true story ........so i was standing in line at the hardware store yesterday, picking up some garden stuff and happened to catch the conversation in front of me.
the man in front of me was buying a no soliciting sign.
the checker asked "who is this for, girl scouts?
The only time JWs ever came to my door, I didn't answer because I was 12 and home alone. If it is a Mormon, I'm usually just civil with them and tell them I'm not interested. They always offer to help you with stuff around the house, though, regardless of whether or not you're interested. I think that's lovely. Maybe the JWs should do that. People would be happier to see them!
My JW boyfriend complained about a door to door salesman that came to his house once, and I couldn't not laugh at him.
i'm kind of freaking out because i'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks.
two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted.
fortunately, they're not oddly aligned.
haha I'm pretty sure it's fairly standard for any impacted wisdom teeth patients to be put to "conscious sleep." More people seem to do that nowadays than anything else. I think that would be preferrable to being awake. I think I'd be creeped out either way. I wasn't even comfortable with my brother trying to pull out my loose baby teeth with a string and a door. =p
Thanks for telling me your experience with teeth pulling, too! I'm pretty sure you're supposed to at least feel semi-normal a few hours after the IV sedation. It's just the concept of twilight sleep and the idea that some stranger is going to be hacking at my mouth when I'm out that's a bit worrysome.
in terms of christian ministries, radio and tv stations/shows are such an effective tool.
i've worked in christian media, and i can see the impact that it has on people.
if you have a pastor who knows their stuff, is crazy passionate about it, and is a little less loony and more empathetic, they can really get a lot of people interested.
In terms of Christian ministries, radio and TV stations/shows are such an effective tool. I've worked in Christian media, and I can see the impact that it has on people. If you have a pastor who knows their stuff, is crazy passionate about it, and is a little less loony and more empathetic, they can really get a lot of people interested. The amount of people who have converted because of well knowns like Greg Laurie, Billy Graham, etc. is pretty good. There are even Christian musicians who have done a really good job of using their enthusiasm and love for God to get people interested in Christianity.
Have the JWs ever tried any witnessing like that? It would be far better than annoying people at their doors. I can see why they wouldn't use music as a tool, seeing as it's far too "worldly." But if they had a JW version of Carman in the 90s, who knows?! I still love that guy. (Don't judge me; I think he's fun!) They should at least try the media outlet, though. That way people can look into it without being bothered by someone. They could still put their spin on it, but make it more relatable to the public? I don't know. I just don't understand why they don't try to do more of that. It's a far better method than sending their members out to be reviled by people. And subjecting unsuspecting homeowners to magazines best suited for the logical capacity of a five year old. Although I suppose their programming might end up being best suited for the logic of a kindergartner, too.
Do they have a history of trying this? What do you think it would be like if they tried it today? Would it just terrify the public? =p
i'm kind of freaking out because i'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks.
two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted.
fortunately, they're not oddly aligned.
I realize this is crazy overdue, but thanks for the replies! I'm not so much of a wimp, but I'm terrified of this surgery. I've never gone under for anything and I've never so much as had a cavity, so it's pretty daunting. I've become convinced that I'm going to be the first case in modern dentistry to die on the wisdom tooth operating table.
Truth be told, the IV sedation creeps me out more than anything else. And the pain meds worry me, too. I know a fair number of people who didn't need them and stuck with ibuprofen or Tylenol, but with my luck, my face will end up looking like The Marshmallow Man's and I'll need all the pain pills in the town's supply.
i'm kind of freaking out because i'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks.
two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted.
fortunately, they're not oddly aligned.
I'm kind of freaking out because I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks. Two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted. Fortunately, they're not oddly aligned. They're straight, just stupid. So at least it shouldn't a complicated surgery. I think they'll just need to open up the gums and pull, instead of breaking them up and taking out the pieces.
