Posts by willowmoon

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ALL current JWs: Please give feedback here or by PM

by AuldSoul in

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friends

okay, i have been harping on this issue for some time.

i think i have this thing refined enough that i can communicate it succinctly.

i want as much feedback as possible.

willowmoon

What Skyking said is the response I also received.

When I continued to press for answers on a local level, the further explanation was that passage of time is not always specifically detailed in the Bible... that the ones in the referenced scriptures did study and learn and prove their faithfulness, but the amount of time it took was not detailed (sort of reminded me of hitting fast forward, lol). And that the ones doing the baptizing were special appointees of Jesus and Jehovah, therefore qualified to make the decision on whether one was "ready" for baptism. So that makes the shepherds of the WTS the ones who, in modern day, determine one's "readiness" and "qualification" for baptism.

Please note that this is not necessarily my opinion or interpretation ... it's how it was explained to me when I asked for help researching and understanding the same scriptures you've presented. I too, would like to hear an honest Scriptural explanation from a sincere active Witness.

Willow

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Listen to the Family's of 911

by skyking in

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friends

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1016720641536424083&q=press+for+truth&hl=en.

monkeyshines quot beloweveryone keeps saying to respect the families of those who died in 9/11.

what better way can we respect them than do the one thing they ask of us, watch their movie.

willowmoon

Skyking, thank you for posting the video.

Lady Liberty, thank you for watching and listening.

I was an eyewitness to the WTC attack... one of the "lucky" ones who didn't make it to the meeting on time that day. The man I lived with, to be married to in December 2001, was lost. So were many of my co-workers and associates. My career ended that day. My home three blocks from the WTC got condemned due to toxic dust and structural damage. Suddenly, on 9/11/01, my entire world was reduced to the dust filled clothes on my back and a frightened little boy asking for his dad.

This all makes me nothing special. We each recover, accept, move on, whatever, in our own way. Many of us ask for nothing except the truth about the 9/11 events ... for the people like you to listen, read, hear, think and speak out for the truth so no one will ever again suffer the heartbreak, indignities and lies surrounding the 9/11 events.

Thanks to you both and to anyone who will watch this video and research with open minds and hearts. You see, this is the very best we can do for the lost lives and shattered souls...
and it's worth lots more than a thousand televised tributes and a million empty words.

love, willow

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World Trade Center, Opinions? Was OK, but great recruitment film.

by Wasanelder Once in

i thought the movie was well presented.

the drama of the two men trapped was engaging.

the only problem is that it seemed like they were the center of the whole event.

willowmoon

I saw it at one of the "courtesy" screenings for WTC survivors and families of those lost. I still have trouble with anyone, for any reason, using the 9/11 events for financial profit so would not pay to see it based on principle.

In my (albeit non-objective) opinion, the movie is a sugar coated, glamourized Hollywood exploitation of the event that is still affecting many lives and will carry severe ramifications throughout the world for many years to come.

and while I don't agree that it was necessarily a military recruitment ploy, it is another crass bid for patriotism and support of war.

Sorry all, but this movie does help prove there is more to 9/11 than the "official" story the government told you. But then, this discussion isn't about that, it's about the movie.

I didn't care for it. Hero movies just don't impress me.

willow

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Right Now-----How Do You Feel?

by minimus in

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friends

at this moment are you content, depressed, angry?

willowmoon

feeling relieved ... my child is back home, after an extended visit with his uncle, during which he tried to break up our family and force my son to be sent to catholic school.

also feeling grateful... for a special friend who helped me make the right decision about it!

willow

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How do you deal with telemarketers?

by Outaservice in

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friends

willowmoon

i dont answer DUH!

oh come on... way too easy. LOL

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PRAYING.... Is it the answer to eating disorders?

by Gill in

i found that the article on 'young popele ask....do i have an eating disorder?

' in the awake magazine for october 2006 to have worrying advice in it.. apparantly the answer to this problem, according to the wtbts is prayer!

how did psychiatrists miss this for so long?.

willowmoon

I don't see where the article states or implies that "prayer is the answer" or cure for the problem.

It encourages us to "Implore him for insight as to what is behind your disorder so that you can conquer it." It does not say to ask or expect Jehovah to cure it.

This and other Bible-based teachings point out that, through prayer, God can help us find courage, strength, understanding ... whatever it takes --
to seek and choose answers that resolve our problems.

We are the ones who control our own lives and, as the article points out ... often we need to ask for help. It's the help and guidance, but not necessarily the specific answer or cure, that can come through prayer.

I think the article does caution us to make good decisions regarding professional treatment and makes it clear that prayer is not the cure, but can help us focus and take the actions that lead to the cure.

willow

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Who would tell 9/11 survivors to just get over it?

by Swan in

maybe the same people who post on this board and tell us to just get over it.

i get so tired of them dismissing our experiences and trauma by saying "why do you have to tear jehovah's organization down?

just get over it and move on!".

willowmoon

As a survivor and eyewitness to the wtc attack, I can assure everyone -- there are many who would and do tell survivors to "just get over it" (and those other statements that sound harsh and hurtful).

In sharing our personal traumas with others, we invite response, and it isn't always what we want to hear ("just get over it"). It doesn't always mean the speaker is discounting or belittling the victim or the event, it's another way of trying to help the victim move through the bad effects (which include obsession and victimization).

Though they sound cruel, these statements can be taken as a kindnes -- it can help boot us down off our "victim" pedestals and... well, get over it ... helping us get on the path back to a healthier, happier place in life.

willow

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Truth scares 9-11 conspiracy buffs

by Dogpatch in

truth scares 9-11 conspiracy buffs

here's at least one reason for the conspiracy theories that i find compelling.

by betsy hart .

willowmoon

"What may be the growing prevalence of the conspiracy theorists concerns me in this: not only is it an insult to those who died on 9-11, it does make me question -- if just for a moment -- whether we in the United States really have the will to fight and win the war against terror."

No, the insult to those who died is the preposterous lies and deceit of the "official story", compounded by a public willing to believe and defend those lies.

The ones who died on 9/11 would want the truth told (at least the ones I knew would). The truth about 9/11 is the last respectful and fitting tribute to our loved ones who died at the hands of government greed and power. To believe and defend the "official story" is showing disrespect for the lives that were lost that day and those that mourn them forever.

Please people, don't let them blind you any longer.

willow

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You gotta try this!

by cruzanheart in

if you upload a photo of yourself the site will do a face comparison with celebrities' faces and tell you whom you most resemble.

kind of fun!

i resembled kate beckinsale, liza minelli and diane keaton.

willowmoon

BlessedStar, the link worked fine here. Sorry, don't know how to put it on here (I consider it a prize when my own typing shows up!). Maybe Truth About The Truth will show up and post it here -- he posts video clips all the time.

Well anyway I got some great ideas for my next picnic!

willow

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You gotta try this!

by cruzanheart in

if you upload a photo of yourself the site will do a face comparison with celebrities' faces and tell you whom you most resemble.

kind of fun!

i resembled kate beckinsale, liza minelli and diane keaton.

willowmoon

LOL BlessedStar! Totally gross.

willow