Posts by StoneWall

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This got me thinking about what it really means to be a "Family"

by StoneWall in

i came from what many might call a "normal" or average family.. a father,mother,brother and sisters.. as i got older i got married, then we had a son and felt like we were like any other family.. it was all i ever knew and as far as i could tell it was what constitutes a family.. as i've gotten older i've seen that not all "families" would necessarily fit the preconceived mold i had of what it meant to be a family.. the following short video (only 3 minutes) is very well articulated in what it means to be a family.. the speaker is zach wahls a 19 year old student at the university of iowa.. his words have much wisdom for one so young.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsqqk2vuf9q.

StoneWall

Heaven said:

This young man speaks very well -- way better than I could.

This is what got me about how young he is and yet can articulate so fluently.

Psac said:

I just don't know.

Same with me Psac. As far as a child needing a mother and a father it used to seem so simple to me.

But as you can see by the way he presents himself as well as his arguments to the Iowa legislature, he seems to have done very well for himself without the benefit of a male role model in the home.

And I sure don't have all the answers but I guess only time will tell.

So I'll agree with you on that I just don't know.

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Moving On Means Never Speaking Out Need Help With Research...

by Tuesday in

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hey there everyone!.

i've been in a discussion with a few ex-jws about how to properly "move on" from being a jw.

they are saying that to truly "move on" it means you leave it totally behind you and stop dwelling/talking about being a jw.

StoneWall

You could always say something like, "Well why don't we just move on from discussing the sin in the garden of Eden. Why does JW's and other religions not move on and keep rehashing that tale that happened (or didn't happen) so long ago?"

Why do we constantly hear at meetings or church about David's adultery with Bath-Sheba? Why doesn't everyone just move on and not focus on that?

Flip the tables on them and make them explain why its OK for them to rehash old wrongs and yet they feel you can't.

Edited to add: Actually if you take the whole bible as a fact, then its one long story of not being able to "move on" and we've been paying for it ever since.

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This got me thinking about what it really means to be a "Family"

by StoneWall in

i came from what many might call a "normal" or average family.. a father,mother,brother and sisters.. as i got older i got married, then we had a son and felt like we were like any other family.. it was all i ever knew and as far as i could tell it was what constitutes a family.. as i've gotten older i've seen that not all "families" would necessarily fit the preconceived mold i had of what it meant to be a family.. the following short video (only 3 minutes) is very well articulated in what it means to be a family.. the speaker is zach wahls a 19 year old student at the university of iowa.. his words have much wisdom for one so young.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsqqk2vuf9q.

StoneWall

I came from what many might call a "normal" or average family.

A father,mother,brother and sisters.

As I got older I got married, then we had a son and felt like we were like any other family.

It was all I ever knew and as far as I could tell it was what constitutes a family.

As I've gotten older I've seen that not all "families" would necessarily fit the preconceived mold I had of what it meant to be a family.

The following short video (only 3 minutes) is very well articulated in what it means to be a family.

The speaker is Zach Wahls a 19 year old student at the university of Iowa.

His words have much wisdom for one so young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQQK2Vuf9Q

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Nothing......

by ziddina in

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StoneWall

This is sort of like Seinfeld. (A show about nothing.)

This is just the thread version...

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Did anyone else find this intriguing/fascinating about this year 2011 and the year of your birth?

by StoneWall in

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by now you've probably seen the following dates tossed around that will happen in this year:.

but something i wasn't aware of and my brother-in-law showed me about the year 2011:.

take the last 2 digits of the year of your birth and add it to how old you are/will be in this year(2011) and it should always equal 111.. to illustrate, i was born in 1967 and will be 44 this year.

StoneWall

By now you've probably seen the following dates tossed around that will happen in this year:

1/1/11

1/11/11

11/1/11

11/11/11

But something I wasn't aware of and my brother-in-law showed me about the year 2011:

Take the last 2 digits of the year of your birth and add it to how old you are/will be in this year(2011) and it should always equal 111.

