Posts by VoidEater

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Suicide attempt and I am heartbroken

by Iforget in

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my younger brother tried to kill himself today.

i am sick inside....sicker then i ever thought possible.

my mother told me the news in the cruelest of ways and i am now in a fog.. i blame the jw's and all the bullshit they put on children who are df.

VoidEater

Iforget: I understand. I'm sure you can balance giving love while not enabling. I can understand, from many sides of this issue.

Peace, love, comfort - these are your birthright and your gifts...

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i can't believe i have to work today, there are only 4 people in my office today, we usually have about 14 people, seems like only the lucky few got stuck working today, haven't had to answer a single call for me, all the people i have to call are off today, so i am just sitting here cleaning up my desk.

anyone else working christmas eve?

VoidEater

side note I made Chicken Enchiladas for us

There's the proof - Andre is a Good Person.

Yes, working. Er - sitting in my chair. NOTHING to do, a little data cleansing and that was it. But leaving early, too...

Gopher: Go home.

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Devastating post coming next year

by darth frosty in

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with in the next week and a half(maybe sooner) there is going to be a very insightful post about the borg.

merry christmas every one, and a happy new year.

VoidEater

Earthquakes! Floods! Natural Disasters! News at 11...

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Somebody on JWD committed.... nearly made my kid cry (me too)

by carla in

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merry christmas everybody!.

somebody here committed a random act of christmas kindness and made me cry and nearly made my kids choke up.

you know that big lump you get in your throat when you try not to cry?

VoidEater

Carla: Thank you. And many returns. Cheers!

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Is this why the WTBTS is changing the "generation" meaning?

by TooBad TooSad in

during the 1970's, 80's and 90's i was always calculating how old the generation was that.

saw 1914. at one time they had to be at the age of discernment 12 to 14 years old.

and then it was just being born by 1914. well we all know that this watchtower teaching.

VoidEater

Heeeeyyyyy...I'm feeling Anointed...

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Jehovah, the God of Justice, Executes the Wicked

by TMS in

the phrases still roll off my tongue, "a god of tender mercies", a god in whom there is no injustice", a god who "protects the little one.".

in spite of those worn out platitides, if i walked in to a court room and saw the name "jehovah god" in metallic letters on the door, i would ask my attorney to make a motion to have the judge recused.

i would prefer to take my judicial chances with any ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, alcoholic, mafia-controlled human judge than face the uneven, irrational and obscene judicial decisions made by god jehovah.. i cite the case of king david of israel.

VoidEater

she-bears rip David to pieces

...too good for him...but a happy picture nonetheless...

Ah, later period Heinlein (quote from Job: A Comedy of Justice). As subtle and sharp as a guillotine.

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Absolutely Fuming. My own brother was an accessory to stealing my car!

by ThomasCovenant in

i, like many others perhaps, feel very very strongly against people stealing personal possessions.

there is a very clear law against it for starters but even without the written law it's still a no no in most eyes.

they belong to me so don't abuse and take them.. so anyways last month my car got stolen whilst i was visiting a friend at the local hospital.

VoidEater

The analogy holds as long as the groundwork is you can't take blood because it belongs to God.

If that distinction isn't realized (that taking blood is merely wrong because it contains life, or due to dietary restrictions), then the car story isn't so great.

Of course the "borther" is receiving property. This would be true in the transfer of any property that has been stolen and transferred to a third party. The law will follow up on the transfer of stolen property whether insurance has paid on a claim or not.

For those that disagree, let's go in the opposite direction - my brother notices my 2007 Ferrari for sale on eBay. It was stolen and in fact because I carry gap insurance the entire outstanding balance on the loan was paid off. My brother then buys the car.

Would anyone think the brother is not receiving stolen property in this case?

I think most folks will realize the series of events that would ensue: investigation into how the car got into the hands of the seller with likely prosecution, confiscation of the car from the brother, insurance company handling the resale of the car to recoup their losses.

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I have a theory. Please take my poll!

by changeling in

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i'd like you all to tell me 2 or 3 things:.

1- were you raised a witness or not?.

2-if you were, was your family very "theocratic" or not so much?.

VoidEater

1- Were you raised a witness or not?

Yes

2-If you were, was your family very "theocratic" or not so much?

Elder dad; field service every weekend (not happily on Dad's part); never miss a meeting; strict; but tolerant of others

3- Where do you stand on religion now? Christian, pagan, atheist/agnostic, undecided...

The jury is out; I balance profound experiences of the Divine against lack of verifiable evidence.

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Worst WT term ever

by Robert7 in

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my vote for the worst watchtower term is:.

circumcision of the heart!.

i can't believe that there are people who can not only say "circumcision of the heart" with a straight face in front of the congregation, but defend its 'meaning'.. other runners up in my opinion:.

VoidEater

"The Watchtower brings out"

"Brother So-and-so brought out"

It all "brings lunch out" of me.

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JW Grinch e-mail poem I recieved and my reply

by moomanchu in

a christmas poem.

she asked if she could modify the assignment by just writing a poem on the origin of christmas and if true christians should celebrate it.

christmas poem.

VoidEater

The rhyme:

But if you did some research of how it originated, you'd ask yourself, "Is it proper for true Christians to celebrate it?"

...is rather good.