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  Calling off Your Wedding Engagement

  by shamus100 in

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  in judgerutherfords thread (welcome, btw), he made mention on how he called off his engagement with his girlfriend.

  i was always told that calling off your engagement was a big deal, and highly frowned upon in the org.

  was this true in your part of the world, or was this just a local thing?.

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  The big question:

  Why is this any business of the WTS? Or the Elders? Or anyone in the Cong?

  Since we are not living in "Jesus time..." who the f cares what would happen 2000 years ago when the bride might have leprosy?

  When a brain dead dub writes to a Dr. Phil wannabe in Brooklyn for something as fundamental as "How seriously should I view my engagement" you know that they are totally under the control of that cult.

  Who cares what a group of fat, old, white guys in Brooklyn say?

  Does your pending marriage feel right? Are you in love? Are you happy?

  These types of questions are just soooo annoying.
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  I'm Craving Head Cheese

  by snowbird in

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  it's also called souse.. there was a show on radio this morning about farm life, and a caller told how it's done.. my mother used to make a big container for xmas.. i'm really waxing nostalgic here.. sylvia.

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  Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but meat pieces from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow), in aspic, with onion, black pepper, allspice, bayleaf, salt and or vinegar. It may also include meat from the feet, tongue and heart. It is usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat. It is sometimes also known as souse meat, particularly if pickled with vinegar.

  Historically meat jellies were made of the cleaned (all organs removed) head of the animal, which was simmered to produce stock, a peasant food made since the Middle ages. When cooled, the stock congeals because of the natural gelatin found in the skull. The aspic may need additional gelatin in order to set properly.

  I just barfed up my P B & J. No offense to those who like eating heads of calf jello.
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  Let's just show we care and appreciate what this board accomplishes.

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. beliefs

  just put your handle in a post on this thread.. hb.

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  After reading and reading, I was able to register. I didn't think I would have anything to add. I keep finding that I do.

  I appreciate that.
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  Is anyone suffering from post-traumatic bitterness disorder?

  by BurnTheShips in

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  2. friends

  http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bitterness25-2009may25,0,4544029.story.

  bitterness as mental illness?bitter behavior is so common and deeply destructive that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder.by shari roan.

  and, increasingly, psychiatrists know them.

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  "On another note... I have discovered that I suffer from Phantom Vibration Syndrome. This is where one thinks one's phone is vibrating with an incoming call... but upon inspection the phone was not vibrating and there was no incoming call or IM."

  Crackberry

  Really funny when the you hear a phone ring and 10 people all grab their phone and look to see if it's theirs.

  Back to the topic. Sorry.
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  Is anyone suffering from post-traumatic bitterness disorder?

  by BurnTheShips in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bitterness25-2009may25,0,4544029.story.

  bitterness as mental illness?bitter behavior is so common and deeply destructive that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder.by shari roan.

  and, increasingly, psychiatrists know them.

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  I know someone who is affected by this. (Not me, FTR)

  This person rants about the JWs and simply cannot move on. They also rant about their parents and how their life would be *Better and totally different* if they weren't forced to go to the meetings, etc. If only they had done things differently. If only, and on and on. No responsibility on their part for their current situation which is totally their fault. They have been out of the dubs for 30 years.

  Now, I have pointed out over the years that yes, *It* all sucked etc. However, it was 30 years ago.

  If, after 30 years you cannot move past the simple concept of taking responsibility for the here and now and make your life better you need therapy. I can't help anymore. This person wants money. Lots of it. Like lawsuit kind. From the parents. And, potentially the WTS. Sound familiar?

  This person had a therapist and after 3 years of being told that yes, you were wronged, yes, it hurts, yes, you are right to be hurt etc. This person felt that the therapist wasn't doing enough to get them MONEY!!! The therapist told them to find an Attorney and good luck suing the parent for pain and suffering and bad parenting.

  Sound familiar?

  At least I feel justified by reading this article. I have told the individual to find a good therapist, get some good drugs (legal) and try to let it go.
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  Can demons repent?

  by heyfea in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it sounded very funny when my little sister asked my mother during their weekly bible study (some 25 years ago) what would happened if satan repented?

  my mom thought she was being a smart-ass and punished her for asking such thing.

  but now that i think about it, can any of these fallen angels repent?

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  If you start at the beginning and say that Satan made a mistake, then some angels, then Adam & Eve, etc.

  Which all leads to: Why didn't God just nix Satan and the Angels and start over? He's a smart guy (right?). Why put billions and billions of people, animals, angels, plants, etc. through all the agony all these years?

