Well, I'm not sure about them always being more intelligent, I've known some awfully mealy-mouthed, super-subservient sisters in my time which to me is not a great sign of intelligence. But I do think that many sisters have a tremendous amount to offer that they aren't allowed to do, for seemingly scriptural reasons. To me there's something extremely human about making such gender distinctions...much more human than a sexless god would come up with.
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Benefit of Theocratic School for women?
by mostlydead ini'm taking a portfolio development class as this is my final term before graduation.
i've had a few opportunities in the last 3 years to speak in front of groups of students and found it not too difficult since i was able to present my digital graphic work via the computer projection system and it was dark in the room and i didn't have to make too much audience contact.
but yesterday was the first time i had to speak in front of about 30 people with just me and a little physical portfolio, and i felt like a dope.
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The Potter: Do You STILL Want to Worship This?
by WTWizard injeremiah 18 starts like this:.
1: the word which came to jeremiah from the lord, saying, .
2: arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there i will cause thee to hear my words.
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journey-on, I think that's an interesting thought and rather appealing. But I also think it's reading a lot into the scripture. It also assumes that we're ugly lumps without god. This type of scripture, and there are many like them, are used by most christian belief systems to explain away and put some meaning or purpose into the difficult, crappy parts of our lives. It's the concept the WTS uses to justify all the 'refining' work god does within the organization. For my part, I believe we have the capability to be successful in learning to rise to challenges, learn from mistakes, or handle our grief without an external force influencing us. We have a choice whether to let those things destroy us or make us stronger in the long run. I have a hard time with the concept of a loving all powerful god who is so involved in our personal lives but who doesn't want to be held responsible for allowing the atrocities humans have had to endure. It seems extremely contradictory.
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Benefit of Theocratic School for women?
by mostlydead ini'm taking a portfolio development class as this is my final term before graduation.
i've had a few opportunities in the last 3 years to speak in front of groups of students and found it not too difficult since i was able to present my digital graphic work via the computer projection system and it was dark in the room and i didn't have to make too much audience contact.
but yesterday was the first time i had to speak in front of about 30 people with just me and a little physical portfolio, and i felt like a dope.
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I'm taking a portfolio development class as this is my final term before graduation. I've had a few opportunities in the last 3 years to speak in front of groups of students and found it not too difficult since I was able to present my digital graphic work via the computer projection system and it was dark in the room and I didn't have to make too much audience contact. But yesterday was the first time I had to speak in front of about 30 people with just me and a little physical portfolio, and I felt like a dope. Here I spent nearly 40 years giving 'talks' in the ministry school, and listening to all the speech counsel and whatnot. I know good and well what somebody is supposed to do when speaking to an audience, but as a woman, I got absolutely no practice in doing so. Consequently, I got up there and felt like a blithering idiot. There were a lot of women there younger than my own daughters who were poised, had excellent audience contact and spoke extemporaneously like they'd been Toastmaster members for years…
Anyway, I just want to say, all you guys out there who've spent years ‘teaching’ from the platform, I have new respect for what goes into that. And I would NEVER brag to someone that I've been in a public speaking course for over 3 decades. No one would believe that. Not even me!
Have any of the rest of you ladies had an experience like this?
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Of course, I attributed every positive thing that happened that I had prayed about as an answer via the spirit, but only once did I ever feel anything. As odd an experience as it was, I believe now it was a purely subjective experience.
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Born in
Baptized at 13
Active for 32 more years
Inactive for almost 5.
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can an ai (adobe Illus) file be converted to Corel 12?
by SnakesInTheTower injust a shout out to poster georgiegirl (or anyone who can do this).... is it possible to downgrade an .ai file (i believe this is in adobe illustrator v. 10) down to an adobe illustrator version 7 file?
or convert to coreldraw 12?
the shop that we took it to locally is using cd12...and only has adobe 7. personally i wouldnt have used that particular shop for printing or anything... for one particular use, we are piggybacking on another organization and they made the decision to use that vendor.
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www.signsofprog.com/includes/downloads/ccustfiles2004.doc
I searched around and this seems to be a good reference for handling these files. Generally the suggestion is to save the AI file as an EPS, but there are some cautions about doing that and instructions for doing it correctly in this document. Hope it helps.
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Welcome Blithe!
by mostlydead infor some reason the box to send a reply to you on your post has disappeared from my screen...so, hello there, nice to have you here!.
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mostlydead
For some reason the box to send a reply to you on your post has disappeared from my screen...so, hello there, nice to have you here!
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JW marriage are they real
by Luo bou to inusually we marry someone we know and love as a person.
my marriage 20 years broke up after i began to question my faith in the wt my wife was so fearfull.
so was i: i did not want to believe that i had been deceived but i could not deny what i learnt and continue to live a lie in the so called truth.
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They're real, but as with any marriage they come with expectations. Suddenly realizing you're married to an unbeliever is not something most witnesses expect to happen to them. And the bigger an issue that is to them, the more that sole factor will affect the stability of the relationship. If their self-identity is defined by being one of JW's then our rejection of the organization must feel like a huge rejection of them personally. Also, they're so programmed to believe that anyone who leaves will become changed for the worse, some probably run in fear of what they think they'll be forced to live with instead of seeing reality right in front of their eyes.
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For those of you who do not know, you might find it interesting.
by Truth and Justice inhi to all on forum,.
i want to set the stage first:.
it was in the mid-to late 70's, i woke up one morning to a gloomy day, because the weather was expected to be very snowy.
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Wow...as usual, they've sucked 99% of anything personal and meaningful out of the event. This sounds more like you're entering into a legal and binding contract with JW's than making a dedication to God.
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Hello! I am no longer a Lurker!
by VIII ini have been reading the board for months and have been waiting to join!
thanks for allowing new members.
i was a jw.
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Hello VIII! They must think you've forgotten that Armageddon is right around the corner. And they must think that god won't notice if you're serving him only to save your own neck. But, in fairness, if they truly believe this stuff, they're afraid of losing you, which is natural. They just don't realize that this kind of 'encouragement' really has just the opposite effect. If nothing else, this will probably help you to crystalize in your own mind what you really do and don't believe at this point. Screaming into the pillow at this point is better than saying something that might bring consequences you're not ready for yet.