Della, that is it. You are exactly right, along with others here. I think that is the least damaging and kindest approach with an otherwise intelligent person who is giving out clues that they are waking up. It's also the least likely to get the validator into conflict with anyone or to ruin a fade.
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Is My Wife Awakening?
by My Name is of No Consequence inevery now and then, my wife will talk about how things are not making sense within the org.
i usually just dismiss it as her playing mind games with me.
for example, she would ask why there are so many branches being closed or why so many congregations are being merged.
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JaniceA
I agree with Simon in this case.
BTW, I remember the original CoC wasn't cheap and few non formulaic books are super cheap simply because they are e-books. Schlock is free or cheap. Whatever the opinions about Dykstras timing, it isn't schlock!
Terry Walstrom is selling his ebook for 9.99. So is Lloyd John cedars. We should get kindle unlimited if we want to borrow them for free. I love ebooks, but I'd want that one as a hardcopy, personally. Novels and some memoirs can be e books,but I don't like reference material that I want to keep in that format.
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conversation with a JW about the sun
by neat blue dog injw: didn't we just hear somebody say that the sun's gonna blow up?.
me: well, they were saying that it will expand and eventually burn out.. jw: but it can't do that, it just keeps blowing up inside and getting more power.. me: well, they were talking about stars in general, how they have a life span.. jw: but god didn't make it that way, it's firmly established to time indefinite.
it's not like the sun is a regular star.
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JaniceA
Time indefinite contrasted with eternity for me at a young age. I knew what indefinite was! I always had my bred in indoctrination vying with my curiosity about what the bible actual said and What we knew about how the world worked. It never added up. It always required magical thinking and that was a whole conundrum in itself.
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Apparently, I'm (NOT) famous!
by TerryWalstrom instarbucks conversation today.... "oh my god!
i recognize you!
"you-you're graham somebody...air supply...the tall one.
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JaniceA
You are better looking, but I can see why they were mistaken.
Your daughter is lovely. I hope you enjoyed your free coffee!
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JaniceA
I saw a lot of naysayers in recent years. I felt Mrs. Dykstra was a woman of integrity and I am pleased to be right (about something!)
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Blood Card Issue
by pometerre21 ini posted this on r/exjw, but i thought i might post it here as well.
so the elders in our kh are moving to get us to sign new simplified blood cards and keep them on file.
i really need to not rock the boat in my current pimo status because of circumstances.. my cousin knows i have doubts about the blood thing, but i can’t show her that my doubts are getting to me.
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JaniceA
Remember that your last will and testament is simply the most recent one available. I would not put ANY thing in writing in the hope that a later one will be available. In a crisis, they aren't going to do a thorough investigation to find your latest blood card. This is only likely to be an issue in a critical medical situation when you can't speak for yourself. Don't leave anything on file that you don't agree with.
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Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?
by Chook incharity is lacking from the house of god.
i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.
charity begins at home..
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JaniceA
I heard that on 9-11 they opened the doors and handed out cookies or sandwiches as people fled Manhattan over the bridge.
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Did Ancient Jewish Worshipers Ever Make Changes to the "Holy' Scriptures?
by fulltimestudent inif you have the time and the means to visit israel right now, you can see something that few modern people have seen.. at the israel museum in jerusalem, a very special document will be on display.
the museum's website heading describes it as:.
genesis retold: an exceptional dead sea scroll.. .
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JaniceA
Accurate as to? Provenance? Authentic to?? Accepted by?
For all the WT and others go on about consistency. . Well, we have absolutely consistent and unquestioned declaration of independence , but that doesn't make it the word of god, even if there are statements that God had input into the laws and rights accorded in the document.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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JaniceA
Talk to his mom! “ I love your son and your son and I are sexually active together. Will that preclude me from attending services or taking communion? Could I go out in service or be baptized or answer questions at church?”
See what happens next.
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Republicans Are Not Welcome!
by minimus inthe owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.
he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.
it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..
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JaniceA
The only person I unfriended made a disparaging remark about my teeth when I updated my FB page.I’m not particularly vain, but wondered what kind of person I had accepted to associate with. He had a history of being rude to people about their looks. Usuallly really shallow or petty things. I can’t remember how I know him so I unfriended him. I don’t need unremitting negativity popping up at my actual friends. Disagree with me, but treat people respectfully.
Similarly, I don’t care to financially support jerks, even if I share their politics/philosophy/sexual proclivities generally.
But that’s just me. Jerks don’t get my support, however they lean, hang or vote. It’s a lot simpler to tell who is a jerk than who is Jw, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, Catholic, trans, Republican, Democrat, gay, straight whatever.
People who depend on customers and employees need to get a clue.