qwerty & Maverick, those are sooo cute. Thanks for giving me a good laugh.
It is really neat to be heading off to bed tonight grinning and chuckling (especially for an old lady). again thanks. talley/Judy
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God Helps Everyone?
by ClassAvenger ini talked with a jehovah witness and he told me that god only helped those who obeyed him, that it said somewhere in the bible.
the discussion came when i told him about soldiers asking god for help.
he said that god wouldn't listent to them because the soldiers knew they were sinning by killing and they kept on doing it.
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God sure did not help Abel, even though Abel's offering was looked on with "favor"!
Cain got a personal conversation with God, twice. Abel was not warned to avoid Cain and was certainly not proteceted by God. Instead the murderer was protected from others, allowed to live, marry, have children, start a city. Seems God was on the side of the bad guy.
And what ever happened the the 'biblical rule' of an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, and life for life.
Sort of leaves me with in a quandry; either the Bible is a myth or if that story is true, it does not pay to be in God's favor and I would not want to be if he is the kind of god that particular story portrays.
Atheism is beginning to look very attractive and comforting to me.
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Are you older than dirt?
by Lady Lee insomebody sent me this email.
i thought the older ones would enjoy the memories, and the younger might enjoy hearing about the strange and simple times of their elders.
graylen.
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25xYup! plus, streetcars being the most modern form of public transportation.
Buying chicken at a poultry shop where you picked out the live chicken and could take it home live or they would kill, pluck, gut, and custom wrap while you waited. They also sold fresh eggs.
Besides the newsreels, most movie theatres had dish night once a week and gave one or two peices to each adult. Grandma got a complete place setting for 12.
Plush furniture was stuffed with real horse hair and the carpet in the living room was made of 100% wool.
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I can't find the damn thing!!!!!
by Thunder Rider inplease forgive the following rantings.
several months ago i lost my watch.
it is somewhere in the house.
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You could try cupping your hands behind your ears and then turning slowly in place to try to 'zero in' on the direction it is comming from. I found hubby's watch-chronometer-stopwatch that way. Lot'sa luck!! talley
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Has anyone heard from QUEENIE lately?
by Nathan Natas inher most recent post here was back in late october... does anyone kknow how she is?
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I also miss Queenie! Say HI to her for me and let her know I think of her often.
talley-Judy
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I cant believe this Trinity lark
by Hamas inone of the main things that hits you when you leave the jw's is that maybe you haven't got all the answers like you once thought, so you begin to question everything, wouldn't you agree?.
well, my eyes were opened to the prospect of living in heaven, and not on earth like the dubya's preach.
i have listened to plenty of audio files from people that have left the witnesses and have became born again and if that floats your boat then thats great !
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I understand exactly how you feel, Hamas. Even being raised Lutheran, I never could make sence or believe the Trinity doctrine, or the 'immortal soul' doctrine or going to heaven or hell. And I attended Lutheran school for the first eight grades.
Maybe those doctrines are what made the Witnesses so attractive to me at the time.
For over a year now I have driven myself nuts trying to sort all the conflicting doctrins and have found great relief in giving up the search and frenzy. Now my baselines have become Rom.1:19&20, Rom.2:13-15 and Eccl.9:11 I have given up the strugle with the unknowable and am quite content with leaving all that confusion.
Wishing you well, talley-Judy
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I wear bifocals, in fact mine are 'occupational bifocals'; the reading lens is situated at the bottom of the eyepeice, but also at the very top of the eyepiece too, wonderful for any close work above one's head like reading library shelves or electircial wireing,etc.
BUT, for the computer I had another pair made up with the reading lens perscription set at 9 in. for the keyboard and then 22 in. for the remainder for monitor viewing. Wonderful toy. I can now sit here for hours in front of the computer with no eyestrain, no neck strain, and no headache.
talley-Judy
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How bad did Worldly people treat you when you were a JW?
by El Kabong ini grew up in the society and had the pleasure .
some worldly people would actually hit jw'w because they did not salute the flag.
(this in a country that prides itself on freedom of religion).
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I did not grow up as a JW, but for most of my adult life (am now 61) I was shown more friendship and consideration by 'worldly' people than by the JWs.
Both my mom and dad's side of the family were so considerate and nonjudgemental that I never cooled relationships with them because it would not be the 'Christian' thing to do. As to worldly friends, they all accomodated my peculiarities; and all were very pleased to receive Christmas Cards from me this year for the first time since 1966!
It has been the 'worldy' people in my life that have invited me to join them in activities, shown concern for my health and well being, done favors for me, wanted to hang out with me, and kept in contact with me.
talley/Judy
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61 next month (April)
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I Don't Understand At All
by Francois inperhaps my problems with the new site are due to operator head space, but i don't think so.
for the last two weeks or so, when i log into jwd, i have gotten the same page: page # 1674 beginning with "to my brother regarding the uss iowa," and ending with "the life they stole from me.
when i click active topics, i get page # 2302, beginning with "what would a jehovah's witness romance novel be like?
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Exact same thing has been happening to me too.
Then just now, from active topics, I chose the little drop down menu for variety's sake instead of the back button, and whalla.... the 3 new 'friends' pages appeared!!!