Posts by return visitor

My childhood pet was a black poodle that we named Magic. The night before we got him we watched the movie "Brian's Song" about Brian Piccolo. We named him after Gale Sayers (Black Magic)

It was either going to be that or snowflake

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What's Your FAVORITE Type of Music???

by minimus in

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i love r&b, soul, disco, and some classic rock.

one of my favorire songs is by al green, "let's stay together"......what do you like??

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I like just about anything classic rock, (especially southern rock, Allman Brothers, Skynard), the Blues, Progressive Jazz, and being form New Orleans originally I love Dixieland Jazz. Pete Fountain live is unforgetable.

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How can twelve years olds get baptized? it is crazy!

by happehanna in

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my daughter's step child is getting baptized at the ripe old age of 12.. my sil is angry and i feel he should try and stop it through the courts, but they feel that would make his ex more determined for baptism to go ahead.. this child has no idea of the mistake they are making .

would she get married at 12?.

it is so sad and irresponsible for a child to take this step.. .

return visitor

You hit a hot button issue for me!! My son is 17 and not baptized, before I started fading (about 2 months ago) an elder asked me why he wasn't, and said they would like to use him in the congrigation. I told him pretty much what I have seen in the post so far, that it is suppose to be a lifelong dedication and that we would not be encouraging him to marry that young. Would you believe this elder told me "well, it can serve as a protection". I about hit the floor!! I told him to show me in the bible where is says to get baptized for a protection. Then I reiterated that the only reason to getbaptized according to the borg was because you already made a dedication and want to symbolize it.

My suggestion would be get the 12 year old a pet and tell him/her to feed the pet every day for a year (prove that they know what dedication is) then they can get baptized. I gaurantee that child will not feed that pet every day. In fact, by that standard they will probably be well into their 20's before getting baptixed.

Just my oppinion,

RV

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Born Gay?

by Sam87 in

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hi everyone, just wondering what your thoughts are on people that say they are born gay?

ive heard that this isnt actually possible, and that there is no scientific backing to it, im personaly not gay but i was just wondering what some of you think on this matter, and if you have anything to back it up with, thanks,.

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I did not choose to be attracted to women, I just am. And I know that there are some people who don't choose to like men, they just do. Then there are others that do choose that lifestyle. I had a friend in the borg who was a non practicing gay man. I had many conversations with him and he told me that if he could choose that he would choose not to be gay, but he felt that he was gay from birth. from as far back as he could remember he knew he was gay. So yes, even though there is not scientific that proves someone can be born gay, I do believe that you can.

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Personality of "Anointed" JWs

by Smiles in

did you notice any similarities in the personalities of "anointed" jws?.

did they use their anointed status for personal advantage?.

were they the most loving person you ever met?.

return visitor

My wide has always said that the anointed that she knew she wouldn't want ruling over her.

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How did you get out of field service?

by return visitor in

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i had a boat that i always wanted to name "return visits" that way whenever i was asked why i wasn't in field service on saturday i could respond, "i went out on return visits" and nobody would be the wiser.

just wondering, did anyone else come up with a good way to dodge that question?.

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return visitor

Hi all,

I had a boat that I always wanted to name "Return Visits" that way whenever I was asked why I wasn't in field service on Saturday I could respond, "I went out on return visits" and nobody would be the wiser.

Just wondering, did anyone else come up with a good way to dodge that question?

RV

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"Thats what you get for leaving Jehovah"

by megsmomma in

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that is what my mom told me when i got bit by a brown recluse spider.. i was in ohio, visiting my daughter and my mom was there trying to convert me back.

she even said if i go back, we would get custody of my daughter..... well....i drove myself there from ks and somehow had gotten bitten right before i left.

it was right between my eyes, and my head started swelling up on the way there.

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What is it that so powerfully possesses the JW mind? It is Ecc 12 "time and unforseen circumstances" if it happens to a JW, but punishment if it happens to anyone else.

I don't see it as punishment for anybody, the fact that most JW's do reinforces, to me, that they don't recognize the truth from the bible.

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