Oh, please!!!! ET's finger is a phallic symbol?? That movie came out during the period of time I previously left the "truth" and I had no idea they came up with something like that. What morons!!
mimimimi
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Did You Find Yourself IGNORING What The Elders or Society Said?
by minimus ini realized that the manmade rules were so ungodly and more pharasaic that i began to tune out what i thought was blather and silly nonsense.
eventually, i would sit at the meetings with either a visivle smirk or an inward one because of the foolishness spouted!---------did you have a similar sentiment??
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Did You Find Yourself IGNORING What The Elders or Society Said?
by minimus ini realized that the manmade rules were so ungodly and more pharasaic that i began to tune out what i thought was blather and silly nonsense.
eventually, i would sit at the meetings with either a visivle smirk or an inward one because of the foolishness spouted!---------did you have a similar sentiment??
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mimimimi
Gee, so nice to know that the latest QFR addresses how wrong it is to drink a toast. My youngest son is getting married January 20 (youngest of three - first one married) (in a Presbyterian church, no less) and all my JW relatives are coming - at least to the reception, I'm not sure if they are up for a church wedding. I am sure there will be toasts drunk that evening. Gee, what do I do here? I've not been to meetings since July or so and they all know I no longer believe. Gee, I think I may have to do WHATEVER I WANT - HA, HA, HA!!!!!
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Kidney problems--I'm worried
by Junction-Guy inwell for the past few years i have checked my urine at work ( i work in a medical division of a jail) and i have had intermittent protein in my urine (proteinuria), whenever i would see my doctor he would check my urine, and strangely enough it wasnt showing.
well 2 weeks ago i went to my doctor and he did find protein in my urine this time, he sent me for an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder this week, but i havent gotten the results back yet, in fact i was too worried to even call the doctor today.
i have researched kidney problems and im worried something is majorly wrong with my kidneys.
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mimimimi
Having an upper respiratory infection can also cause protein spillage in the urine sometimes. This is transient.
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Kidney problems--I'm worried
by Junction-Guy inwell for the past few years i have checked my urine at work ( i work in a medical division of a jail) and i have had intermittent protein in my urine (proteinuria), whenever i would see my doctor he would check my urine, and strangely enough it wasnt showing.
well 2 weeks ago i went to my doctor and he did find protein in my urine this time, he sent me for an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder this week, but i havent gotten the results back yet, in fact i was too worried to even call the doctor today.
i have researched kidney problems and im worried something is majorly wrong with my kidneys.
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mimimimi
Shelley is right. It could be a lot of things and can be very correctable. And the fact that it does not show up all the time is good. It could even be caused by working out a lot for a body builder, especially if they are using a protein supplement, and could be considered in a normal range depending upon lean body mass.
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Kidney problems--I'm worried
by Junction-Guy inwell for the past few years i have checked my urine at work ( i work in a medical division of a jail) and i have had intermittent protein in my urine (proteinuria), whenever i would see my doctor he would check my urine, and strangely enough it wasnt showing.
well 2 weeks ago i went to my doctor and he did find protein in my urine this time, he sent me for an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder this week, but i havent gotten the results back yet, in fact i was too worried to even call the doctor today.
i have researched kidney problems and im worried something is majorly wrong with my kidneys.
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mimimimi
I don't have kidney problems, but I have done transcription for a nephrology (kidney) group for the last nine and a half years. Are you diabetic? Diabetics very often have proteinuria.
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going for a colonoscopy(sp) on friday
by orbison11 inyes, but i hear thursday will be the bad day, when i do the meds and have to sit 3 feet from the toilet for 24 hours,,oyy vay.
any here been thru this wonderful experience?.
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mimimimi
I've had it done and it was really not too bad. Even the cleaning out the day before was tolerable, though I will never drink ginger ale again. Being able to drink beef bouillion helped a lot. I did not have any pain afterwards.
