King Josiah?
YHWH Himself desires Jersey Girls to knit woolly garments for trees. HE put them bare and nekkid before us in the first place!
(The trees, that is.)
(Okay, some Jersey Girls, too!)
~Sue
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Weird New Jersey: Mystery Knitter
by betterdaze inwest cape may police ask 'mystery knitter' to apply for permit after local interest growsby maryann spoto/the star-ledger.
march 13, 2010, 7:30am.
katelyn mccormick (back), who recently moved across from the park, thinks the .
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Is Rock music satanic?
by Weeping inin the following statements, rock musicians testify of an outside power that has taken over them while writing and performing rock music.
some of them have actually identified this power as demonic: .
in smash hits magazine, bon jovi says: ".
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"We call it 'Electric Church Music' because to us music is a religion."
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"When I was a little boy, I believed that if you put a tooth under your pillow, a fairy would come in the night and take away the tooth and leave a dime. Now, I believed in myself more than anything. And, I suppose in a way, that's also believing in God. If there is a God and He made you, then if you believe in yourself, you're also believing in Him. So I think everybody should believe in himself. That doesn't mean you've got to believe in heaven and hell and all that stuff. But it does mean that what you are and what you do is your religion. I can't express myself in easy conversation—the words just don't come out right. But when I get up on stage—well, that's my whole life. That's my religion. My music is electric church music, if by 'church' you mean 'religion', I am electric religion."
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Weird New Jersey: Mystery Knitter
by betterdaze inwest cape may police ask 'mystery knitter' to apply for permit after local interest growsby maryann spoto/the star-ledger.
march 13, 2010, 7:30am.
katelyn mccormick (back), who recently moved across from the park, thinks the .
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Health Care to "Control The People"
by Yizuman inrep. john dingell (d-mi), the dean of the house of representatives for being the longest serving member of the body (he was first elected in 1955, succeeding his father, rep. john dingell, sr.), made an amazing admission during a live telephone interview with detroit wjr news/talk 760 radio talk show host paul w. smith on smith's show monday morning, march 22, 2010. the night before, dingell had been a featured speaker at the democrat congressional leadership victory press conference after obamacare passed the house.. in response to a question posed by smith, dingell said:.
quote:let me remind you this [americans allegedly dying because of lack of universal health care] has been going on for years.
we are bringing it to a halt.
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Dingell's response.
If one were to listen to the entire interview, and not just a clip creatively chopped up for political gain, it is obvious that by
'people' I was referring to the insurance companies who we must do a better job of overseeing.
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Health Care to "Control The People"
by Yizuman inrep. john dingell (d-mi), the dean of the house of representatives for being the longest serving member of the body (he was first elected in 1955, succeeding his father, rep. john dingell, sr.), made an amazing admission during a live telephone interview with detroit wjr news/talk 760 radio talk show host paul w. smith on smith's show monday morning, march 22, 2010. the night before, dingell had been a featured speaker at the democrat congressional leadership victory press conference after obamacare passed the house.. in response to a question posed by smith, dingell said:.
quote:let me remind you this [americans allegedly dying because of lack of universal health care] has been going on for years.
we are bringing it to a halt.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK62MQ_OIEI
Full podcast here.
Early on, Dingell has to catch himself as he states that "18,000 people last year died of healthcare. Uh, died of LACK of healthcare insurance."
Later on, he says "electric companies" when he meant insurance companies.
~Sue
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I'm new here
by Diamonds ini stumbled across this website a few months back and have often read the topics posted but this is the first time that i've posted anything myself.. all my family are jws - i got baptized when i was 17 but started to fade when i was about 20 and finally left at 22 when i managed to escape to university and move away from home.
ten years on and i am still out of the org but never disfellowshipped (although i would have been if they'd have known what i've been up to!).
the relationship with my family is not great - i get on with some members better than others.
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betterdaze
Wow! Welcome to its_me! and Coffee House Girl and Krettnawe, too!
~Sue
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Freeminds life stories
by besty inthanks to many contributors over the years freeminds has best part of 100 life stories on the site.. http://www.freeminds.org/life-stories/index.php.
day in day out these stories are being read - in some cases they have many thousands of page views.
imagine how many people have been helped by reading real life stories written first hand?.
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Besty, you have a PM.
~Sue
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Advice on how to proceed ?
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one of my son's who is 21 recently met a person in one of his classes at the local college who is a pioneer ( parents are forcing him to do it).. this person (lets call him ted) is really fed up with this religion.
and is seriously considering ways to leave.. his dad is a pioneer/elder, mom is a pioneer also, i don't know if there are any brothers or sisters.. my son wants to proceed carefully, mom and dad don't know who we are, or what our status in the religion is.. they sound like uber-control people, they always check teds cell phone to see who he is talking to (the kid is 18).. he is planning to move out next year, do any of you have any suggestions as to how he could/should proceed ?.
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Do everything you can to make good grades, earn your degree, secure a paying job, get that first apartment. (Make sure you have a decent car to get around in so you can keep that job/apartment, too!)
Have at least 3–6 months expenses saved up for when the congregation kicks you to the curb, because there is a very good chance your own flesh and blood will not be there for you, either.
Do what little you must to please your parents in the meantime, go with the flow. As little as possible to keep them at bay so you can stay in school and keep learning and growing toward your independence.
You have your entire life ahead to do as you choose, but for a few short years yet, you must live under the(ir) radar. Stay in school and do not let any JW talk you out of it.One day, you will breathe free! Keep that as your goal. For now, focus on passing grades, and planning to be 110% independent if/when your present life-support system goes kaputt.
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I'm new here
by Diamonds ini stumbled across this website a few months back and have often read the topics posted but this is the first time that i've posted anything myself.. all my family are jws - i got baptized when i was 17 but started to fade when i was about 20 and finally left at 22 when i managed to escape to university and move away from home.
ten years on and i am still out of the org but never disfellowshipped (although i would have been if they'd have known what i've been up to!).
the relationship with my family is not great - i get on with some members better than others.
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Welcome, Diamonds!
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Would you NOT hire a JW because they're a JW?
by Open mind inwould you let a jw's religion affect your decision to use their services?.
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I am conscientious anyway in everything I do & a bit of a perfectionist because of the line of work I'm in, so not all JW's make bad empoloyees.
What Heartofaboy said. And because I was always available to go the extra mile and work holidays, I received some major promotions and the pay that goes with that, too.
~Sue