Posts by bsmart

i'll just start with a bit of my story so you'll have a better idea on were i'm coming from, i've read that much of most of your posts that i feel i already know you all anyway lol.. i'm 32 years old now and for most of my life i've had jw's around me at times, my mom used to study on and off with them all through my child hood alough she never took the plunge i'm not sure why because even to this day she say's she holds the same beliefs but somethings held her back so there's doubt somewhere!.

anyway, having had the magazines around me for most my life i'd read them from time to time,but, when i reached about 17 years old i discovered nightclubs, alcohol and, well you know the rest ;-).. fast forward to my early 20's and i'd had a failed attempt at setting up my own business, my parents had split up after 25 years together and long story short i had a nervous breakdown.

bsmart

Welcome, glad that you started to question the marketing.... and didn't buy the suit!

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Any actual Witnesses here?

by trthskr in

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i found this site hoping to read topics submitted by jw's so i could learn more, but it just seems to be everyone else here except them.

just about every topic and member is just bashing jw's and their teachings.

this site should be renamed "jwbashertrolls.net".

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bookmarking

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This is a must read about authority in the " church " !!

by Koine in

true leadership and authority ( article from : truediscernment blogspot com/).

christians these days seem to have a problem with the issue of authority.. .

various teachers and pastors claim authority over their listeners or congregations.

bsmart

Welcome to the forums! You took a while to get over your shyness.

back to topic, your concluding remarks about truth and trust are particularly pertinent. I think that we have to be reminded of this in all parts of life.

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Is the Holy Spirit God Himself or a force like in Star Wars?

by I_love_Jeff in

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bsmart

To me, if there is no Holy Spirit the father is not GOD. The thing is I am nearly an agnostic so I am not sure where that leaves me.

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Gifts suggestion for Xmas, made in the US

by jam in

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asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide.

americans with minstrous piles of cheaply produced.

goods.

bsmart

Pendleton shirts and blankets are made in the US....

tickets to a movie or a concert

food gifts are fun and clutter free

Magnalights (flashlights) are US made and good quality

If you are crafty something you made at home is good but its too late to finish something so I have given IOUs for an almost finished item

Back rubs are a favorite from my sweetie

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Found It! Awake!(tm) Oatmeal Cookies recipe with no wheat flour

by BrendaCloutier in

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i have a friend who is wheat intollerant.

i'm in cookie baking mode and wanted to give her some, then i remembered her allergy.

so i dug and dug in my overflowing totally disorganized recipe collection box and finally found it!

bsmart

Love this recipe, my JW relative makes em to this day.... Bake them in a mini muffin pan cause they spread. I have a silicone pan and they just pop out. Chewy wonderful oatmeal cookies!

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A quote to brighten up your Monday!

by SweetBabyCheezits in

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"once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.

that was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute.

after nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die.. one might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature.