great time of year for us football fans !
so let's have your picks !
now that we know it will be baltimore ravens vs. new england patriots in the afc championship and atlanta falcons vs. san fransisco 49ers in the nfc championship - what do you think ?
Go Niners!!!
Hey, Flipper, I didn't like that call any more than you. But I thought it was VERY borderline. Glad it went the niner's way.
But how about that second Personal Foul call of the game? Again, I was VERY glad it gave the niners a first down and 15 yards to their favor, but I didn't think it was all that flagrant. The guy barely brushed Kaepernick's faceguard. Pretty gutsy call by the refs in Atlanta.
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anyone interested in sport will be aware of lance armstrong's final admission to taking banned substances to win the tour de france 7 times.
he was a fraud.
his many fans, fans of cycling and people who also suffered cancer that looked up to him and his incredible achievements have given lots of different reactions to his confession.
fakesmile gave me a real smile: "lance can take a long ride off of a short pier with oprah on the handelbars."
That's all I got.
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I feel for you Jerry.
Our society really needs to reconsider allowing Dr.-assisted end of life.
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once i was little boy in fort worth, texas living with my maw maw and paw paw and mommy.. then, i was an 18 year old 6'4'' skinny 165lb religious nut being dipped in a baptismal during a local assembly.. suddenly, i was 20 and listening to a jail cell door clang behind me as a conscientious objector.. wow!
23 years old and put on parole until my 6 years sentence was ended!
i got married to a nice jw girl and had 3 kids!.
Happy Belated Birthday wishes Terry!
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background:.
i've come to the conclusion that many doctrines of the wts are unscriptural after many years of privately disagreeing with some of them but feeling that the society was "mostly right" and still being used by jehovah.
this turning point has happened in the last year or so.
cofty: "Lots of us here were good and very experienced at pubic speaking. Its a trap. It strokes your ego and keeps you from being objective about things that you are busy teaching others."
Very pithily said.
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unproductive kingdom proclaimers won't leave my kingdom hall, how do i rid our hall of these vultures or turkeys?.
"you can't fly like the eagles if you hang out with turkeys".
after visiting your site, i decided to allow one of the spiritual weak individuals into my car group, it was not easy but you have made valid points i find very self condemning.
C'mon folks, let's cut Aunt Connie a break here.
She did at least ask how she could KINDLY kick out the weak and unproductive publishers.
That's a little bit of progress.
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i had a random thought this morning about clapping.
growing up in the wt culture i learned the proper protocol for clapping.
before the assembly speaker gave his talk, but not after.
*Feeling like a fool today, so I'll just rush in here.*
BOTR said: "This is interestiing b/c clapping only happens in Episcopal churches when they make announcements"
My interpretation of BOTR's comment:
BOTR has been to Episcopal churches. (Probably many times.) Based on her lengthy experience with the Episcopal Church, they only clap for announcements.
My interpretation of what ShirleyW heard:
The only church, aside from the JWs, that has clapping is the Episcopal Church.
*stepping out now*
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this thead is a little bit long and it's not earth-shaking.
it just gives a glimpse into the inner-workings of elder meetings.. .
several years ago i was serving as an elder and the c.o.
jookbeard: "The Big Match was always broadcast then and I loved this show as it showed the football highlights of the past Saturday"
I've only recently started to watch a little bit of the game that the rest of the planet knows as football. As a newcomer, watching "highlights" is absolutely the best. I'm sure I'll appreciate the subtleties of the game as time goes on. Too bad you were denied that.
flipper: "! Ah- Sweet is the Freedom ! 
"
Indeed.
mamochan: "There was no other cong. in the hall, we could have had the meetings any time, but the elders were stuck to those times."
Yeah, unless there's some outside pressure, meeting times never change.
minimus: "I was asked to pray to get the meeting back under control."
Do you remember the topic that got the crazies so worked up?
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i visit this site often for various reasons, above all to see the opinions of those in regards to their present state in life in relation to past or present tendencies in thinking (religious, morals, etc).. i had not found anything constructive or worthy of adding to this conversation but for one reason or another here i am doing so now.
i am presently an active jw member.
i believe that our faith provides a haven or parameters from which members can significantly obtain structure and order in many different ways.
Welcome to JWN Monsieur!
Flipper said: "Don't think too much about God or the meaning of life or your head will explode."
(One of the wisest things I think I've ever seen come out of the Flipster's fingers.)
Our lives are short. Make the best you can of it and hope that if there is a God, it/she/he isn't a jerk. (I donned my "tasteful" cap in choosing my words.)
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my mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.
this year's calendar is especially weird.
it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .
Snickering at snooker.
Good one.
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