading CoC, I was emailing a former witness who used those exact words - the he had realized it was Just Another Religion. That was the first time I really thought of it in those terms, and it did get me moving in the right way.

  Good point. We should use that term more on the forum, it does change the mindset.

  Jeff
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  I made a mistake

  by under74 in

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  the other day i was on a site....looking for a certian news clip i had seen where an older news guy get's mad at the news anchor that replaced him on air...anyway a hit came up reading old news anchor and i downloaded it.

  after it was done downloading i started playing it.

  this guy's handing out things to certain people he calls by name at a press conference.

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  Under74

  Sorry to hear that you had that happen. Hope you can forget that image soon.

  I agree - that is not entertainment - but I think it is everywrere.

  Jeff
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  Baptism - a question for genuine Christians

  by coldfish in

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  this is a follow on from the post recently about someone feeling their baptism is null and void.. i was baptised in 1983 when i was 13, so before the change of wording.. regardless of the exact wording, i've seriously been wondering about my baptism status?.

  after leaving the jw 18 months back, about 6 months ago i became a christian, by christian i mean that i have accepted the importance of jesus and he is my lord and savior.

  i feel closer to god than i ever have, and i'm actively involved with church.

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  I must agree with Fe203Girl here. Base that on what your conscience tells you in this matter.

  I, being baptized as a young adult, believe and have always believed that my baptism was valid. I would most likely not submit to another - for in my mind that would invalidate all the past 32 years of personal Christianity [even though I served within the witness organization]. I really did dedicate my life to God in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit at that time. My dedication to God was a primary in causing me to leave the organization in fact, becoming aware that the organization was misdirected.

  If you consider that the Father for one reason or another would think your baptism to be invalid - then get re-baptized. IF not - there is no reason to is there?

  May the Father bless your decison

  Jeff
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  Call me slow, My Baptism Contract null and void.

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  i just realized how null and void my baptismal contract is.... i know, it's been tossed around here probably almost as long as this site has been functioning.

  i'm a little slow sometimes.

  it's doesn't have to do with age, as my parents supported me, a minor, in my decision (made at 14 because it was what i was supposed to do to please my parents).

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  I guess a better statement on my behalf, is that I was baptized as a Christian, by Jehovah's Witnesses, but not as one of Jehovahs Witnesses. I repented my birthright as a sinner, and deducated my life as a follower of Christ. I did not dedicate my life as a follower of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, as others have since 1985.

  Brenda - I was baptized in the early 70's - I was an adult. But I have always viewed my baptism as a contract with God and Christ. I have in the past year or more left the corruption of the JW religion behind now, but keep my pledge to God alive as a Christian. I know this is not the way the WTS looks at it - but they are entirely unimportant in the matter to me.

  BTW - I enjoy your posts. May God bless.

  Jeff
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  You know you're NOT a JW anymore when...(add some)

  by Flindersgirl in

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  you don't automatically wake up with a headache on sunday morning.... you no longer go around (while in field service) mentally deciding what home you'll "have" after armaggedon.... every item of clothing you buy as a woman is not first assessed for its modesty value.... you no longer worry about the 144,000 watching you have sex...:).

  when on holiday you don't have to find the nearest kingdom hall asap (remember brother and sisters you are not on holiday from jehovah!!!).

  being able to laugh about having a numb ass at the assemblies from sitting and the hilarity in having to tell people that you found the meeting "uplifting" when really you were fighting sleep the whole time.... you no longer have to avoid entire sections of music stores in order to make sure you don't pick up and "demonistic" vibes from backmasked cd's.

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  ...you start thinking about attending the little church down the street because the people there seem nice and you want to go fellowship with Christians....

  Jeff
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  Question for Tepic or anyone else who has an answer.

  by loosie in

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  tepic,.

  since you were an elder, didn't that one guy say for like a hundred years, i want to ask you a question.

  before i ask thought let me state this.

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  AK - Jeff

  Question - Why would Elders literally try to keep a couple (both in good standing) from getting married?

  A - Because they are a high control publishing company.

  Question - I mean they really sat down with the girl and told what other choices of brothers she had out there ( all of which completely turned her off). they didn't know that the couple they were trying to keep apart had already gotten married ( they hadn't told anybody at that point in time).

  A - Because they are a high control publishing company.

  Question -And why would the PO actually scream at the girl during at commitee meeting? Isn't there some rule that, that is inappropriate behaviour during a comittee meeting?

  A - Because they are a high control publishing company.

  Low-control publishing companies don't do that....

  Jeff