Posts by digderidoo

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My parents just split up

by digderidoo in

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i don't know why i'm writing this post.... it's not for sympathy...please do not offer any.... after 33 years of marriage, my parents have finally decided it's all over.

they seperated last week.. i won't go into details....but it's what they both want.

in a sense i feel happy for them.

digderidoo

I don't know why i'm writing this post...

It's not for sympathy...please do not offer any...

After 33 years of marriage, my parents have finally decided it's all over. They seperated last week.

I won't go into details....but it's what they both want. In a sense i feel happy for them. They've never really been happy together.

My mom has moved out, set up on her own, has now become independant. Good luck to her...

My dad has stayed at home, has plans for the future without mom....good luck to him.

Although this has been on the cards for a couple of years...when it finally happens it's weird.

Isn't it weird how you think you're going to be with someone for the rest of your life and then your not?

I'm divorced, many cousins are, many friends are...

Marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be.

When two people are in love do they really need a marriage ceremony to confirm that? Promises and vows can be just ripped up in the law courts, so why do people get married?

Sometimes i think that people get married out of a form of insecurity about the relationship. Surely if two people are committed to each other they don't need to publicly declare it, do they?

Don't mean to insult those who are married....just commenting from my own observations.

I feel for my children....all around them people are splitting up. Do they really need this?...their circumstances changing and they have no say.

Anyway i'm waffling on....just wanted to air some thoughts.

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I witnessed to the Christians last night--LOL!

by LDH in

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thought you all would enjoy this.. i went to a b'day party for a friend who is a bible-thumper in the worst way!

(10x worse than most jw).. i'm sitting around like a zombie while everyone is talking about how "blessed" they are to "know christ" blah blah blah blah blah.. then my interest got peaked as one of the women started quoting scripture talking about how the reason her life is blessed is that her great great grandmother was a russian mennonite blah blah blah and the bible says that god will bless your offspring if you come to know him.

blah blah blah.. so i start asking a few well placed questions like "well what does that mean for the poor muslim sop whose great great grandmother was a muslim?

digderidoo

Nice one lisa....i hope you socked it to them!!!

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My Mother's Letter

by silentlambs in

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i recently got this letter from my mother, i thought i would share it to help see how this saga continues.

my parents are both regular pioneering as we speak.

have seen their grandchildren for about an hour in the last six months.

digderidoo

Hi silentlambs

I feel for you, i really do.

All of us here can understand your mom's position....we would have said the same things in the past. 'apostates are wicked...do not listen to them'....

Nobody here is an apostate...that is just a label given to us by the WTBTS.

Keep doing what you have to do silentlambs....

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American / European Incomprehension.

by Englishman in

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reading through some of the posts re the mcveigh debate, it's obvious that there is a huge divide between the usa and europe over many issues, in particular with reference to the way that society should deal with deviants.. i think that there is a lot of other cultural differences between our societies, and i'm just wondering if this is why the wtbts has had a far higher "conversion factor" in the usa than in europe.. some of the phraseology contained in the watchtower magazines is incomprehensible to europeans.

i remember that words that are in common usage now, were, when first used in the wt, totally baffling.. the expression "no way" wasn't in common use until years after the wt featured it, like wise with "points up", also "right on" meant nothing to anyone.

indeed, many return visits to placed magazine householders resulted in them asking a bewildered dub for an explanation of these then strange terms.

digderidoo

Hi e-man,

It is interesting that you brought this point up of the differences between our cultures. The whole mcveigh issue stirred up alot of debate, that with a few exceptions, there was a strong dividing line between the US and Europe.

I also find our politics to be totally different. American politics appears to be more right wing than in Europe. May be, this has a lot to do with anti-communist propaganda that recent generations have been brought up on.

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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Haven't you got anything better to do?

by tedcobb in

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obviously a lot of you are no longer jws, for whatever reason, but surely you can find something better to do with your time.

you seem to spend a lot of your spare time slating the society or picking holes in your former beliefs.. if you've left and think what jws believe is a load of rubbish, thtat fine, you cn do what you want, but why you have to go on about it?

if being a jw means so little to you, why not just leave it behind and get on with your life?

digderidoo

Tedcob,

Haven't you got anything better to do than to surf the internet lookin for apostate sites??

Haven't you got anything better to do than to try to goad us into responding to your silly post???

Haven't you got anything better to do than to lurk around here reading our messages??

may be you should go out on field service or something......

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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McVeigh vs Death Penalty

by Amazing in

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i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

digderidoo

on the contrary, i think you would be viewing it more objectively

How so?????

It is not a cold dispassionate issue, and it never should be

When did i say that????

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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McVeigh vs Death Penalty

by Amazing in

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i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

digderidoo

Jan H,

You were making some strong valid points throughout this thread, I happen to agreee with just about everything you said. However, do not turn this into a personal issue by insulting Lisa!!!

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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thousands and thousands killed by nazis

by buffalosrfree in

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oh one more thing, i remembered wife saying, said speaker at yesterdays meeting mentioned that "thousands and thousands, of jdubs were killed ny the nazis.

can you believe it, wish he had of checked with the watchtower observer and really seen just how many thousands of thousands equated to.

i guess you don't have to tell the truth there you just have to keep repeating liesk, because if you tell a lie long enough it eventually will sound like the truth.

digderidoo

How many were killed by the nazi's?...I do not know

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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McVeigh vs Death Penalty

by Amazing in

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i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

digderidoo

Abaddon,

You make some excellent points.....I too believe that our opinions are based upon social conditioning.

If you speak to those of the older generation in the uk, there are many who believe we should bring back hanging for child perverts, etc.

Our views are based upon the society in which we grow....may be that is why there are strong views on this subject.

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.

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McVeigh vs Death Penalty

by Amazing in

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friends

i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.

i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.

and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.

digderidoo

I can't see you, in real life viewing the executioner the same as the executed

My criticism is not of the executioner, but of the society we live and society as a whole. If we pass laws that mean the killing of another human, i believe we are becoming murderers ourselves.

and if the victim were someone you loved, i would be especially surprised to see you make that statement

Your probably right, however i would not be viewing the issue objectively.

Yours dig

Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.