  Because he made a boo-boo (by letting Satan remain to create havoc etc.) and didn't want to fix it then and there.

  Just my *start over when your Souffle falls* frame of mind.
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  In the News: Jehovah's Witnesses: 'End is near'

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story/jehovahs-witnesses-prepare-believers-for-the-end/ho63h5z-q0akzmfqhmrwvw.cspx.

  jehovah's witnesses: 'end is near'reported by: eric glasser .

  email: [email protected] .

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  "How to survive the end of the world".

  "They will be hearing things as far as how they can avoid Satan's snares. Because we know that the goal of Satan is to hamper people from surviving," says Telfair.

  "A spiritual survival guide to emerge from Armageddon intact."

  That and a few dollars will get you nowhere.

  I gotta admit, I laughed really, really hard.

  Negative press, is good press!!
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  Do I understand the JW version of resurrection???

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello, my wife is on again, off again studying with the jws.

  i have done a lot of reading and research into the wts and want to see if i understand this correctly.. ok, the wts believes that jesus 'returned invisibly' in 1914 and threw satan out to the earth, and in 1975, wait 1994, soon, very soon, we are in the last days of the last days, armageddon will take place.

  when this happens, faithful jws will either go to heaven, if of the anointed remnant or remain living on an earth which they will make a paradise over the next 1000 years.

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  Pretty much sums it up.

  In talking to some of my aunts recently (JWs), they are of the opinion that some dead relatives who knew of and rejected the JWs will get resurrected because, well, they were *nice* and Jehovah can read their hearts.

  But, I said, they knew of and rejected the JWs, aren't they automatically put on the *Do not Resurrect* list Jehovah has somewhere in the sky? They insisted that since these particular relatives were *such kindly souls* they are sure Jehovah will resurrect them and they (the aunts) are so looking forward to seeing them in the New System.

  Trying to reason with people who are totally brainwashed is impossible.

  These same aunts are also convinced that their ex-husbands, and a few other people they deemed *evil* will be destroyed at Armageddon. I said "but they are still in good standing in the congregation and have not been DFd". They responded "Jehovah knows they are evil and can read their heart. I know they will die. Jehovah will destroy them with the rest of the evil doers." This is said very casually-as if killing and destroying billions of people is an everyday occurance.

  I get the feeling that this is the majority.
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  If a hog roots for truffles,

  by John Doe in

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  2. friends

  what do truffles root for?.

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  Would a vegan eat a truffle? Should a vegan eat a truffle?
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  What's on YOUR IPOD?

  by YoursChelbie in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ...or mp3 player?.

  here's a sample from my current playlist: david archuleta: to be with you.

  dan fogelberg: same old lang syne.

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  AC/DC

  Led Zepplin

  Jimmy Buffet

  Janis Joplin

  Aerosmith

  Allman Brothers

  B-52s

  Beatles

  Boston

  Bruce Hornsby

  Bruce Sprinsteen

  Carley Simon

  The Cars

  Cheap Trick

  The Clash

  The Commitments

  The Commodores

  Culture Club

  Def Leppard

  Diana Ross & the Supremes

  The Doobie Brothers

  The Doors

  The Eagles

  Chicago

  Fleetwood Mac

  Fabulous Thunderbirds

  The Fixx

  Flock of Seagulls

  Foreigner

  Frankie Goes to Hollywood

  Go-Gos

  Great White

  INXS

  Jackson 5

  Jackson Browne

  Joe Cocker

  John Mellencamp

  John Waite

  Journey

  Judas Priest

  KennyLoggins

  Kings

  The Kinks

  Kiss

  The Knack

  Kool & the Gang

  Little River Gang

  Loverboy

  Madonna

  Mamas & the Papas

  Meat Loaf

  Michael Jackson

  Molly Hatchet

  Nazareth

  Night Ranger

  Nirvana

  Off Broadway

  Police

  Pure Prairie League

  Queen

  R.E.M.

  Red Rider

  REO Speedwagon

  Rick James

  Rolling Stones

  The Romantics

  Rush

  Sammy Hagar

  Santana

  Sister Sledge

  Stray Cats

  Styx

  Super Tramp

  Tears for Fears

  Ted Nugent

  Thin Lizzy

  Three Dog Night

  The Trammps

  Traveling Wilbury's

  The Tubes

  U2

  Van Halen

  The Who

  ZZ Top

  .38 Special

  And all kinds of one hit wonders I've purchased on iTunes.