Posts by becca1

but if i showed up at the hall, after many months, they would be happy to see me, and would come to talk to me, and ask what,s going on in my life as if they were really interested in me.

so, if they were happy to see me at the hall, why wouldn't they be happy showing up at my place too.. why is it that only the elders come over to see me once in a blue moon?.

becca1

If you look anything like your avatar I would not say hello either...

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What Amazes You?

by Golf in

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they say,wonders never cease, how true.

man has created many things.

being in the construction business for four decades erecting tall structural steel frame buildings, etc, it amazes me how man has built many awesome structures.

crazy thouhgts you have when you wake up

by becca1 in

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this morning before getting up, i let my mind wander as i often do, and i started thinking about the movie the village.

i was thinking that it would be possible to set up such a lifestyle if one had access to a remote spot and friends who were of like mind.. then my mind wandered even farther and i thought that adam and eve (if they even existed) were basically in such a situation.

they were like a sociology experiment.

becca1

This morning before getting up, I let my mind wander as I often do, and I started thinking about the movie The Village. I was thinking that it would be possible to set up such a lifestyle if one had access to a remote spot and friends who were of like mind.

Then my mind wandered even farther and I thought that Adam and Eve (if they even existed) were basically in such a situation. They were like a sociology experiment. Human curiosity is a strong thing. Do you think they would have been able to resist the temptation to "eat the fruit" indefinitely? Even if they did, how likely would it be that none of their offspring would succumb to their curiosity? Eventually somebody would have eaten that fruit. And than what? Would they have died right then and there (since there were now others to uphold God's soverignty), or would they gradualy grow old and die while the others stayed young? Would they have been kicked out of the paradise, creating and "in" and an "out"? Jehovah would have known all these possible avenues ,and I think that the avenue were nobody ever ate the fruit is the least likely, so why did he do it?

Then I thought about something that has always troubled me, eating from this fruit was supposed to open their eyes so they would know good from bad. How is it possible to go through life not knowing good from bad? Is that even a desireable thing? I don't think so. Did Adam and Eve save us from a life as blithering idiots? Is the new system supposed to bring us back to such a state?

Anyway, sorry for this silly topic, and thanks for the opportunity to get it out of my head.

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Constructive Criticism - Sincere or Malignant?

by compound complex in

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dear friends,.

when i was a kid i remember that the lincolns [the automobile] of the late '50s had "canted" quad headlights.

in that case, canted means slanting with respect to a particular line.

becca1

Thanks for the constuctive critisism of my use of words.

You do know I'm just kidding, right?

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Did being an elder jepordize your own family?

by avidbiblereader in

do you think being an elder jepordized your own family or do you know of elders who burnt themselves out at the expense of the congregation and let their own families go to the way side?

do you have experiences that this laboring for the congregation has ruined families?.

i tried to be balanced but to do it all, i remember getting up at 2:30 am before work to work on parts so to have time with my daughter but i feel that i took time that was and should have been devoted to my family that had to be put into the congregation for any reason.

becca1

As an elders chid I can say that I was most certainly neglected. I played "second fiddle" (at best) to the kingdom all my life. I never felt that I matterd as much as the brothers Dad was helping or the assignemts he took on. And my mom was even worse. Her Bible students got alot more from her than I ever did.

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Revelation Climax bookstudy week 1: Ch 1, paragraphs 1-9

by M.J. in

going to the bookstudy tonight .

hope you guys can help me get through this bookstudy over the next several months at least.... here's tonight's reading:.

revelationitshappyclimax!.

becca1

I refuse to go. I can't stomach it anymore. No way can I sit there when they apply the trumpet blasts to assembly resolutions and other such nonsense in this book.

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Introduction, Body and Conclusion........sorry couldn't resist!

by Canyoncarver in

hey all,.

new member here.

i've been on the site a few times since my wife looked up a bunch of ex-j dub stuff (she's an ex herself).. anywho, my abreviated story..... born in los angeles to still active witnesses.

becca1

Welcome!!!

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Is Jesus really a Jehovah Witness?

by JH in

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i told my mom that jesus is a jw, and she laughed !!

!

becca1

Terry: That was a little harsh, don't you think? Are you having a bad day?