Posts by Justitia Themis

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Bad day at the Office ... This Dr. went nuts on the wrong testicle.

by What-A-Coincidence in

vet claims docs removed wrong testicle .

los angeles - an air force veteran filed a federal claim after undergoing an operation at a veterans administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.

benjamin houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed on june 14 at the west los angeles va medical center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells.

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Removal of one testicle In men with testicular cancer, usually only one testicle is removed. This will not cause infertility and does not usually affect your sexual performance. Initially, after the operation, sexual positions which apply pressure to this area should be avoided. Some men describe orgasm as feeling different, and the normal contractions of the testicular sack (scrotum) at orgasm may make this feel uncomfortable. The amount of ejaculated fluid produced is usually less than before.

Removal of both testicles If both testicles are removed, for example, as a treatment for prostate cancer, the man will be infertile and usually unable to have an erection.

http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Resourcessupport/Relationshipscommunication/Sexuality/Surgery

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Most annoying Kingdom song

by Billzfan23 in

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mine would have to be "dark days are here!

men live in fear!....

" followed by the annoying change to a happy beat before the chorus "but the bible gives us a reason for cheer.." .

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Marriage Is God's Arrangement...

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MY OBSERVATIONS FROM THE MEMORIAL TONIGHT (just got home)

by Mary in

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well, as per usual, the memorial talk bored the hell out of me, but i found it, in one way to be an improvement over last years when they had the most boring speaker on the planet there http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/111544/1.ashx this guy at least knew how to speak.

unfortunately, he didn't have much of a script to work with.. there was the mention of adam sinning and mankind needing a redeemer etc., no mention of when the israelites left egypt though.

that's probably the first year i've ever seen where this hasn't been mentioned.

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Oh ya, here's another dumb illustration he came up with to justify why none of us losers are good enough to partake: "...If a husband and wife celebrate their wedding anniversary, they might invite their children and friends to attend, but that doesn't mean that they're part of the marriage arrangement." Yes, you read that right the first time. What a stupid, dumb illustration. If a husband and wife had an anniversary party, would they invite their kids and friends to attend and then not let them partake of the banquet?!! Jezus.....what a bozo.........

We had a Bethel speaker who used a similar illustration. He asked us to visualize that we were attending a wedding. Would we come in, sit down, and then wonder if we perhaps might be the bride at this wedding? ...then he segued into the 144,000 = Bride

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Anybody attended the Memorial last night? What was your experience?

by Cindi_67 in

for the first time in a year i set foot on a kh.

the memorial to me is still somewhat sacred so i decided to attend.

i thought i would feel different, in the sense that maybe i would miss meetings, but i was wrong.

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We had a speaker from Bethel give our memorial. In addition, we were the earliest one scheduled. Despite those two things, our attendance was down; we had many empty seats. The Bethel speaker made an interesting/odd comment. He was talking about how "millions will survive Armageddon, and that some day, the earths population might reach one billion again." ??????

To me it just emphasized how out of touch New York is with the rank and file and their beliefs...at least in my congregation. The other thing I found interesting is that how the congregation has received him and his wife. It used to be that Bethel speakers were like rockstars; you couldn't even get close to say hello. They have been treated cordially, but I noticed that few people came up to speak with either of them...or their family. Mostly they just sat there. It was clear they lacked to social skills to "mingle."

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Went to Memorial - where was everybody?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

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i haven't missed a memorial since i started attending over 50 years ago.

tonight i was expecting the hall to be jambed as usual.

i sat in the 5th row from the front and from where i sat, i could see 31 empty seats--there may have been more.

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We had low attendance DESPITE a Bethel speaker AND being the earliest scheduled memorial at our KH. I remember not only 5-6 years ago that the earliest memorial would pack out our hall. The men would have to stand because of lack of seats, and one years we had to turn people away because of being in such egregious violation of the fire codes.

This year, there were empty seats.

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BOBBLE-HEADS!

by Mad in

most of you know i'm a jw; i irritate you enough defending the truth as i know it- yet i admit a lot of the foolishness that sometimes rears its ugly head with my brotherhood...today it was the circuit overseer!

wonderful man; very caring, very encouraging, very zealous!

all this disappeared as his head bobbed up & down - endlessly- as he read the plain, stereo-typical talks from hq...if it wasn't for my wife- and the wonderful friends in the congregation, i would've walked out in the first 5 minutes!

