Posts by Crystal

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Suicide

by Latte in

sister disfellowshipped between ages of 17-24yrs old.

i lost track of her between this time as she was in another congregation.

i eventually moved permanently to her cong.

I am glad you are still with us onacruse.
I just met you in the chat room last night and you mentioned that you lived in Portland for many years.
I told you that i want to move there.
You were so kind and told me to e-mail you.
All day long i was thinking...I wish I knew someone who lives in Portland..it would make the move so much more easier.
Do you realise , im just one life you have touched (just think of all the other ones you have touched)
So glad you are still with us!!
Feel free to e-mail me.

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Stupid parent tricks

by LuckyLucy in

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as a child when i would cry (a big no no in our family).

my dad would say" if you keep crying i will give you a reason to cry".

if we spoke at the dinner table, he would reach across the table (did'nt matter how far away you were..his arm seem to grow) he would thump our heads as hard as he could(leaving a bruise).

Crystal

Dakota..you are a true survivor..Your childhood and then veitnam...how I would love to sit down and talk to you about your experiences in the war(both wars)
I have read alot of your post, I can see why your daughters are proud of you ...you seem like the nicest guy on this board.

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Juat a thought

by Michelleatkin in

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i design and create t shirts ( at the moment for breastfeeding support and cloth nappy wearing support - slightly o/t ) and on the line of bumper stickers, wondered if it was worth considering t shirts with similar slogans for support for ex jw etc.

what do people think as to whether it would be a viable idea.

the t shirts could have unique designs for support groups or ones for individuals to wear and they work out at about 10 each incl of p+p in uk (probably not a lot more to ship to the usa by surface mail).

Crystal

I like the tee-shirt in the picture...but i think in small letters below...whe should have the dictionary definition of what it means...tooo many JW don't know the real meaning of it.

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New Kingdom Hall in Issaquah drawing criticism

by Mulan in

in todays seattle post-intelligencer is an article entitled: new church center planned, jehovah's witnesses draw critics.. new church center planned.

jehovah's witnesses draw critics.

wednesday, august 7, 2002 .

Crystal

At the bottom you can e-mail your opinon on this article.

Maybe some how we can get a mailing list of the homes in the surrounding area.

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Starting Over

by noidea in

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this is it!

!..i start my new job tomorrow (in a different city) and i signed the lease on my apartment today..wish me luck

Crystal

Wow!A whole new beginning. I went through a similar situation about 5 years ago...and it is scarey at first.
One day I was driving home and it dawned on me...I can do it alone and i am doing it alone!!
It felt soooo good!! I felt so strong.
You have already done the hard part (finding a place and getting the new job)
You go girl!!Don't ever let anyone tell you , you can't do anything.

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J. R. Brown interview sneak peek

by mikepence in

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see http://blogs.salon.com/0001138/ for a sneak preview.. this is an update to this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33892&site=3.

thanks,.

mike pence

Crystal

Ladylee..that is sooooo wrong.
I have been so terrified before that i froze up ...could not scream...could not move...( I was afraid a dog was going to attack me)
I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be attacked my a grown man...i would pass out from fear...guess im just imoral

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Do you have faith

by Crystal in

creation of god a matter of faith jim dail .

for the californian .

christian-based religions all share at least one core belief: god is the creator and he sent his only son to earth to die on the cross for the sins of man.

Crystal

Miracles

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Do you have faith

by Crystal in

creation of god a matter of faith jim dail .

for the californian .

christian-based religions all share at least one core belief: god is the creator and he sent his only son to earth to die on the cross for the sins of man.

Crystal

I have faith now....lost it for so long.

Too many mirales are happening in my life...

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Do you have faith

by Crystal in

creation of god a matter of faith jim dail .

for the californian .

christian-based religions all share at least one core belief: god is the creator and he sent his only son to earth to die on the cross for the sins of man.

Crystal

Creation of God a matter of faith

JIM DAIL
For The Californian

Christian-based religions all share at least one core belief: God is the creator and he sent his only son to Earth to die on the cross for the sins of man. But picture a small child attending his or her first Sunday School class. What if that child asks, "Who made God?"

Certainly, the Bible leaves no doubt in who created Earth, heaven, man and Jesus Christ. The problem lies in that the Bible does not explicitly tell Christian followers that anyone or anything created God, only what God made.

"There was nothing until he created it," said the Rev. Mike Rogers, an assistant pastor at the non-denominational New Covenant Fellowship in Temecula. "We must believe he is and those who do will be rewarded."

Indeed, The Bible calls on followers to have faith in God's existence.

"No one made God; he just was," said the Rev. Larry Koger, pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Temecula. "We have to have faith in him."

Leaders from local Jewish, Mormon, Presbyterian or Jehovah's Witness congregations did not return calls.

The need to have that faith is pointed out in the New Testament's Book of John. John 1:1 instructs that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God."

In discussing a person's need to rely on faith, the first teaching must be that God is supernatural and has always existed.

"I would tell a person curious about who made God that since they believe in the word, they must believe that God is eternal," said Monsignor Tom Wallace of St. Martha's Catholic Parish in Murrieta.

That point is a common thread among local clergy.

"We hold that God is all reigning and has always been there," said the Rev. Blake Withers, senior pastor of the Las Brisas Bible Fellowship, a Southern Baptist church in Murrieta. "We teach that God is all powerful, sovereign and all-existent."

But what of a person who questions that which he cannot see?

"There's always someone who will say 'Now wait a minute. There's always a start to something,'" Rogers said. "We just have to rely back on the Scripture that he's an eternal being. Man's lifespan is small, but God is an eternal being ---- never started and never ends."

Indeed, all theories of Earth and man's creation rely on a super force of some kind pre-existing. Even the Big Bang theory requires the presence of an explosive, creative force that existed before the planets and all that is part of them.

One old argument is that even scientific forces sometimes cannot be seen. People do not actually see gravity, only the result of it. We have, in a sense, faith that gravity is behind an apple falling to the ground.

That point is addressed again in the Bible. Hebrew 11:1 reads "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

In other words, some things do not have an obvious visual answer.

"We can't always explain everything to our satisfaction," Wallace said. "We, as Catholics, simply believe that God is eternal ---- no beginning and now end."

As a result, clergy ask their congregations to have strong, unyielding belief in their faith.

"We must trust God's love in the way God speaks to us through family," Koger said. "There are things we can't see or understand, but they do exist."

6/14/02

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POSITIVE THOUGHS and FEELINGS

by QUEENIE in

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the less i think about jw shit and pervert crap the better i think and fell during the day and since there is only 24/7 i will spend more of my time doing plastic canvas among other thing.. life is so short as it is coloring in my coloring book sounds great and is what is best for queenie !!

!

Crystal

I think it is a great idea for us to focus on the good instead of the bad also Quennie,at least today.
Come on everyone...think ...what gives you the most pleasure in life.
Spending time with your kids, nature,hobbies ect.ect.

I enjoy simple things, going for walks on the beach with my Mom.
Taking pictures of nature..riding my bike...