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  Heartwarming JW Facebook Comment

  by exwhyzee in

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  this urban legend/anecdote was on the facebook page of a jw who is a facebook friend of mine.

  it's kind of long but tell us what you think....it was all i could do to stop myself from making a snarky comment.

  a young couple very much wanted to have a family, but his wife could not conceive, so they decided to adopt a baby.

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  Jehovah answered the prayer of the Pioneers for a child but what about the Parents who died so that the Pioneers prayers could be answered?
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  Over 184 million served ...

  by Simon in

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  topic pages that is (not counting home page, active or subject pages).

  holy crap, you lot like to talk and read a lot !.

  we're currently getting about 1.8 million page views (across all pages) and ~ 150k unique visitors (275k visits in total) per month.. glad i have a plan to move things to the cloud soon!.

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  Do we know how many members there are on this site?
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  What's The Worst TV Program ?

  by minimus in

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  2 broke girls is the worst show on tv.

  the acting is terrible.. what show do you avoid??.

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  Can't stand that show with the Chef that is constantly shouting at everyone. As soon as I see it, i immediately change the channel.

  Don't understand how anyone could stand to watch that for any length of thyme (get it...time... thyme ?) LOL... I crack myself up !
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  So tired of life

  by LouBelle in

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  i am so tired of waking up without hope.

  so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.

  i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..

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  I'm glad some of you found that "Just For Today" poem useful. It's a helpless feeling to know of someone off in some far flung corner of the world suffering and have little to offer them except a kind word or to share something from your own experience that you hope will help.When it comes down to it, we really have very little control over anything in life. The list of the things we can control is very short so if we concentrate on those things (one day at a time) and put all the other stuff out of our minds as much as possible, ones outlook will improve. The only thing we can control is how we react to our circumstances. To feel sadness is part of the human experience and it's one of the emotions that makes up who we are. Once we pass through a difficult time, we have learned a great deal and are likely stronger and are more compassionate and have the skills to do better in the next go round.

  Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.
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  So tired of life

  by LouBelle in

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  i am so tired of waking up without hope.

  so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.

  i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..

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  So tired of life

  by LouBelle in

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  i am so tired of waking up without hope.

  so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.

  i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..

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  Glad you're OK LB...I knew you would feel better after you'd had a rest. Even though we were on high alert for a time, you did the right thing by venting your feelings to us. I'm on the west coast of the U.S and read your comment late last night and was wondering about you on my commute in to work this morning. I was happy to log on here to find out you're ok.

  Remember not to trust your feelings about life and the big picture when you're down or tired. You just won't be able to come up with anything hopeful when your tired or in a low mood. Remember the word H.A.L.T. as an acronym for Hungry, Angry, Lonley, Tired. If you are any of those things.....don't trust any thoughts you may have about the big picture.....pull yourself back into the moment and do something positive to comfort yourself in the now. Print out the( Poem ?) below and memorize it or keep it with you so that when you are feeling low, you can say it to yourself, replacing your negative thoughts with more positive ones, until you are feeling better.

  JUST FOR TODAY

  1. Just for Today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life-problem at once. I can do some things for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt I had to keep them up for a lifetime.

  2. Just for Today, I will be Happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that “most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Happiness is from Within; it is not a matter of Externals.

  3. Just for Today, I will Adjust myself to what Is, and not try to Adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come, and fit myself to them.

  4. Just for Today, I will take care of my Body. I will exercise it, care for it, and nourish it, and not abuse it nor neglect it; so that it will be a perfect machine for my will.

  5. Just for Today, I will try to strengthen my mind, I will study. I will learn something useful, I will not be a mental loafer all day. I will read something that requires effort, though and concentration.

  6. Just for Today, I will exercise my Soul. In three ways, to wit:

  (a) I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. If anybody knows of it, it will not count.

  (b) I will do at least two things I don’t want to do, as William James suggests just for exercise.

  (c) I will not show any one that my feelings are hurt. They may be hurt, but Today I will not show it.

  7. Just for To-day, I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with flattery, criticize not one bit nor find fault with anything, and not try to regulate nor improve anybody.

  8. Just for Today, I will have a Programme. I will write down just what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I’ll have it. It will save me from the two pests Hurry and Indecision.

  9. Just for Today, I will have a quiet half hour, all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, some time, I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective to my life.

  10. Just for Today, I will be Unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to be Happy, to enjoy what is Beautiful, to love and to believe that those I love love me.

  (Copyright, 1921 by Frank Crane)
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  Heartwarming JW Facebook Comment

  by exwhyzee in

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  this urban legend/anecdote was on the facebook page of a jw who is a facebook friend of mine.

  it's kind of long but tell us what you think....it was all i could do to stop myself from making a snarky comment.

  a young couple very much wanted to have a family, but his wife could not conceive, so they decided to adopt a baby.

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  Yes Scotoma that's exactly where my thoughts went,

  What about the JW parent who's child died of some illness or in an accident ? Why didn't Jehovah answer their prayers begging him to save thier child.

