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  What does Jesus do all day anyway?

  by Terry in

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  without sounding crass or being impudent or deliberately caustic i'd just like to know one thing.. what does jesus do all day, exactly?.

  is it interesting for him?.

  is it productive?

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  If Jesus had been only a man like any one of us he still would have shown me a better way to live with others than through my helpless sarcasm.
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  If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?

  by minimus in

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  i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

  how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

  think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?

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  Sounds like some of the good stuff has been done already
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  If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?

  by minimus in

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  i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

  how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

  think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?

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  The last thing I said at a meeting was borderline disrespectful so maybe I'd pick it up from there.

  It's like some have said already---just answer the WTquestions straight -up:

  Over a year ago the WT had a question about how as Christians how we do kindnesses w/o "letting the right hand know what the left hand is doing". I was quiet during the commenting, then couldn't stand all the pious expressions.I was called on. Said that if we ourselves are not paying attention to our Christian actions, then no one should quiz you on why you miss meeting or field service--they should trust that you were taking care of a family matter or helping someone. You shouldn't have to explain your actions to anyone else. They should leave you alone and trust that you are doing what you should.

  The conductor said that he didn't think that that was what the FS had in mind for the paragraph.

  That's when I just had to stop going 'til things got resolved.
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  Growing Up With Violence

  by compound complex in

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  it was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.

  landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.

  once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.

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  Dear CoCo,

  I just read through this entire thread.There are two things that are overwhelming: the violence against children who have adoring love ready for the people who just don't see them or their love. The other overwhelming thing is the survivors have to recover that unconditional love to find healing--and you each seemed to do it--without bitterness. My husband didn't find that healing for many years.

  He was raised in foster care. He and his little brother were put on a dairy farm. But nobody loved these little boys. One was 6 and the other was 4. They had chores for them inside and out. This was seventy years ago. But even where kids get spankings ,the neighbors don't like to see abuse. There was a lot of abuse--of all sorts.

  My husband says that in his case he made a good head overcome a bad heart. I feel bad when he has said that. I asked him what it means--He says that he has to make himself act better than he feels. But I think that doesn't work so well. I think that love has to heal your heart.

  Sometimes it seems like it is like he can't receive love very well. Its like it rolls off of him. He is 77 years old and we have had seven children together. But it has been crazy alot of the time. I joke about our lives, our eccentricities--nothing is a problem for a family if there is healthy love in it. That has been a struggle for us.

  Finally my husband and I are having a deep, happy reconciliation. And, yes, some of my children have had to get counseling over the years. For a while I got counseling too.

  I must say that leaving behind the rigid and unhealthy life in the WT and dealing as honestly and lovingly as I can with my husband ,remembering the brutal and confusing childhood he went through, helped me not give up on all of us healing together.

  I thank God daily that am free and I can give God and my family the full love and affection without the guilt of always doing the"wrong thing".

  I love you guys.

  Thanks for you quiet little corner conversations, CoCo. I'm learning that there is a lot in your modest posts.
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  Catholic cover-up...The pope and a stench of evil.......(Hitchens says)

  by Terry in

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  the great catholic cover-upthe pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it.by christopher hitchensposted monday, march 15, 2010, at 10:20 am et.

  pope benedict xvi on march 10, the chief exorcist of the vatican, the rev.

  gabriele amorth (who has held this demanding post for 25 years), was quoted as saying that "the devil is at work inside the vatican," and that "when one speaks of 'the smoke of satan' in the holy rooms, it is all trueincluding these latest stories of violence and pedophilia.

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  Jesus is not in charge of institutions, Terry. I do not subscribe to that definition of ekklesia. It seems to me that Jesus called us out of institutional religion. I don't have anyone killing animals for me anymore.
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  What I don't regret about my experience with JW's

  by tec in

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  they taught me to think for myself.. yes, you read that right, and no i'm not being sarcastic.

  if i had walked into the church down the street, i might not ever have walked out.

  i'm sure the doctrines are easier to swallow, and the freedoms are greater.

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  Quandry--You Go Girl! I'm your age. That is impressive--some other poster said a while back that being older and getting out of College gave them an edge job-hunting--Everyone thoght that they had a lot of experience in the field because they were older than the other applicants! Hope it works out.

  Thinking about the good of the JW experience is like the joke

  ---Q.Why is hitting yourself over the head with a 2x4 so great?

  A.It feels so good when you stop!
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  Why do all intelligent Christians disobey Jesus?

  by StoneWall in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-slagzjmdu.

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  not a captive

  For what its worth, Mark 10:21-26 says Jesus loved a young man who rejected a direct invitation to follow Jesus. The account recognized that the young man rejected the opportunity to be "saved".
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  I Love EVERYBODY!!!!

  by minimus in

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  i love every color, every nationality, every ethnic group, every body!!!.

  how about you?

  let's start a love in..

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  I love my husband....even w/o chocolate on top (thanks for that TM). I love my children all struggling to find ttheir joy in life. And it is hard for some.

  I love the people behind these wacky, wonky avatars.

  You can't disguise yourselves!

  Maeve
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  Catholic cover-up...The pope and a stench of evil.......(Hitchens says)

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the great catholic cover-upthe pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it.by christopher hitchensposted monday, march 15, 2010, at 10:20 am et.

  pope benedict xvi on march 10, the chief exorcist of the vatican, the rev.

  gabriele amorth (who has held this demanding post for 25 years), was quoted as saying that "the devil is at work inside the vatican," and that "when one speaks of 'the smoke of satan' in the holy rooms, it is all trueincluding these latest stories of violence and pedophilia.

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  Are you speaking ironically: "Jesus, who is running the show in oth instances, must be very pleased."?
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  Are You Eccentric?

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the words of today was concentric - sharing a common center.. which set me to thinking about eccentric - out of center.. i've been told that i'm eccentric.. have you ever been told that?.

  thanks.. syl.

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  Been missing you, Shamus, m' darlin'--------------Wonder why I'm seeing you so much on this thread?