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  Do you remember this saying...?

  by Flowerpetal in

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  regarding worldly associations:.

  "the worst jw in the org.

  is better than the best person in the world..".

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  This bothered me alot about the religion, so many good non-JW people, yet they were all considered bad association...stupidity.

  Absolutely!

  My favorite visual was at an assembly where the speaker said all worldly people should be considered dead right now...fall in love with one, kiss him, and it will be just like kissing a corpse...sometimes the things they say are so crazy it works against them eventually.

  I remember something similar to this as well. I also remember an analogy about a young woman who fell in love with a guy to the point where they were going to get married, and on her wedding night she discovered he had leprosy. "Imagine her heartbreak!" they said. Point being, no matter how wonderful a worldy person "seems", they are spiritual lepers and to be avoided. EXACTLY, Blondie!
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  Do you remember this saying...?

  by Flowerpetal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  regarding worldly associations:.

  "the worst jw in the org.

  is better than the best person in the world..".

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  Flowerpetal

  regarding worldly associations:

  "The worst JW in the org. is better than the best person in the world.."
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  Leolaia's Scenic Travel Photos

  by Leolaia in

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  well, i thought i'd start a fluff thread for once, so i'm posting here some of my favorite photos from my many trips over the years.

  i hope you enjoy them and they inspire you to take awesome pictures on your own travels (or even your own backyard).

  [edited to add...let's hope this formatting helps...jgnat].

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  Thanks Leolaia! Beautiful pics. There is a big, wonderful world out there!
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  Theremin music

  by Nathan Natas in

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  it's not just for "the day the earth stood still" anymore!.

  a cover of "crazy" by gnarls barkley.. http://laughingsquid.com/theremin-cover-version-of-gnarls-barkleys-crazy/.

  what's a theremin?

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  Flowerpetal

  I believe on the Ed Sullivan show there was a guy who would come on and play this instrument. Was a kid then, and didn't pay attention to what it was called, but I thought it was neat.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-24-07 WT Study (Youths Goals Honor God)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 06-24-07 wt study (may 1, 2007, pages 24-29)(youths goals honor god)(notepad).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Flowerpetal

  How many families where both parents are jws meet weekly to discuss the bible formally? One CO noted that few "family heads" (to include single parent families) were doing this, at least they weren't reporting it. That MS and elders should set the example and it would add 4 hours to the preaching totals each month from each of them if only one attending was not baptized. So was it the eternal life of the children or the hours on a time slip that mattered? I knew several who never did this even after this "encouragement," just reported that they had (per the testimony of the children involved).

  It was the hours on a time slip that counted, most definitely. We felt guilty reporting the time on our children, so we stopped and didn't care.
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  Has your idea of how you want to be disposed of changed?

  by sinis in

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  of course i'm talking about death.

  i know in the borg, since most people are cheap, or don't have money, there was always a push for cremation.

  i know my grandmother was cremated, as well as my father in law, and i think the issue was more for finances.

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  I would love a Viking send-off: a little boat with a sail--me as the corpse, and set afire as the boat sails off into the water. For the funeral though, I'd love a New Orleans Jazz funeral--always did.
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  New Video by Brother Prince!!!!!A faithful and true Witness....

  by aquagirl in

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  check out this astounding new brother prince video..black sweat...very discreet,id say...its in yahoo music.cant get the link to paste..can anyone help?it would be a great lesson for sunday morning...yum!!!!

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  I like Prince too and loved the parody video. I wonder what other JW Discussion boards are saying about his video ... if they even have seen it.
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  And, maybe, it is not too late.

  by nvrgnbk in

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  and it is also time to end the nightmare of slavery to the diseased ideals of mindless growth, rapacious consumption, and the utterly insane notion that unrestrained self-interest ought not be controlled.

  though the fundamental freedom to pursue one's own interests is absolutely vitaleven sacred and must be protectedwe must stop justifying the cruel, unrestrained pursuit of wealth and power.

  we must stop glorifying greed with the now popular lie that unfettered avarice is our best guide down the path of the greatest good for the greatest number!

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  Flowerpetal

  Awwwwwww shucks! I was looking forward to some more back and forth between nvrgnbk and jgnat.
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  THE UNIVERSE - What do you now believe about it?

  by Black Man in

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  i was watching this documentary on the various galaxies and it stated that the universe is still expanding, planets are being created as we speak.

  it also detailed some of the planets within our solar system and some beyond it and speculated how some were favorable for habitation and that some show evidence of having a water supply.

  what do you believe about the universe?

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  Flowerpetal

  I love watching programs about outer space, stars, planets, galaxies....all of it.
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  Life lost

  by Phil in

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  i have previously posted on the subject of finding people who could help me get some testimonials from experienced jws who have been shunned by friends and family.

  this was my way of getting my daughter to wake up to the realities of what is going on with the organization she is associated with.

  much to my sadness, i have been notified by her husband that she died this morning of lung cancer.

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  Flowerpetal

  Keep the good memories close to your heart....so sorry for your loss.