My furbabies were "prescribed" for me when I was in therapy. I moved to a new apartment just so I didn't have to deal management being unhappy with my "service" dogs. They really are my babies and they have me exceptionally well trained!
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Do you love your pet?
by AK - Jeff inmine is a lab/boxer mix.
she is about 8 months now and thinks she is a lap dog!
she is as graceful as a cat, and can be on my lap in about a second with no notice.
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The end is 'just around the corner'!
by nicolaou inwe've all heard variations on that theme.
how much of that expectancy is down to the society's publications?
here are some of the results of a search run on the wt cd (2004 edition) for the phrase "just around the corner".. .
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I was really struck by something I read a while ago that said JWs have been predicting the end of the world for parts of three centuries now. I hadn't thought of it that way.
The Org also likes to use the statement about our 'salvation being closer than it was the day we first became believers.' Talk about stringing people along...
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Dating dubs, when is a chapperone needed?
by gringojj inmy wifes mother is a devout single dub.
i understand that it would be innapropriate for a young couple to be alone in a house, or even go out in public together if they are not married or had a chapperone.
so we just found out a certain brother whos wife died a few years ago has been stopping over my mother in laws recently.
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I had an interesting experience at work. I work with a woman who's a "swinger" and she asked me to chaperone her and a male co-worker if they went out to lunch because she's worried about developing an "emotional" attachment to him. Anything physical is permissable as far as she and her husband are concerned, but emotional attachments are no-nos.
A JW friend of mine was married a couple years ago. Whenever she went out on a date, she always had a chaperone. She was past 30 at the time.
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Faking time cards
by mkr32208 ini wonder if those of us who have simply faded started sending in time cards that we just made up.
you know massive placements hundreds of return visits if they would count them or just toss them out?
also how hard would it be to set up a ficticius congregation with all of us as members?
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Also how hard would it be to set up a ficticius congregation with all of us as members?
That would be interesting! But what would happen when we never ordered literature and never sent in donations to the WWW? And how would be handle CO visits?
Would still be very cool if someone managed to pull it off...
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YOUR CRAVING WILL BE FOR YOUR....
by tijkmo ini [jehovah] shall greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy; in birth pangs you will bring forth children, and your craving will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.
i was thinking about this scripture recently....what does it mean to crave something..these are some of the comments wts have to say on the subject
the commentary on the old testament, by c. f. keil and f. delitzsch, describes this "craving" as "a desire bordering upon disease.
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I've usually thought of descriptions of what Jehovah foreknows people will do to be speaking more to God's knowing how things will end up being/the choices people will end up making, as opposed to a type of predestination to behave a certain way. But it's an interesting perspective you've described, tijkmo.
Putting all those references together certainly turns me off (even further) to the Org when it perceives women as mentally diseased - especially if they believe women should reconsider divorce because they are so mentally ill they wouldn't be able to control themselves otherwise.
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What's the most exotic food you've ever eaten?
by Dimples ini think for me it was alligator.
we went to islands of adventure and we tried gator bites.
it tastes like fish but is really tough.
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Went to church for 2nd Sunday in a row...
by findingmyway inpeople remembered me from last sunday and actually made an effort to fellowship with me (even though i bolted for the door after the closing prayer).
everyone seems very warm and genuine.
i'm looking forward to going again next sunday.
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Should Katrina Victims Share Blame ??
by Jeannine init has been a few days since i raged and cried for the victims.
it has been a few days since i cursed our government and became forever disgusted with their actions.
it has been a few days since i made my red cross and animal rescue donations.
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Does anyone else not really care about Katrina?
by sonnyboy inok, some people may call me a heartless bastard for making this thread, but i have to be honest.. i really don't care about the hurricane victims.
i highly doubt that the people walking through walmart with shopping carts full of clothing and electronics would send me one f'ing red cent if i was in need (and i am in need, by the way).. i just can't find it in my heart to care at all.
maybe i'm the only one who thinks like this, but i've been struggling to survive for the past 2 years and no one has ever lifted a finger to help me.
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Does anyone else not really care about Katrina?
by sonnyboy inok, some people may call me a heartless bastard for making this thread, but i have to be honest.. i really don't care about the hurricane victims.
i highly doubt that the people walking through walmart with shopping carts full of clothing and electronics would send me one f'ing red cent if i was in need (and i am in need, by the way).. i just can't find it in my heart to care at all.
maybe i'm the only one who thinks like this, but i've been struggling to survive for the past 2 years and no one has ever lifted a finger to help me.
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The first post is pretty much the definition of becomeing jaded: 'They don't care, so I don't care.' That may explain why people become jaded, but it does not excuse it. How different the discussion would be if no one ever responded when disaster struck - no news coverage, no donations at all, no caring at all. At least what we're seeing in response to Katrina is a response. Imagine if these disasters went ignored - as we assume is done to people's "everyday" troubles. What kind of world would it be if people really never did anything, ever. Whether that means advocating, donating money... or sitting down with a homeless person to have lunch and talk. People work every day for the betterment of those at the mercy of "common" forces that create homelessness, starvation, abuse, and other tragedies. Perhaps I'm biased because I've worked with and for those at the receiving end of those forces. Even if we personally have faced suffering in spades, that does not warrant ignoring the efforts that are made everyday to address these concerns. Those efforts are thwarted repeatedly by corrupt people and organizations, but that doesn't mean no one cares. That doesn't mean that no one is benefiting from the efforts put forth against the forces that create suffering. Thank goodness many of those fighting for these things don't give up. I don't expect them to fix the world - I don't even expect they will make a major dent in current policies and politics - but it says something about the power of hope and the power of valuing others when people insist on fighting against the hardening of their hearts and the hearts of those who suffer.