Posts by bluecanary

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Post Rapture Pet Care

by White Dove in

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friends

when you are taken by god in the rapture, they will place your pet with loving athiests and other non-christians.. .

"no one knows the day or the hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the son himself.

only the father knows".

My ex and I couldn't afford to take care of ourselves let alone our cat that wasn't in the best of health. He refused to let me give it to anyone who wasn't a JW. I never got an anwer to WHY. The man was a flaming nutjob and any of the following rationale could have easily have been his: (a) only a JW would love it and care for it, (b) the cat would be destroyed at armageddon unless it was with a JW family, (c) non-JWs are unworthy of the affection of an animal or (d) the demons; I don't know, just the demons.

BLESSED FREEDOM!

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Do You Feel Foolish For Ever Having Been A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

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friends

i was raised as a witness, so i don't feel bad for my past but i wish that i could have left a bit earlier..

bluecanary

Ditto that.

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texting bad!!!!

by highdose in

am i the only one who remembers the gb telling the r&f not to text eachother?

this was when mobile phones first became popular, the thinking was that it would be a distraction from spiritual things.

i can remember talks from the platform about it, but no one else i talk to can... was i the only one paying attention?.

bluecanary

Not everything you hear from the platform comes from the GB. Sometimes brothers will push their own opinion like it's law. I was at an assembly where we were told that God hates anything to do with extraterrestrials because they are an abomination and a mockery of his creation. That was the last we heard of it and it didn't stop any of the local elders from being Trekkies. Everyone I know just ignored it. If it's not in writing, it's an opinion.

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You can lie to apostates but not the elders - Aug 23 study WT

by Mickey mouse in

check out paragraphs 6 & 7; you could not make this stuff up.

congregations will be studying this next week.. .

bluecanary

Jesus decision to not respond to hypocritical religious leaders would be analogous to dubs not responding to the elders rather than "worldly" authorities.

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thanks god for those birth pangs......my jw wifes reply

by oompa in

so we are watchin new christine and there are several child birth scenes of agony......and i tell my wife to be glad she never had to go through that.....she agrees............and i say..."why the hey did god have to make that so awfully painful?".............

she says "he did not".......i. i say "oh ya he did.".....

she says "not originally"...... i say "and then he did!".........

bluecanary

Great post, chickpea.

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we are truly in the last days of this wicked system

by knows better in

u.s. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported wednesday.

the increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death.

the average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.. .

bluecanary

You guys make me laugh.

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Dating in the Real World...

by darkl1ght3r in

...or, love stinks.

i am so unprepared for this.

i feel like a kid just walking into willy wonka's chocolate factory.

bluecanary

Drop my "hot-girl" obsession?!?! 'Tis easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for me to... well you get the picture.

I didn't say you had to drop it, I said you may need to get it out of your system. And it may be that you'll need to attempt a few more shallow relationships before that happens. I just recommend self-awareness. If you're going to hold hotness as a priority, be aware of the likely results of doing so

I'm always nice to my waiter/waitress cuz I used to be one. I'm a big tipper.

High five from a fellow former-server and member of the big tipper club.

Some women will pass up the perfect man of their dreams to obsess and fawn over the drunk asshole whos dumped them 5 times, cheated on them, talks down to them.

This is both due to water seeking its own level and the need to feel special. When a man beats a women, there are periods in between when he can be the sweetest most affectionate person on the planet (no I'm not speaking from experience). I've heard from women in those situations that it's like a drug. They live for that brief time when he's so loving. Obviously, it's unhealthy and those women need professional help, not a white knight to come save them from a crappy relationship.

That's the other thing: some nice guys have White Knight Syndrome. They like to rush in and save the damsel in distress. This creates an inequality of power, with the knight taking more power and responsibility. The knight unconsciously craves this because he is insecure about his own flaws. Another unhealthy relationship. And women who enjoy being damsels will never be satisfied with one rescue. They will constantly create drama to keep the knight busy. A vicious cycle.

Try getting yourself a book on dating. Not the "how to bag a chick with a really great line" variety (unless that's what you want) but a guide on real dating, preferably from a female author who can give a woman's mindset. I recommend. Dr. Laura's 10 Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives. She does a chapter called Stupid Chivalry about nice guys and why they're not getting what they want.

I think you're a natural for online dating. The only "online" part is your profile. You can definitely write yourself a funny and intriguing profile that will make girls want to know you. You've made everyone here want to know you! Just stick to your immediate area for contacting girls. Once she's read your profile and likes what she sees, you go on a real world date and the computer part is done. At least, that's how I did it. I used OKCupid.com. Totally free. If you decide to go that route and want help critiquing a profile, pm me.

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Did I overreact?

by megs in

jw
friends

so i've been seeing a man, and he has been staying at my house the past few days.

last night he said he needed to go and quote on drywall in a town outside of the city (he's a contracter).

he left at 7pm and said he'd be a little while.

bluecanary

He's a big guy, I do not want to put myself in a compromising position.

You put yourself in a compromising situation when you let a man you barely know into your home. I know that's blunt, but I respect that you're obviously willing to learn from your mistakes.

I met my boyfriend on OKCupid.com, another free site. I had to go through two losers before I found him. I think that's a pretty good ratio. There are good men out there as well as losers. You have little control over which type you're going to meet, but you have ultimate control over what you do with them when you meet them. Go to the library and get yourself a good guidebook on dating so you have a plan on how to handle yourself and know what to be on the lookout for in men, both positive and negative.

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Does the WTS think they have immunity from Duet 18;20-22?

by jookbeard in

as far as i can remember i have never seen any counter argument from the wts in refuting this scripture in any of it's publications.

they call themselves the elijah class, the jonnadab class, the greater david, the faithful &wise servant, the governing body, the faithful and discreet slave(lol) etc, and even by their own admission's they have been wrong when their light got brighter in making bible prophesies, the failed prophesies of 1874,1914,1919,1935,1975 and the recent lies and failed prophesies concerning the generation and the cut off date for anointed christians of 1935, show this.

so the passage from deut is clearly very serious if those who have spoken in gods name things that have failed to come true, the bottom line is death to that prophet , pure and simple.

bluecanary

They didn't say for sure those things would happen. They were just overexcited like a little puppy who wizzes all over your shoe.

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Did I overreact?

by megs in

jw
friends

so i've been seeing a man, and he has been staying at my house the past few days.

last night he said he needed to go and quote on drywall in a town outside of the city (he's a contracter).

he left at 7pm and said he'd be a little while.

bluecanary

I'm going to answer from a technical point of view.

To react: to act in response to an agent or influence.

To overreact: to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.

He created a stimulus to which you reacted, there can be no denying either of those facts. To determine whether one has reacted more strongly than necessary or appropriate is entirely subjective. He may really feel that your reaction was not appropriate while you may really feel that it was. The question becomes, can the two of you come to a compromise on your standards for appropriate behavior? If yes, then do so. If not, end the relationship.