We celebrated Christmas until I was probably 5, that's when my mom got baptized. My Dad still insisted on putting up a tree for a few years. I would just watch and wish I could decorate too as my Mom read to us from My Book of Bible stories. She was reading a story about Adam and Eve got kicked out of the garden because they ate fruit from the forbidden tree. I thought I could trick my Mom into letting us participate in Christmas so I asked, Is it ok to have a Christmas Tree as long as you don't eat its fruits? It didn't work, no Christmas fun that year.
Amber Rose
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Your favorite Christmas memory ?...albeit we didn't get to celebrate!
by restrangled inmerry christmas all forum members!.
what do you remember as your favorite childhood christmas, whether your family was in or out?
mine was all my cousins coming to visit over the holidays, and a big turkey dinner.
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Great Film Lines !!!
by cluless infrom throw a long rope .. ....if its black white ..right wrong or something in between if theres a wrong you fight it.
if you dont you become a part of it.. that aint so hard to figure is it?.
any great lines fom films come to anybodys mind?.
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Amber Rose
Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here! - The Big Lebowski
Master Shake - Congratulations, my friend! You've just been laid.
Meatwad - Mmmmmm, that feels so good. -Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie
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I AM LEGEND!!!
by primitivegenius inladies and gentlemen..................... pass on this big peice of crap.
i went to see it today....... omg........ has will smith in it............ and it sucked.
made you so damn depressed........ .
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Amber Rose
I saw this movie yesterday. It was OK. I went into the theater knowing nothing about the story, so I think that made it more interesting for me.But, after seeing so many Hollywood Blockbusters, after the first 10 minutes, you know what is going to happen and when its going to happen. The ending was pretty tired. I am no fan of Will Smith but I think he did a good job. He has matured as an actor and there wasn't any of the smartassy Will Smith dialogue.
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MTS School
by Black Man inwhen will the wts admit that this arrangement is a bust - financially, emotionally, aesthetically.
mts was something that started in 1987 for those who wanted to pursue other avenues of services without having to go through bethel service.
it originally was intended to be an abbreviated gilead course with brothers receiving assignments to go into the circuit work, missionary service, special pioneer work or to serve where the need was greater (which oftentimes translated to the boonies or starkly rural areas).
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Amber Rose
I don't know about this. The brothers that I knew who went seem to have gotten all they wanted from the program: praise and adoration. The one brother pretty much half asses everything (including his well-paying secular job) but gets away with it because he knows how to work the system. He's pretty high-profilie and has all the perks that go along with it. The other brother is dirt poor and sacrifices everything, but his congregation gives him everything he needs and then some. Why does this brother give up so much? Because he's banking on being given a cushy assignment at a
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My story, chapter 3 - Girls, Girls, Girls
by B_Deserter insorry guys, here is the story broken down in paragraphs.
for some reason i can't edit my posts after i submit them
when i was fourteen my mom started taking me to a new congregation.
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Amber Rose
I have to say, girls can be pretty rotten. I had a friend who would flirt with boys and act like she liked them until they wanted to be her boyfriend. Then she would never talk to them again. Then she would "complain" to everyone about how hard her life was because so many boys were in love with her.
Yeah, I remember the guy at our hall who all the mothers thought would be the perfect husband. Not cute at all and shapeless, totally unconcerned with his apperance (but not in a cool disheveled way) lived with his parents, couldn't afford his own car or even pants that fit. Why,oh why, would spending the rest of my life with something like this be a great idea? Oh, yeah, he's a pioneer that wants to go to MTS. He ended up marrying a really cute girl from a well-off family.
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Need dishes for top of stove for Christmas....any ideas?
by restrangled inhere is the deal, and some of you probably already know my oven conked 2 days ago.
the top works but the interior does not.. i have ordered a spiral ham, i have great bean recipe for stove top, and coleslaw......but i need other side dishes that can be heated or cooked either on the grill or stove top...... i'm desperate.....do you have anything?
i can't bake/broil.
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Amber Rose
Mashed sweet potatoes - with butter, orange juice and ginger. That's what I'm making on the stove with my ham.
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Things I Don't Get About Christmas
by Swan init's been a while since i've started a post.
some of you may remember me.
i'm writing tonight because i feel like such an outsider at christmas sometimes.
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Amber Rose
stop you're fussing and make it mean what you want it to!
Amen, brother!
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Out Witnessing = My wife hands out our home phone number to strangers!!!
by Witness 007 indesperate to make a convert i'm amazed how witnesses behave.
like my wife we were on vacation, witnessing, we met a guy who was visiting his mother but came from our city.
after talking for a while my wife tells him which suburb we live in and leaves our home phone number telling him to call me when we get back and i can take him to the meetings.
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Amber Rose
One thing I could never understand. Noboby, I mean nobody ever tried to discourage me and my friends from going out in service. Why did everyone seem to think it was a great idea to send a group of cute teenage girls to strangers' homes? Where are these people's brains? I never mentioned anything about it for fear of being labled weak or lazy or trying to get out of service. I was stupid, too.
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Is the "My Book of Bible Stories" appropriate reading for Little Ones?
by Princess Daisy Boo inmy little boy, aged 4 1/2 loves his bedtime stories, and also loves "jesus stories" as he calls them... .
now, i have never gotten around to going to a book store and actually buying a childrens bible story book from the shops (yes...i still have a bit of a mental block and some deep seated issues about any religious literature).
my mom gave my kids a copy of the bible story book, as well as listening to the great teacher (the new soft cover book - think it is called that?
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Amber Rose
Yeah, its an ok book. But only show him the picture where Aaron looks like some kind of computer-man.
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The CO Wants Everyone In Hall To Get A Bible Study
by minimus inhe said, "enough with just offering the magazines.
you need to directly ask people for a bible study.
don't be like the man that stays engaged for years to a woman but never makes a commitment!
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Amber Rose
No body wants the responsibility of a Bible study. But I agree with Sir Nose, you gotta string those householders along. You start asking everyone for a Bible study, they all turn you down, then you have no where to waste your time Saturday a.m.