Ooh, the ponies in bluebells are adorable. Ruined farmhouse and Strangles!(sounds awful) are so beautiful...wish I was there right now. I hope one day to get to England, but esp. Ireland.
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It's Slide Show Time!!!
by invisible inbeautiful pictures from where i live, only takes a few seconds to load, please enjoy!!.
http://www.cornishlight.co.uk/higres.htm.
more sunshine please!!.
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Ex-Mormons
by teenyuck ini went to the ex-mormon board that amazing referenced in his thread.
http://www.exmormon.org/boards/w-agora/w-agora.php3?site=exmobb&bn=exmobb_recovery.
it is fascinating!
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Thank you District Overbeer,
So if i understand correctly, home teaching would be like having "Shepherding visits" more frequently than once a month. No wonder 40% said "No Thanks!"
They started out with a great idea in the 1840's--visiting the members in their homes to determine their material needs, and then doing something about it.
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Ex-Mormons
by teenyuck ini went to the ex-mormon board that amazing referenced in his thread.
http://www.exmormon.org/boards/w-agora/w-agora.php3?site=exmobb&bn=exmobb_recovery.
it is fascinating!
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I had absolutely no idea of the similarities:
Subject: Inactivity rate has increased significantly Date: Jul 12 10:23 Author: Rusty Mail Address: I can remember as a young elders quorum president in the 1980's that the challenge was to get 80% home teaching monthly. It was a realistic goal and we usually wound up somewhere in the 70's. That was a good sized ward in the Midwest.
Now I am in another good sized ward in the Midwest. 50% would be a high total for the month. This is not because people are unwilling to home teach -- it is because so many "members" no longer even let the home teachers into their homes. We start out with a 40% no contact list! I do not think we are unusual for the mission field. So many of those who converted as teens/young adults are now just saying get lost. These aren't old time Mormons, but the accumulation of years of missionaries baptizing people who didn't really have a clue about what Mormonism was really all about.
Our elders have become tired of the constant call to increase the home teaching. It is not going to happen.Is hometeaching the same as bible studies or do they mean bookstudies?
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Another Sickening Example of Extreme Christianity
by Valis inthis just makes me ill...beating a child becaase he didn't take bible study seriously.... .
sincerely,.
district overbeer
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FreeFallin
Dear Ella,
Welcome to the Board. I share your feelings about listening to the kids at the hall scream and cry when they were punished. It always brought tears to my eyes and made me shake, too.
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Another Sickening Example of Extreme Christianity
by Valis inthis just makes me ill...beating a child becaase he didn't take bible study seriously.... .
sincerely,.
district overbeer
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FreeFallin
Absolutely disgusting. Those 2 men deserve the same punishment.
LyinEyes - What a horrible experience. My dad was fond of kicking me in the ass, too. Fortunately, he often wore bedroom slippers!
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Is This A MINI-SCANDAL In Kentucky?
by AngryXJW inearlier today, i spoke on the telephone with a jw who will sometimes listen to "anti" info, but typically regurgitates the typical "party-line" responses.__________ .
however, today, the situation was reversed.
it seems that this jw was "slightly stumbled" at the da held in louisville, kentucky back in late june.________.
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FreeFallin
AngryXJW,
Don't forget to remind your friend of the witnesses in Malawi who were killed and tortured because their "conscience" wouldn't allow them to buy a lousy 25cent political card.
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My darn dog died
by LB ini've had this cowdog for nearly 11 years now.
today she went out in the sun and got heatstroke and just didn't recover.
i gave her cpr and brought her back twice but she was too far gone.
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FreeFallin
(((((LB)))))
My sincere condolences on the loss of your friend, Blue. I do know how it feels.
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My Ten Years Out -- This Month pt. 2
by Bendrr inpart 2 .
so i was out of work again.
no insurance check this time.
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FreeFallin
You just gotta do what's right. Regardless of if your family is dubs that wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire, they're still family and they're your family. We have the obligation regardless of how they feel. Think of the scriptures such as in the book of James about telling someone in need "go in peace, keep warm and well fed" or the one that says "if a man does not take care of those who are his own...". Jesus said "don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" meaning pretty much to do what you gotta do without anyone knowing or even acknowledging.
And at the end of the day, you're a better person for it.
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My Ten Years Out -- This Month pt. 1
by Bendrr in(long boring story) .
it was 10 years ago in perry, ga that i went to my jc hearing.
the po pretty much had his decision made and pretty much told me so.
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FreeFallin
Oh, I forgot. Congratulations on your 10yr. anniversary.
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My Ten Years Out -- This Month pt. 1
by Bendrr in(long boring story) .
it was 10 years ago in perry, ga that i went to my jc hearing.
the po pretty much had his decision made and pretty much told me so.
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FreeFallin
Not at all boring. I'll be looking for part II.
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