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  What do you call a person who . . . ?

  by Terry in

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  what do you call a person who keeps promising to do something for you--but won't get up off their ass and do it?.

  what do you call a person who needs money from you all the time and doesn't pay it back?.

  what do you call a person who keeps you waiting and waiting and then, they don't show up?.

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  James Brown

  I call them trouble and history.

  They are not in my life.
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  A PERSONAL QUESTION to help me finish my NOVEL

  by Terry in

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  here is a personal question:.

  is it disturbing to you when an author jumps into the flow of history and radically departs in order to drive an important lesson home to the reader?.

  in this novel i have several watch tower leaders meeting incredibly violent deaths at the hands of --well, i won't give anything away.

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  James Brown

  Terry it sounds like you are writing historical fiction.

  My favorite author in that genre is James Michner

  Have you read him, Terry?

  It seems like you are already inspired and motivated.

  I was just wondering if you have been inspired by Michner.

  I'm not much for reading fiction, but when I do, I read James Michner.

  He has a format that he follows in many of his novels that is enticing and works and captivates

  over and over again.

  To bad hes dead.
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  Do you think the age has passed when there can be no new religions?

  by truthseeker in

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  i think we are already living in the age where there can be no new religions.

  we have access to information like never before and anyone claiming revelations of something new and starting a whole new religion can easily be discredited.. christianity and islam may continue to subdivide but i think we've pretty much seen the end of anything new in terms of a new belief system.. .

  what are your thoughts on this?.

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  James Brown

  There is a saying "There is a sucker born every minute"

  By David Hannum. And I think there are a lot of wolfs aware of it.

  I think there is always room for new and better religions, Like Scientology.

  The founder said a person could make a million dollars by starting a religion.
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  Anyone recall a time when your congregation came to the aid of a Brother or sister in need??

  by jam in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).

  decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.

  example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.

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  James Brown

  There is an old blues song that the witnesses embrace.
  "Nobody Knows you when your down and out."

  by Bessie Smith

  Eric Clapton and a host of others.

  Once I lived the life of a millionaire, spendin' my money I didn't careI carried my friends out for a good time, buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wineWhen I begin to fall so low, I didn't have a friend and no place to goSo if I ever get my hand on a dollar again, I'm gonna hold on to it 'til them eagle's grinNobody knows you, when you down and outIn my pocket not one penny, and my friends I haven't any ...
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  Survey---who is inactive, disfellowshipped/disassociated or active?

  by minimus in

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  i am inactive for about 10 years now..

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  Inactive since 83. Haven't been to a meeting since 83.
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  Would Your Family Stone You to Death?

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  ot law required jews to take the lead in stoning a family member who became apostate.. the watchtower has lamented the fact that the law of the land now forbids them from doing so.. if the law permitted it, as it does in some musim countries, and if the watchtower required it, would your family obey?.

  my parents are good people and i believe their love for me is genuine, but i think they would follow orders.. what about yours?.

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  James Brown

  My family is all out of the Watchtower.

  Some of my wifes family is still in.

  They probably would enjoy a good stoning.
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  Why so many unbelieving spouses?

  by garyneal in

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  2. friends

  i had been thinking about religion and religious services in general and perhaps i am just noticing it more because of my personal involvement but it seems that the jehovahs witness religion tends to have more incidents of mixed marriages where one partner is considered the unbelieving spouse than other religions or churches.

  of course, i have not been to church is a while and even when i did go to church i found that there werent as many instances of a spouse going it alone in the church without their partner.

  i guess that is partly why i got discouraged in going to church as i felt like i could only bring half my family to it.. the main thing i would like to discuss, though, is why does there seem to be a higher number of mixed marriages within this religion as opposed to other religions.

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  James Brown

  My father never was a JW.

  And the congregation I went to back in the 50's -70's

  a good number of the men, husbands were not witnesses.

  I think the meetings were a way for the husbands to get a couple of nights and a day out

  away from the family.
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  Coping with becoming an atheist?

  by Crazyguy in

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  its been a very eye opening experience for me to find out that the god of the bible is as real as thor or ra.

  i still believe a higher power created life but can see now how it doesn't really care about us.

  so with this in mind realizing one has only 70-80 years to live and that may be just it, is very stunning..

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  James Brown

  Just wonder how you did it? Its been a very eye opening experience for me to find out that the god of the bible is as real as Thor or Ra. I still believe a higher power created life but can see now how it doesn't really care about us. So with this in mind realizing one has only 70-80 years to live and that may be just it, is very stunning.

  I have been coming to that realization for the past 30 years. That the bible God is as real as Thor or Ra.

  I have dealt with it lots of ways. Keep busy, exercise. I have taken anti depressents which I am now weening myself off of.

  I lived 62 years following a lot of Godly principals.

  I picked and chose to satisfy myself.

  I have done everything I can or was interested to do and could afford.

  If I had 100 million dollars. I would just buy more things and have fancier things.

  Which I have come to realize things dont make me happy. Maybe for 5 minutes to one day.

  If I had 100 million I probably would travel, but I can see most things on the travel channel and cable tv

  from the comfort and security of my home.

  I like to think there is a higher power. Some forms of new age religion might be comforting.

  There are a lot of possibilities to explore but you will never find the smoking gun.

  If you do tell us and someone will tell you its not the gun and its not smoking.

  Then again thinking there is a higher power that doesnt care about us is kind of like looking

  behind the curtain at the wizard in Oz.

  Curiosity killed the cat. Its an immage you cant get out of your mind the wizard in Oz.

  Once you stretch the elastic out of youre underwear they never fit right anymore.

  Thats the way your brain is when you find out the truth about the truth and the truth about life.
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  Anyone recall asemblies actually being fun?

  by tim hooper in

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  when i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.

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  http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.

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  James Brown

  When I was like 5 to 8 years old and the assemblies were at the masonic temple in Cleveland. The assemblies were fun.

  The Masonic temple was a neat old place to be.

  I would run and hide all over that place.

  https://www.google.com/#q=masonic+temple+cleveland

  

  
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  FAT BURNERS????

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. friends

  i need a good fat-burner.

  i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

  yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

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  James Brown

  I agree with Cofty.

  I am 62. I eat a lot. I drink 4 beers a day maybe more on the weekend.

  But I go to the gym and play soccer. When I play soccer I run the whole field.

  I am soaking wet at the end of the game.

  I eat breakfast a peanut butter and jelly or scrambled eggs on pupernickle.

  I have a cup of cottage cheese for lunch.

  And for dinner I have 3 to 4 beers meat and potatoes and tomatoes cucumbers and steamed vegetables.

  I am 5'10 weigh 180 and 62 years old.

  I either lift weights for an hour a day or play soccer 6 days out of seven