christopherrobin....yes Heinlein is great...I read my first book by him about 7 months after I left the KH...it was Job: A Comedy of Justice...now THAT really tripped me out...great book.
Eyebrow2
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Any types of books, authors, etc. you enjoy now that you didn't as a JW?
by littlerockguy ini always loved to collect books.
if any jw came and looked at my bookshelf now they would turn probably turn white.
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Have you ever commented at the meeting
by homme perdu inim not talking about q & a from wt literature.
im talking about asking questions to the speaker during a meeting.
if not do you know someone that has did he or she get punished?
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Eyebrow2
when I was about 16 or 17 my best friend from high school...an non JW born again came to the ministry/service meeting on thursday night. She wanted to ask questions, and kept going to raise her hand, but I would pull it down and say PLEASE!!! if you want to ask him, wait until after!!! so through the rest of the meeting she pretend to start to raise her hand just to torture me, hahah.
Man was I anal back then.
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Thought from tonight's meeting
by jula71 injust a thought from tonight's bible reading that kinda hit in a funny way.
in all my years i've never heard this scripture used like this.
*** rbi8 1 samuel 21:12-13 ***
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Eyebrow2
years ago, during a watchtower study I think, of the wall of jericho..and Rahab was it...remember when she hid Joshua and his buddy (was this Caleb...too lazy to get out the bible this late) and the city guards came round asking where they were..she lied and said that they had run in a different direction. I believe that she hid them on her roof.
Anyhoo..the elder conducting the study said that she wasn't really lying in the eyes of god, because the city guards did NOT have a right to know the truth. That is the first time I REALLY felt uncomfortable about a teaching. Hey, I think she did the right thing, but why not say, hey, she lied to protect the men..her telling the truth would have been a much greater sin...blah blah blah.
I do believe that you should be honest whenever possible. But I do think there are some exceptions...very few, where it may be necessary and sometimes even appropriate to lie. (I cannot recall yet having to do this...hey I am not perfect, I have been guilty of white lies before, but usually am a very honest person) I often wondered, if the great tribulation started, and the cops came to my door looking for my witnesses I had hidden, how could I convince them they weren't there by lying? Oh the moral dilemna...apparantly this comment by the elder cleared that up. But, they way it was presented just left a bad taste in my mouth.
So, is "food at the proper time" just a code phrase for: on a need to know basis, or YOU DON't HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW ???
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This is how I keep my sanity during the meeting
by Bonnie_Clyde ini only go on sundays and not every sunday and only because i have to take my father who can't drive.. i often wished i could have other reading material during the meeting.
then i got the idea to order a spanish bible.
now i follow along in my spanish bible while the speaker speaks english.
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Eyebrow2
very clever!
That is nice, though, that you are willing to drive your dad even though you don't want to be there. See, now that is a great example of unconditional love on your part. Good luck with the Spanish!
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easy to use sex offender national database.. (usa) (just put in zip code)
by candidlynuts in.
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Eyebrow2
The only problem with Public Data is that their info is not updated as much as one would think. But definately better than nothing.
You can call your local authorities, I believe in most states in the US and ask for a list of sex offenders in your neighborhood. I have never have, but I guess it isn't a bad thing to do. My only problem is that certain types of "sex offenses" are not always as serious as others. So who knows if they are just throwing out all the names of people that are not in the same league as rapists and child molestors....Actually, what I mean to say is that not all states report in the same manner. Some states make people report as sex offenders that isn't anything close to actual child molestation or rape, or sexual assualt. It just depends on the state. Their probably are not a whole lot of people out there that SHOULDN'T be in there that are, but it does bother me a bit that there are. I guess I watch too many Law&Order type shows...hahah.
just a thought.
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Do you think a 7 and 9 year old kid should have a cell phone?
by Eyebrow2 inokay...so many of you know that i have two stepdaughters....great kids, 7 and 9. currently they are living with us.
now, when they, or one of them is with their mom, it is like pulling teeth to get her to answer the phone or call back when we leave a message to talk to the girls.
there was one period of time that my husband went almost 10 months without getting to talk to his oldest daughter when she was with her mom.
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it definately can be a helpful tool.
Actually, I think I may tell them to bring it with them when we go to the Ren fest this weekend, in case we get seperated by mistake.
I guess I really should be grateful that their mom at least wants to be in contact with them. I guess I just don't agree with how she goes about it.