  Or what about the parents of this alleged orphan boy ? Jehovah let them die so that someone elses prayer for a child would be answered ??

  How can they not see the irony when they hear these stories?
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  Michael Jackson's kids decide no more going door-to-door

  by Gopher in

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  this article made my day.

  it looks like paris jackson and her brother prince michael have told katherine they simply aren't interested in peddling jw stuff from door-to-door any more.

  i'm glad they are becoming their own people and emerging from their grandmother's control.. http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/05/paris-jackson-prince-michael-jackson-jehovas-witness/.

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  What about the youngest boy ??

  Knock Knock...

  Good morning, my name is Blanket Jackson and...

  SLAM !
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  Heartwarming JW Facebook Comment

  by exwhyzee in

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  this urban legend/anecdote was on the facebook page of a jw who is a facebook friend of mine.

  it's kind of long but tell us what you think....it was all i could do to stop myself from making a snarky comment.

  a young couple very much wanted to have a family, but his wife could not conceive, so they decided to adopt a baby.

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  This Urban Legend/Anecdote was on the Facebook page of a JW who is a Facebook friend of mine. It's kind of long but tell us what you think....it was all I could do to stop myself from making a snarky comment. What would you have said.

  A young couple very much wanted to have a family, but his wife could not conceive, so they decided to adopt a baby. They have been to many agencies and were told it would take several years before they could [hold] a baby in [their] arms, but if they wanted to adopt one from a foreign country, like Korea or Vietnam, they'd get a baby very soon. They were told that if they seek a child of 7 or 8 years, they could [have] one almost immediately. So they filled the request [for] a foreign child older [child]. While all this was happening, the couple was contacted from house to house by a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses. They began to study, progressed very quickly and were soon baptized. They became very active in the field service and decided to regular pioneer. Therefore, they would wait until the new system to have children. They went to the adoption agency and informed about their circumstances and told them about their desire to stop the adoption process. However, they were informed that the agency had just been notified that a little boy from Vietnam was coming to them. The agency urged them not to cancel.
  
  With mixed emotions they went home to think about [it]. They put it in prayer to Jehovah and decided to go ahead with the adoption. They figured that since he was older and was in school most of the day, they could follow through with its plans to pioneers, and wait to see how things would go. They have prepared their home for the arrival of their new son, packed the room, brought many toys and put a copy of "My Book of Bible Stories" on the dresser. Finally the day came to bring the boy home. They showed him the kitchen and the living room. He looked so sad and silent. Then they showed him his room. He barely looked at the room full of toys, but immediately noticed the book of Bible Stories. He ran and grabbed the book and hugged it close to his chest and began to cry. When they were finally able to calm him to enable to speak, he explained to them that both his mother and her father were Jehovah's Witnesses before they were killed in Vietnam. He had been praying to Jehovah for him to be adopted by a family of Jehovah's Witnesses.
  
  This experience was recounted in a Circuit Assembly in California. The District Superintendent concluded by saying: "Never think that Jehovah does not answer prayers, even those of a little child." Does your target seem impossible? Does your stumbling block appear immovable? Is your problem bigger than your God? Is it? Never forget that the only thing impossible for Jehovah is for Jehovah to lie; everything else, everything is possible! Encouraging experiences further increases confidence in our Creator God Jehovah.
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  Share the Craziest far out ideas/arguments you have heard about life in the "NEW SYSTEM"

  by BU2B in

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  really the whole thing is ludicrious but it is hilarious and sad at the same time to see grown people arguing about weather there will be cars, planes, eat meat, what about fish, etc in a place as imaginary as oz, yet to them it is reality.. the teaching of a paradise earth was so illogical it really was the first thing that started me on the path to waking up.

  just the thought that someone could greet their beloved spouse who had died only to come to the realization that they could never be together again struck me as so cruel, i didnt want to live there even if it was all true.. i have heard jws say they think we might be able to fly, read minds since we will be able to use 100% and some seem to think life would be an endless vacation, with modern conveniences with no thought to all the processes and work that goes into something simple like a pencil.

  i love the article jwfacts has on the flaws of any theory or teaching of paradise earth.. what are some things you have heard discussed/argued in car groups, gatherings etc when you were in?.

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  Funny how the in the story they pointed out that the Sisters were excited to go shopping (silly Women) but the (more sensible) Brothers went out instead, bringing back all kinds of material good like fine china and even a motor home. Hopefully they managed to navigate the motor home past all the destruction and dead bodies and werent too upset by the stench of those who hadn't been buried because they were busy collecting china and silverware that belonged to other people.

  I notice they went straight for the material items that the worldly people produce and seemed to gloat that they are all dead now becasue they didn't listen to the message. Sounds like it was written by someone with a materialistic and unloving outlook rather than by someone who truly cares about his fellow man. He feels superior to his fellow man and is only engaging in the preaching work to save his hide from destruction by his God.