Posts by drewcoul

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Jehovah's Witnesses do not get divorces

by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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famous last words.. this is what my mum told me when papa moved out.

when it did finally happen months later, it was because he had left jehovah.

i hated him for many years and refused to speak to him.

drewcoul

Good post. Great to see progress in your relationship with your dad!!! I am very happy for you both!

On a related note, I recently went to the funeral of an inactive JW. There were a number of people about my age (40) who I have known since we were teenagers in the same hall. There were, if I recall 8 of us there roughly the same age, and all baptized. Of the 8, all of us married witnesses. Of the 8 of us who married witnesses, 6 of us divorced our JW mate. Of the 6 who divorced our JW spouses, 5 divorced because the other JW spouse committed adultery. The other one had an affair of her own. The other two who are still married have faded with their spouses.

Its a shame that JWs frown so heavily on marriage counseling and therapy. Think of the families that would still be together if they would learn to understand themselves and work on their marriage.

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Have you met anyone on the Governing Body?

by Christ Alone in

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friends

i posted on another thread about a couple of my experiences of meeting the governing body while i was in brooklyn.

i wanted to see if anyone else had any experiences along these same lines.

i met most of the ones that were current during the 2001-2003 years.

drewcoul

I met Schroeder once when I was visiting a friend at Bethel. He seemed nice enough. We went to the meeting that Sunday at the congregation where most of the GB attended. I sat directly behind Schroeder and his wife. The public talk was one of the worst I had ever heard, and the WT study was boring.

I thought it was going to be like a super spiritual meeting but it was just blah. I was a bit surprised how lame the answers from the WT study were, even from members of the GB. No insight, no extra researech in their answers. I was also surprised that Al Schroeder spent most of the meeting out of his seat, doing what, I don't know. But definitely wasn't partaking of the fine spiritual banquet prepared by the Faithful and Discreet Slave.

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What do you think of Anonymous?

by Cagefighter in

i would like to hear from some of the tech-savy members: what do you think of anonymous.

i went all day with no email and half the day with my co. website down b/c they wanted to prove a point with godaddy.. i kept up with the guy on twitter @anonymousown3r claiming responsibility.

it could have been a trick, but he did seem very in control of the situation.. i started watching some of their videos on youtube.

drewcoul

I think it serves GoDaddy right!!!

Those SOB's always cut their commercials short!

I want to see Danica Patrick naked already!!!!!

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Absalom prefigured young JWs who fist bump, play video games, and take pictures of themselves with the opposite sex

by JimmyPage in

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jehovah's witnesses top the list in not being able to hold on to their younger members.

so what do they do to combat this?

do they go out of their way to change things to keep the next generation, their only real hope of long run survival?

drewcoul

NC- I thought the exact same thing when I saw that picture. I know they use bethelites to pose for all of these pictures, so it would make sense that its the same guy.

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Cowboys Beat Giants 24/17

by yknot in

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praise be to the football gods!!!!!.

giggles *somebody* owes me a congratulations.....

drewcoul

I consider Phillip Rivers to be an ass-bag. A completely arrogant pompous prick. Not to mention he always seems to beat the Colts, but then again The Chargers beat us a couple years ago with Billy Volek. Then again, he chokes in the big games (except against us).

Aaron Rodgers at least has a Superbowl ring.

Romo, on the other hand, .........has a wedding ring from his hot wife.

Incidentally, I was responding to the question about why people don't like Romo. I didn't think it was to address every QB who chokes under pressure.

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Cowboys Beat Giants 24/17

by yknot in

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praise be to the football gods!!!!!.

giggles *somebody* owes me a congratulations.....

drewcoul

Its because Tony Romo chokes. He's got talent, but under pressure doesn't make good decisions.

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Cowboys Beat Giants 24/17

by yknot in

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praise be to the football gods!!!!!.

giggles *somebody* owes me a congratulations.....

drewcoul

Congrats Y-Not!! I don't have any Cowboys on either of my fantasy teams. I was afraid to take Witten, but I wish I would have. He looks like he's going to be healthy. (Probably because I didn't take him)

I started Victor Cruz in one league and Hakeem Nicks in the other. Complete flops!!! I got a total combined of 8 points......Its gonna be a looong year!

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