Posts by dogisgod

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Did/Does God answer your prayers?

by song19 in

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in my spiritual journey, which includes trying to decide if i still believe in god anymore or not i am beginning to question if god listened to my prayers or even answered them.

i think i had a track record of praying more when i needed something.

terrible i know.

dogisgod

I think love is way more powerful than prayer.

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How many of us remember the Jonestown massacre?

by james_woods in

by that i meant - how many remember being an active jw when this happened?.

what was the general reaction from the rank & file, the elders, even the co/do?

does anybody remember there being magazine articles on this?.

Yes, I remember it. It was so crazy weird with them gunning down the people coming to check on them and then murdering their own kids...even squirting cool aid down babies throats. One of the things to remember is that it didn't happen suddenly. People had been following him for years letting his brain (which got more and more warped the more power he got) destroy their reasoning. They gave him literally everything, land, money, time, moved away from family and country. In the end they did not believe they could live without his will.

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me and Bobby Kennedy

by Gregor in

on tuesday may 28, 1968 i was working at my desk in santa barbara, california.

the office was less than two blocks from the santa barbara courthouse and we were aware that rfk was arriving there for a big campaign rally that afternoon.

as a jw i wasn't politically invested in the event but i liked rfk and so i walked out the back door and across the parking lot to anacapa st. so i could look the block and a half down the street towards the courthouse and see the big crowds gathered there.

dogisgod

Had some people on my plane a few years ago and one guy was reading a book on Teddy Kennedy. I asked him if it was good and he said much better than the subject. I then said that I had always envied that Caroline had that pony Maccaroni and I wondered what ever happened to that horse. This other woman said that horse had been glue for years. She then told me this story that her dad had been the milkman to the Kennedy compound and surrounding area. She used to ride that pony when she was with her dad. He had keys to RFKs house and RFK treated him like one of the family. After RFK decided to run for Pres the milkman walked into the kitchen to put the milk in the fridge (lots and lots of milk for that family) and Ethel came in and he said, "Hi Ethel". She responded cooly that from now on he would address her as Mrs. Kennedy. He kept a low profile after that and one day Bobby saw him and came over asking why he hadn't seen him around lately and so the milkman told him what Ethel said. Bobby told him to wait there. When he came back he had Ethel with him and he made her apologize for what she said.

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ARE YOU AN INTELLECTUAL? Why not?

by Terry in

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i think i heard the word "intellectual" for the first time when i was less than ten years old.. my grandmother said to me that the presidential candidate for the democratic party (adalai stevenson) was an "intellectual".. the way she said the word...the timbre of her voice...the look of admiration on her face...led me to believe this was a good thing indeed!.

i think i may have asked her what the word meant, but, i don't recall exactly what she told me.

perhaps enough to confirm that this fellow stevenson was a "thinker" of admirable stature.. fast forward.. by the time my teen years came along there was a kind of dichotomy in society between so-called "eggheads" and common folk.

dogisgod

Depends on who or what you compare me to.

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Medical Marijuana

by wha happened? in

has anyone tried it?

if so for what ailment and how effective was it?

dogisgod

My ex boyfriend has MS and he gets medical MJ thru the state. It eases the total body pain. He doesn't smoke a lot of it. Just when the pain is intense. He smoked a LOT more of it in his 20's.

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What do you think of Joyce Meyer?

by JimmyPage in

i know there are a lot of atheists here, but for those who still believe in god- what do you think of joyce meyer?

from the few times i've seen her i enjoy her sense of humor while preaching.

she seems very down to earth and easy to relate to..

dogisgod

I've watched her a couple of times and can only envision her playing poker at a casino, smoking a cigarette with a Scotch neat in her hand. Very tough women on the sell.

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How do you handle ... being shunned?

by Awakened at Gilead in

my da announcement was last tuesday, so i have been on the official jw shun list for about a week now.... i am curious how you handle shunning.my situation:.

i have spoken with my family (my parents and 1 brother) and discussed whether they will shun me.

i explained that biblically they should not shun me since i am not an antichrist, and i have not rejected the teaching that jesus cam in the flesh.

dogisgod

For those I grew up with and loved I still am very friendly and am glad to see them. They get love from me but they are uncomfortable about it. That's their problem. They were a major part of my life.

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Were U Depressed Because U Were A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

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people get depressed for various reasons.

but do you know of people that actually suffered from depression mainly because they were witnesses?.

i know of more than a few witnesses that were always discouraged and feeling down.

dogisgod

I was deep in cognitive dissonance. Privately depressed but always very funny around them. It took a lot of energy.

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New Member...Mrs. Fiorini

by yknot in

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she made her debut on "keep yourselves in god's love: birthday thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/159047/2.ashx).

here is a copy of her brief introduction and comment.

hello everyone, i have been reading jwd for awhile and enjoying everyone's comments.