Posts by FreeFallin

i'm usually a very laid-back, easy-going guy, but if i ever saw people doing something this cruel to a helpless little kitten they would get to find out many painful things about the pointy end of a stick!

FreeFallin

Julien,

Amen to that.

FreeFallin

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Kitten Burnt on Hot Coals (Serious)

by SYN in

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this is so horrible and unimaginably cruel.

i'm usually a very laid-back, easy-going guy, but if i ever saw people doing something this cruel to a helpless little kitten they would get to find out many painful things about the pointy end of a stick!

FreeFallin

Get the Glock.

Free

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OUTRAGED ! about little girl murdered

by Xandria in

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it broke my heart today to find out that this child was not to be found alive.

i grew up in and around orange county.

i lived for several years in fullerton.

FreeFallin

No words come to mind, except hunt that bastard down and have him executed publicly.

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Scottish News Panorama

by silentlambs in

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church at centre of paedophile allegations

http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=62692&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=62244&contentpk=2125157

claire stewart

FreeFallin

and secondly that counsel is given to report crime to the proper authorities and to comply with any additional legal requirements.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Since they're "no part of the world," how would they possible know who the proper authorities are. Do they have a hotline to child welfare? How much counseling does it take to tell someone to get in a car and go to the local police station? What a cop out and what a crock of shit.

FreeFallin

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Doctor Visit Today

by Amazing in

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well folks: i had my first follow-up visit, and things are not as good as i was hoping.

essentially, using diet and exercise to try and reverse my clogged arteries is okay for 15 areas which are 50% or less clogged, by 2 of the points are 80% occluded ... and must be treated in a matter of months, or i face death inside a year ... so, i have some time, but not as i hoped.

the two bad occlusions art each at the intersections of main branches ... and either of them would likely kill me if they close up.. the doctor was impressed with my diet changes, lifestyle adjustments, and weight loss and level of recovery ... but the recovery is limited, in that i still have some strong angina with mild exercise, strongly suggesting my heart does not get enough blood when i exercise, and then when i eat a large meal, the stomach uses enough blood flow, that the heart gets starved and i go into serious angina ... soooo ... i am ordered to limit exercise and eat 6 to 8 tiny meals a day ... and i am even getting a handicap sign for my car ... yikes!

FreeFallin

Dear Amazing,

Please take care of yourself. I'm praying all will go well for you.

Free

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Something Different From Me

by Farkel in

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note: all single apostrophes have been deleted by simon's software from this word document i just pasted here.. .

one of the problems with any discussion board is that it doesnt allow us much of an opportunity to show other dimensions of ourselves.

my great passion is and has always been serious music.

FreeFallin

Dear Farkel,

I know nothing about classical music, but am willing to learn. I look forward to purchasing one of your CD's.

Free

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JESUS NOT THE MEDIATOR?

by Mary in

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guess i hadn't been paying "close attention" at the meetings a few years ago......apparently, jesus is not the mediator between god and men like the bible says, he's only the mediator between the 144,000 and jehovah - i guess the rest of us can go straight to hell in a handbasket...... .

how long has this bizarre theory been around??!!

i was absolutely stunned to hear this one, as i had never heard it before.

FreeFallin

Amen to that, DBeetle. And I have the Paxil and Welbutrin as testimony. Since I'll probably never see any one here face to face, I can admit it.

Free

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JESUS NOT THE MEDIATOR?

by Mary in

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guess i hadn't been paying "close attention" at the meetings a few years ago......apparently, jesus is not the mediator between god and men like the bible says, he's only the mediator between the 144,000 and jehovah - i guess the rest of us can go straight to hell in a handbasket...... .

how long has this bizarre theory been around??!!

i was absolutely stunned to hear this one, as i had never heard it before.

FreeFallin

Dungbeetle, thanks for the extra quotes.

I know this discussion is probably over, but this has been bothering me all day and I have to get it out of my system. I vaguely remember reading the change in mediatorship before, but it never really made any impression on me. I just felt "they knew what they were doing, they were God's chanel, not me, so shut up and enjoy the ride." Now it's a different story.

The word arrogance is used alot on this board, in reference to the Society. Now I understand. It is Blasphemous Arrogance. How dare they put themselves in the position of our Lord and Savior? How dare they take away a relationship that is between Jesus and us? Is this the unforgivable sin?

FreeFallin

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JESUS NOT THE MEDIATOR?

by Mary in

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guess i hadn't been paying "close attention" at the meetings a few years ago......apparently, jesus is not the mediator between god and men like the bible says, he's only the mediator between the 144,000 and jehovah - i guess the rest of us can go straight to hell in a handbasket...... .

how long has this bizarre theory been around??!!

i was absolutely stunned to hear this one, as i had never heard it before.

FreeFallin

*** Watchtower 1991 February 15 pp.15-20 "You Were Bought With a Price" ***

8 Hence, the ransom sacrifice is fundamental to the new covenant, of which Jesus is the Mediator. Paul wrote: "There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all-this is what is to be witnessed to at its own particular times." (1 Timothy 2:5, 6) Those words especially apply to the 144,000, with whom the new covenant is made.

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11 Nevertheless, in a preliminary way, the great crowd have already "washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (Revelation 7:14) Christ does not act as Mediator of the new covenant toward them, yet they benefit from this covenant through the work of God's Kingdom. Christ still acts toward them, however, as High Priest, through whom Jehovah can and does apply the ransom to the extent of their now being declared righteous as God's friends. (Compare James 2:23.) During the Millennium, they will gradually "be set free from enslavement to corruption [until finally they] have the glorious freedom of the children of God."-Romans 8:21.

Go to quotes at the bottom of this page and check out Mediator, there's lots more stuff on it.

F.