Posts by betterdaze

JD, Where you are wrong: You make claims that show a due lack of understanding regarding the facts about nicotine addiction.

For one thing, it's not a responsibility issue so much as it's physical addiction issue.

Your "little sympathy" follows by natural course: Your opinion as a non-addict and you're entitled to it.

However, even giving wiggle-room to your personal attitude on the matter — and I must admit I hate smoking, too — it does not excuse your non-sense statements coated in arrogance.

~Sue

P.S.: I'm no mind-reader, but... Have you lost someone close to you, that makes this subject such a personal battle? I totally "get" that.

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SMOKING

by elder-schmelder in

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will we be able to smoke in the "new system"?.

i think that we would because our lungs will be perfect and can cleanse themselfs.. .

elder-schmelder.

betterdaze

John Doe,

I've been here long enough to appreciate that you're a keen young man, a hard worker with solid goals in life.

But you're not half as clever as you think yourself. So, I urge you:

You and the @#$%^ horse you rode in on — get off this topic!

Lacking even a shade of a clue, you embarrass yourself and make enemies.

"Put that in your pipe and smoke it."

~Sue

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Armageddon: The Aftermath Chronicles (1)

by cameo-d in

ive been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,.

.....and its a hard rains a-gonna fall.. .

----hard rain by bob dylan.

betterdaze

Oh goody! I was enjoying your story during the week and looking forward to more.

~Sue

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this happened recently in the southern US

by stillin in

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let me try to post this again.. god bless.

you will not have a dry eye.

killed in action the week before, the body of staff sergeant first class john c. beale was returned to falcon field in peachtree city , georgia , just south of atlanta , on june 11, 2009. the henry county police department escorted the procession to the funeral home in mcdonough , georgia .

betterdaze

That link (and the other one you put up) doesn't work for me... is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9306gUTzUOc

~Sue

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WTS causing more anguish

by GapingMouth in

i don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.

but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.

i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.

betterdaze

Welcome, GapingMouth.

I tested the waters with my wife and although she says she'd respect my new beliefs,

I know for a fact she would think less of me and our relationship would be very damaged.

One thing for sure, it is complicated for husbands who wake up to the Watchtower first because of the headship issue. The wife's "deep respect" is overshadowed by her adherence to the Watchtower's rules first and foremost.

I was raised JW in a "divided" home where my father's headship was undermined repeatedly. To this day my JW mother skillfully uses the religion's "Theocratic Warfare" as a tool to control and/or undermine family members (none of whom became baptized, though some are still believers).

Not saying your wife is anything like my mother — sincerely hope not — but this is what the religion teaches spouses with unbelieving mates, and it is harmful and confusing to the kids. For instance, I was taught that I didn't have to listen to my father because he was going to die at Armageddon anyway. Your children may be marked as "bad association" because you simply choose not to believe anymore, even if your wife remains in good standing. Nice, huh?

I can't bare to lose them to the point I decided I must continue my fake-age.

I understand it is a complex keeping-the-family together issue, and not a spiritual one. Fake-age is okay until you can develop some coping strategies. Hang in there,

~Sue

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Places that won't exist in the "Paradise Earth"

by Zico in

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machu picchu, peru.

itsukushima shrine, japan.

taj mahal, india .

betterdaze

All those computer-generated la-la land scenes in the new video release,

"The Wonders of Creation Reveal God's Glory."

~Sue

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I need some good responses to the excuse "The elders are imperfect"

by BonaFide in

please make them simple, i have noticed that some of my friends can only stand logic for about 30 seconds before they start changing the subject.

i need some good questions, or points to make them think.

i have tried my own, but i need a better response.. here are the comments my friends have made:.

betterdaze

"The elders are imperfect."

Yes, then we should "keep on watch" for those who are to be sifted.

Jehovah, speaking through His inspired prophet, says such ones are to become as "scummy dross."

Eventually, they must cut off and thrown into the fire.

In the meantime, shall we not focus on the provision of regular meeting attendance and field service, while Jesus The Slave separates the wheat?

~Sue

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any ideas on cleaning suit jackets?

by Spike Tassel in

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i wear a suit jacket or blazer 365 days a year, currently rotating 16 jackets.. i am allergic to tobacco and perfumes and various household cleaners.. any suggestions as to how i can clean them myself, without the hazards of going to a drycleaner?.

betterdaze

http://www.dryel.com/

http://www.dryel.com/stainengine/index.html

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What's the best state in the union for a young man to live in, and why?

by John Doe in

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betterdaze

Hey JD, Men's Journal just did some articles on that recently:

http://www.mensjournal.com/the-best-nabes-west

http://www.mensjournal.com/best-nabes-southeast

http://www.mensjournal.com/best-nabes-northeast

~Sue