I'm kind of going to try to just take the prescription ibuprofen they'll give me because most of my friends said that the pain pills (my oral surgeon also gives Vicodin) they were given either made them vomit, almost vomit, or just feel completely dizzy and out of it. Those people said they would have rather had more pain than those symptoms. Plus I never take anything ever, so I think my body could maybe have a weird reaction. I have a few friends who couldn't use the pain pills out of necessity, (they weren't prescribed, they had to watch their kid, they had to be back at work the next day, etc.) and they said that the pain wasn't so bad that it was unbearable or anything. They just took Tylenol, Advil, or what have you.
I'm trying to get as many stories as I can from people who've had theirs pulled. I know it's not going to make any difference haha, but it eases my mind a bit. How bad did you guys have it? Did it feel like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre just happened in your mouth? Or were you as high as Mary Poppins the whole time? Did prescription strength normal type pills work?
i just saw the posting on the bible and abortion.
thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not be.
thou shalt not take the name of the lord in vain.
I'm a Christian, but this issue annoys me so much. I would say that, yes, late term abortions are basically killing a baby. With medical advancements, babies who are born four months premature can survive, albeit with problems. But I don't believe that life begins at conception, either, and I feel people are just grasping at straws when they say that the Bible says it does. If people get an abortion within a month or so of finding out that they're pregnant, it just doesn't logically seem like it's "murder" to me. And the Bible doesn't say one way or the other, either.
Of course if I say these things to anyone I go to church with, I'll have to duck from projectile objects and fists. :P
i've been considering it for awhile strictly for just general overall health.
i don't take any meds, and would like to keep it that way for as long as i can.
i am a "all things in moderation " type of person but the more i read about excluding dairy and meat, the more i think about doing it.
I know I don't post here much, but I've been a vegetarian for a few years. My reason for becoming one is pretty stupid, though haha. I saw Paul McCartney in concert a few years ago. I'd been thinking about the idea of cutting meat out of my diet for a while, as my mom and dad said that was when they were at their very best health. (They were vegetarians for a few years after they got married. It was the 70s; everyone was doing it!) Anyway, Mr. McCartney comes out, and my immediate thought it is, "Dang! This dude is old enough to be my grandpa and he has roughly 3,000 times my energy level! He's been a vegetarian for nearly 40 years. Maybe there's something to this..."
So, literally the next day, I say, "No more meat." I still really miss seafood. Sometimes I watch Finding Nemo and want to punch Bruce the shark in the face for his "fish are friends, not food" mantra. But then I agree with him. =p But yeah, I feel SO much healthier. I've lost 15 pounds or so since then. I've also been trying to eat a little less dairy. I could never fully cut it out, but soy milk isn't that bad. I'm too big of a cheese head to give up that, though. I would also do a disservice to my screen name if I did.
yes, the may 15th watchtower is now available for download from jw.org.. the final study article, on page 26, directs another salvo at apostates - and warns witnesses not to try arguing with them on the internet:.
indeed, we ought to move as far away from wrongdoing as possible and not see how close we can get to it without being overcome by sin.
for instance, we need to guard against succumbing to apostasy, a sin that would make us unfit to glorify god.
I understand that this is a semi-separate issue, since they're primarily concerned with people learning the truth here, but they way they are about "staying away from sinners" is so insane. They must think everyone in the religion is so weak and easily swayed that they will just bust out into crazy sin mode as soon as they see someone so much as buying cigarettes. Two people of the opposite sex aren't allowed to be together alone because they will have had sex within three minutes. Don't be around people who are too passionate about sports because then your life will turn into some sort of basketball-driven orgy. Don't let women wear clothing that has been made in the past 30 years or else there will be a masturbation convention right after the meeting. I even heard someone in my sphere of JW acquaintances say that I shouldn't hang out with my gay friend too much because his behavior would start rubbing off on me. I don't know what that means. I'd start being a gay man with him? I'm missing the necessary body equipment to be one of those. But I am attracted to men. Oh no... it's already started...
