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  Would you live in the book, The Exorcist?

  by Tatiana in

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  if you could live in the world of any book, which book would you choose and why?

  i have a reason for asking this...... .

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  how did I know you'd pick that book????

  You have ESP, or you just know me. :)

  Take Care

  Dragon
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  A Second Job

  by Windchaser in

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  i was going to be a bartender.

  but i got plantar faciitis and really can't stand for long periods.

  a week ago i got a phone call from the exxon station, a place that i had applied to a few months ago.

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  Second jobs are great if you have the free time. Otherwise, just one higher paying job is better. In Oregon you would have to pump my gas and could not sleep. Because in Oregon it is illegal to pump your own gas, unless it is diesel. Weird isn't it?

  My thought

  Dragon

  PS : 24 Gas stations get robbed a lot.
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  Who is your leader?

  by kenpodragon in

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  in all religion we are taught to respect a title rather then a person.

  we are educated to look to the meaning behind the title, and to accept that this image is the reflection seen in the men that carry the name.

  this thinking sounds so good when explained, but lacks so much in action.

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  I'm just bustin your chops!

  I know ;) I was just viewing it from a outsiders stand point in what I mentioned.

  Take Care

  Dragon
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  Would you live in the book, The Exorcist?

  by Tatiana in

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  if you could live in the world of any book, which book would you choose and why?

  i have a reason for asking this...... .

  april

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  Lord of the Rings. I want to be a wizard, who controls the will of the dragons.

  Take Care

  Dragon
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  Some times in life, it just rains.

  by kenpodragon in

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  this last june my wife and i were invited to a close friends wedding.

  june it a normally a hot month in our area, with blue skies and temperature in the mid nineties.

  it is not unusual for people to plan outdoor weddings, and take advantage of our nice summer climate.

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  Thanks for the post, and can you squeeze me in under that umbrella?

  Better yet, I have a spare for you to use.

  Take Care

  Dragon

  Edited by - kenpodragon on 23 October 2002 17:43:2
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  Who is your leader?

  by kenpodragon in

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  in all religion we are taught to respect a title rather then a person.

  we are educated to look to the meaning behind the title, and to accept that this image is the reflection seen in the men that carry the name.

  this thinking sounds so good when explained, but lacks so much in action.

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  I haven't met anyone to come close to what he did

  I agree, the person described in the Bible, as Jesus, seems unreachable. Yet I always point something out to people. For the most part in the stories of Jesus he really only lead 12 men, and some people today are leading thousands. He only led for about three years too, when some today have been leading for decades. In this respect, you have to measure the quality of ones leadership based on the amount of responsibility they have upon them.

  My personal scale allows for "experience" to be a measure of leadership.

  My thought

  Dragon
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  Stupid Rules - LIST!!!! ( CONTEST )

  by breeze in

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  stupid rules list....

  i will start.... number 1) two people have to witness a sin before it is reported to the superior authorities....making me the org the last word in all areas.. the most stupid rule gets to post it once the gb has judged it the most stupid?

  maybe simon will be one of the judges..... breeze

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  No elder, ministerial servant or Pioneer may own a hand gun. If you have one, you must take it apart, bash it with a hammer and throw the pieces into separate trash containers.

  ~real rule~ In Southern Oregon congregations!

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  Dragon
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  Some times in life, it just rains.

  by kenpodragon in

  1. jw
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  this last june my wife and i were invited to a close friends wedding.

  june it a normally a hot month in our area, with blue skies and temperature in the mid nineties.

  it is not unusual for people to plan outdoor weddings, and take advantage of our nice summer climate.

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  This last June my wife and I were invited to a close friends wedding. June it a normally a hot month in our area, with blue skies and temperature in the mid nineties. It is not unusual for people to plan outdoor weddings, and take advantage of our nice summer climate. The wedding we attended was no exception. They were holding the ceremony in a little park along the river, with just a small group of friends. We were all arriving and noticed that a few clouds had blown in overhead, but we figured it was still going to be a warm day. The event started, and the wedding party proceeded to do their march down the aisle, when "drip, drip, drip" a few drops were being felt. Then it began to pour, a summer rain upon us. As I set there getting wet with my wife along my side, it accrued to me something, "sometimes it just rains in life."

  What do I mean by that? Well when we left the religion, and I know this has happened with others as well. We had some crazy things happen, or events that kind of shook our world a little. To those still in the Kingdom Hall, they saw such events as Jehovah pulling away his holy spirit and thus allowing in Satan's demons to attack. They felt these "rain storms in life" were meant to teach us that leaving Jehovah's organization was a mistake we should regret.

  I remember in my past being in the congregation and seeing people disfellowshiped, and than looking for all kinds of things to happen to them. If they had a daughter get pregnant, or a spouse leave them. We would always make that statement, "see what happens when you leave Jehovah and his organization." We made these comments, while we ignored the fact that one of our local elder was currently having the same thing happening in his life as well, while he still attended the services within the Kingdom Hall walls.

  Jehovah's Witnesses tend to want to feel at times, that people who leave the religion would get some sort of extra punishment, beyond the disfellowshiping and having their families taken away. I think they wanted a little extra proof that this action, of the elder body, was the will of Jehovah God and not just men trying to find proof to their judicial committees actions. In doing so though, we often picked out the obvious and the normal to mean something it wasn't.

  So when I set at this wedding, in what should of been blue skies and a warm day, with a slow summer storm approaching that was getting us all wet. I was happy to see what real friends do in these darkened time. They do not sit back and point fingers, and say, "look you are getting what you deserve." No, the first rain fell and suddenly a dozen umbrellas opened and protected their friends, the groom and the bride, from the sudden unexpected down pour. The wedding went on and the day was something to laugh about, and remember for all time with a smile. Not for the rain that arrived, but the love shown in the people who stood, with umbrella, by their friends and loved ones side.

  For it is true in this time, "that sometimes it rains in life" and yet we must ask, are we someone who points at another's pain, or are we someone who hands a umbrella to are friends and stands by their side?

  <Handing the whole room a umbrella>

  My thought

  Dragon

  Edited by - kenpodragon on 23 October 2002 17:7:24
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  Who is your leader?

  by kenpodragon in

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  in all religion we are taught to respect a title rather then a person.

  we are educated to look to the meaning behind the title, and to accept that this image is the reflection seen in the men that carry the name.

  this thinking sounds so good when explained, but lacks so much in action.

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  But I do know that there was a person that fit all those qualities who lived 2000 yrs ago and the majority of people didn't like what he had to say.

  I know people say Jesus is the only leader, but you know I think their is a small bit of leadership in everyone if they find a proper balance in life. I feel if we say Jesus is the only one, and no one can reach that level. Than we are allowing people who wish to lead to not put the proper effort forth to help others. Yes, no one is perfect! Yet some try a little less then others to be so and some of those are in leadership positions.

  My thought

  Dragon
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  Who is your leader?

  by kenpodragon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in all religion we are taught to respect a title rather then a person.

  we are educated to look to the meaning behind the title, and to accept that this image is the reflection seen in the men that carry the name.

  this thinking sounds so good when explained, but lacks so much in action.

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  My Heart is my leader.

  Good point, very few seem to make it through my personal filter, but my own personal heart seems to fit the requirements.

  My thought

  Dragon