I'm so very sorry, Minimus. Thinking of you at this difficult time. I wish my parents were still here . . . so much I've learned in life but cannot share with them.
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My Mom Is Dying
by minimus ini just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.
she is on morphine and hanging on.
she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.
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WT Failure To Engage In Charitable Works
by Joe Grundy ini never was a jw.. wtbts and its hydra-headed organisations world wide has charitable status.
yet, as far as i can see, it carries out little or no real charitable works.. last weekend my son and his friends did a 420 km cycle ride and mountain walk in aid of a local hospice at home charity.
they've raised (so far) 5,000. this charity makes a real difference.. this a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ijr7ipvrek&feature=youtu.be.
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Thank you, Joe!
If I were able, I would climb that mountain . . .
Blessings to you and yours.
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She is a different person since accepting Jesus . . .
by compound complex inthis morning, i was working at a home where the tv had been left on.
i listened in but didn't watch, for the most part.
ms. davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman.
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Thank you, Vidiot, Wasa, and Perry, for your comments.
Perry: Your explanation is an example of how many Christians believe. As a Jehovah's Witness, I would never have had that concept of Jesus and what he offers. Thank you for helping me to see things from a different perspective.
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Relevant Poetry
by Garrett inhe was down on the floor with his lips to a glass said he dreamed of a future that won't come to pass that he once strived to excel in a world so vast but why run a race when it's rigged and he's fixed in last then he mused over life is a joke and he laughed that it is what it is and he's thankful for all that he has i said well let me just pose one question and ask if you just want what you have, then why are are you sad
she was tripping on something that was laced in her tea and she was high as a kite when she said she could see said we in the land of the free but no freedom grows and if we in a brave new world where'd the brave all go i said, hell if i know then she told me that the problem is the society everybody crippled by anxiety no one is the person that they try to be then she said, what we need are a few with a view that can bring a change through that we need less talk and more do so i said to her, what about you
i was listening to someone give a speech something 'bout the knowledge of enlightenment he reached and as my eyes glazed over in my seat he approached and he asked if he could challenge my beliefs i said by all means have at it then he talked about the suffering and source of bad habits how the emptying of mind is the challenge and withdrawing from the world is the cure to all sadness i said that all sounds like madness why have a life and then not be alive why have a mind and then choose to be blind what you call wisdom is the fear that you hide you cannot retreat from those demons inside this is not peace, it's a mask you adorn this is not truth, it's a trap, nothing more and you're too busy running from something you can't ignore
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Oh, Nancy, it's revelant!
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The Heartless JW
by babygirl30 insoooo...i have recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and am scared out of my mind.
in a weak moment, i called my parents and my mom answered.
i start crying as i tell her about my disease, and this woman says to me:.
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The Heartless JW
by babygirl30 insoooo...i have recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and am scared out of my mind.
in a weak moment, i called my parents and my mom answered.
i start crying as i tell her about my disease, and this woman says to me:.
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I'm so sorry, babygirl, for what you're having to endure.
Those of us who are ill but have become inactive face similar. The heartless mantra, "If he dies before Armageddon, Jehovah may remember him in the resurrection," is a cop out for help and sympathy we need NOW!
Our alleged falling from favor with Jehovah (how do they know that?) disqualifies us from the basic help JWs could render. It ends up that we get care from "worldly" people.
I love those caring, helpful, sympathetic, hands-on "worldly" people!
Love and blessings, Dear One.
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She is a different person since accepting Jesus . . .
by compound complex inthis morning, i was working at a home where the tv had been left on.
i listened in but didn't watch, for the most part.
ms. davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman.
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A point well made, SecretSlaveClass! Thanks.
Thank you, Village Idiot, for both the editing advice and the comment about who REALLY is a Christian. You're rather smart for one so named . . .
As a copy/content editor, I wonder sometimes if hardcopy is, in the main, easier. Fortunately, however, my three computers, in tandem, allow relatively trouble-free work when I'm on a job. Well, so far, after a lot of initial hair-pulling-invective-shouting persuasion vis-a-vis these infernal boxes. Maybe, then, it's only this forum that's quirky!
I want to insert a happy face emoticon, but the page is rent in twain . . . what a cyber world, what a cyber world!
THANKS!
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She is a different person since accepting Jesus . . .
by compound complex inthis morning, i was working at a home where the tv had been left on.
i listened in but didn't watch, for the most part.
ms. davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman.
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. . . organization.
I give up trying to edit my posts. Something always goes wrong, or remains
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She is a different person since accepting Jesus . . .
by compound complex inthis morning, i was working at a home where the tv had been left on.
i listened in but didn't watch, for the most part.
ms. davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman.
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Thank you, Village Idiot, SafeAtHome, and FayeDunaway:
Your comments are appreciated and have helped me see even more clearly into what was once a faith dear to me. Thank you, too, Village Idiot, for putting that fine point on the fluidity of language.
The spokesman for Ms. Davis repeated, reiterated, and said again that she had accepted Jesus. Really now, what does that mean (rhetorical question)?
Speaking of evolution and change, my baptism is different from that of younger family members: remember the good old-time religion when one was baptized in the name of the Father, the son, and the holy spirit?!?!? Are we even part of the same religion (or, formerly so)? Younger ones have become JWs in association with Jehovah's spirit-directed
Many thanks.
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She is a different person since accepting Jesus . . .
by compound complex inthis morning, i was working at a home where the tv had been left on.
i listened in but didn't watch, for the most part.
ms. davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman.
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This morning, I was working at a home where the TV had been left on. I listened in but didn't watch, for the most part. Ms. Davis was flanked by her lawyer and another gentleman. One of the men stated that Ms. Davis willingly accepted jail time for her beliefs; she has become a different person since having accepted Jesus some three or four years ago.
I have never heard it said among newbie JWs that they had accepted Jesus into their hearts and lives. I simply cannot conceive that would ever be said.
Would the JW equivalent be that an individual, upon learning and accepting THE TRUTH, has made a personal dedication to Jehovah and begun putting on the new personality?
Strange how each religion or grouping of similar faiths has its distinctive jargon and identifying marks.
Your thoughts are welcome.
Thanks!
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