I view "Acts of God" as normal occurances of nature. talley/Judy
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"ACTS of GOD"----- HOW DO YOU VIEW THEM?
by Blueblades inin view of the present hurricane season, i'm thinking about the time that i gave the above talk in november, 1992..here is the note to the speaker:.
help the audience to see that:.
( 1 ) many so -- called acts of god are often caused or made worse by men.. ( 2 ) true acts of god are often ignored by men to their peril.
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My New Baby
by xenawarrior inthis is cassidy.
he's sooo sweet.
he's getting used to his new home and his name etc.
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talley
Oh My Dog !! This is just wonderful, for both you and Cassidy - he has a 'forever home'!
A discussion board you might now be interested in is http://www.justlabradors.com
or http://www.justlabradors.com/forums/ I have to confess, after drudge report, I visit justlabs and then visit JWD; that's because we have had a succession of labs for thiry years now, our 'current' fur kid being Auggie, black lab, spayed female, now 9 yrs. old.
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Hello
by WinterFalcon inthis is my first post here and i guess because it's going to be a doozy i felt i should introduce myself first.
i am a non jw, 40 yrs old, divorced/remarried/widowed mother of 3 children the oldest two who are out of the house (in college).
i have just recently joined after lurking for a while.
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talley
My first gut reaction is to wonder why you would even want consider a "friendship" with a person who is immoral enough to decieve and destroy the marriage of another and then to evade complete honesty with you. A person does not need "friends" like that, no matter how lonely one is.
Perhaps the 'emotional energy' you invested in JJ would be better spent in keeping in touch with your children.
Voluenteering is a great way to 'get out' and meet new people. Consider volunteeing at your local public library, chamber of commerce, or charities that need volunteers. Or possibly consider going to university yourself.
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talley
just hubby Bud, and Auggie the doggie....ubbadaea ubbadaea ubbadaea That's All Folks !
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Death
by Txsun ini was wondering... what is the view on death?
i have a terminally ill parent and she has signed a dnr (do not recesitate order).
if we let her die with out trying cpr, or any other life sustaining measures is it a sin?
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talley
I can empathize, Txsun, because my mother too had signed specific medical instructions in the event of terminal illness. From what I can recall, the JWs do not get into end of life matters, except for blood transfusions. My mom had a massive brain bleed type 'stroke' and when I got to the hospital, we went over her medical directives, the Dr. was willing to go along with her wishes and moved her from the ER to a hospital room. Mom appeared completely unresponsive in every way. Very soon a hospital 'Chaplin came in to try to talk me out of this course, and while we were talking I was watching Mom; two or three tears leaked from her closed eyes and trickled down her temples and I thought she was breathing a bit faster than normal. Finally I concentrated on replying to the Chaplin concerning her wishes and that I intended to honor her wishes, just then Mom's breath rate seemed to slow to normal. A while later I explained to Mom that I had to go home for a while to feed the dogs and particularly give medication to the one dog that had terminal cancer, but would be back in an hour or so and that in the meantime no one would 'hook her to anything'. I was astound to see her take a very long and deep breath !! as if she completely understood and was no longer afraid or worried. Mom lasted another 12 hours. One suggestion would be for you to arrange hospice care for your parent, as they are very good about pain management and seeing to it that the person is as comfortable as can be as the end approaches. For myself, I felt more honor bound to comply with Mom's wishes and did not consider that to be a 'sin', but rather a 'good work'. Txsun, feel free to private message me if you need to 'talk' about this some more; I would be more than willing to have a telephone conversation with you. I am so sorry that you find yourself in this difficult situation. talley/Judy
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Milestone in my mind, not Millstone round my neck
by gitasatsangha init was monday at the temple.
our sangha (buddhist community) meets usually on mondays at the local monastary.
it's not a pagoda or anytihng, it's actually an old farm house which has been well maintained.
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talley
I thought my 'milestone' had been enjoying sending Christmas cards Dec.'02. Not so.
Memorial day of '03, Hubby wanted me to go with him to the local 'celebration' at the cemetery here in River Falls. I was enjoying myself with the music and speakers, then got a bit more serious as the program went along; but when an old veteran played TAPS on the bugle, and someone else up the hill played an echoing bugle that I completely lost it and could not keep the tears back and my throat choked with grattitude to these men and my country. I had missed feeling patriotic soooo much!
Seems like I have become again who I once was, for instance I was the first woman in AFROTC at Michigan State University back in 1959, very patriotic, conservitive, and seriously considered making the military my career. Youth is now long behind me, but I can still take pride in the principles that have made this country great. I wallowed in the coverage of Regan's funeral. And find that at this time in my life I do not suffer fools gladly ( like France for example ).
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Will I die at Armageddon?
by sinamongurl inthe anwser is: know one really knows but jehovah.. i have been df'd for 3 years now.
i still struggle with: "should i go back cuz i dont want to die" .
but then its not really for the "right" reason.
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talley
Chance and Cirmstance will dictate when and how one dies. Eccl 9: 11 &12. not the WTBTS.
It is all a "vanity and a striving after the wind". Eccl. 6: 9 Which also says to believe your (lying) eyes!
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Would you still love Him in the now?
by Steve Lowry inmany believe in god and that when we die we go to be with him and live forever.
but what if this life is all there is, and god in the end, has no plans for you in eternity.
would you still love him in the now?
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talley
In the NOW I do not 'believe in' him ( God ). That way I am not angry with him.
As to an 'after life' if there is one, I had better be with all my dogs that have died. I want to go to wherever they went. But I think that after death will be as before I was born - non existant. Just fine with me.
I count on absolutely nothing from the Cosmic Deadbeat Dad.
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An average Americans view of the French people
by Maverick ini have just returned from spending a week in the company of frenchbabyface, (fbf) and would like to share some basic observation that i feel will enlighten my fellow countrymen and women about a people we, as a culture, actually know very little about.
i do believe the medias of both countries do not show their people an honest and forthright view of the other countries people.
the american media gives us almost no news of france and most of what we do get is not very positive.
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talley
Just finished reading a very interesting, thoughtful, well documented book pertaining to this subject;
"HATING AMERICA The New World Sport" by John Gibson
Got mine at the local public library. Well worth the read. talley/Judy
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Reading CRISIS of CONSCIENCE
by azaria inim borrowing it from the library and am almost half way through.
at times i have to put it down because it makes me so furious.
i had a difficult time getting into it at first because its definitely not an uplifting book.
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talley
What really opened my eyes is the fact that they VOTED on all these matters. Evidently the Holy Spirit says different things to different GB members, or maybe there is no such thing as the HS!