Do any other professedly Christian churches do anything similar to the memorial, I mean where nobody actually consumes the emblems? I have a dim recollection that in the catholic church at one point only the priests ate the bread and drank the wine but I may be wrong on that.
GromitSK
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Question about the memorial :)
by TimothyT ini have no doubt that in a few weeks when the campaign to spread memorials invites is underway that my good friend, the jw, will give me an invitation.
she has already told me that she would support me when walking in, telling me that i could sit next to her and she wouldnt give a damn what others would think that she was encouraging a disfellowshipped person.
she is very sweet, and i appreciate her thoughts.. however, i would rather not go because i believe the whole thing is done wrong anyway.
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I am going to have Acupuncture for my depression - anyone done this??
by hamsterbait ini spent a fortune on transactional analysis in the early 90's.
dont regret one penny of it.. i have had a paralysing depression now for about two years.
i cant write, dont enjoy my job anymore, and uninterested generally.recently i have even started saying "jehovah let me die" as i get into bed.. i considered going down the counselling route.
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GromitSK
I suppose you have probably considered things like st john's wort - a friend of mine had a lot of relief from it, it is herbal but you'd need to check if it was contraindicated with any meds you have and/or your diabetes. I'm sure you'd do that anyway.
I have had great results from acupuncture for some things and not for others. What is there to lose by giving it a go for yourself?
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What is a fresh annointing
by StopTheTears ini was driving home the other night and felt god say to me that i needed a fresh anointing.. .
i came home and told my landlady what happened to me.
the first thing she said was "how do you get a fresh anointing?
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GromitSK
Maybe it's like a respray?
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12% of JWs Think Gay Is OK? Really?
by metatron ini was reading pat buchanan's book, "suicide of a superpower".
on page 71, he speaks about the growing acceptance of homosexuality amidst religions.
he claims that 12% of jw's think gay behavior is ok.. really?
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GromitSK
Apparently 80% of gays think it's ok to be gay.
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If some kids got molested, the parents should have told the police, it wasnt the watchtower's fault....
by Joliette inaint that about a bitch!!!
when my brother said this to me the other day, i tried my hardest to try to explain why the watchtower's polices on sexaul abuse and molestation in the past, and he said that it was the parents fault (not the watchtowers fault) that these children got molested, and that its the parents job to protect the children.
i tried to tell his thick headed, simple minded self that back in the day parents were threated with disfellowshippment and dissassociation if they reported this to the police.
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GromitSK
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke (I think)
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When you read this sundays "Holy Spirit" Watchtower:
by Lore inmentally replace the word 'spirit' with 'magic'.
14 jehovah has equipped us to resist the spirit.
of the world.
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GromitSK
I don't think I have ever been in places as totally devoid of any kind of 'spirit' or even atmosphere as kingdom halls and assemblies.
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Sedge-moor JW Pedophile Dustin Gandley
by blondie inhttp://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/9492203.paedophile_jailed_for_30_months/.
paedophile jailed for 30 months4:00pm friday 27th january 2012. a paedophile from sedge-moor has been jailed for 30 months for sexually abusing a young girl over a period of four years.
dustin gandley, 37, sexually assaulted the girl, who was aged under 13, a total of 11 times until she told her mother and he was reported to the police.
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GromitSK
The rules in the uk are bonkers. They get upto 1/3 off the sentence they are due (so 2.5 years will be after this reduction) for pleading guilty and usually serve about half actually in jail. So he will be out in 15 months or less.
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got hotmail hacked...anyone help me?
by Aussie Oz inmy hotmail got/is hacked.. i have no idea how, i never open links or downloads i dont trust etc etc.
started when i noticed i couldnt open hatmail in ei and had to use firefox.. it sent emails to all my contacts (i have multiple accounts with their own passwords, so i dont know if went thru them too) and i know my dad opened one and it shut his pc down so bad he's had to take it into a shop.. i ran a scan and removed one trojan win32.. i went onto a different pc and changed all passwords then logged off and back on, checked emails.
sent emails to warm my contacts.
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GromitSK
It may not have been hacked. Some phishing scams seem to use Email addresses stolen from someone else's account then disguise where they are sent from, so I looks like it has been sent from you but actually it could have originated from anyone else who has your email address or shares some of your own email addresses. if you have a decent firewall and antivirus and keep up with the MS updates you can't really do much more, other than change your hotmail account or change to Mac as they do seem to have fewer vulnerabilities.
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Evolution disproved by 11 year old niece
by StopTheTears inmary: what's evolution?.
me: well it's kinda complicated.
they think plasma gave birth to monkeys which gave birth to humans.
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GromitSK
It can be very difficult to engage in meaningful discussion on topics like this when one of the parties refuses to do any reading on the subject and so removes the opportunity for informed discussion. Some folks seem to like debating issues based on 'cut and paste' and references to the opinions of others. IMHO there is no substitute for reading the research on a subject before forming an opinion and entering into debate surely?
This is perhaps one reason why such discussions go round-and-round and never reach a conclusion.
Oh yeah, and what the hell is 'plasma' in this context?
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"We are not allowed to have credit cards."
by OnTheWayOut ini was traveling and used my credit card to buy a gift at the airport.. so the lady behind the counter flips my credit card over to look at the signature and it says "see i.d.
" where my signature belonged.
she asked for the i.d.. .
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GromitSK
Maybe they just can't be trusted with them