Posts by MrFreeze

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Loving sister passed away and guess what and elder said...?

by suavojr in

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friends

the cycle continues.... two weeks ago a loving and fragile sister passed away due to her age and chronic health, she only had one son and 2 grandsons.

(she was the only jw in her family)when my wife gave me the sad news we immediately went over to the hospital to give some words of comfort to the grieving family.. .

what happened next was another cruel example of works for salvation vs. good deeds from love.

MrFreeze

I don't understand. How much time will the funeral take out of his day? An hour? Two? You pioneer for a whole year, not month by month. Is he trying to say he couldn't make up that hour at any point over the next 7 months?

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Do You Appreciate The Service Of Our Military?

by minimus in

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being raised a jehovah's witness, i did not have any appreciation for the military or for veterans.. now, when i see a military person, especially in uniform, i am grateful for their work as well as the fact that they risk their lives for us.. do you appreciate our men and women of the military?.

MrFreeze

Even as a JW I secretly had an appreciation.

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Nursing School

by sooner7nc in

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friends

i start the journey towards getting a degree as a registered nurse on jan. 14th, 2013. wish me luck.. .

MrFreeze

My roommates are both RN's. Not a bad career choice. Good luck!

28

Jesus belongings

by label licker in

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what are the belongings that jesus comes back for.

apparently, we were told by one of the elders at bethel who was at the annual meeting in october that the organisation was still not too sure on what those belongings are and that it would be public down the road in their publications.

they figure it would come out in the april watchtower.

MrFreeze

I always assumed he had a pair of work shoes, a pair of cheap sunglasses, and a couple of Radiohead albums he accidentally left behind.

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Analyzing...and analyzing...The Shining

by glenster in

stanley invented the kubrick's reuben, a sandwich you have to put.

together just right.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskaaouhfxg.

bonus.

MrFreeze

Fun fact: Stephen King didn't like the movie version of "The Shining."

It is certainly an interesting movie that can be interpreted 100 different ways. Some of the most memorable imagery in cinema history has come from Kubrick.

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What is it about the game Soccer that brings out the most destructive behaviour of a minority of fans,which seems to be a global problem

by smiddy in

in europe ,south america ,and elsewhere ,riotous behaviour seems to go hand in hand with soccer fans , destruction of property and even death has occured why is that ?

we have just recently had an episode at etihad stadium in melbourne this past weekend where thousands of dollars damage was caused and flares ignited which could have caused injury to spectators,who , would have included families with children who just wanted to enjoy the game .i beleive their were something like 40000 spectators present ,which in all fairness mostly were well behaved,except for this lawless minority.. melbourne is not used to this behaviour at sporting events ,many of our events host thousands more spectators without anywhere near the trouble that was had at the weekend .. australian rules football , afl in victoria ,certainly produces fanatical supporters , me included , at some games 60 , 80, 100,000 in attendance ,yet never apart from a fight breaking out here or their , have we ever experienced something like that .. so , what is wrong with soccer league fans .

smiddy.

MrFreeze

I'm going to disagree with you cofty. In my opinion, hockey is probably the most skillful and dynamic of all team sports.

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I finally told my parents

by nolongerconfused in

so as some of you already may know, i have stopped going to meetings for good and have nothing to do with wbts anymore...did not write a letter of disassociation because i dont believe an organization should spiritually execute me for rejecting men's tradition and false doctrine...some of you may recall i spoke to my wife and are in good terms, even though she's still an active jw.

my parents are both active jw's...when i visited them yesterday, they clearly did not expect me to tell them i had left the "org"...to my huge surprise, after i explained to them i had found ttatt (truth about the truth) and gave compelling evidence of my reasoning, and using the scriptures, they totally sided with me...i was dumbfounded...one of my parents even brought up ray franz and his book coc....i was like wtf??.

they told me all of these years they never had the guts to say anything about the hypocrisy in this org and they were glad that i as their son was able to step up and believe what is right and what is on the bible...they re-assured their love to me and they were happy i had found happiness in jesus christ and the need to have a personal relationship with him and not through a man made organization.... i totally did not expect this response from my parents...but it just leaves me to think that there are thousands of active jw's out there feeling the same way and don't have the courage to step up to the org...still don't know what they are going to do, but i got the feeling they will do the same eventually and move on from the wbts.... have a great week everyone.