do you believe in christianity, the bible, god-----or are you in the "i'm not sure what to think" class?
I will never belong to organized religion again. I beleive the Bible is a fairy tail. I do believe there is some sort of intelligent energy out there and I do believe Jesus is real, just not the stuff the Bible says about him. If your study energy healing, it appears Jesus was a master manipulator of energy. Miracles. Anyone can do it, some better than others.
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seeing this is the 5th anniversary of jwd, i was curious as to how many who still post here, were dyed in the wool jws, but later sucumbed to "the truth about the truth" .
were an active/semi-active jw, and this site and others were enough to convince you that your doubts had substance.
I was recently faded and uninformed.
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up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
My mother said often that she never wanted to be kept alive by artificial means. When she suffered a stroke at the age of 86, she was in a vegetative state. My brother, who could not let go, insisted on a feeding tube. My mother never put her wishes in writing, so the doctors did the tube.She lingered like that for several months and was skin stretched over a skeleton when she died. All my brother did was postpone the inevitable for his own emotional purpose. He was not thinking of what was best for our mother, but what made him feel better. She died with that stroke, her body just didn't know it yet. What he put her through was cruel. Also, the family can not have closure and get on with their lives and long as this continues.
When there is no chance of recovery, and family members do not accept that, all they are doing is dragging out the suffering so they can continue to feed their fantasy of a recovery. There is a time to let go. We all die some time. For some it is sooner. It is not easy, but it is reality.
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hi all, just dropping by and throwing out a question or two.. two of our department managers are both very obese and therefore cannot do all the tasks that their positions require of them.
as a result of that, the peak time workers, those working while the store is most busiest, end of doing a lot of the physical work they leave for us.
it gets pretty hectic when people are trying to shop and we are getting out ladders and stocking shelves.
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I, too, am in my 50s and diabetic. I was skinny in the early days and could eat anything. Never had any weight gain until pregnancy. It kind of worked its way up from there. Anyhow, have you read about the Leptin diet? It is not just about insulin resistance. That research is a real eye opener.The book is Mastering Leptin by Byron J. Richards and the website is www.wellnessresources.com.
Leptin is a powerful hormone produced in fat cells that communicates to the brain and controls ALL other hormones.
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do you guys know any very obviously crazy jw's?
i've noticed that they have been "flocking" to the org.
over the past few years especially.
There was this little old man in his dark suit and thick glasses who was studying and we would see him walking to the KH on Sunday morning so my husband thought it would be nice to give him a ride. All the way there he was ranting about how he got no sleep because the Nazis were trying to get into his house all night and were banging on the door. Not long after that he was committed and I never saw him again. He looked like the nazi guy in the Indiana Jones movie. Maybe he was having flashbacks....
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what a thought provoking movie.
we just got in in the mail yesterday and it was released yesterday.
why are we here, what is reality, what is god?
http://www.jracademy.com/~jtucek/science/what.html
The way they expand the effects of quantum physics into the macroscopic world is pure rubbish.
From what I read, it is expanding the effects of physics into the microscopic world that is quantum physics. Since quantum physics is the microscopic world, how can it be expanded into itself?
And why watch a movie about something you so obviously disagree with?
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what a thought provoking movie.
we just got in in the mail yesterday and it was released yesterday.
why are we here, what is reality, what is god?
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I could not have said it better. My views on the Bible, religion and this movie mimic yours. I found the movie extremely thought provoking. If you want to add to this line of thought, explore www.quantumtouch.com and you see how instead of just learning about these things, you can have a measure of control.
I like the idea that we do not just sit back and let the world happen around us. I do not choose to be manipulated by others opinions and teachings. I choose to think and explore. I like movies like this that encourage that.
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my parents are catholic, and they had a special meeting for "confession" last night.
this got me thinking about confession in the jw's.. it seems to me that jw's confess their sins to elders rather than to god..... try smoking or playing lotto, and then tell the elders that you done that and asked god for forgiveness.. i think that you'll have to ask the elders for forgiveness too...
I remember when my son was young, as he pondered the fish in his aquarium, he said that as a JW, he felt like one of those fish, that everything he did was on display for Jehovah and for the elders. He felt nothing in his life was allowed to be private. I thought that was a good analogy. That is why so many JWs run to the elders to confess. They are not allowed a private life. "Someone" is watching and you better tell before someone tells on you. Or Jehovah brings the big "A" and since he was watching his earthly aquarium, he knows what you did and now you are in one of those WTS pictures.......
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what a thought provoking movie.
we just got in in the mail yesterday and it was released yesterday.
why are we here, what is reality, what is god?
I watched the movie and found it very interesting and thought provoking. One thing you only know from their website, the DVD has more on the other side. There is nothing in the case to tell you that. It is all new stuff from October 2004, so if you have your copy, turn it over and play the other side.
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what a thought provoking movie.
we just got in in the mail yesterday and it was released yesterday.
why are we here, what is reality, what is god?
OK, so I ran out to rent it from Blockbusters and all copies are out. I ran across the street to Walmart to buy it, they just got their shipment in yesterday, and they only had 3 left, so I had not planned to buy it, but I did anyhow or I might have a long wait to see it. It sounds like it is one worth owning. I like this kind of stuff.
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