Joel Wideman

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  Reveal something "weird" or "unusual" about yourself

  by JH in

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  whatever i drink from the fridge, i put it into the microwave for 10 seconds so that it won't be too cold to drink.. .

  whenever i drink ice cold liquids, it irritates my tongue/mouth and often triggers a sore throat.

  now you have additional proof that i'm weird .

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  Joel Wideman

  Mulan, that is not unusual. We tend to expect certain outcomes based on experience and situations. If you apply for a job, you expect them to call you. We don't notice all the times it wasn't HR, just the time it was. If your friend tends to call at 4pm, you will expect it to be your friend. If it isn't, you will be surprised - but will soon forget this inaccurate prediction. If you think about something, you have an expectation - and that expectation will be fullfilled when they contact you.
  An interesting experiment: Keep a pen and paper next to the phone. Whenever the phone rings, think about who it might be, and after you answer, write down whether you were right or not. After you get enough calls, you'll be able to see just how "often" you are right. :D
  Extra credit: Write down your prediction, the time, and who it turns out to be.
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  How do you explain bible prophecies?

  by ithinkisee in

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  you know the ones ... how alexander the great was supposedly predicted in advance .... how daniel interpreted dreams and foretold bablyons destruction ..... how cyrus was named years in advance .... how jesus fulfilled so many hebrew scriptures prophecies ...... how do you explain this?

  conspiracy by the early church?

  conspiracy by the 70 scholars of the lxx?.

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  Joel Wideman

  Qcmbr, on July 14, 1832, Congress passed a tariff act that South Carolina declared null and void. President Andrew Jackson put the U.S. army on alert and the United States expected war in 1832. D. & C. 87 (where the prophecy is made) is dated December 25, 1832. Almost 20 years later, there were again rumors of a civil war brewing, and the LDS Church revived this prophecy. Anybody living in that time period, if told a civil war was coming, would not have been impressed.
  Further, it was prophecied "And the time will come that war will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at this place. For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations; and then war shall be poured out upon all nations." But war did NOT "pour out upon all nations".
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  When/Where did the society ban birthday observances?

  by Buck in

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  i know it was probably during the change over from russell to rutherford.

  is there a specific wt article that i can point to when reviewing this topic.

  ive been reading reasoning from the scriptures and i cant find nothing banning birthdays.

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  Joel Wideman

  I haven't been able to narrow it down, but it had to occur between 1907 and the 1930s.
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  psychology does it work?

  by cranwood in

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  hi back again .has any body here been helped by shrinks?

  i have seen psycholgists and psychiatrists off and for over 20 years and it .

  hasnt helped me.

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  Joel Wideman

  To say it works, or doesn't work, would be misleading. The problems people have that lead them to seek help are not usually ones that can be cured, but rather they can be treated. If you don't feel you are making progress with your therapy, bring this up to your therapist.
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  Oh my goodness...it's my birthday!

  by TresHappy in

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  well actually it's thursday - but i will be off the board for a day or two while i am celebrating!

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  Joel Wideman

  Happy Birthday!
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  Try this short honest Quiz :)

  by JH in

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  this quiz takes about 1 minute to do, and the results are honest.... .

  http://www.dr-joe.net/quiz.html

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  Joel Wideman

  At least my wish came true. "I wish that this will amuse me." It did. :P
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  Embarrassing things that happened to you on the platform?

  by Jordan in

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  i remember one of my last talks, it was a bible reading, i was 15, and on crutches.

  i tripped getting up on the platform and took the mic stand with me.

  that was embarrassing.

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  Joel Wideman

  Not in the Kingdom Hall, but when homework and preparing for the meetings were clashing, I had a panic attack in school in front of my class when I tried to give a presentation.
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  Earthquake in the Middle East (Urgent)

  by EliJah in

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  19 and the great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and babylon the great was remembered in the sight of god, to give her the cup of the wine of the anger of his wrath.

  20 also, every island fled, and mountains were not found.

  21 and a great hail with every stone about the weight of a talent descended out of heaven upon the men, and the men blasphemed god due to the plague of hail, because the plague of it was unusually great.. meaning: the nations are of the twelve tribes of israel in the middle east.

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  EliJah: NOT A SINGLE FORM OF LIFE WILL DIE AT THE HAND OF "ALMIGHTY JAH" AND "JESUS CHRIST".
  Then who is going to kill all those non-saved people?
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  Can true Christianity have some false prophets and still be true Christians

  by booker-t in

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  i know this sounds like a "totally" stupid question and i don't mean to offend religious people but i was talking to two jw's elders the other day at my apartment.

  they came by even though they know i am disassocated and don't want to go back to the wt.

  they think they can convince me that they are the truth and i would go back.

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  Joel Wideman

  Qcmbr: If your bible interpretation is so plain and easy to follow how come there are thousands of denominations who disagree on basic scriptures?
  There are two reasons. One is that they do not differ on essential doctrines - that which make them Christian - but only on the nonessential ones. The Bible _allows_ us to disagree on these nonessential points. The "denominations" that disagree with essential Christian doctrine cannot be Christian. I'll leave finding these essential doctrines as an excersize for the reader, lest someone get the impression that I'm attacking their own faith. :D
  The other explanation is human failure. But our salvation or damnation does not depend on our differences, but on our relationship with Christ.
  I find it amusing that you'd use a Catholic anti-Protestant argument. I find it equally amusing that the same argument can be applied to Mormonism, of which the LDS Church is only one denomination. (The argument also applies to Catholocism, of course.)
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  worry about yourself. who cares what everyones else does...

  by What_is_ur_point in

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  why do witness, xwitness, disassociated witness, disfellowshipped witness, atheists.. why doesn't everyone worry about themselves.

  it's so pointless when someone like me raises certain opinion's that cant be breached here on the message boards.

  people say that they win against people like me.. ?

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  Joel Wideman

  It's hard to heal when you don't talk about it.