At least when I talk about this stuff with the JW boyfriend, he realizes they can be a bit cuckoo. This dude is never getting baptized if he stays in the church, I don't think.
*** text for february-19-12 ***.
sunday, february 19. happy are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness.-matt.
5:6.. genuine christians today need to guard against being unduly influenced by the pleasure-mad spirit of this world.
"For example, some people have turned to ... various illicit activities in an effort to excite their senses."
I'm just imagining extreme jaywalkers right now...
my jw boyfriend says this all the time whenever i'm venting about life and some of its disappointments, career aspirations and how hard they are to make happen sometimes, problems with friends/family, or just random stuff that gets to me.
i'm not a negative person or anything; i only get moody occasionally.
i am a woman; it's kind of required.
Sorry, I'm on the internet very infrequently and have the attention span of a puppy when I am, so I forgot to check this. To the person who asked me if my BF knows the lengths of desperation he's driving me to, making me consider listening to Hasselhoff CDs rather than him, he probably does. When he starts preaching, sometimes I just walk away. When I sit and listen, I probably look like I've lost the will to live. Or I just throw the Bible I carry in my purse at him. (Yes, I carry the Bible in my purse; don't judge me!)
I feel sort of compelled to explain us. When we first started hanging out, we didn't think it would even really be a serious relationship. We just started hanging out, and being in our early 20s, we hardly thought it would lead to anything serious. Definitely not marriage or anything. But then those darned feelings developed. I honestly don't know if I ever want to get married because infidelity rates scare the poo out of me, and also people in general scare the poo out of me. But we kind of just started having those feelings, without really expecting it. We've been together for a long time, but if we have an expiration date, I'll get over it. I'm not overly needy and I'm fine being alone, so I'll be sad, but I'll power on. That being said, I wouldn't marry him if he sticks to the JW thing. I've thought about it, and accepted that we really can't get married with such different beliefs. If I did have kids, I wouldn't want them exposed to the insanity. Or to be forced to choose between family and religion. That's a seriously screwed up way to be brought up. And the people who put those policies into play should be ashamed of themselves.
As for him, he's not a devout JW. He's not even baptized. His mother got into it when he was just young enough to still be going to church with her. He has other siblings, but only he and his sister were young enough to go. So he's been exposed to it half his life or so, and he accepts a lot of it as true. He doesn't accept all of it as true, and he tells me that the elders are semi-annoyed with him anyway because he asks questions constantly. (Which probably wouldn't be good if he was baptized; he can get away with it now. :P) But his mom is pretty slack because he and his sister have both dated non-JWs, and most of their friends are non-JWs, too. (I think a lot of that may have to do with the fact that there are very few JWs under the age of 40 in this area. Most of the kids he knew who were brought up with it have left.) I know about the time we started hanging out, he was really getting into it, but then I kind of threw a wrench in his plans. I know one of the reasons he's starting to question so much is because he almost wants to leave because then we could be together, and I hate that. I'd rather have it be from legitimate doubts that it's right. He tried for ages to get me interested, but when I even looked at the basic doctrines, I had a lot of WTF moments. The worst part for him was that he would try to show me via the Bible why they were right, and I would just jump back and be able to contest it. It probably threw him for a loop that one of those "worldly" types who "don't follow the Bible" knew way more about the good book than he did. And I'm a lady! Oh no, alert the elders. A girl who successfully argues Bible with a man. :P
So he's not a devout JW. Not baptized. Not fully convinced of any of their stuff. He just says they're "the best alternative." I've been working at making him realize that's not true at all. I have found that talking to him via the Bible is way more effective than talking to him about the organization. And then I guess he doesn't read the magazines because I keep up with the controversial stuff with you fine people here, and I find stuff that I think should jar him. The recent one about people only receiving blessings from the 144,000 made him do this face: O_O If only the elders that he's asking questions to knew it was a mere woman putting all these ideas into his mind...
