Welcome to the board, Valis. Congratulations on pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. I also put myself through college later in life, and have dealt with depressing family stuff. Glad to have your voice on the board.
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Posts by COMF
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7Pathetic Roll Call
by Valis ini thought the easiest way to share the pathetic tale of one faithful family in a different sort of way.
we'll start at the top and work our way to myself.. grandfather mom's side=never saw him, abused his children sexually/physically, emotionally, finally got the big df and has been sighted at halls around country using different names.
other wife/family also abused and left.. grandmother mom's side= lived w/abusive elder/alchoholic for many years, after he left for life w/other wife, went crazy, then she got cancer, but wouldn't get transfusions, or bone marrow transplant.
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But, we want to be free!!
by ThiChi inman: we want to be free, and want no god telling us how to live.. god: fine, do your own thing.. after numerous murders, genocide, and other evils, we hear this:.
man: i can't believe in a god who would allow all this evil to happen .
and not intervene to prevent it.. god: why not?
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Man: "We want to be free, and want no God telling us how to live."
God: ""
Man: "Um... hello; I said, 'We want to be free.'"
God: ""
Man: "Oh... we ARE free. Ooh, that's spooky. There must be more, there must be... Let's make up a god."
Man: "...and God said: 'Blah blah blah'"
this sums up the Jewish/Christian belief of why, if there is a good, all powerful God, evil exists?
Sorry to pop your bubble, Chi. It sums up nothing.
It is a good question that needs some thought!
Truly spoken. Perhaps you'll have time to put a little more into it.
I don't relate everything to the WT like most of you...
You come to Jehovahs-Witness.com and run everybody down for talking about witness-related topics. Smooth move. Do you go to Sears and condemn everybody for thinking about nothing but gaining more material possessions?
We do have lives beyond this forum, Chi. But, just as we don't talk about Jehovahs-Witness.com to the checkers at Sears, we don't talk about shopping at Sears, or most other aspects of our lives, on here. Just as Sears is devoted specifically to buying stuff, this forum is devoted specifically to discussing JW stuff. Neither reflects the sum total of our thoughts, or activities.
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LOVE REALLY SUCKS
by Saint Theresa ini ruined a real relationship with a real man that i had been with for 11 years for a jw who used me, got his rocks off, then told me to hang in there.
i have lost everything for this person, and does this person care????
i doubt it.
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Oh, stop, you're gonna make me cry.
Well, maybe not.
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Lord of the Rings
by think41self inhey guys,.
the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.
those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!
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Joel, I have. I pictured parts of it as movies, like particularly The Mule and his team of mind-controlled helpers... except for the girl...
But what struck me as more likely movie fodder was the Caves of Steel series. Interesting that they should coincide at the end, eh?
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Chemistry Proof - Topic: "hell"
by lauralisa inthis hilarious thing has been around for awhile, but teejay's "applicant" post made me think of it again.... .
this was an "actual question" given on a university of washington chemistry midterm.
"is hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
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Yeah, I love this. I posted it once, a while back. Focus then posted a point-by-point refutation of it, bless his squirmy toadlike mind. I answered with the post, "Help for Focus" and a link to www.getajob.com.
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Unexpected elder visit
by Mulan inlast week i asked for advice for a relative who had left her husband.. well, yesterday the elders called on her, in her new place, in another congregation's territory, so her husband must have given them her address.. she thought it was the mailman, so opened the door, surprised to see the elders.
she told them this was not a good time, and one said "can we come back later?
so he says, "are your refusing to meet with the elders, then?
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Please show her this.
I am very proud of you! Not because it was defiant toward the elders, but because it was an action in defense of yourself. Hooray! You deemed yourself worthy of defending! And not only that, but in your mind you put yourself in the right, and them in the wrong. Yaaaaayyyy! You've got the point! That's the way you should view it, all right.
And check this big one out: you didn't feel a need to convince them that you were right. You just calmly knew it for yourself, regardless of what they believe, and that was enough. That's the clincher. You're off to a fine start!
Merry Christmas!
Love, Fred
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Met my Gran today!
by ISP inwell, this was quite a moment.
it is our first christmas in 20 yrs or so.
we called with a card and a present.
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Way cool, ISP. You sure did your good deed today.
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The reason I don't believe in Santa.
by ballistic injust got emailed this, and have re-thought my belief in santa.. p.s.
sorry about the spacing:.
>>miles per .
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Hey, ballistic, get this freebie program to get rid of all that >>>> junk in your email.
- http://ronbrandon.com/lukeminnie/email_cleaner.htm
I've been using it for a couple of years. Nice utility to have when you want to forward a joke but the formatting's all screwed up.
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you know you're from Arkansas if...
by teejay in1. you measure distance in minutes.. 2. you've ever had to switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.. 3. stores don't have bags; they have sacks.. 4. stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.. 5. you see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.. 6. you use "fix" as a verb.
example: i am fixing to go to the store.. 7. all the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.. 8. you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.. 9. you carry jumper cables in your car ... for your own car.. 10. you know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.. 11. you only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup,and tabasco.. 12. you think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.. 13. you think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.. 14. the local papers covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.. 15. you think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.. 16. you know which leaves make good toilet paper.. 17. you find 90 degrees f "a little warm.".
18. you know all four seasons: almost summer, summer, still summer, and christmas.. 19. you know whether another arkansan is from southern, middle, or northern arkansas as soon as they open their mouth.. 20. there is a dairy queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.. 21. going to wal-mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "wally world.".
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Naww, it was Arkan-sawyers.
I referred to the inhabitants of the town where I endured my high school years as Madisonvillains.
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applicant on the rise
by teejay inthe following is (supposedly) an actual job application that a 17yr-old submitted at a mcdonald's in florida, u.s.a. he was hired for his humor and honesty.... ----------.
name: greg bulmash.
sex: not yet.
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I remember reading something strikingly similar to this--possibly the same thing--about 30 years ago, in Readers' Digest. Since the magazine reported that the applicant was hired, I tried it on a couple of applications. I was NOT called for an interview.
(sigh) Back to reality...
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