We had a little cat that lived to over 20 years old.
She was older than two of my kids and slept every night at the foot of our bed. I cried buckets when we had to have her put down - she was truely ine of our family.
I understand your loss and feelings.
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Had to put my Cat to sleep last night - very sad!
by lovelylil ini am really sad today and miss my cat already.
he would have been 16 in november.
i found him out on the street when he was a year old.
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Have you heard this one-the end is very close, maybe 2 years
by sspo inmy good witness friend was trying to encourage me spiritually and this is what's being speculated among the witnesses.
how long was adam alone before eve was created, well at least 31 years so far.
1975 was the end of 6000 years of man's existence.. from 1975 to 2006, it is 31 years.. when was jesus ministry over?
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My! So, God creates Adam and then sentences him to 33 years solitary confinement. A perfect, testosterone fueled, man with no outlet for his sexuality. No wonder he went potty at the thought of losing Eve when she 'sinned'!
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jws celebrate birthdays?!
by dobbie ini was speaking to a friend last night, trying to explain why i don't go to meetings etc,(waste of time though she just can't seem to understand my point whatever i say), anyway she said as long as i don't d'a myself she can still speak to me.
she said they only d'f you if you commit a gross sin.
i refuted this saying if they knew i didn't agree with some of the teachings, sent a fathers day card etc and you weren't sorry they'd get rid of you.
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No they don't. I grew up a witness and never celebrated my parents birthdays, my brothers and sisters birthdays and later on my kids birthdays.
Birthdays are still a thing I am not quite comfortable with even with my worldly friends and work mates. Old habits die hard.
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undercover - hey I remember those as well.
You have to admit though, generalluy, they were pretty well organised. I don't think they could do the same today - brothers and sisters just don't have the same commitment as the old timers did. These were people who would get up at 5am and work in kitchens till 11pm! -
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What religion are you... if any?
by Effervescent ininteresting little flashy thingie, toolie on usa today (see how professional i sound?).
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gnoreligion/flash.htm.
interesting results in new york.... where the world wide headquarters of jws resides... .
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I consider myself to be a liberal Christian, i.e. someone who can relate to the rather radical teaching of Christ. However, I don't have a religion, after all Jesus was a Jew but did not exactly see eye to eye with its practioners.
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So hot!
by LittleToe in22*c / 72*f in stornoway, this morning - enough to fry the wings off of midges!
the beaches in the outer hebrides make it one of the best places on the planet, in good weather.
unfortunately it isn't often we get a good spell.. how the heck am i going to survive dallas!!!
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We regularly went in field ministry in India with temperatures of over 40 degrees C (what's that 108 degrees F?).
The trick to survive in the heat is to take things very slow (the old pioneer walk) stop regularly to drink and don't stay out in the sun too long.
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When you have waited for "the end" for so long, any piece of bad news is seen as sign that Armageddon is just round the corner.
Many of us here lived through the cold war, a situation that could have resulted in worldwide nuclear destruction.
The situation in the middle east, whilst serious is not in the same league as the cold war with regard to potential destruction. What has changed is that terrorism (i.e. the random killing of just a few people at specific targets) claims real lives in our countries, unlike the cold war that at the end of the day did not take civilians lives in Europe or the USA.
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Were YOU Depressed When You Were A Witness?
by minimus ini've seen soooo many witnesses taking meds or alcohol because of unhappiness and depression.
i know of one woman who regularly gos to her shrink and is the most depressed person that i know of.
personally, i believe it's because a jw can never do enough to satisfy god or the elders....what do you think?
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No, not when I was in. I suppose like many the routine and companionship provides a prop that is quite comforting. When I stepped down as an elder and began my exit, that's when am sure I suffered form mild depression.
It's all better now, thankfully.
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The Truth About Matt 24 & Revelations
by kwr ini was doing some reading and came across the fact that matt 24 was fulfilled in 70 ad.
my thinking on these passages in the bible is that the destruction of the temple and the murder of 600,000+ jews by the romans was a fulfillment of those prophecies.
jesus was the messiah to the jews and that was his purpose.
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Strange post. Don't quite understand how you can come to that conclusion.
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How would the Governing Body treat Jesus if he were on earth today?
by unbrainwashed in.
they would criticize him for "independent thinking" and eventually disfellowship him for apostasy for not going along with their religious system and doctrines, don't you think?.
oh wait...that's kind of like what the sanhedrin did to him 2,000 years ago..
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Totally agree with all of you!!!!!
the JW religion is not geared up to welcome individuals who in any way do not comform to their sterotype. Jesus would be seen as a nice guy but far too radical.
Eyeslice