To illustrate, I was born in 1967 and will be 44 this year. So the equation would look like this 67+44 =111.

The only exceptions I've found are those born in the year 2000 and later and theirs should work out to be 11 instead of 111.

Try it with your family/friends birthdates and see what you come up with.

I tried it out with mine.

My son born in 1989. He will be 22 in 2011. So his is 89+22=111

And yeah I know this isn't earth shattering news or anything of the sort, and it boils down to simplicity, but sometimes the simple things in life can be so much fun when you got grown ups crowded around a table trying to find an exception to this. hehee

Anyways I hope everyone is doing great so far in this year of 2011 and that it gets even better for all.

StoneWall

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need help - WT Library 2010

by mksy in

anyone know where to download wt lib 2010?.

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thank you for your kindness to help :d.

StoneWall

jmorgan74, I knew a former witness a few years ago whose name is very similar to your handle on here.

Any chance you're from N.C. or spent some time there?

And I see that was your second post even though you've been a member since Oct.

So I'll give you a belated WELCOME to the forum. :)

StoneWall

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help.. urgently a friend has spirits in her house priest removed then can they come to me if she s in my home.

by suzanne.dickenson in

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please advise i was brought up as a witness and know the faith of jehovah very well i choose not to follow my dad as a witness as i didnt like the way he taught me the truth hence i know its true.. we are having a party at our house for chikdren ans a mum at the school has been invited she told me shes devestated as she has a ghost and its touching the kids on the landing................. i t freaked me out oviously its saturn the devil or his spirits, i came home said a prayer to jehovah as i do quite often to protect us etc.

if she arrives at my hpome can the spirts come here, please advise as i dont want to put my family inthis situation , she has told me a priest has taken it away... i dont believe it............ my dad is a elder of the congregation hence we dont speak, he always taught me stay well away and youll be ok, so even though its gone from herehouae id love your thoughst so i can maybe cancell her calling, i certainly wouldnt keep any gift from her in my home... many thanks suzanne dickenson.. .

StoneWall

suzanne,

hi and welcome to the board.

As far as demons or spirits go, I wouldn't be to terrified of them.

I've spent over 40+ years on this mudball planet and still haven't seen a demon,angel,ghost or any other spirit.

(and I've been actively searching,even so called "haunted" houses)

But if you do happen to see/find one could you come back on this thread and let us know?

I'd love to come and see/witness it for myself.

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Oompa update

by Robert7 in

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i don't post much, so most of you don't know me.

i live in nc near oompa, and he has become a good friend with my wife and i over the last few years.. so as an update, my wife visited oompa today!

he's recovering, but has a long recovery to go.

StoneWall

Oompa,

Sorry to hear about the motorcycle accident buddy.

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery and to get well soon.

Remember to follow doctors orders.

And if a nurse comes into your room that looks like this:

Nurse

make sure you follow her orders as well. I'm sure it will make you forget about a lot of the pain.

Hoping you the best from a fellow North Carolinian,

StoneWall

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Can anyone come up with a morally acceptable reason for waiting thousands of years to end wickedness?

by gubberningbody in

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i can't.. some bar-bet between jehovah and satan balanced against all the evil allowed just doesn't wash..

StoneWall

Ya good question especially in view of this scripture at Proverbs 13:12 [NWT] " Expectation postponed is making the heart sick, but the thing desired is a tree of life when it does come."

So we are to be constantly in expectation of that day that keeps just out of everyones reach thats been waiting on it and hoping to see it come to fruition in their lifetime, all the while it is making their heart sick.

If and when that day does come I can see how the latter part of that verse about when it does come it being like a tree of life to the ones that have been desiring it. (But I won't hold my breath on that day coming no time soon. Too many generations have died in expectation of the same thing)

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If You Had To Have A Religion Which Would You Not Mind Belonging To?

by minimus in

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if you were even born into a religion, would you feel that you had to get out?

( the only religion that i know of where people get out and often never go to any other religion is the jw religion)..

StoneWall

Without a doubt it would have to be this one that I'll provide a link to,

http://dudeism.com/