got this "experience" in an email.
it was sent by a sister i used to know quite well, i think she sent it to encourage me, but it has had the opposite effect.. "____________________.
baptized at age 5. the mother and father of a little girl had a bible study with xxx.
This indeed works counter wise.
How can a girl be deemed immature to marry someone at age 16 but can make a life decision like babtism at age 5? The great JC himself dipped at 30, eventhough he surprised the teachers at age 12. Strange how these people claim to follow the bible.... also they give other religions flack for babtizing kids!
That is ... if this story is true! It reeks of Urban Legend to me. Maybe you could ask to meet this girl and see if it is true.
Greven
yeah i know cassie likes to think he is so cool, he only puts up the good piccies on his av, hoping the jwd girlies will fancy him.
anyone can look good when a professional takes a photo ..cassie!!
so i thought i would share a more realistic pic taken at a wedding 3 years ago .
Cass, your sister is wicked!
If my sis pulled something off like that...grrrrr
Hey Tink in that pic you have the cutest smile! man! The only uncool thing in that pic is the hand around your shoulder and the guy attached to it! LOL
Greven *Passes out with a massively happy smile on his face*
every once in awhile, i will read something, or be given an item to read that i find particularly wonderful.. yesterday, as i was straightening out my desk, i found a poem.. it was a poem that was read during my late friend robert's memorial this past march.. the poem is called: planting onions.
(by jane flanders).
that i fall to my knees.
Nice ones!
I had my hand at poetry too, usually in the middle of the night...
I recently found one of those nightly blubbers in my notes:
On Time
Time it seems, doesn't flow
For some it's fast for another slow,
In, what seems to one nation no time at all,
Another nation can rise and fall.
Greven
omg!!!!
there is a mouse in here....it is so cute but i screamed nevertheless when i saw it.
i am sitting here in terror like the little thing is going to be able to hurt me.
As a biologist (to be) I can give you suitable and easy advise on how to handle your current mouse problem.
Step one: Close the open side of the bag by putting a book on top of it. Use a nice and heavy one because these buggers are clever and pretty strong. May I recommend Insight in the scriptures?
Step two: Go through your hubbies toolkit and find yourself and wooden hammer.
Step three: Apply a hammer volley to any movement detected inside the bag. Repeat when needed.
Step four: Surprise your hubby with a nice goldenbrown meat pie with interestingly fresh filling.
Greven
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so..........have you ever played with one?
and if you have, what happened?
I unwrapped the box it came in, put the board on my lap and the pointer on the surface.
Then I asked the question: "are you there?"
and waited
waited
waited
waited
And then suddenly the pointer moved across the surface with considerable speed and force. In fact the movement was with such force that the pointer fell right off the board onto the floor where it skidded to a halt.
Amazing? Well, I fell asleep while waiting and finally gravity got a hold on the pointer as the board slid of my lap.
LOL
Greven
the wts teaches its members to have "no part" of certain places and practices, under pain of disfellowshiping and shunning.
things like attending a church service, taking blood, etc .
the wts claims that such is "bible based" and that since there 'logically' are bible precedents for all their prohibitions, then the r&f must keep well away.
his bowing would be mechanical, being solely for the purpose of dutifully supporting the king's body and not in personal worship
Whatever happened to "do not add to this scroll/scripture etc..."? It simply says he bowed to rimmon with the king. If it was to support the king as he was old I think it would have said so, at least to prevent confusion. What a crock! Nice find btw!
Greven
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viv's post, 'giggling in dark hallways' prompted me to ask this ?, 'what are some of the craziest and and daring actions you pulled off as a jw?'.
guest 77
Greven, what was your reaction when you saw the German? Did he share his experience?
Our reaction was to run away and a good one at that because the guy recognized us immediately and started a screaming, mouthfoaming persuit. Waking all the other campers. We lost him in the night. He obviously didn't know our trailer was next to his. We left early that nex morning so we were not confronted with him again. Phew!
Greven
which watchtower or awake cover do you remember the most?
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viv's post, 'giggling in dark hallways' prompted me to ask this ?, 'what are some of the craziest and and daring actions you pulled off as a jw?'.
guest 77
I will tell you guys one thing I did with a (then) witness friend of mine.
I was invited to go on a camping trip with him and his parents to France. Beautiful weather took us to the coast where we visited some WW2 bunkers. Now his parents allowed us to roam freely and we agreed to meet later that day and go back to the camping together. We went and bought firecrackers at the tourist stalls to use later back at the camping. There were several sizes availlable, we bought some medium sized ones and two packs with crackers the size of dynamite sticks. Thick, large and red was hard to resist especially since fireworks are not available in the Netherlands except at newyear's eve.
We were browsing around the bunkers when our attention was drawn by a German tourist that was 'entertaining' his kids by making machinegun and bomb sounds. It started to annoy the hell out of us hearng constantly "rattatatatata!" "piiiiiiiiiewwww BANG!" "ARRRGGG!" and such battle sounds. We saw them enter a particular dark bunker that was partly flooded so you had to walk on a narrow plank. As soon as the guy was in he started the noises again entertained by the echos it gave. He and his kids were struggling to maintain balance on the plank in the dark. This instant we both looked at eachother with a huge, evil grin on our faces. We moved up outside the bunker to reach the gap through which in times past the soldiers would shoot from. I take my lighter and light the biggest stick I had and threw it in....
"piiiiiiieeeewww" "ratatatatata" "piewww - WHAMMM!!! AAAAAAHHHH!!! SPLASH!!!!! SPLASH!!!!! SPLASH!!!!!
We were laughing our butts off, and this naturally made the German conclude we were the guilty ones. He persued us in a raving frenzy but finally we lost him by hiding in the parking lot. We were relieved when my friends parents came and we returned to the camping site. HOWEVER, when we took a shower later that night and returned dripping wet and laughing still about the incident we met our new neighbours. We had already seen their trailer but had not met them yet. Guess who it was.....
Yep Jawohl! The German.
Greven
hello this is my first post and i wanted to introduce myself so here goes.. my name is lainey, and i have not been to the meetings for about 4 years now.. i am 28 and work as a doctor in a big city university hospital as a sho.. also for my sins, i am cassies little sis, and i am staying with him for a little while, as i am signed off sick for the next month with a stress related disorder.. after the death of my older bro and my dad within the past few months, i started suffering from terrible nightmares, most of them connected in some way to my witness upbringing.. me and cassie have talked for some length and he suggested that i spend some time having a look on this site and meeting others who have had similar issues to face in life.. i hope you are all are better listeners than cassie, who tends to fall asleep when i am in the middle of talking to him.
(brothers!!!
) btw he hates being called cassie lol.. anyway i am not a big talker, so i probably wont post a lot, however i am going to scout around for a while.. thanks .
Happy scouting!
Lots of nice folk here but don't trust Vivamus. She is BAD ASSociation. Period.
Greven LOL
