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  HELP ,need advice about wacko sis-in-law

  by annalice in

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  i have posted a topic on this before back on march 21,06 .i wrote about how she had made up her own disasociation cards for us and had sent us some disturbing letters.

  well now we have a new letter from her ,it was addressed to our 11 month old son, care of his father.

  in the envelope she has actually taken the time to photo copy the exodus account of the of the first born sons of all egyptions being killed by gods angel.

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  daystar

  Yes, do all of that. Well, you can't really do the rest if you mark them all return to sender. But other than that, do all the rest!
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  Were "Theocratic Activities" A Burden To You???

  by minimus in

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  if you go to an assembly or convention, you are made to feel that everything is joyful, wonderful, "happifying", paradisaic, unified.

  going to 5 meetings, never missing them, preparing for meetings and doing regular personal and family study and pioneering, if at all possible, raising your kids to be perfect little ministers, etc.......all these types of things are supposed to make you feel wonderful!

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  daystar

  The concept of trying to fill up pretty much all your free time with JW-stuff comes from, IMO, the prevalent Christian concept that material existence is fundamentally sinful rather than holy and joyful as many other religions do (certain European pagan religions come to mind).

  The JWs take it to a bit of an extreme certainly. And my intention is not to paint all Christians with such a broad brush.
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  Were "Theocratic Activities" A Burden To You???

  by minimus in

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  if you go to an assembly or convention, you are made to feel that everything is joyful, wonderful, "happifying", paradisaic, unified.

  going to 5 meetings, never missing them, preparing for meetings and doing regular personal and family study and pioneering, if at all possible, raising your kids to be perfect little ministers, etc.......all these types of things are supposed to make you feel wonderful!

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  daystar

  I think it depends pretty much entirely upon the attitude of the person at the time.

  I can recall that for most of my early life, from birth to probably my early teens, it was just what we did. It was no more a burden than going to public school was, for me.

  Going out in service, however, was stressful. I was never an overly outgoing child, so a certain amount of social anxiety was certainly a part of that.

  There was one period of time in my mid-late teens where I became super active and no, it was no burden at all. I was fairly committed.
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  I'm being hunted by an elder - would this work?

  by serendipity in

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  this week elder z shows up at my house twice, unexpectedly.

  the first time i didn't see him, but my daughter did and didn't answer the door.

  the next time i decided not to answer the door since i didn't feel like talking to him.

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  daystar

  Yes, God bless caller ID and peep holes.

  I think you've gotten some good advice here serendipity. Let us know how it goes, k?
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  WILL THERE BE PETS IN PARADISE EARTH?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas?

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  daystar

  Y'know, this reminded me of a conversation I had with my father back when I still attended meetings in my teens. My father had said that in the Paradise, at some point, we would no longer have children since in Genesis Jehovah says we are to fill the earth, but not to overflow it, and not to spread to other planets. At some point, he said, it made sense that people would simply stop having children.

  My problem with this, at the time, was that I could not comprehend Jehovah "discontinuing" a biological function that is the source of such wonder, commitment, love, excitement and pleasure (being perfect, none of the negatives would exist, right?)

  How could God take away such a part of what it is to be human?

  So, at some point, according to him, there would no longer be any children, at all.
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  Can I print a post out?

  by hamsterbait in

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  sometimes in the course of a longgg thread there is maybe an individual post contributed that i wan t to keep.. is it possible to print an exerpt of one post from a thread - or will i have to keep printing out dozens of pages to keep the one bit i am interested in?.

  if i can, how??.

  hb.

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  daystar

  In Internet Explorer, you may select only the text you want to print, then right-click on that highlighted text. On the secondary menu you get, choose print. On the print dialog box, in the Page Range area, choose the "Selection" radio button. It should print only the text you have selected (highlighted).
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  Christian propaganda found in a truck stop stall.

  by kwintestal in

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  i found this the other day as i was doing my thing and immediately assumed it was left for a muslim.

  as i got reading it, i was shocked and then disgusted at the bait-and-switch technique used.

  enjoy the comic!

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  Hmmm... Did Chick remove that tract from his site?
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  WILL THERE BE PETS IN PARADISE EARTH?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas?

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  daystar

  Sure! Pet lions, pet cobras and rattlesnakes, pet black widow spiders...
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  People who see EVIL object in pictures, are really reaching!

  by free2beme in

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  i sit in my bathroom on a daily basis, using the facilities.

  as i do this, to pass the time i will sometimes look at the pattern in the wallpaper or floor and see if i can make out things.

  at times i think it looks like a face, or maybe the shape of a object or country.

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  daystar

  The oddest thing... I just did a google image search for "ram live forever book" and the top link, sponsored, pointed to this site. You Can Live Forever on Paradise Earth.

  You will note that the first "Vital Link" takes you to a page that redirects you to... the official WBTS website?!?
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  If You Were Raised In "The Truth" Did This Happen to You?

  by XJW4EVR in

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  last night i was reminiscing about my teenage years, and this came up.. in the congregation i was raised in there were a number of contractors.

  i knew that college was out of the question, and i didn't want to run the family busines (though i ended up running it for a time).

  so i asked a number of these elder contractors if they were willing to appentice me in their trades.

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  daystar

  kitty

  Follow your passions. I know someone who used to work with people who were struggling and needed assistance with job placement, careers, etc. He had this one woman in his office and when he asked her what she would really like to do, she told him that she wanted to be a psychologist, though she was not in college at the time. Being smart, he asked her what she had done to prepare herself for this. What books had she read, etc. She said she had not read one thing, no Freud or Jung even. She had just read some article about it and decided that was what she wanted to do.

  He noted that had she pursued that path, she would not likely have ben very successful as she had no passion for it, and tried to convince her to consider other option.

  If you have a passion for something, you have a duty to yourself to follow that passion.