Posts by Dorktacular

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What really is a Soul Mate? --- Is it possible Yes or No?

by Hope4Others in

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soul mate.

n. one of two persons compatible with each other in disposition, point of view, or sensitivity.

there seems to be a variety of defintions on the net so what does "soul mate" mean?.

Dorktacular

Generally, the term "soul mate" is something that people who watch too much Oprah & Doctor Phil use a lot. People who use this term in every day conversation are often so obsessive about finding their "soul mate", that they often overlook or dismiss people and/or relationships because they don't fit the mould of "soul mate" that they have formed in their minds. In the end, these people end up being bitter and unhappy because they can't find a person who lives up to their strict definition of soul mate. If the soul mate seeker finds someone that they deem worthy of "soul mate" status, that relationship is often strained because one or the other is trying too hard to live up to the hype of attaining or retaining soul mate status. Instead of being soul mates, they end up feeling like cell mates.

Just remember, if two people are exactly alike in every way and they agree on everything, then one of them isn't necessary.

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???Do you spank your kids???

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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tell me how you feel about spanking your kids - be honest now!!!

have you ever, and under what circumstances?.

what other methods of discipline do you use?

Dorktacular

Yep, I do, but not very often. My daughter is such a good kid, she doesn't really "require" a spanking. Usually, all I have to do is look at her a certain way and that's enough. I can probably count on one hand the number of times she's been spanked in 8 years of existence.

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i introduce myself

by Lone Ranger in

i'm gerlinde from germany.

i never was a jw, but i was lds.

now i' m a witch and i write short stories like this one:.

Dorktacular

Wilkommen, Geraldine. Wie geht es Ihnen? Schreiben Sie jedes Mal, wenn Sie wollen.

Forgive my lousy German. Your English is probably better than my Deutsch.

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anybody wanna see young jeezy kill george bush?

by karvel in

so this chick is obviously on something or off of her meds.

she was later arrested.

her mother claims that she is bipolar and the old lady being abused in the video is fine.

Dorktacular

Ah Yes.... Her name is Nafiza Ziyad. She's becomming quite a celebrity here in metro Atlanta. She is a schitzo who went off her meds and had an "episode" on the train. Meds or no meds, somebody should have beat her ass for harrassing that old lady that way. MARTA has their own police who are supposed to patrol the busses and trains and their respective stations to protect its riders. Where were they??

This same girl pulled a similar stunt about a year ago and disappeared. She was eventually found, but ended up in jail and received probation for spitting in a police officer's face. So, she is still in jail, because this last episode was a violation of her probation. Well, the good thing about that is she won't be harrassing anybody on public transit for a while. :)

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frequent flyers

by besty in

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anybody here also post on flyertalk.com

Dorktacular

Even business class sucks when you're my size. 6'4" and 300 Lbs.... my knees wedge up against the seat in front of me and if you have a window seat, you have the fuselage of the plane up against your head and shoulder the entire flight. If you have the aisle seat, then the flight attendant tries to see how many times they can ram a loaded cart into your elbow. And, God help you if you get stuck in a center seat! I'd rather be strapped to the wing of the plane!

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Adultery of a JW

by hurt by JW in

i have a question for jw's.

i have a problem with a jw .

its been going on for a year now.

Dorktacular

There are crazy women out there. Your husband knows she's crazy, you know she's crazy. Now, ignore her. Extenuating circumstances aside, your husband knew what he was doing when he did it. So did the woman he did it with. If it was a moment of weakness, then so be it. If you really want to repair your relationship, focusing on this crazy woman isn't going to work. She's not worth the emotional effort. Ignore her and focus on eachother. And, if she doesn't stop harrassing your husband or yourself, press charges. Call the police and ask for their advice. If their is something that they can do within the limitations of the law, then have them do it. It's not really that complicated.

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What about those INTELLIGENT JW's? Did you have any in your cong'?

by nicolaou in

i remember as a child being impressed by several older 'brothers' who were well educated and articulate.

we had guys with degrees and one had a ph.d in some branch of physics - a professor.

now you know as well as i do that that level of education was, and still is, mightily discouraged by the wt but these guys had managed it somehow.. as an impressionable kid it put 'the truth' on a more secure footing for me, after all if these intelligent men could believe .

Dorktacular

Nicolaou, I've known a few intelligent witnesses. In fact, when I was a child, there was a witness who was (and still is) a famous doctor and nutritionist. I liked his talks, because they were very intelligent and he always took the discussion to the next level. He was one of the few people who could actually hold my attention while giving a talk. Of course, the elders always came down on him for not explicity following the outline or indroducing material that didn't come from WBTS publications.

I will say that I have noticed that it is rare to find many intelligent JWs. Most intelligent people leave the org, most likely because they are too smart and they've figured out that it's all a bunch of crap!

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Saw an Elder @ the Van Halen concert last night!

by WingCommander in

sunday, the giant center hershey pa. .

before the show, i of course ducked into the mens room so that i wouldnt have to during the show.

(which was awesome by the way) anyway, as i am standing in line waiting my turn, whom do i see turn to leave?

Dorktacular

WingCommander, my wife and I saw Van Halen almost 2 weeks ago! I thought I saw a few witnesses I used to know. I wonder if Van Halen is on the approved list of entertainment options at the local Kingdom Hall now? LOL

I wasn't allowed to see Van Halen (or anybody else for that matter) when I was a JW kid, so two Sundays ago was my first time seeing Van Halen. Maybe the JWs I saw there were in the same situation as I am? Maybe they left the org? I don't know; I didn't ask them.

If I were God, I'd like Van Halen. He's awesome. He should write kingdom melodies.

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How do the elders know if you are truly repentent?

by jetery in

the reason why i ask is because whenever u are df and u are trying to get reinstated they are always tellling u that u have to produce fruits befitting repentenace like attending the meetings,etc.

they always make it seem that since they are gods spirit-directed org.

that he will know whether or not if a person is repentent.

Dorktacular

Jetery, I think that there is no hard and fast way they can determine that. My father was an elder and he revealed to me that even though there were people he thought were repentant (and in some cases, not deserving of being disfellowshipped in the first place), the elders were often harsh and denied requests for reinstatement. My father stepped down from his position as elder primarily because he couldn't deal with the elders who were so hard-hearted and seemed to be on a personal power trip when it came to deciding the fate of other witnesses. My father believed that elders were there to help the congregation, but especially the weak ones, because they required help the most. He would talk to people, help people if he could. Not so with the other elders. They were only interested in issuing warnings, doling out punishment and testing the limits of their authority. My father didn't tell me about a lot of that stuff until about 15 years after he stepped down. I was shocked to hear some of the things that went on and how the elders abused their power. My father is still a witness, and even though he has been asked to be an elder again in his congregation where there is a shortage of elders, he will not accept. To me, that says a lot. I have no trust in the body of elders as a whole and apparently, neither does he!

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What should I do with all of these books?

by Confession in

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while growing up, my dad maintained a rather huge wts library.

i liked the idea of being able to pick out one of those old books from the1940s or earlier and read what they were saying back then.

well for the first time, in september of 2006 at the age of 40, i finally became a home-owner.

Dorktacular

I have quite a few of the older publications which I save just because one day I might need them to research something. When we moved into our new house, I boxed them all up and wrote on the boxes "Put in garage. DO NOT bring in house." The boxes are in the attic and they haven't been opened. Hell, I may die before those boxes are ever opened! But, I still have them. Call me a pack rat if you want to. I think I may eventually throw them away, or give them to the good will or, even better, drop them by the front door of the nearest kingdumb hell.