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  Friday District Convention notes: Control, control, control

  by truthseeker in

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  well, one third of the convention is over, i had no choice but to attend due to my current situation.. the talks were worse than last year, and as usual if you have seen the program you will not find jesus in any of the talk titles - in fact, the only time jesus is mentioned is during a prayer or in connection with the ministry.. when you become aware of how sidelined jesus is, you can't help but notice that jehovah's witnesses are a modern version of the old testament religion - it's all about control, be attentive, obey the "faithful and discreet slave" etc etc, in stark contrast to belief and salvation through jesus.. only the talks with midly interesting material or that had ridiculous phrases used by the speaker are shown here.. friday.

  9:50 be attentive to jehovah's promises of deliverance .

  would you believe that this 20 minute talk was solely about being attentive to the program?

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  OMG.....yeah....it's THAT time of year again...I forgot....zzzzz.......

  And yes; out of respect I'll have to take my gramma this year too. But only for sunday, thanks for the heads up on the program though.

  jojochan.
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  HELP PLEASE

  by unique1 in

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  coldredrain a long time member of this board and my myspace friend is having a really difficult time and is considering suicide.

  please read his blog below.

  the last hurrah!

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  To CCR,

  Even though I don't know you, I always enjoy the responses you gave in your posts. More times than ever I feel that I'm not equipped to move on, It hurts...and when I was growing up I WAS withdrawn from everyone else.

  Even though I was not diagnosed with Asperger's, whenever I was in a crowded room....those symptoms call to mind how I was feeling, and all throughout my life I feel like this.And up to this point I was really ready to die.

  Whatever your desicion; just know that the hearts of those that care....REALLY care are here...always here. I've lost two friends in my life because of hurt, lies and pain from what the society pushes out to the collective to wallow in.

  You'll always be with us...We'll always be with you. And you know that too don't you?

  It's funny...even though I don't know you....we share a common thread, and that's pain...because we love so much, we want so much for things to be in it's right place so much that it hurts because it's not, and we came to the realization that it never will be.

  So what do we do? Give in to the machine that don't care if we live or die?

  Or walk on? Walk on to something that THEY'LL never give you.

  For every life that they take...they get stronger. But for every life that slipps away from their grasp..that life day by day will get stronger.But it does'nt seem that way at all does it?

  I'm not going to give you a light at the end of the tunnell scenario or a "things will get better" essay...I know you've heard it all before, so have I by the way.

  But just so you know....we give all a damn about you CCR...we all care.

  All the best,

  jojochan.
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  GREAT news from Ian -- this one needs its own thread!

  by Alleymom in

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  dear all,

  thank you so much for the continued vigils.

  and thank you, marjorie, for the continuing reminders!

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  jojochan

  That IS great news indeed... I wish him all the best!

  jojochan.
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  how starwars should have ended

  by darth frosty in

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  i found this funny hope it works .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbe1l9myvy8.

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  I dunno I felt that they should'nt have started episode one with Anakin as a small boy, but as a teenager like in episode 2. I just felt that his turning to the dark side was so forced and rushed, that I really did'nt see the conflict that they wanted me to see. And more stronger reason to save Palpatine in order to save Amadala from death. Did'nt they ever have illnesses a long time ago in that galaxy far, far away?

  What would've made sense in his turning would be him seeing certain dogma in the jedi counsel that we all could've understood. It could've been so much more than what it was lead on to be. "Taste Great...Less Filling".IMHHO

  But don't get me wrong...I love the whole Star Wars story...always have, always will...

  Star Wars fan for life.

  jojochan.
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  News Item: Woman Hit By Lightning While Praying

  by Elsewhere in

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  one of my favorite quotes from the cartoon series the critic is "i think my therapist is right: god does hate me.

  http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9293414/detail.htmlwoman hit by lightning while praying.

  posted: 2:52 pm edt may 30, 2006. daphne, ala. -- worried about the safety of her family during a stormy memorial day trip to the beach, clara jean brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe return as a strong thunderstorm rumbled through baldwin county, alabama.

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  But while she prayed, lightning suddenly exploded, blowing through the linoleum and leaving a blackened area on the concrete. Brown wound up on the floor, dazed and disoriented by the blast but otherwise uninjured.

  She said 'Amen' and the room was engulfed in a huge ball of fire

  There's HER answer.

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  FIRE!!!

  by Mulan in

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  one of our son's house burned down last night.

  they are all fine.

  his wife heard something in a skylight she said, and got up, called to steve and he found the roof engulfed in flames.

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  (((()))) Glad they're safe too. jojochan.
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  What songs got you through good or tough times?

  by jojochan in

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  i've been in an upbeat mood lately.

  i don't know if it's all the exercise that i'm doing or what but i've not been moody all 3 weeks.one thing that i've noticed, is that i've listened to certain songs that made me forget about "her" and move on with bigger and better things.

  when i was depressed i listened to some songs from tool, some from the cure, barbra manning, the old babyface songs,some from sade, sweetback, and maxwell and everything but the girl.

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  "Damn it feels to be a Gangsta" by the Geto Boyz. As I drove away, I listened to "Break stuff" by Limp Bizkit and "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West.

  Yeah... how could I forget about the Geto Boyz?! You took me back to the dayz Rich! What you know 'bout them Boyz?!

  I was playing SoundGarden's SuperUnknown Album not too long ago, "Black Hole Sun" spoke to me.

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  What are you reading?

  by damselfly in

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  now that i'm done with school for the summer i've got some spare time to read as much as i like.

  heaven!

  i just finished "sylvanus now" by donna morrisey.

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  I've read a few of Chuck Palahniuk's books lately: "Fight Club," "Survivor," "Choke." Really good stuff I'd highly recommend.

  Yeah...I loved "Haunted". I finished reading "Tietam Brown" by MIck Foley for the second time, loved it.And of course "Black Boy" by Richard Wright one of my all time faves.

  I'm starting on "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, I know the book is old but I wanted to check it out.

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  What are you reading?

  by damselfly in

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  now that i'm done with school for the summer i've got some spare time to read as much as i like.

  heaven!

  i just finished "sylvanus now" by donna morrisey.

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  The Kamasutra for Women (The modern woman's way to sensual fulfillment and health)- Vinod

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  Another reason the WTS doesn't want JWs on the net?

  by Lady Lee in

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  we all pretty well understand that the wts tells jws that bing on the internet is dangerous to their spiritual standing because people on the net are controlled by satan

  but... maybe there is a second reason.we also know that the wts believes if people read the wt literature they will come to the wrong conclusions.

  people require someone to sit with them and read every paragraph of a wt book to make sure they understand the book in the right way.we know the website for the wts is pretty sanitized so people don't run off too quicklywe know there is no place on the wts' website for discussion.

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  We know there is no place on the WTS' website for discussion

  And they know better than to allow an open forum on their website. When their at the door they have "control" of the conversation and with the publications in their hands they can steer and direct the discussion. And the householder is stuck there.I know, I've done it before.

  On the internet forums like this one, YOU have the control to STOP, get infromation on the topic at hand and go for a rebuttal at your own time.

  The society always call for control, the internet strips them of such IMHO.

  my two cents,

  jojochan.