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A fun, albeit gross game!!!!
by Eyebrow2 in.
http://www.hiphopave.net/web/kittenc.swf
okay, it is a little mean to the kitty...but it is soooo much fun..
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I wonder if they could change the kitty into a crawdad in honor of the upcoming mudbug apostafest coming up.
Of course, it wouldn't make the funny kitty in distress sounds.
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A fun, albeit gross game!!!!
by Eyebrow2 in.
http://www.hiphopave.net/web/kittenc.swf
okay, it is a little mean to the kitty...but it is soooo much fun..
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It is very addictive...have to play it with the sound on of course. The highest I got was about 1200. Hubby did 1758....he plays at work...don't know HOW he can get anyhthing done hahah
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A fun, albeit gross game!!!!
by Eyebrow2 in.
http://www.hiphopave.net/web/kittenc.swf
okay, it is a little mean to the kitty...but it is soooo much fun..
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Eyebrow2
http://www.hiphopave.net/web/kittenc.swf
Okay, it is a little mean to the kitty...but it is soooo much fun.
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Do you think a 7 and 9 year old kid should have a cell phone?
by Eyebrow2 inokay...so many of you know that i have two stepdaughters....great kids, 7 and 9. currently they are living with us.
now, when they, or one of them is with their mom, it is like pulling teeth to get her to answer the phone or call back when we leave a message to talk to the girls.
there was one period of time that my husband went almost 10 months without getting to talk to his oldest daughter when she was with her mom.
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Abaddon that is funny.
Crumpet...others with kids with cell phones: It isn't really the cell phone itself that really irritates me so much..it is her insistance that THEY have to be responsible to call her, and that she wanted them to take it to school. From what the 7 year old told me, she was adamant that we don't have the right to tell them they cannot take it to school. WTF? If she is going to send it to MY house, she really doesn't have the right to make the rules on it. K...call me a control freak.
I have let my son take one of our cells with him before. Last summer when he visited relatives out of state I sent one with him. But, he was roaming the neighborhood with old friends, and it made it easier for me and his grand mother to check up on him. (by the way, he lost it a few months later...oh well!)
When they come home from school I ask them to wait an hour to call their mom, until my son gets home. There are a few reasons for this: firstly, I noticed that she is never availalbe when they call right after school; second, I get a lot of business calls, and am trying to keep my youngest two quiet for that. I want to make sure that they can talk to their mom with out a lot of background noise. (why worry about this? well, their mom gets really pissed if the little two annoy them on the phone. Somewhat understandabel). My son can help me run interference whe he is home. (Also, they fight big time over whose turn it is to call and leave a message...god...they are just little kids after all)
We are taking all the kids to a Ren fest this Sunday. We specifically planned it this Sunday because she doesn't have the kids, I wanted to make sure we planned it when it wouldn't interfere with her time with them. So the girls tell her all about...which is fine...I would expect and want them to keep her up on what we all do together. I would have told her myself if she would bother returning my calls or talk to me on the phone. But now she tells them that she will go with us. Wow, that REALLY pissed me off. I asked to talk to their mom when they were done...(I wanted to get her email to send her some recent pictures of the girls)...but she only talks to me when she calls to have me or the hubby drive them to meet her for their bi weekly pick up. ARGHH!!! I told the kids that either me or dad would talk to her about it. I told him behind closed doors...no way jose...we have been planning this for several weeks. I hate to sound selfish..and maybe I am ...but she gets them for all the real quality holidays, she refuses to even try to adjust her schedule to spend more time with them. This is a special time to spend altogether. If she comes, she and her fiance (who is a very nice guy by the way) will just take off with them and we won't see them all day. I know this because we have tried to do stuff together in the past and that is what they have done.
My husband was like, oh okay if she wants to come. I was like no FRIGGING WAY!! She can take them another time. Hey...I will make sure they bring their phone with them so that they can talk to her.
Maybe I am being a bitch, but I have to tell you, after having to do 99% of the hard part with the girls (we had the younger one more years than her mom ever has...because she couldn't deal with her difficult toddler years; I am the one that makes all the unpleasant stuff...like dentist visits...etc.) I think maybe I have a right to be a little bitchy about it sometimes. I know if she shows up, I will have to put on the good step mommy face and airs, I don't want to ruin the trip for the kids after all...but man...sheesh it really isn't fair sometimes, you know? I moved 2200 miles to make sure we could be close to their mom so that she and us could see them more.