Posts by Ellie

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Prayer doesn't cure the sick, says study

by Elsewhere in

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http://www.physorg.com/news5205.html.

prayer doesn't cure the sick, says study .

praying for people who are facing heart surgery does not raise their chances of a cure or of avoiding death, according to an unusual study published this saturday in the british medical weekly the lancet.

Ellie

you don't say!

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Any commonality with dubs who join as adults?

by Check_Your_Premises in

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i know many women who joined as adults who were victims of physical abuse or some sort of sexual assault.

i know many men who join because their wives do.. i think generally to join the dubs as an adult, you have to be looking for some sort of security.

the world probably hasn't been very nice to you.

Ellie

they perhaps have stupidity in common

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Victims of serious crime?

by greendawn in

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were you ever the victim of serious crime such as physical assault, mugging, burglary, arson, big financial fraud, kidnapping, etc?

Ellie

Sorry to hear that Crumpet, that must have been awful for you, but give yourself a pat on the back for being brave enough to report it.

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What do you think the main guilt trips are in the jws?

by misguided in

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greendawn asked this question at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/94462/1604122/post.ashx#1604122 (hope i did that right).

i think this question deserved a thread of its own.. rose.

i hope that's ok, greendawn.

Ellie

I think if you have kids they make you feel guilty by telling you that you are taking away their chance to live forever.

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Victims of serious crime?

by greendawn in

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were you ever the victim of serious crime such as physical assault, mugging, burglary, arson, big financial fraud, kidnapping, etc?

Ellie

I got mugged when I was about 18, I was beaten up but not too badly, my friend who i was with at the time took the worst of it, she ended up in hospital for a couple of days.

We went to the police who knew who the muggers were due to the description we gave, but they couldn't do much as there was no real evidence and it would have been our word against theirs.

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w00 h00! It's Almost Here!!!!!!!

by Yizuman in

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as of this posting, battlestar galactica will premere in 19 hours and 15 minutes on the sci fi channel!!

allow me to express my excitement!

but still, arghhhhh i wish it was here already!!

Ellie

sad sad sad

sorry, cant think of anything else to say

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Thoughts please..

by WILKO in

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this is something that i would like thoughts on, well two things really.

i was disfellowedship about ten years ago, so witnesses reading this will say am bitter, apostate, whatever they like, couldnt careless really, am just an ordinary gal married expecting her first baby working etc... but is it or is it not unchristian to be ignorant?.

thats what some witnesses do to those disfellowshipped.

Ellie

Can't really answer this question except to say you are so right about the freedom of speech thing, it makes me see red that they think its ok to go bothering people on a Saturday morning, knocking hard working people out of bed on their day off to tell them they will die at armageddon if they dont become a witness, yet if someone has the nerve to even question their religion they are apostate.

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I Need help!

by cazza in

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i need help making one of the most important decisions of my life, i was brought up a witness and fell away nearly 9 years ago.

i firmly believe what i was taught and still believe in the truth.

theres just a few questions i would like asking but never have the opportunity to ask anyone.

Ellie

Hi Cazza, I asked the same question about children dieing because their parents left the truth.

I was told to imagine a family of rats living in my garden, if I where to get pest control in they would not only kill the parents but the children too as they would grow into adult rats.

I thought this was a really disgusting, sick thing to say.

I'd recommend you to keep your baby well away from the witnesses and would tell you not to even think about leaving your fiance for them.

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first a publisher, now GF wants me baptized by Sept...

by Buck in

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well i made publisher a couple of weeks ago.

i shared that story on here.

but now iam getting pressured into being baptized in september.