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  Contin-uous hyphen-ation

  by Xanthippe in

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  2. tech-support

  i know this has been mentioned before, that words at the ends of lines are continually being cut in half and hyphenated.

  i think a suggestion was made and if i could find the thread i would follow it but it may have been removed, i've gone back in 'forum related' topics several months.. i can see it's not just me that it happens to and i have been trying to ignore it because life is too short and all that.

  i'm just starting to find it really annoying now.

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  Contin-uous hyphen-ation

  by Xanthippe in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  i know this has been mentioned before, that words at the ends of lines are continually being cut in half and hyphenated.

  i think a suggestion was made and if i could find the thread i would follow it but it may have been removed, i've gone back in 'forum related' topics several months.. i can see it's not just me that it happens to and i have been trying to ignore it because life is too short and all that.

  i'm just starting to find it really annoying now.

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  I know this has been mentioned before, that words at the ends of lines are continually being cut in half and hyphenated. I think a suggestion was made and if I could find the thread I would follow it but it may have been removed, I've gone back in 'forum related' topics several months.

  I can see it's not just me that it happens to and I have been trying to ignore it because life is too short and all that. I'm just starting to find it really annoying now. It really messes up a post. Please can the suggestion of a solution be repeated? Thanks.
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  Does this sound like a man who is inspired by God?

  by Coded Logic in

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  absolutely disgusting!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzc2m8_mba.

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  How on earth do they reconcile this nonsense with the fact that there are women premiers of countries, women scientists, chief execs., lawyers, doctors, surgeons, college lecturers, explorers.....?

  WTF! How does anyone swallow this crap. It doesn't make any sense when you live on a planet surrounded by thousands of women doings the above jobs. So they can run a company, a university, a science department and even a country but their brains are too small to be head of the house? Never, when I was in did I hear anyone trying to get away with saying illogical things like this. Women please wake up and get out of this cult that hates your gender!
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  Still feel weird about things....

  by FeelingFree in

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  so i'm loving the fact that my little one gets to be a "normal" child and take part in everything at school.

  however i still have that stupid niggling in the back of my head that she shouldn't be doing it and it's wrong etc.

  at the moment she is rehearsing for the nativity play and keeps singing the songs at home (she is going to be an angel!

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  It's been 17 months so I guess I still have some healing to do. - FeelingFree

  I don't think you're lagging behind. We didn't do Christmas the first year we were out because we didn't want to feel we were swapping one lot of customs/beliefs for another lot.

  But on the second Xmas when we had been out almost two years we did buy a tree and give each other cheap chocolate and second hand books because we didn't want to join in the ridiculous commercialisation.

  Do it your way, whatever feels right. From then on we didn't get feelings of guilt about it so please don't worry that it takes decades, you're nearly there.
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  Still feel weird about things....

  by FeelingFree in

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  2. beliefs

  so i'm loving the fact that my little one gets to be a "normal" child and take part in everything at school.

  however i still have that stupid niggling in the back of my head that she shouldn't be doing it and it's wrong etc.

  at the moment she is rehearsing for the nativity play and keeps singing the songs at home (she is going to be an angel!

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  Aw I still have lovely memories of my little girl looking beautiful as an angel with tinsel around her long blond hair in the nativity play at school. Don't worry about your daughter, she'll have a great time. It's just fun to them at that age, play-acting. My daughter is an atheist now, even though she was Mary in one nativity play at school. We have to let them join in to feel a normal part of human society but if you don't take them to church or continue talking about religion it all just fades away as part of their childhood. Just as its part of humanity's childhood.

  The negative feelings you have from joining in with the holidays will fade. It's just the cult programming being triggered. Remember the brain is programmed by learning that some things are good and other things are dangerous. Depending on who tells us about the nature of the danger of course! It's an evolutionary survival mechanism. If you don't keep reinforcing the programming it does fade gradually and your authentic self will take over as you make positive decisions to do things you truly want to do. Have fun!
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  JWs, UFO's, demons, and the book "The Dark Gods"

  by MikeHammer in

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  i have been looking into this issue that (many/most/all/etc) ufos are caused by demons as seems to be said by jws.

  some time ago when i browsed this site i read a posting where someone recommended a book titled "the dark gods" by roberts and gilbertson (here is a link to the book at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/dark-gods-anthony-roberts/dp/009138771x).. besides that one there are a couple of other books that i have checked (one of these is "operation trojan horse" by john keel and the other one is "a guide to the paranormal" by magnus raven).

  both of these say the same thing although they approach this issue from different directions.. looking at the amazon reviews for "the dark gods" it looks like it also says the same thing but the book is out of print.

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  MikeHammer, I found this on goodreads.com. Don't know if the email still works but if it does you could ask him yourself.

  I am the co-writer of "The Dark Gods." I became a web designer after I became an author.
  
  I'm not sure now I believe everything I wrote. I am glad we got five stars.
  
  I now live in London.
  
  And I can be emailed by anybody who has read our book at:
  
  [email protected]
  
  I look forward to hearing from you.
  
  Thank you,
  
  Geoff.

  
  

  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2615554-the-dark-gods#other_reviews
  
  
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  JWs, UFO's, demons, and the book "The Dark Gods"

  by MikeHammer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been looking into this issue that (many/most/all/etc) ufos are caused by demons as seems to be said by jws.

  some time ago when i browsed this site i read a posting where someone recommended a book titled "the dark gods" by roberts and gilbertson (here is a link to the book at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/dark-gods-anthony-roberts/dp/009138771x).. besides that one there are a couple of other books that i have checked (one of these is "operation trojan horse" by john keel and the other one is "a guide to the paranormal" by magnus raven).

  both of these say the same thing although they approach this issue from different directions.. looking at the amazon reviews for "the dark gods" it looks like it also says the same thing but the book is out of print.

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  Care to summarise their conclusions?
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  The new brchoure

  by Sabin in

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  the gestapo body, brought out a brochure, i believe it was called return to jehovah.

  in it they gave 3 reasons why some-one left the borganization.

  if i remember 1 was because the person is angry at some one in the cong, or something along those lines.

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  Muddy Waters I like your post, that brochure made me very angry too. Especially as I told the JW about the child abuse in Australia and suggested she watch the ARC proceedings on line. Her reply was sending me that brochure. I said where is the category in that list of reasons for leaving for people who have done their research and realised it's just not the true religion. Do I feel guilty!! Wow I was incandescent at that. I shall have to tone this letter down a bit before I send it!
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  I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  2. friends

  my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

  our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

  he hung himself.

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  Rich grief is exhausting physically. If you want to rest then rest. Wishing you peaceful sleep 🌹
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  Why My Wife and I Have No Kids

  by JT in

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  *** g74 11/8 ***9 is this the time to have children?there has always been a positive attitude about childbearing.

  *** g74 11/8 10 is this the time to have children?

  what does imminent mean?

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  Yes I have a sister and brother who can't have children. I know for one it's a medical problem and I think it probably is for both of them. Not only did this horrible cult strongly discourage having children when we were all young but it also forbade IVF because they said you can't discard any unused embryos, that would be murder. I believe they've changed this now to a conscience matter. Too late for my poor sister and sister-in-law!

  So they were stopped from doing anything about their childlessness and told to wait for the new system. My heart breaks for them. How evil to do this to people. All our human needs they mercilessly ripped away. Are they all psychopaths in Brooklyn, incapable of empathy?