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What were you praying about before you left the JWs?
by MegaDude ini was earnestly praying to serve jehovah and give him my all.. in short order i found i was heading toward the unthinkable.
i was on my way out of the watchtower and the only life i had ever known.
pretty ironic.
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mimimimi
I was always praying to Jehovah to help me to get my spiritual life together. I could never keep up with all the studying, service, and meeting attendance. I felt guilty all the time because I was just not measuring up.
I also prayed every day, several times a day, for my husband and children to become witnesses. I was so afraid of them dying at Armageddon. I was filled with grief over it at times, but kept telling myself that Jehovah would answer these prayers.
My oldest son has serious drug and alcohol problems and has been a big worry to me. I prayed daily, several times a day, for him as well in regards to these problems. I did ask for Jehovah's will to be done in his life, hoping that Jehovah's will would be to help him become clean and sober.
I still pray for my family, of course, but I am not full of the fear and guilt that I carried for so many years.
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Talking to a DF'd sister...
by SoBizzy ini am not df'd and have not da'd, just faded the last six years - anyway i was remembering a time when i was about 18 or 19 and a very good friend that i had grown up with was df'd for fornication - well she was finally coming back to the hall to get reinstated and i hadn't seen or spoken to her for more than a year - so when she showed up at the hall one night i told my mom i was going to say hi!
remember, she was still df'd - my mom said i shouldn't and i told her i don't care - i had missed my friend and wanted to just say hi!
i said to my friend - "i just wanted to say that i missed you and happy to see you back!
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mimimimi
I have made it a point to greet disfellowshipped ones, give them a pat on the hand, and let them know I was glad to see them there. Always with someone I knew well, though. I was disfellowshipped myself in the past and I was always very offended by the way that people would treat you when they found out you were disfellowshipped. When I first starting come back to the hall, my unbelieving husband came with me and a sister came up and introduced herself and started to be friendly. When I told her I was disfellowshipped, she drew away as though she had been stung, turned quickly, and almost ran away from me. She never said one word to my husband. It was so extremely rude and a very bad witness. My husband said he would not come to the KH with me again until I was reinstated. He saw a lot of rudeness and lack of love from the JWs over the years and finally reached a point where he would not even come to a KH for a funeral for someone.
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Do You Think That You Might Turn Back To Jehovah?
by Englishman ini`ve never yet been snubbed by a jw.
the reason is that i refuse point blank to speak to them unless they speak to me first.
so, if i`m visiting my jw mum and jw visitors arrive which they often do i just smile, raise one eyebrow slightly, and look `em straight in the eye!.
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mimimimi
This has come up several times with my sister and mother. I always tell them that there is a difference between leaving Jehovah and leaving the Watchtower organization and that I have not left Jehovah. Then I always emphasize that I have as much faith in Jehovah and Jesus Christ as I ever did. I make sure to include Jesus in that statement.
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Why it is wise to...
by lighthouse19something ini recall wt article titled "is it wise to examine your relgion" and encourged it.s use in fs.
funny they don't want rank & file examing them.
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mimimimi
"But that does not relieve each individual Christian of the responsibility to dig deeper into God’s Word, for the purpose of getting the full depth of the thoughts explained. This involves looking up the scriptures cited. It means reading the footnotes in Watchtower articles, some of which refer the reader to an older publication that provides a fuller explanation of a certain passage or prophecy. It requires digging deeper, putting forth effort to locate that older publication and then studying the pages referred to. It consists of making full use of specialized Bible study aids that the "slave" class has made available over the years, such as indexes, concordances, Aid to Bible Understanding, and "All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial." Yes, Christians have been provided with excellent digging tools, the latest of which is the new English-language Reference Bible, which, in time, will be available in a number of other languages. Let us use these digging tools to good advantage."
Notice how the tools they refer to are only Watchtower publications. If someone truly wants to dig for the truth, they will look at everything available on the subject from all sources. But by the Watchtower trying to limit them to only their publications, they are trying to control what they believe. Most witnesses are not going to pick up on this and would even say the Society encourages them to make sure it is the truth.