finally, i get an answer.. that's a relief.. doctor hopes medication and diet will be sufficient.. i hope so, too.. syl.
Syl,
I'm so sorry to hear you have this problem, but I am really glad it has been diagnosed and is being treated. The antibiotics will clear the helicobacter pylori up, but the probiotics afterwards would be a good idea. Hope you feel better soon.
Mimi
i am going to loehmanns, nordstrom rack, tjmaxx, probably macys.
i'm planning on going to those places later in the day.
i'm interested in designer clothes, shoes and bags.. i also want to check out some electronics, maybe housewares.. i need some suggestions.
My Friday shopping plan is to stay in my bed and maybe I will dream about shopping, but if not, that's just fine with me.
i love reading peoples funny stories, angry stories, fading stories, quitting stories, etc, etc...i'm running out of old threads to find them on so i thought i'd start one.
some of mine:.
a few years ago i gave an experience on stage about how i came into the truth and why since it was a struggle i suppose.
Yeah, oldlightnewshite, ain't it the truth though. Fat and dumb describes the majority of J-dub women. Was she suggesting I needed my parent's guidance? I think she was just trying to control me herself. Bitch!!!
howdy,.
do you think the society has a planned campaign where they will state that armageddon will be upon us within the next 10 years and actually state that armageddon will definitely hit by 2020?
we all know that they have been drumming into us that "the end is just around the corner", but can you see them pulling another 1975 stunt in order to bring in additional members?.
If they were to find a new date, there are many among them who will swallow it hook, line, and sinker, and then when it does not come about on that date, will continue to follow them blindly, still anticipating that Armageddon will occur any day. My mother and sister are constantly expecting the current year to not end before Armageddon comes and have been that way for years.
is it not true that the leaders knew that it was a blatant lie when the 1975 teaching was propagated in the 60's?.
I think Fred Franz was delusional and truly believed the drivel he came up with. And I think the GB went right along with him on the 1975 prediction. I also think Fred Franz truly enjoyed being looked up to as a bible scholar and was a very prideful person, though perhaps giving an aura of humility. I agree with Nickolas, I would like to see a copy of the 1974 talk.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/11/former_jehovahs_witness_preach.php.
strip poker can be a fun party game when played by visually -- and age -- appropriate gamblers.
it's a problem, however, when one of those playing is a preacher -- it's an even bigger problem when the only other player is a 14-year-old boy.. .
Doubtfully, they will be kicked out if caught and willing to admit to it. However, there are documented cases where they deny, deny, deny, have even gone to prison, but the congregation still believes them and they continue as JW's in good standing. And then there are the good ol' boy clubs among the elders that overlook wrongdoing or are willing to just give a slap on the hand and keep it secret, with victims and what they have gone through never considered by them. In theory, the Org. (borg) does not tolerate indecency, but in practice that just ain't necessarily so.
i love reading peoples funny stories, angry stories, fading stories, quitting stories, etc, etc...i'm running out of old threads to find them on so i thought i'd start one.
some of mine:.
a few years ago i gave an experience on stage about how i came into the truth and why since it was a struggle i suppose.
I had a fat, dumb sister tell me I should not have bought penny loafers to wear, but since I had I should not put pennies in them because it had to do with bringing luck. Another fat, really, really dumb sister told me that we were not supposed to see PG movies. I had run into her at the store while I had my kids with me and they had announced that we were going to see a PG movie that evening. I asked her if that was in the Watchtower or did someone just say it. She hesitated it briefly and then announced it was in the Watchtower. She didn't care where it was from; she just wanted to stop me from taking my kids to the movies. I just looked at her and thought what moron she was and we went to the show that evening.
can anyone fill me in on the following --.
just as you are in the baptism line a brother asks you, "have you ever been baptised before?".
was this standard procedure?
I don't recall being asked that in 1967.
a close friend of ours who is a jw recently found out she had to have a double mastectomy and removal of lymph nodes due to cancer.
she and her husband do not have medical insurance because he was laid off a few years ago from his union job.
he started his own business but work has been slow.... anyway, having a pre-existing condition, the only insurance he could get her was through kaiser.
What a shame. I hope she is okay.
if you were even born into a religion, would you feel that you had to get out?
( the only religion that i know of where people get out and often never go to any other religion is the jw religion)..
THis is what I would be - Unitarian Universalist.
Unitarian Universalism is a religious community characterized by support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". [ 1 ] Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the belief that an individual's theology is a result of that search and not obedience to an authoritative requirement. Unitarian Universalists draw on many different theological sources and have a wide range of beliefs and practices.
Historically, both Unitarianism and Universalism had roots in the Christian faith. Contemporary Unitarian Universalists do not necessarily subscribe to the historic beliefs of Unitarianism and Universalism, espousing a rather hands-off approach to religion, whereby the followers could be considered atheistic, devout, and all points in between.
