Posts by almostbitten

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I'm so jealous of you guys...

by almostbitten in

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i see that many of you usually post some cool animated "smiley" at the end of your comments.

why can't i have or find them?

i'm a mac user with safari as my browser.

How's it like... living in the South?

by Preston in

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here in lovely phoenix, az there's a part of me that's tired of phoenix's one redemable feature (reasonable housing prices) and dismiss the cacti, hot temps, lackluster football teams, golfing culture and predominance of fake people with orange tans and..... ... live in a nice bungalow on a country road, havin' a truck with a gun rack, a (rainbow) confederate flag, cranking up some nice soothing wanda jackson, grow myself a big booshy moustache, wear a denim vest, get myself a bassett hound and sit on a front porch in my rocking chair while whispering to myself "it's good to own land.".

for those of you that live in the deep south... or just the regular south.... how's it treating you?

i may consider a change in living arrangements.. - preston.

almostbitten

Mississippi's State Slogan: We Rank First in Bad Things, And Last in Good Things." Oh, and your life expectancy drops, too. Read that in my local newspaper.

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How do JW's arrive at 537BCE for the release of the jews by Cyrus?

by digderidoo in

from all of my research so far on the 607 issue the only argument that jw's have for it is the 70 year period counting backwards from 537bce.

as 539bce is the accepted date for cyrus conquering babylon, why do they say 537bce is the date he released the jews and not 538bce or 536bce for instance?.

paul.

almostbitten

[Reads OBVES post then goes and pops a couple of Tylenol because head now hurts.]

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Does anyone have access to a Nov. 2007 WT?

by almostbitten in

i have it on my computer i just tell me which date

almostbitten

It's the November 1, 2007 issue.

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can a disfellowshipped person get rides to the meeting?

by Solace1998 in

well apparently i couldnt.

in the first cong i was in, up north in ny, i got rides just fine for a while -- but shortly after i moved to my old cong south of there... .

i called up and let them know that i didnt have enough money to pay for gas to get to the meetings, and was wondering if we could work something out... .

almostbitten

I am soooooooooooooooooooooo glad I didn't become a witness!!!! I would just be asking to have my a$$ booted out of the KH. Really! I would've marched right up to the podium, bent over and said, "Go for it! I want a permanent shoe print on my behind!" I would've deliberately done things just to piss the brass off. What gets me is they are always quoting, "By their love you shall know them." OnTheWayOut, you quoted it just right.

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I'm so jealous of you guys...

by almostbitten in

jw
friends

i see that many of you usually post some cool animated "smiley" at the end of your comments.

why can't i have or find them?

i'm a mac user with safari as my browser.

almostbitten

I see that many of you usually post some cool animated "smiley" at the end of your comments. Why can't I have or find them? I'm a Mac user with Safari as my browser. Does that have anything to do with it? Help me out here.

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What JW teaching did you find hardest to defend??

by karter in

for me it was that god is killing billions of people just to prove a point.

what about you?

almostbitten

Rocketman, be praised!!! He told the truth about physical abuse. And don't get me started on their stance about rape...

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If you weren't born in, how did you get in?

by ecuador in

i am not a jw, but know several, and i am curious as to why adults get involved with the jws.

any one have an answer from personal experience?

almostbitten

I'm not a witness, but I got tangled up with them when I asked a friend of mine (who is a Witness) what they believed as I am not the type of person to rant on someone else's religion when I don't even know the facts. This led to a Bible study. I didn't get hooked, but during a study, one lady said that she and her husband became Witnesses (she was unaffiliated, he was Baptist) when he heard that Witnesses didn't really believe in hell and "Why would a loving God torture a person for eternity with hellfire for only about seventy short years of making mistakes." They were sold. FadingAway, I'm like you-- a loner. But the love bombing at the KH and at a convention didn't work. If anything, it's irritating. Hell, anytime you show up at most churches for the first time, people are always schmoozing. Love-fests are definitely NOT a selling point with me.

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I have a wierd take on praying, what about you?...

by Hecklerboy in

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everytime i talk to someone about praying they say that they pray all the time.

talk to god whenever they can.

well i'm just the opposite.

almostbitten

I'm somewhere between NanaR and Heckler. I've always believed in God, even when those who called themselves His representatives were mucking things up. I felt that was people's fault, not His. Anyway, I look to God for the basics I need to get through life--strength, endurance, patience, perserverance, wisdom. And I look to Him to provide for my everyday needs, not necessarily my wants. In the scheme of it all, I cannot complain. As far as prayer, what works for me is SINCERE, heartfelt contact with Him--for the big things and the little details, which surprisingly, I have more trouble with. Nothing's too small for Him, considering that everything IS small compared to Him anyway (I read that somewhere). I do believe that constant prayer can sometimes become rote, mechanical--like brushing one's teeth. Do YOU get excited about brushing your teeth? I don't. [Pauses to remove dentures to put in glass of water and Polident]. What's more, God wants us to be thankful. That doesn't mean we have to gush and go over-the-top. People want that, not God. He's satisfied with a simple "thankyou," because He knows we could never repay Him--He who has everything and is the Creator of all. The main point is this: whether you pray sixteen times a day, or once in a blue moon, God is an appreciator of SINCERITY and HUMILITY. He's here for us and wants us to lean on Him. Don't let anyone make you feel insignificant concerning that. Take care.

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I have a wierd take on praying, what about you?...

by Hecklerboy in

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friends

everytime i talk to someone about praying they say that they pray all the time.

talk to god whenever they can.

well i'm just the opposite.

almostbitten

I'm somewhere between NanaR and Heckler. I've always believed in God, even when those who called themselves His representatives were mucking things up. I felt that was people's fault, not His. Anyway, I look to God for the basics I need to get through life--strength, endurance, patience, perserverance, wisdom. And I look to Him to provide for my everyday needs, not necessarily my wants. In the scheme of it all, I cannot complain. As far as prayer, what works for me is SINCERE, heartfelt contact with Him--for the big things and the little details, which surprisingly, I have more trouble with. Nothing's too small for Him, considering that everything is small compared to Him anyway (I read that somewhere). I do believe that constant prayer can sometimes become rote, mechanical--like brushing one's teeth. Do YOU get excited about brushing your teeth? I don't. [Pauses to remove dentures to put in glass of water and Polident]. What's more, God wants us to be thankful. That doesn't mean we have to gush and go over-the-top. People want that, not God. He's satisfied with a simple "thankyou," because He knows we could never repay Him--He who has everything and is the Creator of all. The main point is this: whether you pray sixteen times a day, or once in a blue moon, God is an appreciator of SINCERITY and HUMILITY. He's here for us and wants us to lean on Him. Don't let anyone make you feel insignificant concerning that. Take care.