Sounds like the gall bladder to me..........get thee to the doctor immediately!!
Jeff S.
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Stomach Cramps? Medical people?
by RichieRich inabout 10am this morning i was following my roommate down the interstate (helping him move a few things) and all of a sudden, i had the worst pain i've ever felt in my belly.. the pain was between my nipples and the middle of my belly, but it was all around my body- even that section of my back hurt.
it felt like someone had tied a very tight band around my torso and was pulling it tighter and tighter.. after being in pain for only about 5 minutes, i had to pull over.
i jumped out of my car and ran over to the gaurd rail, thinking that perhaps i would vomit.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-24-07 WT Study (Youths Goals Honor God)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 06-24-07 wt study (may 1, 2007, pages 24-29)(youths goals honor god)(notepad).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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All JW's are good for is judging people, even in their own congregation.
AMEN!
I will never forget a few years back there was this news story I believe it was on 20/20 about this young JW girl who almost died due to a brain tumor (I believe). It turns out that the surgery that could be used to save her required blood and she, of course, refused it. They went to NJ and found a doctor who would do it without blood and she survived the surgery. After recuperating from the surgery, her JW parents bought her a 2 door car. My wife and I were on our way out of the JWs at this time and my wife laughingly said "I bet some JWs are upset about that car her parents bought her since it is only a 2 door car." And, sure enough, I went on a pro-JW discussion board on the internet the next day and there was an entire thread on that board devoted to criticizing this young JW lady who almost died for upholding their ridiculous ban on blood (and her family) because she now drives around in a 2 door car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff S.
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Talk on JWs in Parks, Louisiana June 4th
by jschwehm ini will be traveling to lafayette, la to give a talk on the jehovah's witnesses.
here is the address if any in the area would like to come:.
st. joseph catholic church.
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Hi Mum:
I have been on EWTN on numerous occasions and Father Pacwa and I did a show on the JWs a couple of years ago. If you email me your snail mail address at [email protected] I can send you a DVD copy of the show if you want.
Jeff S.
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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?
by Black Man ini often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
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Hi:
I actually did not do too much in the Furman bldg. I worked on the Bossert mostly and factory bldg nos five and six.
Jeff S.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-24-07 WT Study (Youths Goals Honor God)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 06-24-07 wt study (may 1, 2007, pages 24-29)(youths goals honor god)(notepad).
review comments will be in red.
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I remember reading that in 1998 WT while still a dub and was a bit disturbed. After that I started scrutinizing the magazines a little more and found more and more things that upset me. Finally, in December of that year I took the plunge onto the Internet and started searching--I was mostly interested in how an organization that was not a cult could have promoted the date 1975 and later denied it. I got more than I bargained for.
I remember when they published that in the 1998 WT and I was on a pro-dub discussion board. I only posted quotes from the WT on this board whenever any subject came up. One day a bunch of them kept talking about the Society says this and the Society says that so I posted that quote from the WT about not using the phrase "the Society says" with no commentary from me. I was quickly booted off the list. I guess they did not like what their own leaders were saying......
Another thing that I want to say is that I grew up as a dub in the 1980's when they were bad-mouthing college big time. In fact, one of my friends who went to college with his parents' blessing during this time was marked and not allowed to have any "privileges" in the congregation because of it. In any case, I really doubt that many dubs are really listening to this. When I was at Bethel, the Bethelites that got treated the best and got the more interesting assignments all had some type of training beyond high school (some even had college training). In fact, while I was there I discovered that Bethel was even paying some Bethelites to take classes at some of the local colleges in the city and this really ticked me off since I gave up some significant scholarships to pioneer and go to Bethel.
Jeff S.
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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?
by Black Man ini often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
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Wow! Gill Nazaroff.......I have not heard that name in a long time. I never knew him but I heard of him when I was there. Paint and Scaffold crew 87 to 88.
Jeff S.
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JW's compared to other religions
by concerned x ina conversation with a po this week led to a request from him to make a comparison of of jw's to other religions.
for ex: their preaching work, their growth, their brotherhood, their building projects, their assistance in times of natural disasters, etc.
the search engine in jwd is not working and i would appreciate any information written about this subject in the past..
