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  No Satan

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.

  because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.

  i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.

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  When I was young I was told not to pray/speak my fears out loud so Satan could not use them against me.

  Hmm wish someone had told me that so I could have prayed not to be rich or irresistible to attractive women
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  Are Men's Rights Laughable?

  by Paralipomenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading over the woody allen thread i noticed a couple things but didn't want to side track the "discussion".

  1) woody allen is creepy.

  2) nobody really seemed to care that his ex-wife was abusive towards her children.. an example i think is perfect was the release of twilight where you would see lineups of 30-40 year old women making very inappropriate comments about a 16 year old boy.

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  I think Hank Hill summed it up quite nicely

  It's called the double standard Bobby. Don't knock it — we got the long end of the stick on that one.

  Some you win some you lose.

  Another one where manly men don't win is custody battles.

  The man will most likely lose that battle and then have to pay child support to boot.

  In the long run, men probably get more "long end of the stick" situations than women.

  How many men were waiting for the Olsen twins to turn 18 before we could admit to o·gl ing
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  Qualifications for Elders & MS

  by snakeface in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that elders and ministerials are appointed by holy spirit.

  i was in the organization for about 25 years and was in 4 different congregations over the years.. in one congregration there was a sister in her mid-50's with an unbelieving husband.

  he did not attend meetings.

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  I'm pretty sure the qualifications for being and elder are being able to preach the expected qualifications without actually possessing any of them
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  Newbee

  by DullBookworm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not been a sister for the past 19 years, i asked to be da'd as i had started smoking aged 12 and at 19 no longer wanted people to think badly of the jw's over my conduct.. for 19 years my father, an elder, has tried his damndest to bring me back.

  he kept contact sometimes more, sometimes less, always under the threat to stop the contact alltogether.

  at one point he managed to not speak to me for several months.

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  First I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

  It sounds like he is at least conflicted. I wouldn't bring up anything apostate though. That will only make him more stuborn.

  Give it some time, whatever caused this will likely pass with time.

  Unless you were baptised then you are not off limits as far as I know. DA is different than DF and if you were baptised and smoking then you might have a pretty good argument for anulling the baptisim.
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  How Do Cults Function, Interesting Article We Know Too Well.

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought this artice might be a good read for our friends on jwn, do you see any of the tactics used by the watchtower?

  good day!.

  ..... cults, wonderful on the outside but on the inside are very manipulating.

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  2014 April Our Kingdom Ministry

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014 april our kingdom ministry.

  pdf version : press next and download.

  http://adf.ly/dr101.

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  mynameislame

  So many reminders on how to behave at the convention.

  Shouldn't the only true religion guided by God automatically be doing these things?

  Just goes to show how so many of the things they do is for show and not an integral part of their personalities.

  At least they remind the cheapOs to leave a tip although they don't say a tract is not a tip.

  Here's a couple of my faves:

  Please Follow Up (S-43) Forms: A Please Follow Up form should be used to provide information regarding any interest found through informal witnessing during the convention

  music will begin at 9:20 a.m. all three days.

  At that time, all of us should go to our seats so that the program can begin in a dignified manner

  When the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please do not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders

  International Conventions: Some areas will host international conventions. Keep in mind that the branch office has invited specific congregations and foreign delegates after carefully calculating the number of seats, parking spaces, and hotel rooms available.

  Overcrowding may occur if publishers attend an international convention to which they have not been invited. If circumstances require you to attend a convention other than the one to which you are assigned, you should not choose an International convention

  I say we all show up at an international convention, but instead of protesting we rush in and save hundreds of seats.

  Then walk around looking slovenly all day with fake badges on.
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  Inserting pictures from Flickr

  by Etude in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  can anyone provide steps for inserting a picture here from flickr?

  i can get the image url from flickr but when i try to insert it here, it will not display.

  as far as a i know, the image is set to public, but i'm not sure how to check.. thanks.. etude..

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  mynameislame

  Etude, If you can't see my plant picture in my first post then I'm not sure what the problem is.

  At least it does not sound like something you are doing wrong.

  Here's the link to the actual picture you posted the link to above.

  http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/12182510786_057a78af5e.jpg

  Thanks Dis-member, it's my wife's plant and yes it is growing in just water.

  Nice part is you can start it from just a single stem and in a short time have your whole house filled with them if you like.

  In my case it is where I get replacments for the ones I plant in dirt then forget to water :-)

  The picture was just me playing with HDR photograpy.

  You take a dark and a light photo of the same thing and merge them (that was the only time I really ever attempted it but it came out quite nicely)

  Here are the two originals.

  
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  Argument with my Child "Why did I stay in the Organization so long?" Anger and Bitter Feelings.

  by RottenRiley in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night my third oldest child wanted to know why we stayed in the organization so long.

  child is a third year college student enjoying all the classes this "wicked system" has to offer, the insatiable appetite for learning makes him want to argue and debate, i don't have the energy to debate because i don't feel good with all life has thrown our way.. .

  "the only reason i went to meetings so long was because grandma and grandpa needed somebody to take them to meetings and cobe aunt and uncle and secretary aunt and uncle refused to talk to grandma for years, otherwise i would have stopped attending the kingdom hall because the kids were assholes and i was always the one who had to make "first contact", "i was the one who had to go around and meet and greet newbies while the regular jw wall-flowers (calebs) ignored all the visitors and new persons visiting our kingdom hall.

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  He’s in college and average college age, I assume. Isn’t it his job to do a bit of rebelling at that age? That is exactly why the dubs don’t want you going to college in the first place. I’d pat him on the back and say, when your kids are in college you can come back and tell me what a great job you did. Until then just know I did the best I could with what I had. I don’t think you owe him any sort of an apology over and above that and you definitely don't need to feel guilty. He should feel lucky he got out in time to take control of his life.
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  The music that moves you....

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

  he named each song after a person in our family.

  this is the one he named heather.

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  mynameislame

  No love for embeded videos for lame

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwxUgefMStM
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  Syncis....sounds like another MLM scheme

  by whathehadas in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my sister who is 26 and a jw, recently quit her job to join this "company" that helps people invest for retirement.

  she has a masters and was working in education.

  now she's sold on syncis.

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  mynameislame

  Looks like the one I stuck my toe in when I was a dub (Melaluca) is still around and doing resonably well. I remember liking at least a couple of the products. Don't think I ended up selling too much of the stuff.

  Little did we know it was run by a Mormon. Wonder if that would have mattered?