J-ex-W

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  Hey, what will happen when.......

  by lavendar in

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  ......all the annointed class (little flock) has passed away??

  who will lead them??.

  lavendar .

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  J-ex-W

  They've already been effecting a gradual changeover of power--ahem--leadership to Bethel elders of the earthly flock. Not all who are anointed are Bethel material.
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  Has Bro Prince remarried?

  by pratt1 in

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  J-ex-W

  This is the latest I remember hearing.

  http://news.softpedia.com/news/Prince-039-s-Wife-Is-Seeking-Divorce-31126.shtml
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  2 questions!

  by TweetieBird in

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  first, does anyone have the date of the memorial for this year?

  second, can someone post the district convention date for san diego.

  thanks in advance...i know i am going to get asked (especially when our district convention is) and i don't have a clue for either one of these questions.

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  J-ex-W

  I will still attend the Memorial. I think Jesus did some good things, even if some men came along and twisted his teachings.
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  Divorce fighting

  by DaCheech in

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  i have a question for anyone interested in debating this:.

  when a married couple wants to separate, why is it relevant in court on the reasons for it?.

  if the hubsband is caught cheating, how does telling the court make a diffrence?.

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  J-ex-W

  Marriage was originally the sealing of a business contract.

  Originally, of one male party handing over a female to another male party as part of an agreed upon business arrangement between the two men. Since then it is still an agreed upon arrangement--between the man and the woman now--and, like a business contract, one must show contract has been breached by the other party in order to legally get out fulfilling their end of the contract.

  Newer attitudes are allowing for mutual choice to end the arrangement amicably which, in my opinion, honors the initial spirit of a marriage contract better, anyway. Mutually deciding to bond for love...mutually decide to split for...whatever human failings got in the way.

  As for why the news points out that so-and-so cheated...hey--that stuff's racy and good as gold for spicing up an otherwise quite dull news story.

  Just my 2 cents.
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  You Have Embarrassed Us in Front of the Congregation

  by The wanderer in

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  jehovahs witnesses seem more.

  concerned and worried about how they look in front of the congregation .

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  J-ex-W

  She was later fired for stealing.

  See...and her publicly castigating you--'cause you can bet she went back and self-righteously informed her JW cohorts--provides a good cover for her! She would be viewed as the good, zealous JW for as long as her trickery holds up.
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  Young girls DF or DA for sex w/ older dubs.

  by avishai in

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  how many instances have you seen where a younger girl, say 13-16 is df'd or da'd for "fornication w/ much older "brother" in the hall?

  especially when the bro.

  only gets reproof?

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  J-ex-W

  I saw it the other way around: The guilty-feeling 16-year-old babysitter confessed on her own [to not outright fornication but petting/ wrestling] and got reproved, and the late-twenties-ish brother was disfellowshiped because of not coming forward himself. I think this was his third disfellowshiping on inappropriate sexual behavior.
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  Is it normal to love a spouse more than your child(ren)?

  by unbeliever in

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  i was watching this show in passing and they had a woman on there that said she loved her husband more than her children.

  she said by putting her husband first it made her marriage stronger and happier and therefore it made her a better mother.. i did a double take when i heard that.

  i don't think it is normal to love a spouse more than your child.

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  J-ex-W

  Seriously, I think it's all a balancing act. The bond with a spouse is supposed to sustain you as a couple for your livelong years--some sixty or so, let's say. The children--if parents have done their job well--are supposed to grow up and move into the sphere of their own lives after tweny-some-odd years of raising. Which means you and your spouse are supposed to be together as a couple for yet another forty or so years after the kids have come and gone. A whole lot of love--from both partners--needs to be poured into that spousal arrangement for it to truly work out that way.

  So...if that woman was really thinking in terms of balance...then I could agree with her. I think it would be easier to not let the kids pit parents against each other--and create discipline wars--if each spouse has a strong sense of their united bond as a couple. To some this might feel like loving the spouse more than the kids.

  But if she was thinking in terms of competition (either/ or), then no. But it always comes down to balance.
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  Is it normal to love a spouse more than your child(ren)?

  by unbeliever in

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  i was watching this show in passing and they had a woman on there that said she loved her husband more than her children.

  she said by putting her husband first it made her marriage stronger and happier and therefore it made her a better mother.. i did a double take when i heard that.

  i don't think it is normal to love a spouse more than your child.

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  J-ex-W

  Depends. Am I married to Ted Bundy, or his mother?
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  You Have Embarrassed Us in Front of the Congregation

  by The wanderer in

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  jehovahs witnesses seem more.

  concerned and worried about how they look in front of the congregation .

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  J-ex-W

  Oh, yeah...and for going out for Karoake: "No Jehovah's Witness does that! And if there are Jehovah's Witnesses who do that...well...I don't know what to say about that, but...what are you thinking? Think about Jehovah! Think about us kids! Think about Dad!" --This left on a long, intensely lecturing answering machine message from my then 14-year-old son several months after the divorce was finalized.
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  You Have Embarrassed Us in Front of the Congregation

  by The wanderer in

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  jehovahs witnesses seem more.

  concerned and worried about how they look in front of the congregation .

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  J-ex-W

  Yeah...the first time I got an OFP (Order for Protection) against my JW husband. [now ex] I was criticized for 'bringing a brother to court.'