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  "When armageddon happens, I want to be able to SEE the people dying"

  by jambon1 in

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  said to myself & others by a jw elder.. i always recall this as a sort of .

  when this elder was pressed on the matter, he replied that it was because of all the years of laughing & sneering & mocking that he had put up with, quoting the scripture that goes along the lines of 'where is this promised presence of his'.. i realise now that this person is not loving.

  and yet, i would hear similar sentiments from others such as 'just wait until the end' or 'i wonder if they'll be saying that when jesus comes with his big sword'.. even as a jw pioneer, the thought of such a thing happening to people repulsed me.

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  Interesting.

  I am going to ask this to my Mom point blank next time I see her.

  I want to look into her eyes to see her reaction.

  Her reaction should be even more interesting.
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  Ambushed!!!!! Fam'ly Intervention!

  by sd-7 in

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  last night, i went to my parents' house to wash clothes--or so i thought.

  apparently, someone's been talking.

  so...i get slammed for listening to people on the internet.

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  Outlaw took the words off my keyboard.

  Hang in there. And, as noted, at least your Dad is not in.

  This made me laugh and it could have been me telling me of my last encounter with "my" mother:

  My mom even suggested that demons might be on these websites.

  JWs + the Internet + "Apostate" websites = SATAN!!!

  Yeah, I've got horns too. I've tied ribbons on them. Turns my husband on.
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  Work Related: Am I correct for being angry?

  by Elsewhere in

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  my manager expects (never directly ordered me), but expects me to have my work laptop booted up at home every evening after work, all weekend long and every holiday so i can monitor my email and promptly respond to emails.. .

  am i wrong for being pissed off about this?.

  the company i work for is always talking about their "work life balance" program for employees.

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  I believe you can be angry.

  Can you tell your boss you won't deal with the issue and/or you won't turn on your computer or won't return the e-mail?

  Only if you seriously want to collect unemployment.

  Welcome to the internet age.

  BTW, my employer expects it also. Between their Blackberry and laptop I am expected to answer the phone and/or e-mail on the toilet etc.

  Do I like it?

  Take a guess.

  What's easier? Looking for a job right now?

  Take a guess.
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  Has Springtime Hit Home Yet?

  by compound complex in

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  is it spring or still winter where you live?

  any photos to prove it?.

  coco .

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  Men on motorcycles; first time this weekend since last November. The temp was over 45 and the sun was shining. Spring has sprung.
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  LOST...... On Gilligan's Island

  by Elsewhere in

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  omg!

  go back and watch gilligan's island again and you will suddenly realize that it's just like watching lost!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x13riysl9ng.

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  Hmmm, Gilligan picked the same #s as Hugo, Nathan, the hatch, and on and on.

  I wonder if JJ Abrams was watching a lot of Gilligan?

  I wonder if he'd pick Mary Ann or Ginger?
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  Forget 2012... The world will end May 21, 2011

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-01/bay-area/17466332_1_east-bay-bay-area-first-time-camping.

  biblical scholar's date for rapture: may 21, 2011theologyjanuary 01, 2010|by justin berton, chronicle staff writerformer civil engineer harold camping of oakland, who runs family radio, has studied the bible for almost 70 years.credit: lance iversen / the chronicleharold camping lets out a hearty chuckle when he considers the people who believe the world will end in 2012.. "that date has not one stitch of biblical authority," camping says from the oakland office where he runs family radio, an evangelical station that reaches listeners around the world.

  "it's like a fairy tale.".

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  cough, cough, I must have missed this due to the hockey game in Vancouver:

  We now predict a terrorist attack using a form of fire from the heaven that we cannot conclusively determine, but we think may be nuclear. The US will be hit with a with a weapon producing a mushroom cloud rising from the sea (1Kings18), hitting midtown Westside Manhattan, near the Hudson river on 2009Adar8 (2010February27-28).

  http://www.truebiblecode.com/#33
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  Five Things You May ‘Know’ About Marijuana That Aren’t True

  by Elsewhere in

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  five things you may know about marijuana that arent true.

  posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.

  by steve elliott.

