Posts by cyberdyne systems 101

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-26-06 WT Review (Honorable Weddings)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 11-26-06 wt study (october 15, 2006, pages 18-23)(honorable weddings).

review comments will be in red.

quotes from other sources will be in quotes boxes.

cyberdyne systems 101

Well i'm a bit late replying to your comments, but one word comes to mind after reading it: Pharisees!

I dont get how they say one thing and do another? It must be a complete mindfield knowing just exactly what you can and cant do in a situation. I also note the negative tone used when it comes to things they dont like - such as large gatherings with alcohol, and yet quote the fact that Jesus went to one such gathering! The keep saying pay back to Ceasar, but Ceasar doesnt require couple's to be legally wed here in the UK, so why is it not ok to just have the wedding talk at the KH? In fact if you read the Bible you realise none of that is necessary, just take your girlfriend back to your home to live with you and all is well.

This talking out of both sides of their mouths was one of the first things that lead me on the way out of the Borg - keep it up WTS!

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HAVE JWS RUINED YOUR LIFE??????

by chuckyy in

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friends

im sitting here today thinking:.

"my daughter should have had open heart surgery years ago and she would have been too young to know anything about it.

instead, she is about to face it now....the surgeons were relectant to do it when we were jws and she was so young.

cyberdyne systems 101

While i'm in a negative frame of mind right now its easy to say yes they have ruined my life, and to be fair it has caused a lot of pain in my life. But i dont think one can say I didnt get all the breaks and thats why i'm in my current situation. I've made choices, some things have come my way and other things havn't. To say its JW's that have ruined my life isnt probably the case, its more likely that my personality is one that subconsciously chose a path in life and i'm the only one who can look back and say I did good or I did bad. I accept that one can be duped/tricked/manipulated but i'm free of those things as far as the JW's are concerned, now I have to see where I will go on from here - perhaps a little wiser and maybe more cynical. Either way its been an experience that i've learned from and has made me who I am today. I cant wish things had been different, I can only deal with realities. The day I say they have ruined my life is that day i give up.

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NEW BOND - ANYONE

by tijkmo in

i thought he was fine.

good story too.

cyberdyne systems 101

I loved it - came away wanting to be James - which is always a good sign

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What would you do if you lost your job?

by Virgochik in

if you got fired from your job, what would you do first?

live off your savings?

sell your house?

cyberdyne systems 101

I also have this looming, first I panic, then I try and see what else i can do when I have little or no qualifications, I have a few options such as find other work and/or reduce my outgoings. Although when living life with an under current of depression, this could be a good opportunity for life to change and maybe for the better, so I try to put a possitive spin on things.

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A reminder on Shunning family members again in the January 15th Watchtower!

by Gill in

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friends

january 15th watchtower 2007 'remaining steadfast when a child rebels'.

'when discipline is severe'.

'if your child is unrepentant and is a baptized christian, he may receive the strongest form of discipline - being disfellowhipped from the congregation.

cyberdyne systems 101

The article said:

by supporting the efforts of the shephers, you will remain solid in the faith and will provide the best help for your child.

I fail to see how this is the best help for a child? Surely at this time of their growth, this could damage them for the rest of their lives. I guess if some kids do respond to this blackmail, perhaps the fear of letting this happen again might keep them in, but not happy.

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OK girls, tell me what I did wrong.

by Abandoned in

here's the situation.

there's this girl at work who i've been kidding around with for a couple months.

we laugh and joke and i thought we were pretty good friends.

cyberdyne systems 101

So what happened did you see her on Tuesday? I think the best advice has been given already - just be yourself, sure you can always learn to do things better but dont take the attitude that you are doing something wrong. Asking someone out on a date can be daunting at times - afterall your ego can be bruised, but I guess the thing is to pick yourself up and try again. Look around you and you see there are so many couple's, its possible for anyone. I'm between relationships as I speak, so I can empathise with you on your self analysis.

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Do you remember giving talks?

by klydia in

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friends

i'm trying to remember the process for giving a talk.

i remember getting a slip with a topic on it, but what else was on that slip?

did it tell you what scriptures you should cite, or what book the talk was based on?

cyberdyne systems 101

Yeah I do, its something i never liked doing but felt obligated to continue, when in reality I so wanted to give it up. I think the school overseer can make a big difference on one's attitude towards it. In my old cong there was one overseer that pretty much praised you for doing the talk, but another almost seemed to want to find something to pull you up on. It was during the reign of this particular elder that I became more critical of giving talks, I at first would disagree with his council as his oppinion, and before long would just agree with everything but do nothing about what he'd said. Also at the time when the bible or watchtower reading came in without introduction or conclusion, I got talk no.4 constantly. The subjects were, as has been mentioned pretty embarrasing or obscure at times and made me very uncomfortable to both research and give. I certainly think my mind was begining to think and reason at that time, and soon I had walked away from the JW's and felt relief about giving up doing talks.

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Cheap-ass Watchtower tapes!

by Nosferatu in

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friends

i recieved 4 tapes of kingdom melodies from lee (thanks lee!

) so, i shoved one into my tape deck so i could hear "stay awake, stand firm, grow mighty" for the first time in ten years (man, that sounds like a song about my penis).

however, i discovered that the pressure pads have gotten crusty and fell out of two of these tapes, and the cheap bastards at watchtower didn't put screws in their tapes so i could easily fix them!

cyberdyne systems 101

Nosferatu wrote:

I'll have pictures of my repair job up tomorrow

I'm actually looking forward to seeing this!

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Now Linda is ill!!

by dedpoet in

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friends

first it was her mum in hospital, then it was me, just for a night, though i've been ordered to rest and given 6 weeks off work, and now linda (fullofdoubtnow) is ill. she has a really bad bout of flu, which started yesterday, and i expect she'll be in bed for a few days.

i just fed her some soup, which is about all she can manage at the moment, and she's gone back to sleep now.

she sends her love to everyone on the board,i expect she will be posting again in a few days, but for now, she's confined to bed..

cyberdyne systems 101

Sorry to hear that Trev, i know i for one will miss her contributions to the discussions here, tell her a get well soon from me.

Hope your on the mend too

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Where does WT get their money for its operation?

by ukescott in

as ex-mo, i know the mormon church makes millions of dollars each year by having its faithful members pay tithings and running quite a few businesses.

i am pretty sure wt as a corporate makes millions of dollars each year.

otherwise it wouldn't build thousands of kh's across the world i guess.

cyberdyne systems 101

I have heard it suggested that if the donations (by the publishers and from the field) are not enough to cover what was received by the congregation, then the congregation itself will make up the shortfall. Perhaps a current or ex Elder can shed some light on what happens in that circumstance.

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