I always cringe when I hear TV interviews with natural disaster survivors. It often goes like this: "Well, the good lord musta been lookin' out for me and my famly today. We lost our home, but we still got our lives. God was sure listenin' to our prayers."
It's the height of insensitivity to make remarks like that. What about their hard-working, god-fearing next-door neighbors that were killed? Are their neighbors' relatives to think that god wasn't looking out for them? How do the prayer-believers account for that?
And to pray that no one gets injured at a rodeo is like praying that no one gets killed in a war. If you put yourself in harm's way, you run a huge chance of getting hurt. God and prayer have nothing to do with it.
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Power of Prayer Demonstrated
by Carmel inlast night i took one of my daughter's highschool friends to the rodeo with me since noone else was interested.
we had a good time with the freebee vip tickets, barby and then the rodeo.
before the first event there was a half hour of pagentry which was okay, but it was interrrupted by an "invocation" by one of the local baptist ministers.
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I'm a nervous wreck! (rant)
by MsMcDucket infirst they told me that my mother was in a persistent vegetative state, and that we (the family) should cut off her oxygen and feeding tubes.
i told them that it was too soon to be saying that or making this diagnosis.
they had my family believing this.
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Ms. M, so glad to hear your mother's condition is better than originally thought. With the surgery (or other treatment), maybe there's a chance for full recovery (???).
With this new information about your mother, you probably should see your own doctor about your condition. It could have implications about your future treatment. I hope all goes well for you and your mother. -
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Question for Christians only
by Steve Lowry inok, i got save in 1984 (left the wbts 1979).
i have always felt at a loss when it has come to the emotional impact aspect of jesus' sacrifice.
what i mean to say is, that i have seen other christians openly weep about jesus and his death on the cross, while i have felt nothing.
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Qcmbr is a Mormon, I believe.
SL, I don't think there's anything wrong with you. Just because you can't squeeze out a few tears on command doesn't mean that you have no faith. Stop comparing yourself with others, which is also something the WTS encouraged: who had the most hours, the best meeting attendance, the most converts, etc. Give yourself a break, for crying out loud. -
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juni:
***Tiny Tim (?) music is excellent for birds to bounce and cackle with. That's cute.***
My parrot may like it, but I would hurl. However, I'd listen to Tiny Tim for a solid week before going out in the "ministry" again. -
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And you thought Jehovah's Witnesses were obsessed with statistics!
by slimboyfat intake a look at this nutty mormon video.... http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4731328707513660562&q=mormons.
oh the glorious advancement of the "stakes", la de da.... wonder if it will give the society ideas for a presentation.
set to "hail the theocracy ever increasing, wondrous expansion is now taking place..." .
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parakeet
Looked like nuclear explosions going off, but thank goodness, the Middle East and China were spared.
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Were you like me, or was I different?
by JH in.
i remember going to meetings at the hall, and when the meeting was over, i wanted to leave right away, and not see a jw t'il the next meeting.. i thought of this thread because i see so many witnesses having lunch together after meetings and many seem to always want to be together even when the meetings are over.. i never did like this closed circle of jw's.
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parakeet
I was in the get-out-as-fast-as-I-can category. Didn't like being there to begin with; why prolong the misery?
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parakeet
Funny!!! My parrot loves the song; he's bobbing and singing along with it!
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past lives
by BlackSwan of Memphis inoops lets try again.
i've been wanting to ask people this for awhile.
what would your best guess be as to who you might have been in a past life?
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I was Judge Rutherford in a past life, and boy, did I ever laugh at those gullible dubs who hung on my every word like they thought it was coming from the mouth of Jehovah himself. HaHaHaHaHaHa!!! Now, where did I put my drink?
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Let's have a parade and destroy Watchtowers!
by TresHappy inthe apostle wears a bulletproof vest when he's preaching in colombia, retains a battalion of 50 bodyguards across the united states and drives to his doral church headquarters in an armored seven series bmw.. followers say he's jesus.
detractors call him a cult leader.
and jose luis de jesus miranda -- a paunchy, middle-aged man from puerto rico who favors $10,000 rolexes and claims millions of disciples worldwide -- believes many people would like to see him dead.. it's no wonder the sect generates controversy.
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Another Jonestown in the making.
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OMG I'm one of Satan's spears...
by TresHappy inaccording to the 2 jw sisters at my door this morning.
i told them they were deceived and had bad taste in door-to-door fashion!
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"Satan's spear." Has a certain ring to it. I like it better than "apostate."