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  Flying to Orlando tomorrow, my daughter is in the hospital

  by coffee_black in

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  my daughter is in the hospital with pneumonia, and possibly a blood clot in her lung.

  they'll be testing through the night...apparently, her heart is enlarged as well.

  she is scared... and if her jw father catches wind of it, he will be there trying to intefere with her treatment... he lives close by to her, so i'll be flying down in the morning....to head him off at the pass.

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  I pray the surgery goes well, and that Ali has a speedy recovery.
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  Reply From Co-worker - Feel Excellent Moment!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  so, there we all are in the break room in my place of work, and the topic turns to the holiday shopping madness.

  this co-worker starts to say how expensive this holiday season has been for him and that he's still not done, and too bad when the day comes the family members will find fault or something else wrong with his gifts, and to make things worst, that the wife also was purchasing gifts with his credit card so he feared the january statement.. so, i jokingly told him that one way he can remedy that is by telling his family that he's been studying the bible and that he won't be celebrating christmas this year as he's studying to become a jw.

  they all laughed loudly and the guy, second by others in the room, told me that i just didn't know how good i had it being a jw this time of the year.

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  The problems usually arise not from gift giving per se, but from the soulless giving of gifts in obligation and expectation of gifts as an entitlement. Compare that to gifts given and received in expressions of love, so aptly related by O. Henry:

  The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
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  Todays WT study illustration of Jesus doing away Capitol Hill and Obama - a statement of the WTS?

  by Gorbatchov in

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  i attended the todays wt study and got notice of the illustration of jesus doing away capitol hill and barack obama.. i think the illustration passed the juridical advisors of the wts, having a blackout!

  of are they trying to reach the anti government people like the tea party idiots with this kind of propaganda illustrations?.

  is this a signal that the wts is anti democrats, anti obama?.

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  No, it isn't just Obama and the Democrats. WT is an equal-opportunity organization; they don't respect any authority figure besides their Governing Body. (Compare to 1 Peter 2:13-16)
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  Why Is There NOTHING Written In The Bible About Jesus' Early Years?

  by minimus in

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  why doesn't the nt have anything about jesus on record prior to his baptism?

  after all, he was a perfect boy.

  you would think that little jesus would've been talked about by everyone in the town,.

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  The simple explanation: narrators of the Gospels weren't there to witness the story, so what little was included in Matthew and Luke is what they heard from others decades later--not recent events and their own experience.
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  this is it. i had enough

  by varian in

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  i feel like not being part of anything since god knows when.

  i ve tryed, but to make a long story short: i don t fit in to anything.. i can t get out of these bleeding depressions.

  so i ll go out tonight for the last time in my life and take an overdose at the end.. its been nice meeting you all.

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  Don't!

  Feeling alone doesn't mean nobody cares. Depression can be overcome, it is not omnipotent. Don't be afraid to seek help.
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  Re-elect Judge Rutherford

  by VM44 in

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  GLTirebiter

  OK, you made me look, you got me going.

  It's not that Judge Rutherford...

  this one is a real judge!
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  Why do Jehovah's Witnesses Feel Like They Have To Label You?

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

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  ok here's a little story on my background i was baptized in 2003, and i was a model witness for 2003-2006. then i had sex and was at first put private reprove (2006) and i made a another boo-boo in 2007 ( public reprove ) .

  i was then given a bad name and thats when i started to get ''troubled'' label and a bad name around the circuit.

  i labeled as "party boy" and ''sex hound'' ( which i was lol.

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  If she goes back- you're screwed.

  Amen, Flipper! When a lapsed (DF'd, DA'd) member relapses, they often are the most zealous of Witneses. They will want to drag you back with them, and if you resist or refuse you'll quickly find out loyalty to the WT is more important than you are. That's my take and my experience.
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  Can you recommend any films? Expanding my collection

  by oldlightnewshite in

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  hey guys, i'm compiling some hard drives full of films and tv series.

  i've come to a bit of an impasse.

  i've got hundreds of films, with all the obvious choices.

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  Twelve Angry Men

  The Day the Earth Stood Still (original with Micheal Rennie, not the re-make!)

  Das Boot
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  Quotes by Voltaire - Do you agree and Why?

  by Lady Lee in

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  ok i want to stimulate some thinking.

  i'm going to list a bunch of quotes attributed to voltaire - someone i had never thought to read.

  but coming across a couple of quotes of his i thought they were rather profound.. so here is the deal.

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  The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

  Therein lies the cornerstone of both religion and mental health. Anyone who tries to convince you to do otherwise should be ignored.
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  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

  by designs in

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  hope you can meet with family and friends today.. we're having thanksgiving with childhood friends, met at 4 years of age, nice to reconnect after all of these years.

  this is our 3rd thanksgiving together, our new tradition.. please share your day.

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  GLTirebiter

  Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating today!

  The pie is in the oven, the house smells soooo nice.