No, I never really cared, but since my husband was one of their own I was very surprized that they never bothered to offer support while I was overseas in school. One elder did give him his frequent flyer miles to fly over to see me, so I have to say that was super nice. But no elder came to see me. And that was just fine.
Posts by Panda
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39Would You Like It If The Elders Called You To See How You're Doing?
by minimus ini read how some seem to complain that the elders never visited or even made 1 call to see how they were doing.
would you really want the elders visiting and calling you at this point in time?
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I got Fired!
by missylissy inwell, its official, ive been fired after working only 2 days.
i got a job at wendys.
today, after school when i went in to work, the manager says she need to talk to me.
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Sorry Missy, They should give you free meals for a year or something for the mental anguish alone! Wow 15 is a great age, so much ahead of you with the borg behind you. Can you work retail?
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Creationist threatens academic science standards group with words of Jesus
by Gopher ina certain christian uses threats to "witness" to a public school committee.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4215964.html.
science standards committee taken aback by creationist's e-mail.
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Panda
Every bit of scientific information is "THEORY". We have the theory of relativity , which we use to create nuclear reactions and send rockets into space. Why is this still called a theory? Because science allows for paradigm shifts. That doesn't mean the shift shows the former to be incorrect, rather the shift is when additional information is added, thus we first had Newton's law, Einstein built on that for relativity, and scientists (physicists) today abound with new speculations such as, it may be possible that the universe at one time had speeds faster than the speed of light. So each theory allows for the shift, not negating but building on the previous analyses. Another example is the PTE, which contains many "empty" or unnamed spaces. We know by atomic weights of elements that these exist, but science has not found them yet. Eventually inorganic chemistry will fill in the PTE. Also think of the genome project. In 1953 the "discovery" of DNA didn't mean that there was no DNA before, only that scientists hadn't seen it. It takes time and instruments to understand the natural world. So the theory of life begins with knowledge of punctuated multi-generational changes within a species, continues to DNA and eventually the paradigm shift to what makes things alive. It's not a stretch anymore, we understand how and why theories must allow for change. This is science.
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MN JW Jordan Knox goes missing
by Nathan Natas inhttp://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/7274123.htm
posted on sun, nov. 16, 2003 .
law enforcement: thief river falls man missing since tuesday.
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Panda
Oh god this is so sad. Probably no one knew him well enough to know about his feelings. A few years ago a young friend of ours shot himself and we just kept wondering what we missed and how3 did we not see his depression? Such a young man and so unhappy that only death will suffice.
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oK IM handicapprd
by jst2laws inok, i'm handicapped tonite.
i shot though my lrft hand with a nail gun today.
yeah, that ws me on top of thr ladder.. .
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Why did the nail effect your spelling?
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Should Sexual Offenders Be Detained Even After They've Done Their Time?
by Country Girl inquestions rise over imprisoning sex offenders past their terms
1 hour, 36 minutes ago
add top stories - the new york times to my yahoo!
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In China child molesters are given the bullet method of recovery. Likewise rapists, because they are not deemed reformable. I have personally seen that once a sex offender always a sex offender. And we don't need any more victims.
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WT Covers comp continued...................
by qwerty in.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/25/61656/936380/post.ashx#936380
continuing from dmouses topic our new enjoyable hobby............. .
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ROTFLMAO .... Oh it hurts to laugh this much in the AM. OH GOD you guys are hilarious. Oh wow I didn't know I needed this laugh so badly, oh gosh Thank you for the cheerful display of creative minds. Oh gosh Oh this is so funny ....OW
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Now it's wrong to sweep up!!!
by petespal2002 inat a meeting last thursday night, so i'm reliably informed, a brother was sweeping up outside the kh as he always does every meeting.
on this occasion however, he was taken to one side by an elder, told it was not his place to sweep the front of the hall, and to go back to a neighbouring congregation as he is "not wanted here!".
maybe only the super-righteous can sweep in public and the rest of us slosh out the latrines!!!!!!!!!
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BTW... If the sweeper is annointed he must be old. He may have been confused. The elder may have been joking with him. You know like "get outta here you bum, hahaha." Or there may be issues about cleaning that the 2 congregations sharing the KH don't agree on, or maybe they just don't get the job done. So Old annointed man decides he'll make peace and do the sweeping for both congs. Well Elder Snob won't accept that because he's all for teaching cong B a lesson.
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Now it's wrong to sweep up!!!
by petespal2002 inat a meeting last thursday night, so i'm reliably informed, a brother was sweeping up outside the kh as he always does every meeting.
on this occasion however, he was taken to one side by an elder, told it was not his place to sweep the front of the hall, and to go back to a neighbouring congregation as he is "not wanted here!".
maybe only the super-righteous can sweep in public and the rest of us slosh out the latrines!!!!!!!!!
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"cautious as serpents..."
Has zelvis left the building? Trolling for trouble directly didn't work, so now we hear from the older wiser troll about how this forum is unchristian. Give it a break. Folks here are diverse with diverse ideas. And unlike the WTS I appreciate what everyone has to say, and if I don't like it I say I don't like or I simply disagree. Zelvis and gentlesoul won't allow for different opinions. They aren't used to good discussions with other intelligent humans. I hope that they continue to lurk and learn.
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Organized Dub Rave Parties...Easy sex optional!
by yxl1 inmy wife had a long drive home from north yorkshire with her younger brother (who is a dub) last night.
she was asking him questions about his social life and was very surprised at his response.
apparently, each week in london some brothers organize raves in various hired nightclubs.
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Panda
Sounds like fun!