Posts by compound complex

An abundance of occupation
weighs me down, demanding
I should keep my nose to the

Grindstone and shoulder to
the wheel. Ah, perhaps then
I will please my taskmasters,

They who promise cake but
fail to offer bread. This life, so
short, is probably all there is.

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Today's watchtower admits they appoint people who are sinners

by hoser in

from paragraph 12. one brother began viewing pornography at the age of 12, and he continued to do so in secret for over a decade.

he relates: it was very hard to admit to my wife and to the el- ders what id been doing.

but now that i have admitted it, i feel that a huge weight has been taken off my shoulders.

compound complex

Andre gave it up at 22-plus years old -- he was already married and an ms?

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Any strategies to deal with elders who just don't like you?

by toto555 in

so any ways to deal or cope with elders who just don't like you (you didn't do anything wrong or they're just making stuff up about you) assuming that you can't leave?

especially when it comes to for example becoming appointed as an elder.

or are you pretty much "dead in the water" if the elders are determined to like you despite reasonable efforts to win them over.

compound complex

A belated welcome, toto555!

So many excellent thoughts are presented here.

'Kill them with kindness,' as stillin said and gave examples of worked for me. Little drops of water -- continually -- did the trick. Like The Searcher, I was overlooked constantly at Q&A sessions, even if mine was the only hand raised. Veiled comments about me, too, came from the platform. A trusted friend was warned by a particular few not to talk to me.

Now I laugh!

I'm in a different hall now and the lovebombing I get is genuine and heartfelt. I love these people -- I need community -- and I've decided that crazy doctrine and weird rules and regulations will not again separate me from family and lifelong friends.

Best regards.

CoCo

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Do you eat foods labeled "low-fat"?

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, health-conscious friends:.

i had a wonderful cup of peet's coffee today at a friend's house, but had only low-fat half-and-half to add.. just isn't the same .

.. what do you eat and drink?.

compound complex

Thanks, happy eaters!

Signing off and heading to the dogs . . .

Love,

CoCo

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Do you eat foods labeled "low-fat"?

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, health-conscious friends:.

i had a wonderful cup of peet's coffee today at a friend's house, but had only low-fat half-and-half to add.. just isn't the same .

.. what do you eat and drink?.

compound complex

It does help, stillin!!!

Are Brownie points fattening?

Keep it up!

CC

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Do you eat foods labeled "low-fat"?

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, health-conscious friends:.

i had a wonderful cup of peet's coffee today at a friend's house, but had only low-fat half-and-half to add.. just isn't the same .

.. what do you eat and drink?.

compound complex

Greetings, health-conscious friends:

I had a wonderful cup of Peet's coffee today at a friend's house, but had only low-fat half-and-half to add.

Just isn't the same . . .

What do you eat and drink?

Thanks.

CoCo Consumes Nice Fats

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"...A God's Voice, And Not A Man's!" (Acts 12:22; 2 Thess. 2:3, 4) ... That Day Is Here!

by bjc2read in

question: how are members of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses themselves, actually viewed by jehovah's witnesses today?.

well, the following related experience may help answer that provocative question, giving us a glimpse of what the possible future days will bring us.

yes, the answer to that question may even be quite shocking to us, ... with simply terrible, disastrous results!!!

compound complex

There were two Brothers Knorr.

During one of many slide presentations of official WT sojourns to the Third World was a shot of Nathan Knorr holding in his arms a little African Witness boy. He was chuckling over the fact that the parents named the lad "Brother Knorr" in his honor. What a namesake!

Where are you, Brother Brother Knorr ? You'd be about 40 years old by now.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/124322/1/Nathan-Knorr-Holding-Brother-Knorr-Memory-Lane#.U2Pm_t31vaY

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