Posts by termite 35

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Vulgar

by truthseeker1 in

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i've got a question.... vulgar comes from lating vulgate (sp?

) which means common, correct?

vulgar words like sh*t, fu*k, co*k, c*nt, ect are just terms used by the common people.

termite 35

Truthseeker;

the word 'vulgate' is also translated as 'colloquial'-which means belonging to ordinary or familiar conversation.Not formal or literary

.We all know that the WTBS think that they are highly educated like the Jews were?! and that they like to think the magazines are written English in it's finest most accurate form ;eg both 'formal and literary'

What they fail to realise is that F**K was a perfectly formal, literary,respectable and very well used word word in the 16th century and beyond into the 19 th;I think they should start using proper English and put F**k back in the magazines......

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How Common is this amongst JW's?

by stevieb1 in

i found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.

before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.

as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.

termite 35

Nowfree;

I left Oct 2001 too ;I am STILL waiting for the promised answers to the UN cock up and the paedophile fiasco ;they said they'd call back with them...do you think they're trying to tell us something???!!!

Do you realise we may never get called on again?

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Why The WTS is Grateful To APOSTATES!!!!!!

by ISP in

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because we sharpen their act.. we point out crap in their literature....regularly and in detail.

consider the un situation.....they would still be atop of the scarlet coloured wild beast if it was not because of apostates.

possibly incurring gods great displeasure and other stuff.. .

termite 35

Hilarystep;you are spot on!

I have actually had that illustration quoted to me.

It's just more proof that it IS Jehovahs organisation, to them; as there's the proof; he wants it kept clean-by any means-even through apoatates!

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My wonderful mother/2

by rnovello in

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i am completely overwhelmed by the caring that has gone on here in my situation.

both were babtized jws.

for over 30 years.

termite 35

Movello..Hi there.

What a lot to have had to go through.I wish you were near me.You sound so sad,I wish I could help you practically.

I lost my mother too;very sad cancer death; and felt so ripped apart by it that sometimes I could'nt remember what to do with my self or my life.I feel that sometimes i'm the only one who remembers her or still misses her. Most of the time I block it out as if I think about it too much I can't handle it.

I guess your feeling a little like that too.

I don't know how long it will take to ease off; and do I want to hurt less?

would that mean I cared less?

Sometimes I feel that I carry on hurting so much about it as it's the only way I can still show how much I miss her and how much she meant to me...

But you are right;Movello; your mother and mine would'nt want us to be this sad.

I try to think of all the things she taught me that I needed to grow up into a decent human being-and how to teach my children the things she taught me.

I remember the times she helped others and put others first and try to do this too.

I think the thing that kept me going over time was she would have been cross with me for giving up on life ; when she had loved hers and lost it so early.

Right now I try to live each day without her a bit better than the last one;she'd be proud of me.

Just as your mother would be proud of you for all the love you gave her and your sister and how you looked after them; and just think how happy your mother would be to see you alive and well;it's all mothers and family want for us; is'nt it?

Termite XXXX

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jw marriages age differences

by invisible in

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of 3 that straightaway spring to mind:.

dg (m) 64 e (f) 27. bm (m) 49 d (f) 18. pl (m) 43 e (f) 18.

2 of the above were also 'arranged' marriages, do you know of any other instances of extremes in jw marriage age ranges?

termite 35

I heard the very same thing Blues Brother;a pioneer sis. married a much older guy(A LOT older than her father) The mother was ok about it ; but the father was pretty uncomfortable with the 'dirty-old-man-and-my-baby' senario;he was won over with good old fashioned common sense though, when wifey pointed out that in the New System,he'll get younger every day and that the disgust that he felt for the relationship was a test; to prove his faith in the paradise earth promise.

Poor guy-what a test-yuk.

edited for sp.

Edited by - termite 35 on 9 July 2002 19:23:22

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Does anyone here workout on a regular basis?

by Leander in

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i just wanted to get a little dialog going with some of the members here who workout.

i know reborn works out quite a bit and i've been doing fairly well as of recently in getting back into a regular exercise regimine.

so far i've worked out everyday for the past 17 days, i usually try to do weight training at least 3-4 times a week and i usually do some cardio everyday.

termite 35

I found it...try typing in

www.cix.co.uk/~bicesterh3/uk/hashing.htm

They call themselves the

' drinking club with the running problem' I've just read the site- i've found the answer to the monotony of the gym- i'm off to sign up!

edited due to error in address

Edited by - termite 35 on 9 July 2002 18:30:50

Edited by - termite 35 on 9 July 2002 18:33:59

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Does anyone here workout on a regular basis?

by Leander in

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i just wanted to get a little dialog going with some of the members here who workout.

i know reborn works out quite a bit and i've been doing fairly well as of recently in getting back into a regular exercise regimine.

so far i've worked out everyday for the past 17 days, i usually try to do weight training at least 3-4 times a week and i usually do some cardio everyday.

termite 35

Hi Leander;Glad to hear you're enjoying it;and it's working!

