MidwichCuckoo

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  ITS SIX MONTHS SINCE MUM DIED

  by badboy in

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  how sad!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  badboy - so sorry - anniversaries are a difficult time.

  Much Love. Midwich.
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  Which avatars ''appeal'' to you (credit to jt stumbler)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  after reading jt stumbler's topic on avatars, i recognised that certain avatars appeal to me, and i'm sure others feel the same.... .

  elsewhere (no idea why, gimme a clue), ezekiel3 (says a lot), euphemism (loved the marx bros) and googlemagoogle (so classical) spring to mind, oh, ip_sec's last avatar (the red pyramid) - want to revert back ip_sec?

  oh, and stillajwexelder - after reading your posting on jt stumbler's thread i realise i previously had the wrong impression - lol.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I'm well off here iggy - the name funchback and i'm thinking -

  Esmerelda walks through castle with a wok - ''are we having stir-fry for tea?'' asks Quasimodo, ''No, i'm just ironing your shirts''
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  ''YOU are my witnesses,'' Trump card (and comfort blanket)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this, i find, is always the bottom line.

  '" "'you are my witnesses,'' is the utterance of jehovah, ''and i am god.

  as his name is jehovah, the people must be jehovah's witnesses.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I can't thank you all enough - your input means a lot to me. I am still trying to find the Scripture where God challenges ''witnesses'' of other/false gods.
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  Turning in time reports monthly-

  by JohnHag in

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  if a jw has to turn in a time report each month then it seems like compulsion--when is it out of love that one goes out into service?

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Preaching the ''Good Word'' is out of ''Love'' - turning in the 'time reports' is answering to/justifying ourselves to men.
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  Smoking

  by Es in

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  2. friends

  why do we continue to do it even tho we know its bad for us?????

  i gave up bout a year ago but still have one occasionally i dont even know if i enjoy it all that much but i still do it.

  ive seen three of my family members die as a result of smoking and yet i light another one up!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Oh - and the WTBTS forbid smoking in 1970s because -

  a) bad for you, abusing the body (more so than being overweight and stuffing your body with crap food).which leads to...

  b) Cigarettes are expensive - think how else you could spend/donate that money

  c) If you are hospitalised/die from a smoking related illness, it affects the Society's ''head count'' and FS hours.

  d) It's OK to receive INCOME from tobacco, as this doesn't affect the Society.....well, only to the degree of it BENEFITS it.
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  Smoking

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why do we continue to do it even tho we know its bad for us?????

  i gave up bout a year ago but still have one occasionally i dont even know if i enjoy it all that much but i still do it.

  ive seen three of my family members die as a result of smoking and yet i light another one up!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I think Jehovah was ok about smoking until the 1970s.

  ooooops, no, scrap that - I meant the WTBTS was ok with smoking until the 1970s
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  Smoking

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why do we continue to do it even tho we know its bad for us?????

  i gave up bout a year ago but still have one occasionally i dont even know if i enjoy it all that much but i still do it.

  ive seen three of my family members die as a result of smoking and yet i light another one up!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I always felt so bad and guilty because Jehovah didn't like smoking. I remember a lot of literature in the Watchtower and Awake magazines that gave these true life stories of how JW's came into the truth and found out smoking was against Jehovah's laws and they quit.

  I think Jehovah was ok about smoking until the 1970s.
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  ''YOU are my witnesses,'' Trump card (and comfort blanket)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this, i find, is always the bottom line.

  '" "'you are my witnesses,'' is the utterance of jehovah, ''and i am god.

  as his name is jehovah, the people must be jehovah's witnesses.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  VM44 - that's a BRILLIANT (technical) point!
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  Which avatars ''appeal'' to you (credit to jt stumbler)

  by MidwichCuckoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading jt stumbler's topic on avatars, i recognised that certain avatars appeal to me, and i'm sure others feel the same.... .

  elsewhere (no idea why, gimme a clue), ezekiel3 (says a lot), euphemism (loved the marx bros) and googlemagoogle (so classical) spring to mind, oh, ip_sec's last avatar (the red pyramid) - want to revert back ip_sec?

  oh, and stillajwexelder - after reading your posting on jt stumbler's thread i realise i previously had the wrong impression - lol.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  saw Troucal's for 1st time today - made me gag a tad..
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  The small size of KH windows

  by helios in

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  2. beliefs

  it was only a few days ago when driving through a small town in the uk i noted a kh.

  nothing unusual except that one side wall was totally devoid of anything.

  the other side of the building revealed three very small windows, and i mean small.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Not something I thought about till on here - there's a Kingdom hall local to me without windows (in a sleepy, 'old' area of Engalnd) - the reason cannot be vandalism - maybe economy ? smaller windows = smaller heating bills?