Posts by jeremiah18:5-10

there have been several threads about music the last few days, so i decided to start another.. this song absolutely makes me tear up every time i hear it.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_3byxasmm.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FLDREbYxuPc

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Songs that make you cry

by sooner7nc in

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there have been several threads about music the last few days, so i decided to start another.. this song absolutely makes me tear up every time i hear it.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_3byxasmm.

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As a father of a little girl (although 13 now) I have a real soft spot for "Butterfly Kisses"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2FyjKQvWKw8

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i am new to here so please be bear with me.. i have always believed in god, but was never baptised, my parents wanted me to make up my own mind religon wise.. i am thinking of becoming a jw and am just needing some advice on how to do this, bible study and jw beliefs.

also do jw say grace and how.. i am greatful of any help.. thanks.

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Great, become a Witness of Jehovah. While you're at it become a Witness of Jesus, just DON"T become a PUBLISHER of the WTBTS!!!

That's the worst move anyone can make, and one has NOTHING to do with the other!

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Crosses, Beards and Wings

by Cold Steel in

i've always been fascinated by the pictures in the watchtower.

back in the 70s, i was intrigued by pictures of a beardless jesus hanging on a stake with two theives hanging beside him.

he usually had a full head of hair, but it looked strange for a beardless jesus to be standing in the midst of his disciples, all with beards!

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Regarding cross or stake:

If all of a sudden history revealed Jesus was executed on a stake rather than a cross, what would happen? Perhaps people would just switch to a stake around their neck. Whatever!! WTS asks, "If someone dear to you were murdered with a pistol would you wear a pistol around your neck? Would you glorify the means of death?"

That's not what people are doing! Jesus and the prophets made a big deal out of the fact that Jesus would be executed as a common criminal or common man. Whatever the means that Jesus was hung on, the point is he was executed in that manner. It has nothing to do with "glorifying" the means of death. This argument really gets under my skin. The main point is ALWAYS missed!!!

Seriously, what difference does it make?

Even when "in the truth" as an elder and pioneer, I refused to place any significance on stake or cross. I would say it doesn't matter, what matters is he DIED willingly and undeservedly.

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Witness Speak: the worst of collection

by grumblecakes in

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so we all know the jw vocabulary is a weird one.

what words or phrases bugged you the most?.

a few of mine:.

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Theocratic warfare

A little leaven ferments the whole lump

agents

in other words...

its against my religion

not-at home

business witnessing

telephone witnessing

as we can see...

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My brother died tonight

by poppers in

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just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.

he was diagnosed in early august.

this has been really tough for me and my family..

jeremiah18:5-10

I'm so sorry to heaar of your loss. It's hard to quantify how much a persons brother really means to them. I'm sure it leaves a void that will be impossible to fill. I have 2 older brothers and would be devasted to lose either one. My condolences.

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Another benefit to being an ex-jw

by jeremiah18:5-10 in

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this year my wife, kids and i are celebrating christmas and birthdays for the first time.

having been a born-in, i was raised to believe that these events were not only pagan in origin, but also self-promoting and greedy.

what i have learned as the year as progressed and as christmas gets closer is quite the opposite.. as it turns out, my wife and i never learned how to give gifts and to shop for other people, neither have my kids.

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Problem is my 10y.o. son is mostly into computer games and I really want to try and get him more into sports and outdoor activities. Any suggestions on a gift that could help accomplish this?

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Nugget and I have been married 24 years today and our son is 10!

by cantleave in

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so glad we are out the cult together it makes occassions like this so much more special..

jeremiah18:5-10

Happy anniversary!!! My wife and I are only 2 years behind you and my son is 10 too!

Enjoy your blessed day.