sorry everyone but i need to rant.
about a week and a half ago we hired someone to work at my office.
up to that point only my boss and i worked here, however we realized that there was a lot of work that had to be done and we needed help.
I would either fire her or have a very long talk with her.
It sounds wrong to me. Two things in only a few days is a bit much when she just starts.
And if she had to go to school why did sne say this at the last minute? Looks like a bad employee to me. But you may want to talk it out with her to be sure.
sorry everyone but i need to rant.
about a week and a half ago we hired someone to work at my office.
up to that point only my boss and i worked here, however we realized that there was a lot of work that had to be done and we needed help.
She only has to work on finishing your post? Hehe ;-)
Ok, ok, i'm just jokin'.
Don't feel bad. I somehow managed to send the same post 33 times in one sending the other day! I don't know how I made this feat of magic happen but I sure left Lady Lee with a lot of clean up work after my mess.
we disassociated ourselves in june, but that did not stop a witness from coming here today!
we bought our house off of them nearly 4 years ago but we still get mail for them from time to time, anyhoo, some business checks came for him the other day and i put them in my jeep as i was going to 'return them to sender' but he stopped in to get them!
that just threw me for a loop!
Legolas you'll need the whole crew from lord of the rings to keep them from ever bothering you again.
They're so robotic with the conversion thing. It's really all they do and the focus of their entire existence.
It feels good that I notice myself calling them "they". I don't feel like one of "them" any longer.
I guess you just have to learn to be ok with the idea that they always try.
I just tell them I couldn't care less about what they believe and walk away. That finishes it.
i remember the whole, "slap one cheek and turn and let them slap the other", philosophy we were taught as witnesses.
i was wondering how others felt about this and how far you left it behind.
i know people will sometimes have that humble personality that allows things to role off them, while others are more prone to fight the fine fight.
. What life has taught me, is not so much the idea that you should let them slap the other cheek, but don't allow yourself to be in a position that allows all the slapping in the first place. Meaning, if someone is known for treating people bad, leave them alone and have nothing to do with them. If you have friends who treat you will disrespect, get new friends. Then if someone does, figuratively, slap you down. Don't be quick to fight back, as I have yet to see a fight that ends that simple.
If someone slaps your cheek, walk away and live to fight another day. Staying means your a fool who never learns. Fighting means you let your emotions lead you to much. Yet, no matter what, often life slaps back on those people worse then you ever could have, if you give it enough time.
Free2berne I think those words were genius.
That was really something worth thinking about.
Everyone has to deal with "being slapped" so it's worth thinking over our habitual pattern of dealing with it and questioning the results we've gotten from our method.
Something to think on.
i tried it, could not swallow all the lies and misinformation they had.
i am sorry, but even if you deny the whole witness faith, there is still parts to christianity that they pointed out that you can not just ignore and act like it is okay to join another faith that is christian.
are you going to become catholic when your know their history?
Lady Lee
Though i'm not part of any religion any more i'm in agreement with all that you've said.
What's a christian mystic?
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which do you like better pepsi or coke?.
evanescence *wish there were voting polls on this forum
HL said
I knew it! I knew it! I was waiting for you to how up Horrible Life Hi there cutie, have you been fighting off the women here?
Nope, only fighting off the urge for some coke with icecream since Evanescence mentioned it!
Really i've had an urge for it all day. It keeps popping up in my mind.
Haven't had that since I was a kid.
We have to drag you out here to nyc sometime so you can come to hang out with the nyc ex-jw crowd. Can we tour Bethel while I am there?
Be careful what you wish for haha!
If you ever come over to nyc I really would take you there for the fun of it.
We'll stroll in with coke, pepsi, dr pepper, hot fudge, nuts, all spiked with every alcoholic drink imaginable and get nice and toasty on a special ex-jw bethel tour.
And after all that drinking we can pee on ol mister Russel's grave ;-)
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i've had this phobia of blood and needles ever since i was given the anti-blood programming.. anyone else have his phobia as well?.
i'm wondering if i'm the only person to have this fear.
I've always enjoyed the taste.
With coke, pepsi, or dr pepper, LOL?
do you like yogurt?
i like to eat a little of it everyday.
it is kind of expensive and a hassle to deal with all the containers in addition to getting to the grocery store which is 15 miles away.
Interesting. I make my own herbal spa treatments. Body wraps, facials, hair and scalp treatments, etc.
I don't use them on myself though.
I've been thinking of candle making, mosaic, and other home made stuff. I love all things creative.
how can the body be both?
how did/do you reconcile this paradox?
some related scriptures that comes to mind are:
It's a metaphor. It doesn't have to be either/or. Mind you i'm not defending the bible. I couldn't care less if it's right or wrong. But something can be twoi seemingly opposite things at the same time.
Much like a knife. Can be used to help or used to kill. It's what you do with it that makes the difference.
Thus the body is a temple of god when not abused. Also the temple of god since his/her (did I say her?) holy spirit shines within. It's a "vessel for satan's temptations" because all of our so-called evils express themselves through the body some way plus are received in to the mind and heart through the body from the external world.
I'm not saying I agree i'm just giving my interpretation.
i am curious, how many of you were lurkers on jwd before joining in the party?
im not sure if there is anyway to know how many people at any given time are just reading the posts and not posting, versus active members.
i am going to do a pseudo-scientific analysis based on responses to the following questions:.
Someone I met on another forum told me about it. I jumped in the next day. I was never df'ed or anything. My family walked away from the jw when I was 15.