I've been going to the gym and training for a while now, also swimming and have been riding for years.

I go to the gym 3-4 times a week- to weight train and run-but find the running there boring- I hate running on my own in the countryside(weirdos abound) But I have ventured out again lately- I usually do 30 mins weights and then run for a few miles.My dad's an athlete, so I'm doing it to keep up with him!

Ive just found out about HASHING ; there's supposed to be a web site-i'll find it in a minute...I think i'll give that a go soon; you all run in a group;around 4 miles(rain or shine and apparently it's even more fun in the dark?!) around the countryside/woods looking for markers(a trail thats been laid) and get fit; have a laugh and get covered in mud.They meet very near me-more fun than the treadmill!

I do feel much better since i've been using the weights though- i've noticed my shape changing and I feel very strong,I think it does women good to feel a little power- i've certainly noticed I feel more confident.

The difficult part for me was to stay interested; I bought a little light radio and headphones and that's helped-at least I get to listen to the Archers in peace now!

GOOD LUCK- you'll have to post a picture when you're done!!

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NEWS: I am publicly reproved over UN situation.

by badwillie in

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my wife and i met with 3 elders for a "judicial hearing".. our crime: simply put, was talking.

i showed a friend the un website where the wts was listed as an ngo which then led to a 2 hour discussion of various doubts that we both have had.

my wife also showed a friend the un thing but also discussed with her a first hand account of a pedophile cover-up that we knew about in our former congregation.

termite 35

Bad Willie ; I hope you and your wife are ok.

When I showed elders UN information I was told they wanted to see it all; so I collated all I had(from non apostate sources) and presented it to them and asked them to explain.They seemed genuinely shocked; asked for a little time to look it all over...came to visit so I could get some answers(I thought it sounded too good to be true!) and was then told they would'nt be discussing that ;but my spiritual weaknesses instead.They said they could'nt comment on any of it as they did'nt know anything about it!!!!!!

They had an incredible amount of evidence in front of them, plus letters I had received from WTBS ;;containing lies;

but told me I was weak and needed to pray more and try to get out of this negative patch I was in; and also gave some passing remarks to 1975,apastacism;warnings about internet useage;all in all a total waste of time; it's impossible to break through the crap.

I told them they could contact me again when they have sorted out their paedophile and UN problems... -I'm still waiting......very happily- don't expect them to knock- they know i'll just drone on about the same old stuff!!

It was the frustration that was so difficult to handle; but I quickly realised that they wer'nt interested in the truth; just spin.

I hope the situation gets easier to cope with;take care

Termite XX

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Anti-Evolutionists Wanted !!!!

by Francois in

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there is an evolution question bubbling up down the threads a little way, and it minded me to try to really get to the nub of the opposition to the technique.. i would like to pose very serious questions, and i hope they attracts serious, considered responses - once and for all.. why is it impossible, in the minds of anti-evolutionists, that god did indeed create us, the earth, the sun, and everything around us including the entire physical universe, and that evolution was his technique; evolution as a divine technique?

how do you know, how are you so certain that's not the case?

how would you explain your opposition to god if he told you personally that, yep, that's the way he did it alright?.

termite 35

I have been conducting my own experiment for months now; in the panels opinion;

For how long will I have to bounce up and down before I start to notice changes to my body,and what will those changes be?

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Anti-Evolutionists Wanted !!!!

by Francois in

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there is an evolution question bubbling up down the threads a little way, and it minded me to try to really get to the nub of the opposition to the technique.. i would like to pose very serious questions, and i hope they attracts serious, considered responses - once and for all.. why is it impossible, in the minds of anti-evolutionists, that god did indeed create us, the earth, the sun, and everything around us including the entire physical universe, and that evolution was his technique; evolution as a divine technique?

how do you know, how are you so certain that's not the case?

how would you explain your opposition to god if he told you personally that, yep, that's the way he did it alright?.

termite 35

Hello Francois and all;

Going back to an earlier part of this thread(and I am FAR more confused than most of you on this subject!) I find the variation within species, obviously, very easy to accept and believe; as we can all understand the outcomes of interbreeding...

But I find it illogical to believe that a step up the evoloutionary ladder happens over and over again, that result in benefits to the animal that seem so,' designed'

How did a chameleon 'decide' to evolve it's camoflage?

How did an animal survive partly our of the sea,to greater and greater degrees until the process was complete and it was an amphibian? How did it's body cope with collecting and processing oxygen in a different way?

It seems to me that no amount of dropping off buildings will make my future decendants' bodies grow feathers;develop hollow bones and adapt to flying in the future.

The jury will be out for me, for a long time!