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  Be honest post do all posters on this site believe the bible is 100% or has flaws?

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we in the psychology/sociology field have a saying "when people protest too loud usually they are overcompensating".

  i did not understand that when i first started studying psychology but now i understand it completely and it is so true.

  when i hear someone constantly bashing something or someone such as gay bashing or ethnic bashing or religion bashing sometimes i wonder what are they hiding.

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  Hortensia

  Who believes the bible? Hardly anyone, I imagine, even though they think they do. I don't believe it, just some ancient mythology that has maybe a tiny bit of historical interest, that's all. People who try to live modern lives by the rules of the bible are, frankly, out of their minds.
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  Party

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm giving a party next week -- sunday, december 14 at 1:00 p.m. reason for the party?

  i got a huge turkey on sale and i need to cook it.

  i'm making turkey and trimmings, neighbors are bringing whatever they want, mostly vegetarian stuff.

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  second star to the right and straight on 'til morning

  or, go north on highway 5 in California until you're almost at Oregon. Take the second off-ramp for Mt. Shasta City. PM me for more details.
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  Cleaning House at Midnight

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and it's not even my own house.. had a three-hour nap and, between chatting with hortensia and fb friends, i have to get the place spin 'n span for client's return.

  making potato salad, too.. wanna help?.

  coffee's on .

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  sure, just point me toward the broom

  I like cleaning house at night, I'm wide awake then
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  Party

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm giving a party next week -- sunday, december 14 at 1:00 p.m. reason for the party?

  i got a huge turkey on sale and i need to cook it.

  i'm making turkey and trimmings, neighbors are bringing whatever they want, mostly vegetarian stuff.

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  CoCo -- I wish you could come, too! It's not that far and would be fun to meet you face to face way out here in the boondocks.
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  Is it worth it trying to wake up a friend and my parents?

  by Mr. Self-Destruct in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my situation right now is trying that how my friend and parents that the jw's are not the true religion.

  i've shown numerous examples of flip flopped doctrine, false predicions, the validity of the jesus choosing the bible students in 1919 and more.

  but it seems that although the recognize these mistakes they ask me, "aren't you happy the organization is making progress?

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  We know you're a smart kid -- only someone smart could wake up to the truth about the wtbts at such an early age! Use those smarts in your favor, make a plan of what you want your life to be. When you have some sort of goal, make a list of steps it will take to get there, and then find ways to start working on those steps. For instance, even if it's difficult, find a way to go to college/university. Make some outside friends. Don't make stupid decisions like getting hooked on drugs/alcohol or getting pregnant/getting someone else pregnant (don't know if you're a young man/woman). Be ready to run your own life when you are legally old enough to do so. Save some money, learn some kind of job skill.

  Sorry, old woman here, can't resist preaching!
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  Party

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm giving a party next week -- sunday, december 14 at 1:00 p.m. reason for the party?

  i got a huge turkey on sale and i need to cook it.

  i'm making turkey and trimmings, neighbors are bringing whatever they want, mostly vegetarian stuff.

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  Well, big shopping trip today, up to Medford. Storm predicted to start at 2 p.m. so we left early and went to Costco first. Costco hotdog for breakfast. Then Trader Joe's. Cookie samples and coffee at TJs. Then some other shopping and lunch at the Co-op in Ashland. I had little bits of several different things -- a couple of them unidentifiable. I didn't ask what they were, thought it would spoil the surprise. Some kind of tough green thing, might have been kale, might have been seaweed. Couldn't tell. Butternut squash lasagna. Hm, don't think butternut squash and lasagna noodles really go well together, no matter how delicious on their own.

  At 1 p.m. the storm started and we headed home via Yreka. One stop there, in pouring rain. The last 45 minutes were somewhat thrilling. My passengers were white-knuckling it, and I was glad I was driving! Heavy rain, gusts of wind. Wonderful, wonderful!

  Just about ready for the party. And -- great news -- I might possibly have a never-met-before real-live-exJW come to the party, from JWN. I hope that person realizes this is the old folks' home! Or the insane asylum, depending on your frame of reference.
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  Guess who...

  by sooner7nc in

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  ...just passed his last nursing final and is now a graduate nurse?.

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  Woohoo!!!!
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  Sunday NY Times: How ISIS drives Muslims from Islam.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  230 comments.

  sundayreview | op-ed columnist.

  how isis drives muslims from islam.

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  I don't think the West has the understanding or power to really change things in Muslim countries. It has to come from within. Maybe if oil suddenly became worthless the West would interfere less in the middle east and change could come more naturally from Muslims themselves.

  Either Muslims themselves push for change and moderation, or something truly awful will happen to the world.
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  What's Your Favorite Perfume or Cologne?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is xmas time and perfumes and colognes are on the list.

  what do you really love for a scent if you were being given a gift?.

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  Emeraude is pretty potent -- I get a headache from it at 100 yards! Used to love it, though. I thought it smelled like a margarita tastes.

  I get a headache from anything with too much musk in it. Years ago, 60s/70s, women wore a lot of musk. I had asthma all the time, it seemed, until the musk went out of fashion.

  And yes, I think some old ladies are wearing perfume they bought 20 or 40 years ago. Real essential oils don't spoil, but some of that synthetic stuff seems to degrade over time. Or else they just had appalling taste in perfume back then. I don't really believe that, though.
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  How I Found Jesus!

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  by looking at cdn court cases.. i knew i would find him if i persisted.. there is clear evidence, in my view, that beginning some time, probably in early 2010, but perhaps earlier, that mr. jones developed a delusional disorder with a primary religious focus.

  mr. jones accounting of the development of his belief that he is jesus christ, is consistent with the known development of psychotic disorders.

  mr. jones describes a period of time where he felt that he had some greater purpose or was meant for something important although he was unable to really identify what that was.

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  Hortensia

  I thought maybe you found him on a piece of toast

  or a stain on the wall

  or a drop of water on a photograph

  or an old piece of stained cloth

  You gotta ask yourself these things, when you see a familiar shape in a stain, is it jesus or is it mold?