Posts by Scully

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Is your 3-day Watchtower Emergency Kit all ready?

by FatFreek 2005 in

have i missed something by not browsing each and every posting here?.

up till very recently, my two sons (one a jw and one, a non-jw) lived in the same community.

the never-baptized son decided to move to a different u.s. state and within a few miles of my home i'm a df'd person as of 33 years ago.

Scully

It's kind of funny, in a sad way, that some JWs are going to the kind of extreme emergency preparedness measures that you mention.

I suppose, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Indonesian tsunami, major earthquakes, etc., that JWs are readying for the Great Tribulation™ - the WTS has always focused on the Composite Sign™ as pointing to The End™ being near.

I've never heard of it all happening in the space of 3 days though. That seems really strange to me - only 3 days of supplies, like water and food?? A 72-hour kit is what Emergency Preparedness organizations recommend, but for The Great Tribulation™?? Really??

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I was in the hospital

by MsDucky in

for cellulitis/mastitis of the breast.

when i got sick, i didn't know why or what for.

i had chills and a fever.

Scully

I just found out today that MsDucky passed away on March 3.

RIP Sweet lady.

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I don't like volunteer work.

by moshe in

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friends

i think the jws ruined me for doing volunteer work.

i always feel imposed on when they ask me to take on responsibilities- i can help out in an unofficial capacity, but don't ask me to take on a real position with duties and deadlines.

i guess any volunteer job that brings back those negative feelings from being an elder and ministerial servant counteract the good i feel from volunteering.

Scully

I don't like volunteer work either. I've found that when you're in, they always ask you to take on just a little more and a little more, until you've got way more on your plate than you really wanted.

I do things that don't require a big time commitment - I donate blood and you're only allowed to do that every 2 months. It takes a couple of hours out of one day, and I know that it will help 3 or 4 other people. That's good enough for me.

I also attend a weekly craft group and when someone new joins and wants to learn, I'm happy to spend that couple of hours helping them.

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Look at these beautiful Buddhist principles - why would Jehovah kill anyone following this?

by yadda yadda 2 in

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check out these sublime buddhist mindfulness trainings by a famous buddhist monk.

now why would this man or any adherent of such beautiful teachings be destroyed at armageddon?.

(for some reason i can't cut and paste webpage addresses using google chrome.

Scully

why would Jehovah kill anyone following this?

Because Jehovah is an @$$hole.

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Happy Nurses Week!

by serenitynow! in

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happy nurses week to my fellow jwn nurses!

does anyone work for a good employer who does anything special for you for the week?

my company doesn't..

Scully

Good Luck, sooner7nc!

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Happy Nurses Week!

by serenitynow! in

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happy nurses week to my fellow jwn nurses!

does anyone work for a good employer who does anything special for you for the week?

my company doesn't..

Scully

The union [local bargaining unit] sent a huge gift basket full of sweets and treats to each unit in the hospital, plus the union's head office sent out keychain flashlights with their last newsletter.

The hospital usually provides coffee coupons from the cafeteria for Nurses' Week, but I haven't seen any yet. Plus the CEO usually goes around with the one of the medical directors on the evening shift to each unit, handing out cookies and tea or coffee to the nurses. I'll find out if that's happening tomorrow when I'm working nights.

There was a skills fair today that was pretty interesting. Various units and committees made poster presentations of initiatives they've been working on, including 2 from the NICU where I work.

There's a Nurses' Week Luncheon on Friday. Usually I'll attend if I'm not working or sleeping. You pay $10 for your ticket and the union sponsors the rest. Every time I've gone it's been an amazing buffet lunch. I have to skip this year because I'm coming off night shift and will be dead to the world. The units will bring in extra staff to cover nurses who want to go to the Luncheon, and the hospital provides shuttle bus service to the venue where it's being held.

They've organized a volleyball tournament for 20 teams from various units for tomorrow night. Again... I'll be working, so can't even go and cheer for my team.

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To all the JWN nurses happy Nurse Week

by Found Sheep in

it's not an occupation for everyone.

there are days i wish i chose a different road.

i do have to give the education some of the credit for waking me up.

Scully

Happy Nurses' Week to you too, Found Sheep!

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How would you refute . . . ?

by leaving_quietly in

i have an issue with preaching.

specifically, going door to door, talking to people who, for the most part, have no desire whatsoever to hear what i have to say.

more specifically, being required to do so as a means of salvation.

Scully

1 After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3 Go forth. Look! I am sending YOU forth as lambs in among wolves. 4 Do not carry a purse, nor a food pouch, nor sandals, and do not embrace anybody in greeting along the road. 5 Wherever YOU enter into a house say first, ‘May this house have peace.’ 6 And if a friend of peace is there, YOUR peace will rest upon him. But if there is not, it will turn back to YOU . 7 So stay in that house, eating and drinking the things they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not be transferring from house to house. ~ Luke 10:1-7, NWT

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Atheists! Would like your suggestion..

by umadevi in

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friends

hi friends, i have been reading threads on atheism and how they see life from their point of view.

i must admit some of the points that you (atheists) put forth have given me something to think about.

i still have faith in god but let's say if i would like to do a research on atheism, where should i start?

Scully

Can We Be Good Without God?, by Robert Buckman

Loved this book as well, because it dispells the myth that being atheist means being a morally bankrupt, selfish malcontent.

Another suggestion would be to watch some of Pat Condell's videos on YouTube. For example:

What Do I Believe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjOyt9PBzA&list=UUWOkEnBl5TO4SCLfSlosjgg&index=106&feature=plpp_video

What Have I Got Against Religion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSZYN8UV6yg&list=UUWOkEnBl5TO4SCLfSlosjgg&index=108&feature=plpp_video

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Atheists! Would like your suggestion..

by umadevi in

jw
friends

hi friends, i have been reading threads on atheism and how they see life from their point of view.

i must admit some of the points that you (atheists) put forth have given me something to think about.

i still have faith in god but let's say if i would like to do a research on atheism, where should i start?

Scully

The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

By the time I read this book, I was already atheist. The only problem was that I didn't really know how to articulate why. Sure, I could point out atrocities - by our modern standards - in the bible that were supposed to be god's way of doing things. It was easy to make the leap that based on our current understanding, the god of the bible was a reflection of perceptions that prevailed at the time of writing.

What I liked about The God Delusion was how Dawkins establishes that to be atheist is to not be constrained by the limits that religion places on one's thoughts and emotions. That there's nothing to be ashamed of in not believing in god or a higher power, etc. He sets out in the introduction that his aim in writing the book is "consciousness raising" regarding what atheism is and what it isn't.

If you like audiobooks, there is a version on audible.com that is read by Dawkins himself. I found that extremely helpful with the audio version because he reads it with emphasis where he means it to be, which can't always be relied upon by other narrators.