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  Aviator pictures and usernames- Where and why did you choose yours?

  by winnie in

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  just curious.

  are some of them a personal photo?

  ones that are not, why did you choose them?.

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  Mine is a reflection of my former self in the "O".
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  faking/fading not an option any more...help!

  by wings in

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  i wish i had found this site years ago.

  then i would have thousands of posts...atleast a jedi master...but nothing ever works out like i want.

  newbie....i need help.

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  Wings!

  Sorry to hear about your situation with your husband! Is he very active in the organization? Does he have a position? Yes, I believe you need to be frank with your husband about how you feel about the religion, but perhaps tempering your comments to indicate that going to meetings makes you depressed, or perhaps because there’s no real love there and so you have little desire to attend may be the wise thing to do. Depending on how you answer the questions I raised. I would be careful on getting into doctrinal issues, since it may cause more problems with your marriage then you may be prepared to handle at this time. I sure hope things work out for you!

  With kindly regards,

  Cyber
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  Cool utube cello video -- Giovanni Sollima

  by cyberguy in

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  part 1 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldpf3yqq3-8.

  part 2 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3nkq00_zbi&mode=related&search=.

  backgrounder -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/giovanni_sollima.

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  part 1 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPf3yqq3-8

  part 2 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NkQ00_ZbI&mode=related&search=

  Backgrounder -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Sollima
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  Update: Elders on the move....

  by drew sagan in

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  well everybody, i think a little update is in order here with what is going on in my world.

  much has happened, and it appears that much more is going to happen quite quickly.

  for those of you that don't know, the poster amber rose is my wife.

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  cyberguy

  Hi Drew,

  It’s strange that the WT takes such a position about membership to use the gym or swimming pool, but has no problem renting-out such facilities for baptisms during assemblies. I was baptized in 1973 at a YMCA in Rochester, New York. And it was a common practice to use such facilities for a fee (although they probably didn’t call it a membership fee at the time, but what really is the difference?). So, it is okay to pay a fee to rent the pool for baptisms, but it isn’t okay to pay a fee to have access to the same pool and gym (or other facilities)! Go figure!

  Hope everything works out with you and your family!
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  My new PC Sucks :( HELP!!!

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm sitting here looking at jwd in a 16 color win2k, using my old ethernet card to connect to the internet, and ubuntu linux won't install.. i'm trying to find drivers for my hardware, but it's so new that it's difficult to find anything.

  i formatted the hard drive because i didn't want that slow, chunky windows vista piece of shit.

  unfortunately, the hard drive also contained the drivers for my hardware (vista drivers of course) and this damn thing didn't come with a cd rom full of drivers.. i'm currently using my old ethernet card to connect, but i can't permanently use it because there's only two spots left on the motherboard - i want to plug in my tv tuner card and soundblaster.. can anybody help me?.

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  You are correct DB, Vista will run but not very well with limited main memory and graphic card memory. I use an xp system for software development, and so my recommendations come from that point of view.
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  My new PC Sucks :( HELP!!!

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm sitting here looking at jwd in a 16 color win2k, using my old ethernet card to connect to the internet, and ubuntu linux won't install.. i'm trying to find drivers for my hardware, but it's so new that it's difficult to find anything.

  i formatted the hard drive because i didn't want that slow, chunky windows vista piece of shit.

  unfortunately, the hard drive also contained the drivers for my hardware (vista drivers of course) and this damn thing didn't come with a cd rom full of drivers.. i'm currently using my old ethernet card to connect, but i can't permanently use it because there's only two spots left on the motherboard - i want to plug in my tv tuner card and soundblaster.. can anybody help me?.

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  I don’t believe that a previously installed version of linux will boot if certain hardware, like graphic cards, have been changed from a previous configuration (I'm assuming you've just swapped hardrives in to a new machine). You must reinstall a base version of linux, then install the drivers specific for the hardware (e.,g. motherboard) you have. You should be able to go to the nvidia site and download the motherboard drivers for linux.
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  My new PC Sucks :( HELP!!!

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm sitting here looking at jwd in a 16 color win2k, using my old ethernet card to connect to the internet, and ubuntu linux won't install.. i'm trying to find drivers for my hardware, but it's so new that it's difficult to find anything.

  i formatted the hard drive because i didn't want that slow, chunky windows vista piece of shit.

  unfortunately, the hard drive also contained the drivers for my hardware (vista drivers of course) and this damn thing didn't come with a cd rom full of drivers.. i'm currently using my old ethernet card to connect, but i can't permanently use it because there's only two spots left on the motherboard - i want to plug in my tv tuner card and soundblaster.. can anybody help me?.

