And whatever you do or don't do at this particular time, please do not let yourself be 'persuaded' to be baptized. One can always use the excuse that it is such a serious matter that Jesus himself was 30 years old when he was baptized - a fully mature adult.
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help and advice needed plz
by confused-n-abused inhello,im 14 years old and i am a jehovahs witness.i have done research after things happened that didnt make sense to me.my sister has been disfellowshiped and is now out of the organization married wth 2 sons.my brother stopped going to the meetings and is engaged to be married to a non wittness in march of 05.my other brother has been reading apostate material and now doesnt believe this is the right religion and is very confused as am i.my mother is a avid witness was baptized in 1975 and pioneered for a while in the 80's.i love my mom very much,but i know this isnt the right religion and i want out.im not baptized but i was born in the truth so im on the ministry school and everything and im an unbaptized publisher.when my mom finnally finds out im leaving the truth it will break her heart as she really believes this is the right religion,and shes already had 3 kids do so.how can i leave without breaking her heart?i would stick it out for the next 3or4 years,just for her,but i really dont want to.plz help me figure things out.
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Tsunami - Who's Pledged What:
by Englishman inthe original figures are in pounds () stirling.
i have also approximated them into us dollars.
these are as appeared in today's times:.
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I gave and will give at the gasoline pump. Let the Saudies handle it, and maybe divert some of their billions from terrorist financing to relief support. Though I doubt the thought ever enter their minds.
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Wow I'm still registered here :)
by Spartacus init's been a long time since i posted here.
merry christmas!
:d hope everyone is in good spirits.
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talley
Glad to see you back! And Merry Christmas, Sparticus.
Drop by here a little more often and enjoy the fun.
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I am rubbish at Christmas cards.
by Peppermint inthis is the first year i have sent any at all.
i have just got one from the neighbour two doors down, last minute so to speak.
tell me what is the etiquette here.
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talley
Yes, vittvin, I have had/am having a wonderful Christmas, especially after being a WT Christmas Grinch for 35 years. So now I am really enjoying the Season, and it seems as if it is no 'chore' at all, but rather exciting fun.
I started sending cards in '02, at that time tacked the cards I got to the wooden mantel over the fireplace, and last year got out my mom's artifical 3 foot tree and put it on the coffee talble in front of the picture window and bought ornaments for it. This year I bought a string of 100 little lights for the tree - looks really good.
Hubby cought right on in '02 when he saw me make that Christmas Card List and then send them out. That year he surprised me with the computer. '03 was with the neat computer station that has a keyboard drawer wide enough to hold the keyboard, mouse pad, AND ashtray! This Christmas he had a BRAND NEW set of Goodyear tires put on my car, and gave me money to specifically buy a good winter jacket. This morning he opened his presents, and got a real kick out of it (mine were already on the car - goody, goody, goody!)
The 21st we went to a small gathering of Hubby's siblings and a few cousins to celebrate the Solstice. And Jan 1 we will gather with his sister again and her kids, grandkids, and one greatgrandchild.
It is really nice that his side of the family always includes us, as we have no children, and I am an only child, and all of my relatives are in Michigan or further away.
I have learned the secret of a Happy Holiday (after exiting the cult) is to approach it with a positive viewpoint and just 'let it happen' and enjoy it.
vittvin, tell me now about your Christmas, please.
talley/Judy
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I am rubbish at Christmas cards.
by Peppermint inthis is the first year i have sent any at all.
i have just got one from the neighbour two doors down, last minute so to speak.
tell me what is the etiquette here.
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talley
YES, YES, YES! You send the neighbor a card right back, maybe even walk over and put it in his/her mail box. Write a brief note on the card thanking them for sending you a card, something like, " Thank You for thinking of me this Holiday Season. Merry Christmas and wishing you and yours good health and happiness in the comming New Year."
Then you start making a Christmas Card List.
name & address of those who sent you cards
" " of those who you know would like to get a card from you, and maybe a special few you 'want to skick it to', hehehehe
I started sending out cards in '02, and for some reason had kept the envelopes from cards recieved in previous years, so I had a begining base.
