Posts by love11

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Transformed by violence: Grief motivated him to change life's direction!

by Atlantis in

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thompson grew up in a family of seven children.

they were jehovah's witnesses and went to kingdom hall on tuesdays, thursdays, and sundays.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05262/574088.stm transformed by violence: grief motivated him to change life's direction.

love11

I'm glad that he is living a better life now.

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Householder asks JW how much they gave to the Katrina relief effort

by truthseeker in

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a friend recently commented to me, that a sister in her congregation had two encounters in field service that caused her embarrassment.

first, the sister called on a man.

she was offering the awake magazine on disasters.

My dad told me recently that the Jehovah's Witness Organization is always one step ahead of the rest of the world's religions. He said, "It's like a dog race, where the dogs are always after the rabbit, but can never catch up to the rabbit."

Jesus said, "You will know 'my people' by their fruits."

Catholics have helped people for thousands of years. They have hospitals, missions, soup kitchens, orphanages, and various other charitable contributions to all people, not just catholics. But I wouldn't expect any less from the largest Christian religion in America and maybe even the world. The second largest religion being Lutheran and the third being Baptist.

If the JW Religion is such a "diamond in the rough" among the other religions of the world, then where is their love for others.

They believe in genocide at Armaggeddon, so why would they help these people, whom they feel deserve such a tragedy and are looking forward to the destruction of them?

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Would you buy a new car on a 60 month loan?

by Elsewhere in

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i have never done a 60 month loan and i have sworn i never would... but with how much cars are costing these days i'm wondering if i will have to do a 60 month loan on my next car.

that is five frigg'in years!

i paid cash for my last car ($4,500 - 1999 ford contour se, used) so i had no payments to make.

love11

I did it because that was the only way I could afford a car.

It's still under warranty and this Jan it will be paid in full. It was the best car we've ever had. All of the used vehicles we would get would always break down and we couldn't really afford all the repairs. I would do it again. As long as you have some job security or ability to quickly get another job in case something happened. Best of luck!

P.S. I recommend the hybrid vehicles for the future that will be my next car.

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Diet Suggestions

by I quit! in

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i've reached critcal mass.

all my clothes are tight.

since the spring i have had a series of injuries that have kept me from exercising.

love11

Don't diet, change your lifestyle!

Drink more than you eat. (about a gallon a day of water)

Cut pop and sugary drinks out of your life, slowly whine yourself off of it.

Only drink water and green tea. (iced, hot, sun tea, etc,.)

And make exercise, no matter how small, be a regular routine for you. (As regular as going to the bathroom)

Find an exercise routine that is so fun you don't realize that you are exercising. (Like swimming, dancing, bicycling, walking your dog, running to the store for a cool pop, walk the mall a few times,etc)

Avoid tv until certain times of the day as a reward not your days tasks.

And no matter how much pain you are in- move that body like a battery that needs recharged.

Do a colon cleansing every so often.

And live like this for the rest of your life and it won't be a diet.

Hope that helps!

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Have a whinge!

by JW83 in

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following on from some other threads, i thought i'd start a whinge thread.

there are some rules, though.

only one whinge per person!

love11

Too much school work, not enough whinie! lol

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Men are more intelligent than women.

by PaulJ in

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men are more intelligent than women.

(link).

discuss.

love11

Maybe all that research is trying to say is that British men are smarter then British women. lol Just kidding!

There is no scientific way you could possibly come to that conclusion. Testing just a few people compared to the billions of humans, is not going to give you any kind of result. That's too funny! That's like saying that blue is a better color than pink! I like both colors for different reasons, scientifically speaking of course. LOL

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THE ULTIMATUM is about to be thrown.............

by Buck in

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well, its been a while since i was made a unbaptized publisher.

now my hand is going to be forced and i will have to be baptized by the end of the year.

my gf wants my decision very soon, like the next couple of days.

love11

Did you know that you can do anything you want to do as a publisher and not get severely punished for it (disfellowshipped) ?

My oldest sister is a crack head and she still gets called on by the elders like they are her best friends. Like an idiot, I was baptised and got disfellowshipped for hanging out with a guy that they kept insisting I must have had sex with. ( Get this...I didn't! ) So I was disfellowshipped for nothing at all.

Thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. So maybe you do want to be baptised!

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