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Christmas not Xmas!

by hibiscusfire in

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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.

hibiscusfire

sweet tee

The more we respond to her with logical arguments, the more she thinks she's becoming a marter. If we were to either ignore her or agree with her, she'd have left long ago. The truth is, this type of personality likes conflict, and more concerned with proving its superiority than being Christian or finding truth. I add my vote for the suggestion that we all ignore her, until she learns to communicate. Otherwise, while this might be temporarily entertaining, we're just wasting our time.

I wholeheartedly agree jd. This is not about the truth, it's about her viewpoint being the only correct one, and about her being a good Christian or even a better Christian than those who disagreed with her about the 'seriousness' and correctness of her issue. This is Hibs issue, but she wants to make it Jesus' issue and our issue. She made the statement initially and has doggedly held onto its importance for 2 days and 16 pages and counting. Even going so far as to say who should and should not celebrate Christmas. What's the point? Such arrogance .

sweet tee

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He's gone

by alreadygone in

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i dropped andrew (troucul) off at the airport this morning.

he is on his way back to iraq.

i was warned that it was going to be harder to see him leave the second time.

sweet tee

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( HUGS )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

My family and I appreciate your families sacrifice and his. I will keep you all in my prayers.

sweet tee

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Christmas not Xmas!

by hibiscusfire in

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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.

hibiscusfire

sweet tee

FASCINATING ... SIMPLY FASCINATING.

In all my years as a dub I NEVER behaved as hib does. Damn I was a good witness ... should have stayed in !

(sweet tee of the Jesus is love class and it is not loving to judge your brother)

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Will Prince last as a Witness?

by inquirer in

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or will he have egg on his face like michael jackson?

cliff richards, i believe was a jehovah's witness and he didn't last either!

by the way, did you know that dave mustaine's mum was a jehovah's witness?

sweet tee

I thought it was Juvenile who was raised a witless? As for Prince, I stopped liking his music a long time ago. He's just weird enough to be a witnoid. He's been dying for the end to come. More power to him (and mo money, mo money, mo money for mother).

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anyone ever find raising children as jw's.....

by orbison11 in

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was, at times difficult, due to all the restrictions placed on them, .

which led to strains in the parent/child relationships,,,,,, then years later, after that child had grown and had children,,,had,,,well, come back to you.

i just bought myself a shredder to do some purging of life and paper:).

sweet tee

It's OK orbi ...all we can do is the best we know how to at the time. Hopefully your children will forgive and move on. I had issues with my upbringing and my mother wasn't JW!!! But once I had a child of my own I understood, because I hoped my son would forgive me for the mistakes I was bound to make. Now that he's grown and spent 12 years of his life being exposed to a cult we've talked about how that affected him. He told me he never believed it was the truth, never planned on getting baptized, hated the meetings (except for fact that he could associate with likeminded youths afterwards ) and he planned to leave behind as soon as he turned 18. All the witnessing I did to his teachers didn't mean a thing (LOL LOL LOL), he did what he wanted and was as 'normal' as he could be under the circumstances.

The only answer to your dilemma is forgiveness ... start by forgiving yourself and communicating with your children about what's going on in their lives now. No need to revisit the past, it won't change anything that has happened, will it? Learn from you mistakes and move on.

Blood IS thicker than mud ... draw close to your family.

((((((((((((((((((( HUGS )))))))))))))))))))

sweet tee

p.s. none of the youths in my sons clique are still in the lie.

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Did you or ex-spouse apologize for divorcing you because of the j.w. cult?

by hubert in

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has anyone on this board that ended up in divorce (mainly) because of j.w.

problems, ever received an apology from their ex for divorcing them because of religious differences?.

like, maybe that since the divorce the ex got out of the org and realized that they were wrong to divorce you at that time?.

sweet tee

My ex divorced me because I refused to follow the lie any longer. He's still in and has never apologized. Why would he? He still believes that crap I guess.

sweet tee

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Astonishing Discovery Re. JWD Forum Psychology!!

by GetBusyLiving in

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it's possible to make outlandish assertions, incredibly rude comments, condecending replies, and overall act like a complete jackass on this forum as long as you throw one of these ( .

"getbusyliving, get your head out of your ass you disgusting pig .

"the bush administration has no interest in iraqis oil reserves .

sweet tee

They've been doing this for YEARS prior to the internet down in the south. You can say anything and I mean ANYTHING bad about anyone as long as you finish by saying "bless her/his heart."

Well she's just as dumb as a bag a hair, bless her heart.

Hey proph - only retards watch Seignfeld reruns .

sweet tee

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When Did You Realize That You REALLY Were Going To Die?

by minimus in

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and not live forever on paradise earth?

sweet tee

Sometime around 1995 when I learned that the generation that saw the events of 1914 was safe! That's when I realized it was all a sham and I'd been hoodwinked, bamboozled and led astray.

Boy was I pissed !

(usually) sweet tee

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What Motivates YOU to Post Here?

by trevor in

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defd has said he will leave and it caused me reflect on how he was treated.

are we happy with the way we responded when he tried to defend his faith?

this and comments about my own attitude have caused me to review my motive for the posts i make.. when i first started posting here i was thoughtful and sincere as were most of the posters back then.

sweet tee

Thanks for the compliment trev ! Catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar .

As for dfed, I do hope he's still reading on the forum even though he's not posting. I believe he will come around.

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OK, fess up. . . has anyone tried internet dating?

by carefully faded in

i recently signed up on a couple of internet dating sites.

i've been talking with one guy for about a week now and he's asked to meet for coffee.

i'm a little nervous and wanted to hear how many others have tried this.

sweet tee

Yes, I tried it. The good side: you meet a lot of men. Bad side: a lot of men are jerks! Lots of married men date on-line so keep your intuition tight - if it walks like a dog, talks like a dog and can't give you it's home phone number, IT'S A DOG (of course there are some exceptions to the home phone thing but you get my point).

Just be yourself, speak your mind and let the chips fall where they may.

Go into it expecting nothing and you won't be dissapointed, AND, you may actually meet someone nice! I went to a friends wedding in Jamaica a couple of years ago. They had their first child last year. They met on the internet, were engaged witin two months and married in 8. All's well!

Good luck (bwwwaaaaaaaaaa)

sweet tee