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  cyberguy

  Are you sure you only have 512 MB RAM? That’s not enough to run vista. I suppose Linux might work, but win-xp or vista--no way! I did a quick search for Linux installs and here's a link with some configuration information http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=457&num=1 .
  I suspect that only win-xp or vista will have all the drivers available at this time for all the additional hardware you want to add, but you can do a Google search to see what is available for linux. Also, you can check with Nivida (i.e., their web site) for the latest mother board drivers. Since you bought a license for vista, you should be able to get back to your supplier and usually for $10/$20 (us) more you can get the release on dvd. Of course, after installing vista, you must install the drivers for the mother board electronics followed by a reboot of your machine. You’ll need at least 2 gigs of RAM to run vista (1 gig for xp), and probably at least 256 megs of video memory (which is integrated on your mother board). Make sure you pull out the Ethernet card before doing the install, since you’ll no doubt want to use the onboard Ethernet electronics. Remember that your board electronics won’t be fully working (e.g., you'll get a low-resolution display) until you install the mother board drivers (did you get a install disk for this?).

  Hope this helps,

  Cyber
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-18-07 WT Study (Your Appreciation)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 02-18-07 wt study (february 1, 2007, pages 22-25)(your appreciation).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Yes Blondie, more programming for the minions! Thanks for your weekly coverage once again! However, I have to put my goggles on when I read most of your comments, because the “light” is a little too bright for me, sorry, hehe! Take care, and many thanks again for your coverages of the WT! I only wish you, your coverage, and the Internet were around 20 years ago, so I wouldn’t be in the position I am now!

  With best regards, (Please, do keep up your garden... sounds like fun!)

  Cyber
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  finally totally free and feeling great

  by hambeak in

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  i don't give a bit about the jw's i am now feeling totally free from them.

  i have read a lot about the bs and the money grubbing ways of the wts.

  thanks to all of you and the links i have learned of.. my kids are now foreign to me as they are totally immersed in the lie.

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  Hambaek,

  Hugs…

  I’m so sorry for your loss, but I know the WT has driven you over the edge! I am in a similar position, with family not accepting my rejection of Mommy-WT! I hope your kids, at some point, will realize that they miss their parent and will talk to you regardless of your situation. If not, you’ll have to move on; and I know this may be very difficult for you and I’m very sorry for you! My heart goes out to you!

  With loving regards,

  Cyber
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  JWs: "YOU must pray, then, this way: 'Our Father...'"

  by AuldSoul in

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  matthew 6:9 "you must pray, then, this way: our father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.

  '" (nwt).

  we know the bible shows jesus praying to his father, but who is our father?.

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  AuldSoul,

  I’m not exactly sure what you are trying to get at in this thread, but if you’re suggesting that the “Our Father” in the “Lord’s Prayer” is Jesus himself, because in Isaiah 9:6 he is prophetically called an “Eternal Father,” then I would have to kindly disagree. I just don’t see the connection here since Jesus was merely showing how to pray to God. However, I do agree with you in that the WT reduces Jesus’ role to a position of insignificance, in comparison to the “organization.” In effect, the “organization” is the (false) Messiah of the WT. And I also suspect that 1st century Christians talked (prayed?) to Jesus directly after his resurrection, asking him for help the same as they did when he walked the earth.

  Regarding Isaiah 9:6, the Oxford Bible Commentary has an interesting comment:

  v. 6, here is the climax of the Psalm. If as is quite likely, God is the speaker, then what seems like an announcement of a birth may more properly be understood as a coronation or enthronement of an earthly king (cf. Ps 2:7), where the king is proclaimed as God’s son. What follows is a series of titles, possibly comparable to the titles given to Egyptian pharaohs (von Rad 1966a). Four throne-names are given to the newly crowned ruler: ‘Wonderful Counselor’ speaks of the potential achievements of the king: the word translated ‘wonderful’ comes from the same root as that regularly used of God’s mighty deliverance at the Exodus. ‘Mighty God’ may imply divine kingship, for which there is some evidence in ancient Israel (cf. Ps 45:6), or ‘God’ here may be a kind of superlative: ‘Divine Warrior’. ‘Everlasting Father’ brings out the theme of the king as protector, ‘father’, of his people; and ‘Prince of Peace’ implies both freedom from war and the prosperity implicit in salom. In traditional Judaism, these oracles were applied to Hezekiah, around whom an elaborate series of legends developed. In Christianity, the belief of the early followers of Jesus concerning his Status made it natural for these words to be applied to him also, though NT allusions are only implicit (Jacob 1987: 141).