see ... i thought that stood for Who Would Jesus Do?
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WWJD?
by Pwned inwould jesus have shunned any member of his family?
i asked my dad that question and we've had a normal relationship ever since.
has anyone tried this with their family?
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New CO final Talk
by stillajwexelder inanybody heard this new talk going around at the moment - it is the last talk on sunday afternoon and it is about depression?
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Wild_Thing
Depression has been a MAJOR problem in the organization for many years. I'm amazed it has taken them so long to address this issue.
I highly doubt that they address this issue appropriately. They haven't until now, and I have no faith that they ever will. They will continue to blame the high rate of depression and suicide in the organization on allowing Satan and his Demons? and the Wicked System of Things? to cause their depression and it will not get better unless they stay close to Jehovah? and his Organization? and get to all the meetings and go out in field service and do personal study and personal prayer and ..... yada yada yada!
I am sure they will mention that some have to take a little pill and that it is okay if they have to, but I doubt their level of addressing it goes beyond that!
P.S. Thanks to those in chat that showed me how to do the little ? sign! Alt + 0153 rocks!
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Only in Texas!!!
by Wild_Thing insome things will never change and some things will never surprise me!!!!!!!!
edited: the wrong story seems to appear!
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Wild_Thing
Yikes! That is NOT what I intended to post! They changed the story on me! The story I wanted to post was about some idiots stealing a house brick by brick and nobody noticing! They just drove by and waved! (Trust me! It's funnier if you read the right story! ... especially if you are from Texas!_
Okay ... let's try this again ...
2 ARRESTED IN HOUSE THEFT By MARK COLLETTE, Staff Writer March 22, 2005 Email to a friend Voice your opinion LINDALE - Board by board, shingle by shingle, for nearly three months, they dismantled the three-bedroom brick house and carted it away until only a pile of rubble was left.
Their only problem: they didn't own it.Authorities say two men jailed this week took the house apart and sold it for drugs, in plain view of everyone cruising by on Lindale's Main Street - U.S. Highway 69.
"We drove by and watched the house come down," said Smith County Constable Dennis Taylor. "We wondered why it was taking so long, rather than just bulldoze it. It took about a month before the top even collapsed."
Taylor said the men worked slowly and haphazardly in daylight, with no one questioning their work, because everyone assumed it was the work of Wal-Mart or Lowe's - the two large retail stores laying new foundations nearby.
But the home actually belonged to Dallas-based St. Ives Realty. A company representative called Taylor on March 15 to report her house stolen.
"I said, 'Is it a trailer house, ma'am?'" Taylor recalled. "She said, 'No, it's a brick house.' I said, 'What?'"
Brandon Ray Parmer, 29, and Darrell Patrick Maxfield, 44, both of Tyler, were arrested Monday. Taylor said both men confessed to dismantling the home.
Authorities also arrested Jesse Gino Vega on Tuesday after executing a search warrant at his home in the 14600 block of County Road 463 in Lindale.
Vega, 36, is accused of giving cash and methamphetamine to the other two men in exchange for the materials from the home. Taylor said Vega refused to surrender to deputies for about an hour before finally emerging from his house Tuesday.
All three suspects were charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, a second-degree felony, and released from Smith County Jail after posting $10,000 bond.
At Vega's residence, authorities recovered lumber worth about $25,000. They also found plumbing, bathroom and kitchen fixtures, fence materials, doors and windows.
Officers got "about five trailer loads of property that came out of that house," Taylor said, then paused. "Well, it didn't come out of the house. It was the house."
Taylor estimated about 90 percent of the house was found at Vega's residence. The brick and shingles are still unaccounted for.
Taylor worked in conjunction with Constable Dale Geddie and deputy constables Cliff Robison, Tommy Goodman and Mark Waters. They are still working on tips, and believe at least three other people are involved in stealing the house.
"It's the strangest case I've ever worked in my life," Taylor said. "Everybody drove by and waved at them, said, 'Great to see you getting that house off - we're fixing to get Lowe's and Wal-Mart in here.'"
Mark Collette covers Smith County. He can be reached at 903.596.6303. e-mail: [email protected]
©Tyler Morning Telegraph 2005
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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Wild_Thing
He says that he can see that JW would be socially stunted because of their entire friend/social/religious/family base being wrapped up in the JW religion and then once you leave or are df'ed, it is all gone. Where does that leave one that is thrown into a world that they do not know how to cope in? He says that living in a fantasy world can wreck havoc on a person's social life because even if one ever did exist, it was fake.
I agree with your husband! He sounds very smart!
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Only in Texas!!!
by Wild_Thing insome things will never change and some things will never surprise me!!!!!!!!
edited: the wrong story seems to appear!
scroll down to read it!
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Some things will never change and some things will never surprise me!!!!!!!!
Edited: The wrong story seems to appear! Scroll down to read it!
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Welcome !
by Simon inwelcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online
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Wild_Thing
I wonder how ManofTrueGod and MerrDawg are doing? Do you think they're still Witnesses?
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Armageddon - Sept 2005: conclusive proof for the arithmetically challenged!
by slimboyfat inthey said it would come in 1975. they were wrong!
just like moses at the waters of meribah they presumed to speak for god when they had no business.
god made israel wait 40 years until moses died, and he is doing the same today!
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Wild_Thing
Here comes the fuzzy math again!!!!!
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What an odd sort of dream
by Big Tex inas a kid i remember reading a peanuts cartoon where woodstock is telling snoopy a dream he had, and snoopy rolls his eyes and said, "i hate it when people tell me their dreams.
" so with that in mind ...
http://josh-joplin-group.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/20265/.
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Wild_Thing
Does anybody remember that odd show called Twin Peaks? Your dream sounded like it came straight out of one of those shows! Just thought I'd share that!
It sounds like it is full of symbolism and meaning, but I think only you can decide what that is.
So ... when is your book coming out?
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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Wild_Thing
Another problem that I personally experienced growing up as a witness is that you had to be a certain kind of witness in order to be accepted into the social activities as the JW, as well. If you do not come from a strong spiritual family who are elders, pioneers, and servants, then you are not as easily accepted. And if you have problems in your family that do not reflect the perfect JW family lifestyle, forget it!
I experieced both. I was an elder's daughter and my mother was a regular pioneer. In fact, I was a regular pinoeer myself when I was a teenager. One day, our family double life was exposed and everyone found out we did not have the perfect family home life that everyone thought. After that, things changed and we were treated as social rejects, even by JW standards.
I see the same thing happening now with my teenage neice. She is not accepted by her supposed peers at the Kingdom Hall because they all come from two parent strong families, and most of them are homeschooled. At the same time, she is not allowed to have friends outside the org, so where does that leave her? As a social retard ... that's where.
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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Wild_Thing
You are spot on, Merry!!!! Folks like us that were raised in the org have a tendency toward social retardation. People who have never experienced it have a hard time understanding! You mean we can just go out and TALK to people?!? Gasp!
And if you were one of the many who were homeschooled as a witness, it only perpetuated the problem. JW kids should learn to interact with all kinds of people and they don't.