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RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IN END TIMES

by Raphael in

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friends

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could this be it.

i challenge everyone on this forum to go and check out a new frontiers church in their area.. .

Orangefatcats Surgery

by orangefatcat in

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friends

well yesterday i saw the surgeon, with regards to my left hip and because it is so advanced with osteoarthritis and is crumbling the doctor says my surgical date is march the 3rd.

he said also he may have a cancellation for feburary and i may be able to have that day.

of march.

when i had my appendix out, i took a little picture of my son with me into the operating room (it was in the pocket of my gown). when they were prepping me, i showed the picture to one of the nurses and she squeezed my hand and i felt better...(i still remember her face to this day... she kinda looked like perry mason's secretary), only older. anyway, it's normal to feel scared, but you'll do just fine. you'll be back on those little buttered feet in no time. in the meantime, i'll keep sending good thoughts in your direction

see? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>

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Tempers A Flare at "Quick Builds"

by orangefatcat in

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have any of you noticed that when "quick built", kh.

were being done that many tempers flared amongst brothers.

some were vicious and cruel and rude.

Incense_and_Peppermints

Oh well. When they tore that hall down to make room for a new 'assembly hall' - I was still married, and the wife and kiddo were into going to 'quick builds'. They did their best to get me involved... I told them "no thanks. Getting run off one project is enough for me."

good for you! forgive me, but if those elders really meant well, they would have said "thank you, young man, for all your hard work". as it was, they killed your desire to help out in future builds, and made you feel bad about it.

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High rates of depression in Org.

by chuckyy in

i noticed after being a jw for a while that many members of my congregation were having to take antedepressants.

(i counted at least 30 out of 100).

after a few years i too began to have bouts of depression and problems with anxiety.

Incense_and_Peppermints

every single member of my family who is in either drinks and/or is on these drugs, alone or in combination: paxil, lithium, xanax, prozac, haldol, or valium. and they're supposed to be the happy ones, and we're supposed to be the miserable ones. hmm...

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Tempers A Flare at "Quick Builds"

by orangefatcat in

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friends

have any of you noticed that when "quick built", kh.

were being done that many tempers flared amongst brothers.

some were vicious and cruel and rude.

Incense_and_Peppermints

sheesh. i would have loved to have seen that 18-year-old young man say "fine, you do it then" and drive away.

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Love

by Norm in

jehovah's witnesses talk a lot about love.

of course such terms can mean different things to different people.

let us take a look at what it means to them.

Incense_and_Peppermints

*** w03 7/1 p. 3 Love Is Indispensable ***
Yet, modern society, especially its media and popular role models, often places more emphasis on wealth, power, fame, and sex than on the human need for warm, loving relationships. Many educators stress secular goals and careers, defining success primarily in those terms. True, education and the cultivation of one's talents are important, but should they be pursued so single-mindedly that one has no time for family and friends? An educated ancient writer who was an astute observer of human nature likened a gifted but loveless individual to "a sounding piece of brass or a clashing cymbal." (1 Corinthians 13:1) Such people may become wealthy, even famous, but never truly happy.

what i want to know is, how can you judge entire civilizations when you live in a vacum? i mean, if they're supposed to shun things of this world and have no part of it, how can they even begin to analyze it? hmm, popular role models... you mean like michael jackson, prince, serena and venus williams...?

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An almost uncontrollable anger

by chuckyy in

i seem to have had a drastic personality change since i disassociated myself.

i have gone from a relatively calm human being to someone who is full of anger and sometimes what feels like an overwhelming rage because of shunning.

how do you deal with those emotions??

Incense_and_Peppermints

hi Chuckyy. i was always very mild-mannered, even when i got out. i basically plunged myself into the world without even thinking about it..as time passed, i beagn having severe panic attacks... after two weeks of these crippling episodes, i went to a psychiatrist...a real Sigmund Freud type, who took me in deep and showed me that in my case, the root of my anxiety was anger--- it was finally surfacing after years of pushing it all down, and i had to let it come out. and i felt it more than i ever did, and i started swearing, which i had never done, and allowed myself to feel the anger... then we began techniques to recognize what was really at the heart of all these inrtense feelings and deal with them accordingly. in my case, i just had to feel them all...the anger the hurt the loss, the humiliation at being lied to and betrayed by people i loved, locked away during my formative years, everything. it never really leaves you i mean i consider myself very happy, but then i'll read something here or see something in a movie that will upset me... the trick is acknowledging it for what it is and dealing with it directly, which is much healthier than denying them. i can't tell you what to do; i can only share my experience with you. and it will get better. honest.

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JWs Put Student "Journalists" at Risk!

by Voyager in

kids at scholl are given an assignment to write an article.

the articles that are the best, are published in a newspaper with the writers name attached.. it seems that jehovah's witnesses are (plucking) kids names from these articles, and contacting them to see if they are interested in becoming one of jehovah's witnesses.. of course these kids are (minors), and they are being contacted (without) parental consent.

this has caused concern between teachers, parents, and newspaper management.

Incense_and_Peppermints

i luv that -- give 'em a taste of their own medicine.

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Jehovah Hates Foreskins!!!!!!!!!

by gumby in

moses is preparing his "make my brother do it " speech to jehovah cuz he's ascard to have to talk to pharoah about lettin his people go from eygpt.

the lord butts in and goes bi-polor on moses ass and tells him he's gonna kill his sorry arse cuz moses kids dinger still looks like an anteater and the lord wants then damn thing snipped off pronto or he's gonna kill em!

4:24 and it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the lord met him, [ moses ]and sought to kill him.

Incense_and_Peppermints

ohh all those "food" references made me queasy...

pierce brosnan? yummm... so is trey parker. the litte darling!

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JWs Put Student "Journalists" at Risk!

by Voyager in

kids at scholl are given an assignment to write an article.

the articles that are the best, are published in a newspaper with the writers name attached.. it seems that jehovah's witnesses are (plucking) kids names from these articles, and contacting them to see if they are interested in becoming one of jehovah's witnesses.. of course these kids are (minors), and they are being contacted (without) parental consent.

this has caused concern between teachers, parents, and newspaper management.

Incense_and_Peppermints

right on, Scully!

the witnesses are getting sneakier (if that's possible) and more agressive, i see...

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