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What is your CO's name? Perhaps others of us here are familiar with him?

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-1-07 WT Study (RESPECT HUSBAND)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 04-01-07 wt study (february 15, 2007, pages 18-22)(respect husband).

review comments will be in red.

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

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no provision for a wife to remove herself from an abusive situation that could threaten both herself and her children

I used the paragraph that mentioned Abigail to address this issue. I commented that the servants came to Abigail because they feared for their lives. She knew it was a life/safety issue and acted immediately. I brought out the scripture that said she purposefully did NOT consult with or tell her husband of what she planned to do. So this "shows that when we are involved in a life/safety issue, Jehovah gives us the right to proctect ourselves."

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-1-07 WT Study (RESPECT HUSBAND)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 04-01-07 wt study (february 15, 2007, pages 18-22)(respect husband).

review comments will be in red.

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

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Despite that fine beginning, a movement called women's liberation--an attempt by women to break free from male domination--began in the early 1960's in the United States. At that time, some 300 husbands abandoned their families to every 1 wife who did. By the end of the 1960's, the ratio changed to about 100 to 1.

100:1 is equal to 300:3. So in the beginning of the 1960s, 1 woman for every 300 men were abandoning their families(300:1). At the end of the 1960s that ratio had changed to 3 women for every 300 men(300:3)...or an increase of only 2 women for every 300 men!!!!!

IF Womens' Liberation was to blame for this slight increase, why didn't they use figures from the 1970s since the movement was even stronger then? Because the number of abandoments plummeted in the 70s for both men and women.

In 1970, California adopted the "no-fault" divorce, and it spread quickly across the US. Before that time, there were only a limited number of reasons for divorce, such as adultery and ABANDONMENT. In order to obtain a divorce, people would falsely admit to abandoning their families, which means the 1960 numbers are unreliable.

Regards,

Justitia

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Today's Text is Scriptural Blasphemy

by gumby in

hey gang, this morning as i was making some coffee i saw the "text book" lying there and decided i'd read todays text as i never do, just to see what it had to say.. it was taken from john 15:12 which says..... " this is my commandment, that you love one another just as i have loved you".. anyways, it goes on to say what jesus told his diciples who asked him which was the greatest of all the commandments and jesus answered them that "you must love god with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself".

then it went on to ask if this law was also important to christians today and the comment was.... ( and heres the kicker) "absolutely, the law of christ involves a heartfelt love of god and includes a new command.....christians are to have a self sacrificing love for one another".. so rather than say christians are to love your fellowman, they twist the scripture and say christians are to love other christians.......and we all know by that statement they mean other jehovah's witnesses since they hold no regard for christians of this world.

yes, once again they play mind tricks on the publishers and tell them to love each other...rather than your fellowman and people of this world in general as was the case in the illustration jesus himself gave with the good samaritan.. it's no wonder jehovah's witnesses are despised by many in this world with their self rightous attitudes and beliefs regarding their fellowman that is induced in them by a few old men from brooklyn new york.. i hope your reading this wtbts spies, i really do.

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I love all my brothers and sisters....I really do, but sometimes I go ballistic inside with the comments that come out of their mouths and from the platform. Poor poor mindscrewed people.

I feel your pain Gumby.

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If you were to ask a JW these questions what would they say?

by TooBad TooSad in

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who do think is going to be destroyed at armageddon?.

when do you think armageddon is really coming?.

.

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As an active JW, I have to strongly disagree with the responses so far. Many JWs in my congregation , and I am talking pioneers, elders, etc., believe MANY non-JWs will survive. There is a growing dichotomy between Bethel's party line and what the rank/file actually believe. Of course, there will always be elitists.

But I was stunned several weeks ago when a sister, who is originally from Germany, commented at bookstudy that we do not know when Armageddon will be...AND THAT IT MAY NOT EVEN BE IN OUR LIFETIME!!! She went on to say that she hoped it would be, but doubted it. This woman is the hard-core-of-the-hard-core brand of JW.

Another sister and I were having coffee at a local coffee bar. We were talking about Armageddon, and I said that I didn't think the WTBTS will sail through, untouched and protected, as they now predict. She responded by saying that her feelings are that "they (the WTBTS) will be destroyed at the outbreak." I reminded her that that is NOT what is taught. She looked at me and replied, "I guess I just never believed what they taught." This woman has pioneered for years, father's a CO, brother's an elder, daughter's a pioneer...

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