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The largest non-governmental charitable social network in the world is run by the Catholic Church. Add to that the charitable work done by Protestant Churches and it is no contest.
Also, you might find the following stats interesting as far as increase (or decrease) in Church membership in the USA is concerned. This was reported in 2007. A friend of mine sent me this but I am not sure where he got the info from. I will ask him:
1. The Catholic Church, 69,135,254 members, reporting an increase of 1.94
percent.
2. The Southern Baptist Convention, 16,270,315 members, reporting a increase
of .02 percent.
3. The United Methodist Church, 8,075,010 members, reporting a decrease of
1.36 percent.
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,690,672 members,
reporting an increase of 1.63 percent.
5. The Church of God in Christ, 5,499,875 members, no increase or decrease
reported.
6. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., 5,000,000 members, no increase or
decrease reported.
7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,850,776, reporting a decrease of
1.62 percent.
8. National Baptist Convention of America, 3,500,000, no increase or decrease
reported.
9. Presbyterian Church (USA), 3,098,842 members, reporting a decrease of 2.84
percent.
10. Assemblies of God, 2,830,861 members, reporting an increase of 1.86
percent.
11. African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2,500,000 members, no increase or
decrease reported.
12. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, 2,500,000 members, no
increase or decrease reported.
13. Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., 2,500,000 members, no
increase or decrease reported.
14. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), 2,440,864, reporting a decrease
or .93 percent.
15. Episcopal Church, 2,247,819, reporting a decrease of 1.59 percent.
16. Churches of Christ, 1,639,495 members, reporting an increase of 9.30
percent (This increase reports the church's growth since its last reported
figures in 1999.)
17. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 1,500,000 members, no increase or
decrease reported.
18. Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., 1,500,000 members, no increase
or decrease reported.
19. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1,440,405 members, reporting
an increase of .53 percent.
20. American Baptist Churches in the USA, 1,396,700, reporting a decrease of
1.97 percent.
21. United Church of Christ, 1,224,297, reporting a decrease of 3.28 percent.
22. Baptist Bible Fellowship International, 1,200,000, no increase or decrease
reported.
23. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, 1,071,615 members, no increase
or decrease reported.
24. The Orthodox Church in America, 1,064,000 members, reporting an increase
of 6.40 percent.
25. Jehovah's Witnesses, 1,046,006 members, reporting a decrease of 1.56
percent.Jeff S.
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Friendly talk with a couple of elders
by TooBad TooSad inlast week i received a home visit from a couple of elders because they were concerned about my spirituality.
and lack of progress.
i said so you can guarantee the end will be here in 5 years.
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The Witnesses teach that Jesus created everything except himself.
Hi Gary:
Actually............The JWs own Bible says that Jesus created himself.
The New World Translation says the following:
1 In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in [the] beginning with God. 3 All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence. - John 1:1-3
If we believe that the Word is Jesus, note that verse three of John 1 says that "apart from him [Jesus or the Word] not even one thing came into existence." This means that if Jesus is a created being who at one point did not exist then Jesus had to take part in his own creation since not even one thing came into existence apart from him. I have shared this with a few JWs and they are usually speechless afterwards and they do not know how to answer me.
Jeff S.
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Liberal Arts
by changeling ini always thought that having a liberal atrs degree meant something "artsy fartsy".
nothing wrong with that, i love artsy fartsy.
however, i was mistaken.. i recently learned that having a liberal arts education comes from medival times.
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I teach at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI.
Jeff S.
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God is not Great
by hamsterbait inanybody seen this book,.
i was at a friends tonite, and read a bit on jihadist cretins in saudi arabia, who have banned george orwells "animal farm" because the farm ends up run by pigs.. godly honest - hearted moslems are also seeking to ban piglet, and charlottes web from schools.. apparently the eyes of innocent moslem babies cannot be defiled by reading about unclean animaux taking over the world, but.
they can go to market to shop with mommy and see starving thieves having their hand sawn off (but humanely given a novocaine shot in the arm so they can watch but not feel it).
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Hi All:
Some of you might find the following link interesting:
Jeff S.