Peppermine and vittvin, your list can begin with this season for next season.
Neighbor 2 doors down '04 (the '04 meaning you sent one, the underline/or circle around '04 means you got one from them
Widowed Uncle Joe '04 ( again, you sent one, but did not get one. Ok, he's a widower, cards are not a 'guy thing' and you think he would like to be remembered, so you send him a card, year after year.
As the years go by you can refine the list.
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Do you become empty inside after leaveing the witness's?
by PinTail ini find myself feeling empty inside sense drifting away after my being shuned, and my divorce from my wife who was a witness, and after my daughter had been molested by a stupid brother in the hall that my ex-wife started living with after my becoming disabled.
i am newly married now to a good women who is not a witness, but she is honest and kind to me and understands what i have been through, but still i feel a empty somewhere in side of me.
of note during this time of pain, i fell hit my head and lost a major portion of my brain which left me disabled, and very emotional at times feeling like all is lost, i just can't throw it.
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talley
(((PinTail)))
It appears that your 'empty' feeling has more to it than just leaving the witnesses, but that could very well be a part of that feeling too. To address the 'witness' part I suggest that you read Ray Franze's book Crisis of Conscience. That book is what finally set me psycologically free from the WT. After reading that book, my drifting/empty feeling became rather like a great weight lifted off my shoulders ( a weight or drag I was not even aware of until it was gone), and a freshness of outlook toward life and the GOOD things around me.
Ray's book can be found in many Public Libraries, and if yours does not have it, you can request 'an inter-library loan' and they will get it for you.
Wishing you and yours good health and happiness always.
talley/Judy
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LCD screens, do you have one?
by JH inthis week, i'll go and buy a lcd screen for my computer.
try to fit a 4:3 ratio picture into a 5:4 ratio screen, and it will distort.
i'd like to have your feedback on this, if you noticed any distortion in your pictures when you changed from a crt 4:3 ratio to a lcd screen 5:4 ratio.
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talley
I have a View Sonic brand ViewPanelVE150B that Hubby ordered with the computer back in Dec. of '01, and I really, really like the monitor.
For a couple of years he asked me why I had not begged for a computer, or gone out and bought one, and I said I was waiting for the price of LCD to come down.
I was in grade school when TVs were intoduced and still remember the directives about not letting the kids sit too close to the screen.
My logic was and still is, that I am not about to 'cook' my boobs and eyes in front of a cathode ray tube.
BTW, the red circle 'looks round' to me.
talley/Judy
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Annanias and Saphira - only record of Christian executions?
by truthseeker inthe new testament only records the execution of two christians, annanias, and sapphira his wife.. they lied about the amount of money they made when they sold their field, and secretly kept some of the price back.. acts 5 tells the story.... acts 5. .
1 but a certain man named ananias, with sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3 but peter said, ananias, why hath satan filled thine heart to lie to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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This fable of Annanias & Saphira, along with the fable of Cain & Able are both examples of the lack of inspiration of the Bible to me; that the Bible is a collection of books written by just men, and men who had ulterior motives.
These are just two of the many examples of why I no longer have "faith" in the Bible.
talley/Judy
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What would you like to do if you knew it wouldn't kill you?
by Elsewhere in.
...or hurt you.. as an example: drive your car off a cliff like in the movie groundhod day, just for the hell of it.. basically something that would normaly kill you or leave you messed up real bad... but in this case you could "reset" all new again.. don't be shy... i won't think your weird if you want to blow your head off just to see what it's like.
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talley
Take up horseback riding again.
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ATTENTION ALL! RE: Talia Balleta Memorial Info.
by Valis ini assume simon is still bringing the site down for upgrade and since it would be good to keep everyone informed i have taken the liberty of hosting the lates infor that mario gave us and ldh has for the florist.
please make a copy and pass it along to people if jwd is not operating.
http://www.sassquatch.com/balleta.
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