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  Now we know why some are afraid of flouride, hmmm?

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100228/hl_hsn/marijuanausecanuppsychosisrisk

  Marijuana Use Can Up Psychosis Risk

  SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of marijuana can lead to increased risk of developing hallucinations, delusions and psychosis, a new study shows.

  Australian researchers asked nearly 3,100 young adults averaging about 20 years of age about marijuana use. They found that almost 18 percent reported using the drug for three or fewer years, about 16 percent for four to five years, and just over 14 percent for six or more years.

  Among the participants, 65 had been diagnosed with a "non-affective psychosis" such as schizophrenia , and 233 had at least one positive item for hallucination on a diagnostic interview conducted for the study.

  The researchers found there was an association between length of marijuana use and mental health.

  "Compared with those who had never used cannabis, young adults who had six or more years since first use of cannabis [i.e., who commenced use when around 15 years or younger] were twice as likely to develop a non-affective psychosis and were four times as likely to have high scores on the Peters et al Delusions Inventory [a measure of delusion]," wrote Dr. John McGrath, of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Park Centre for Mental Health in Wacol, and colleagues. "There was a ' dose-response' relationship between the variables of interest: the longer the duration since the first cannabis use, the higher the risk of psychosis-related outcomes."

  The study appears online March 1 and in the May print issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

  But the association between psychosis and marijuana use is not simple, the researchers noted. They found that people who'd experienced hallucinations earlier in life were also more likely to have used marijuana longer and to use it more frequently.

  "This demonstrates the complexity of the relationship: those individuals who were vulnerable to psychosis [i.e., those who had isolated psychotic symptoms] were more likely to commence cannabis use, which could then subsequently contribute to an increased risk of conversion to a non-affective psychotic disorder," wrote the study authors.

  Further research is needed to learn more about the mechanisms underlying the association between psychosis and marijuana use, they concluded.
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  a BIG shoutout to jwfacts

  by poopsiecakes in

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  im sure this has been mentioned many times on this site but i wanted to express my personal feelings of gratitude to paul at jwfacts.com.

  paul, your site changed my life.

  even though i discovered it when i was already disfellowshipped and really didnt have the intention of going back, i was still a fierce jw apologist.

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  Thanks for your site. It is very useful!
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  WTS: Apple iphone 3GS 32GB $300 usd

  by robertchantry1 in

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  wts: unlocked apple iphone 3gs 32gb.

  $300 usd .

  features & detail specifications of apple iphone 3gs 32gb.. 2g network : gsm 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900.

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  VIII

  I wonder if he knows of any good Nigerian bank loans?
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  Story on ABC news program 20/20 tonight could have very far reaching effects and ramifications for JW's/ Ex- Jw's in regards to family relations in USA.

  by StoneWall in

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  saw some snippets from the show earlier on gma (good morning america) and i was surprised at.

  what a judge had already ordered in regards to a child of a divorcing couple, the husband is.

  catholic and the wife is a jew.. the wife was able to get a decree from the judge, prohibiting the husband from taking the child to.

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  This has been in the local Chicago news the last few weeks. He converted to Judaism for the wife. Now he wants to take the 3-year old daughter to a Catholic church.

  Rebecca said that Joseph is entitled to be Catholic and Ela can choose Catholicism when she is older, but they "had pledged in the marriage contract to raise Jewish children, and so we had a Jewish home." Joseph had converted to Judaism, complete with a ritualized circumcision.

  Above all, Rebecca adamantly maintained that Joseph put Ela at risk when he called a local television station to document his defiant church visit and that it was him, not her, who thrust their story into the media.

  "Good parents do not exploit their children for their own financial or personal gain," she said.

  This storybook romance, which began when the couple met in a boxing ring, has turned into a sort of holy war with a little girl caught in the middle.

  Here is a link to GMA:

  http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/rebecca-reyes-speaks-estranged-husband-joseph-jail-taking/story?id=9924374

  Very sad for the little girl caught in the middle.

  Why, oh, Why, do parents use religion as a means to hurt the ex-spouse?