Are you going to put this in the form of a letter? I think perhaps you should, you get all of your points over in a respectful way. Just be careful not to put in writing something that can be used in a JC.
Paul
digderidoo
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I'm Ready To Confront My Dad - I'd Like Some Feedback...
by cognac infor those of you that don't know... dad thought i was an apostate, ww3 was started, elders were involved, bla, bla bla.
i didn't speak to him for 1 1/2 months because i was hurt in the way in which he treated me.. now, i'm ready to deal with what happened and actually talk to him about it... this is about what i want to get across:.
i understand you took the actions you did because you were afraid.
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Zany Questions from Board Members to Wacky Terry
by Terry inokay, go ahead and make my day: ask me anything!.
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Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
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Did you skip the meeting to watch the superbowl ?
by av8orntexas ini know we must have alot ofpeople on here huge football fans like myself.
born and raised in boston, i am a huge sports fan, and of course patriots fan.
so anyone here go to another meeting, makeup some bs excuse, illness, flat out miss the meeting or anything else to watch game if your meeting happened to go from the 9am to the 3pm in january ?.
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I don't know about the superbowl. But i remember when England were playing Argentina in the world cup on a Tuesday night many years back. It was a classic match and there's always tension between the two teams, because of the history between our countries. I never went to the meeting and apparently as soon as the prayer was finished many rushed out to catch the second half. Funny thing is though that all the action happened in the first half.
Paul
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Do the religious have higher morals than the non-religious?
by digderidoo inok, i was going to ask whether christians have higher morals, but i thought that other religions have the same kind of morals too.. when i look at those who sincerely follow their religion, i think that they do have a higher morality than those who do not follow some sort of scriptural guidelines.. this is not to say that the religious have a monopoly on morality, or to say that some religious people are not hypocritical in doing what they say, rather than what they do.
but as a whole it seems to me that someone with a religious upbringing has higher standards than someone without.. now some would say that higher standards or lower standards are defined by society, so therefore by whose definition do they have higher morals.
this would be a fair assumption.
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Ok, i was going to ask whether Christians have higher morals, but i thought that other religions have the same kind of morals too.
When i look at those who sincerely follow their religion, i think that they do have a higher morality than those who do not follow some sort of scriptural guidelines.
This is not to say that the religious have a monopoly on morality, or to say that some religious people are not hypocritical in doing what they say, rather than what they do. But as a whole it seems to me that someone with a religious upbringing has higher standards than someone without.
Now some would say that higher standards or lower standards are defined by society, so therefore by whose definition do they have higher morals. This would be a fair assumption. But by the basic standards, of decency, treating others with respect and honesty i would say that the religious seem to fair better.
From my experience, seeing the way society is going, in particular in this country, i truly feel that if people had a scriptural basis to their lives society would benefit.
Paul
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Any Have Witness Spouses who Freaked Out When You Missed Meetings ?
by flipper ini mean , really freaked out !
you just have to tell your boss you can't go to the job out of town !
so , i did go on the out of town job, went to the memorial, however that was not enough.
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Mine too was a psychobitchfromhell. Truth is i'd started to miss the meetings just to get a bit of peace. If she was going to a meeting it was great to have the place to myself, bottle of wine and a video.
There were many occasions when she'd be screaming, slamming doors all because i would not want to go the meeting. It was more of an embarassment to her that she had to give an excuse as to why i wasn't there. Her favourite scream was, " I married a Jehovah's Wintess, now look at you! ". All of these fits would be with a "You bastard! You fucking bastard!", if only the witnesses knew her foul mouth.
It would turn physical at times too, eventually when i told her i was leaving she tried to headbutt a large pane of glass in the front window. How she didn't smash it i don't know, it was only a single pane and it was bending as she butted it.
Anyhow all that was 11 years ago this month and i still get a horrible feeling come over when i think about it, i'm feeling it now. But, life moves on. She still has her issues, we still have our moments but she has mellowed. She's also left herself over the last 2 or 3 years and somehow that's been put down as my fault.
I have three wonderful kids that have come from this. My two lads i took snorkelling tonight and spent a summers evening with them by a local lake with friends. I now look at moments like this and think well it wasn't all bad.
Paul
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Funny experiences while a JW
by donny indo any of you have any funny experiences while you were part of the jw machine?
back around 1986 i was the ministerial servant in charge of running the sound board in the kingdom hall for our congregation.
we were the last ones to meet in the hall on weekdays (friday) and the first ones to meet on sunday.
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That is funny. I used to do the sound and would get embarassed on the occasions i got the song wrong. I can only imagine how i would have felt had that happened though.
Paul
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Kudos to the Irish for rejecting the treaty of Lisbon
by jstalin inkudos to the irish for standing up for their sovereignty!.
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Even more kudos to the Irish government for allowing their people a vote on this. Ireland is the only country in Europe to put it to the people. The British government should hang their heads in shame that they went back on their word of allowing the country a vote. At least now they have been embarassed by the fact that it is now going to fail because the Irish are not on board.
But wait and see, Europe will come up with another treaty that has just one or two slight variations and mark my words no country will put it to their electorate.
Paul
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Zany Questions from Board Members to Wacky Terry
by Terry inokay, go ahead and make my day: ask me anything!.
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Did Adam and Eve have a belly button?
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Power of "Awake" article on Window Cleaning =Thousands of Witness Washer!
by Witness 007 inw.w.c {witness window cleaners} i was one for three years.
started from scratch, taught by another witness window cleaner...we had 4 in our hall.
i never knew why there were so many, till i found an awake article about employment which recommends geting a bucket and starting to clean windows!
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Hey i'm a window cleaner and in the summer it's the best job in the world. Winters a different matter though.
I would never have been one had it not been for being a witness, i used to do it back then. I had my own business for years then when that went down the pan i went back to window cleaning just to tidy me over. Work snow balled as not many do it now. Now 2 1/2 years on i have an established small business with commercial contracts as well as domestic work.
Don't knock it, it's a good way to make a living. However i'm not going to do it for the rest of my life so I am also in the process of doing a part time degree, it fits in well with that too.
Paul
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What Kind of Phone Do You Use?
by minimus inmy cell is a razor from motorola.
verizon has some new phones available.
if you were to upgrade, what would you get?
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My 14 year old daughter gets embarassed when i pull my phone out. It's an old one of hers, i don't even know the make. Camera? Video? Bluetooth? Internet?
For me a phone is for phoning people.
Paul
picked a peck of pickled peppers. 