I hear you, Ken. Recovery from a majory injury or surgery sucks. What I'm suffering is worse than when I wnt thru open heart surgery. I bet yours is too.
Posts by Cygnus
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21I'm Going Nuts
by Undecided ini can't drive, mow the yard, wash the car, change oil, work on the house, lift anything, all a part of recovery from the operation.
it's driving me crazy.
tvs lost it's interest, computing isn't keeping my interest, can't have sex, drink alcohol.
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Is Clairvoyance evil or a human trait?
by Amazing1914 inthe society taught that psychic ability and clairvoyance were of satan and the demons.
they equated these characteristics as unchristian and to be avoided.
therefore, they are linked to ouiji board, wiccan activities, and even the seer that saul visited to conjure up samuel in a vision.
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Cygnus
What are the odds a golfer can hit a 95 yard pitch from the fairway, have it hit the flag, bounce a couple of times, and the go in the hole?
The next hole being a 196 yard par 3, he hits a 5 iron, skulls it badly (hits a low screamer by accident), but the ball hits the pin, bounces a couple of times, and again finds the hole?
It's happened, many times, yet the mathematical odds of it happening are astounding, And it's likely the golfer didn't say a prayer first or ask for divine intervention.
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Serena returns money won in gambling
by DevonMcBride indoes the watchtower allow gambling if the winnings are returned?
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=15686serena returns money won in gambling .
new york: tennis star and tv actress serena williams returned her winnings in gambling recently as she is a jehovah's witness and it is against her faith to gamble.. .
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Cygnus
Talesin and Euphanism may be right. She may not have realised what she was doing was wrong for a JW to do, and $400.00 to her is like 40 cents to an average joe.
The Flock book on page 136 says:
Christians should avoid gambling in all its various forms,
including lotteries. (Compare Isaiah 65:11; w89 7/15 p.
30; g82 7/8 pp. 25-7; g81 11/22 p. 27.)- Gambling can lead to or incite unchristian traits, such as
greediness and covetousness. (Rom. 13:9, 10; 1 Cor. 6: 9,
10; Col. 3:5)- Additional bad results from gambling and association
with gamblers give true Christians further reasons for
avoiding it. (1 Cor. 15:33; g85 8/8 pp. 22-3; g82 7/8 pp.
25-7; w80 9/1 pp. 29-30; w72 10/1 pp. 593-4)
repeated counsel unrepentantly pursues a course of
greediness, he could be disfellowshipped from the
Christian congregation. (w80 9/1 pp. 29-30; w67 6/15 p.
356) (italics mine) - Additional bad results from gambling and association
Serena didn't make a practice of gambing, it appears it has not been determined that repeated counsel be administered to her, and it says the person "could," not "should" be expelled from the congo.
If indeed she's not baptized, she wouldn't be setting a good example for young JWs, but she's already not doing that. She likely didn't know what she was doing, her bodyguard put up $400, she won, still didn't know what to do, and gave it away. People running in fast crowds can end up in places they wouldn't have dreamed of seeing as a kid.
Also, the elders have a way out of pressing matters:
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w80 9/1 p. 30 Questions from Readers ***It can be ‘the thin edge of the wedge,’ and especially would this be dangerous in encouraging the gambling spirit where children are among the players. Why not just keep a pencil score, or otherwise play the game simply for the fun of it? The spiritual elders in the congregation would not want to get involved in what you do in this respect. They would not try to legislate as did the religious leaders described at Luke 6:1-5. (italics mine)
- Gambling can lead to or incite unchristian traits, such as
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What Is The Worst Movie You Have Ever Seen?
by horrible life insonnyboy hated napoleon dynamite .
elsewhere hated deuce bigalow; european gigolo .
my all time worst movie was arnold i saw it in about 1974. had roddy mcdowell.
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Cygnus
Recent most over-hyped movie that wasn't so good: The Usual Suspects.
Recent films I least enjoyed: Armageddon, and anything with either Halle Berry, Bill Pullman, or Hugh Grant in it.\
Edited to add: Mob Boss being argued as being good 'cause it got an A+ from one reviewer is a funny fact to point out.
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Debate: That alcohol advertising should be banned
by Evanescence in.
i thought i'd try making a debate thread.. topic: "that alcohol advertising should be banned".
i'm doing a debate tomorrow on this topic, i got pulled in at the last minute cause one of the speakers got sick.. evanescence
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Cygnus
Which position will you be debating? 60 Minutes had a piece about parents who were arrested then released for serving alcohol at a teen party, while supervising and making sure nobody that drank would drive, and included a commercial for a fruit-flavored alcoholic beverage that seemed to appeal to younger people.
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mmMMMmmmm Laulaus
by BrendaCloutier inso you're either saying "what the heck are laulaus" or "omg!
laulaus!
laulaus are classic luau food.
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Cygnus
Looks and sounds yummy. What's the pork wrapped in? I gotta be careful of leafy green veggies that contain vitaminn K.
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OMG - Part 18 of my exit story EXPLODES !!!
by Amazing1914 ini am in the middle of publishing my book on my exit from the jws.
it is still hosted on freeminds, but is undergoing revision to clean up grammar, spelling, split a couple of chapters and add a couple of chapters.
i will also be adding an appendix of correspondence with the watchtower society.
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Cygnus
Ditto to what Bonnie said and inquired of.
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What Belief or Teaching Do You Think The Watchtower Will Next Abandon?
by minimus indo you believe the society will just stay on automatic pilot or do you think some "new lite" is in store for witnesses?
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Cygnus
: I think the next teaching they'll change is allowing auxilary pioneers to only need 40 hours in each month.
And there'll be pressure to make one's time count, not just to count time. Elders would have to be ever-vigilant to keep on top of such things. Fat chance, elders are all ready overworked and overburdened.
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DIMPLES Update
by Dimples inwell, i finally found out what is wrong with me.
my shoulder has been killing me for a good reason.
i saw an orthopedic doctor and he said he thought the problem was actually from my neck and not my shoulder.
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Cygnus
Ouch! Hope everything goes well and as planned. Don't let 'em leave any instruments in you. (Guy I worked with, his mom had something similar done and yeah the surgeon actually left some tool in her)
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What's the JW view on food intake?
by sonnyboy in.
i've been thinking, if the jws won't allow smoking, excessive drinking, or the alteration of the outer body, do they also have rules about caloric, saturated fat, transfat, and sodium intake?
these things can be just as harmful to the body in the long run.
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Cygnus
Well I just did maybe 15 minutes of research on the WT-CDROM and in the Flock book and couldn't find anything about expelling someone from the congo for gluttony or making overeating a practice.