I remember this illustration, but used with marbles. The 'brother' that was giving the talk actually used large marbles in a jar, he then added small marbles, but misjudged pouring them into the jar, the marbles rolled all over the stage and down into the audience. True Story. We all said that he lost his marbles...hiss, boo, hiss.
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Remember the illustration of the jar filled with golf balls ?
by troubled mind inour co gave the illustration about a jar filled with golf balls ,pebbles and sand ......it was suppose to illustrate how if we put theocratic things first other things like family and entertainment will fit .
blah , i like this explaination much better....... .
a professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
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First time back to the king dumb hall in a year!
by BreathoftheIndianNose inhey everyone,.
so it's been over a year and this saturday i'm going to the hall.
can you help to prep me for what sort of emotions and feelings might come rushing in?
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PaintedToeNail
Be prepared to NOT sit in the family row, if they have one. You don't want to be invited to move out of the row in front of a bunch of self-righteous people.
The wedding talk is tedious, boring and down right embarassing. My teenage son was totally turned off when he heard one this fall, which is a good thing.
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Do Witnesses Ever Talk About Their Living Forever And Never Dying?
by minimus inmy 86 year old mother stopped believing she was going into paradise earth without dying first, about 10 years ago.
my aunt used to think she was going to make it through the great tribulation.
even a week before she died, she clung on to this fairy tale.. do you think jws believe they will never die at all and will, in their lifetime, be on a paradise earth to live forever?.
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PaintedToeNail
My dad talked about getting into the Paradise by 'underground' recently. He was a true believer in 1975. He relocated his family across the country to save his brothers and sister from being destroyed in 1975...it is almost 40 years later and he is still gung ho, and broke, as he was never going to get old in this system.
My husband sometimes brings up that he always expected to live forever with me by his side and he is now sad that I won't be there. I told him not to worry, as armeggedon isn't coming anytime soon, and I'll be dead long before then...and being dead, I'll qualify for resurrection since someone like King Solomon, who was given everything by divine intervention, extreme wealth, wisdom and women, and he turned apostate and led an entire nation away from serving Jah, was getting a resurrection...surely an inconsequential woman with no special blessings from god would be too.
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Final prayer after fieldservice today.
by El_Guapo inhi guys,.
i was asked to give final prayer today after the field service meeting.
i asked for jah to bless and comfort the families of the newtown, ct massacre.
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PaintedToeNail
Unbelievable. True colors are showing, and it ain't pretty. Pray to convert them, but do not pray that they have comfort in the midst of immense heartbreak. Sick.
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Not disfellowshipped, not shunned by JWs, but my Bro's Family? That's a whole different story...
by stuckinlimbo inso my niece was disfellowshipped about 18 months ago for having a worldly boyfriend who was obviously staying over at her place on a regular basis.
they now have a house together an are going strong.
her boyfriend is a nice guy.
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Stuck-thanks for the nice update on you and your healthy baby and happy niece.
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I was the weird kid in the class....
by punkofnice in.......because i was raised a jw and not allowed to do anything like birthday parties and the like.. i was ridiculed because i was dragged around on the 'ministry'(tm) and my class mates saw and laughed.. i wasn't allowed to go into school morning assembly even though it wasn't religious...just in case.....so i used to get beat up in the cloak room.. i tried to fit in but had too many guilt trips.. i now loathe the god concept and the gb!.
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School + Witness Kid = mental anguish
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Sandy Hook Massacre - Solutions
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PaintedToeNail
Portcullis type entrances to schools, no windows on doors, bulletproof glass in classroom windows. Attack-Sniff-Guard dogs. Dogs can be intimidating, even if you have guns. Americans will never give up their guns, so school officials will have to out think sociopaths with guns.
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Hello
by Tameria2001 inhello, its been a long time since i was an active member to this forum.
life had gotten busy, and i had forgotten my old log in information.
it was 11 years, and 3 computers ago when i had made my original account here.
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PaintedToeNail
Tameria-Nice to hear from you! Welcome back. I'm jealous that you got out with your husband, but very happy for you.
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Hi, newbie here
by casio ini've lurked on this site for about 18 months and read with interest.
nice to be able to see that there are others who have similar feelings to me.
i'm still in but feel a bit of a phoney given the way i think about things.
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PaintedToeNail
Hello from the northern Appalachian area!
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Need Some Tough Love & Help
by Simon Morley innot sure how to approach this but here goes.....my wife discovered a porn site on the computer tonight.
yes, i was going to them, and i was foolish to think i could never get caught.
i have been visiting them for some years, not a daily problems, but occasionaly every month or so - still a problem wethere its once or a hundred times.
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PaintedToeNail
Maybe you could step down from being an elder. Tell her she is right, you have been a hypocrite, and you will rectify the situation by immediately stepping down. This may enable you to fade away with far less stress.
I agree with mrsjones, it isn't your daughter's business. If your wife insists on telling your daughter, your wife might be shocked that it doesn't bother her as much as it bothers Mrs. Morley. Your daughter is of a more modern generation and might be enjoying porn of her own.
Whatever happens, I wish you the best.