Posts by OrbitingTheSun

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Maryland congregation gave me false info
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
oops --- edited because somehow i managed to post a blank message.

my apologies.

last month a couple of jw's stopped by.
OrbitingTheSun

If Eve and her husband did not put this info together themselves, do you think they would be shocked to find out that the elder who gave it to them got his info from such a source? When you were in the organization, would it have upset YOU if a householder showed you that an elder had given you info from a site like this? Or would you have shrugged it off as an all's-fair-in-theocratice-warfare kind of thing?
I would like to say that I would have questioned the elder's behavior, but it is difficult to say what I would have done with such a different perspective now. Despite the suspicions I probably would have had, I can say the elder probably would have been able to convince me that he was justified in his behavior.
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Maryland congregation gave me false info
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
oops --- edited because somehow i managed to post a blank message.

my apologies.

last month a couple of jw's stopped by.
OrbitingTheSun

...but wouldn't ANY eyebrows be raised if it were known that this info was taken from a site run by a Wiccan, an atheist, an agnostic, and a Buddhist, a site where love spell kits are sold?
One would hope so...but you never know. It depends on who is responsible for the information. I, personally, consider it plagarism and hypocrisy...but they have ways of protecting people in high places. If an elder or respected pioneer sister did it, they will find a way to cover it (or at least that is what I would expect to happen).
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Maryland congregation gave me false info
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
oops --- edited because somehow i managed to post a blank message.

my apologies.

last month a couple of jw's stopped by.
OrbitingTheSun

I would really like to know if they are the ones who put this packet together and "forgot" to include the title of that article. I could be wrong, but I suspect that they didn't do this themselves, but were handed the info from an elder.
I have known overly zealous pioneer sisters to gather information from various sources and use it in meetings and in field service. Like DJ, it does not surrprise me that you were given false information. They have themselves convinced, but don't realize that most ("worldly") people are not convinced--and expect reliable "worldly" sources.
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Maryland congregation gave me false info
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
oops --- edited because somehow i managed to post a blank message.

my apologies.

last month a couple of jw's stopped by.
OrbitingTheSun

What congregation? I'm from Maryland.
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Your Username
by RAYZORBLADE in
1. social
2. humour
there are many reasons why we choose a username.

on this forum, aside from some of the more obvious names associated with our avatars, what does your nickname/username mean or refer to?.

some are first names.
OrbitingTheSun

My daughters love the powerpuff girls. Since I have three each of them have adopted a power puff girl. my eldest Sharon is Blossom, my middle daughter Serena claims Bubbles and the youngest one Audrey is all Buttercup. They call me Professor. They have created their own superheroes too. My eldest is quite the little artist and she created the sock girl comic book series. The hero of course is sock girl played by herself. Serena is Candycane girl and Audrey is kicking girl.
OMG, that is absolutely adorable!! Homemade comic books are the best.
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Do you(all) realize how beautiful you are?
by Ravyn in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't mean just in the personality sense---which of course you all are---but in the physical sense!

tall, short, thin, heavy, dark, light, --this is a good-looking bunch!

yes some of us have things we wish were different about our looks---but i have not seen anyone here from pics who is not somewhere in the top percentile of human beauty.
OrbitingTheSun

What a beautiful and kind woman you are! So full of love and compassion. Do you know how beautiful YOU are?
Yup, yup! I concur.
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Your Username
by RAYZORBLADE in
1. social
2. humour
there are many reasons why we choose a username.

on this forum, aside from some of the more obvious names associated with our avatars, what does your nickname/username mean or refer to?.

some are first names.
OrbitingTheSun

*Sings Awww Naw For Nappy and Aztec*
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Your Username
by RAYZORBLADE in
1. social
2. humour
there are many reasons why we choose a username.

on this forum, aside from some of the more obvious names associated with our avatars, what does your nickname/username mean or refer to?.

some are first names.
OrbitingTheSun

My user name comes from my hair. I started growing dreadlocks about 4 years ago. I also like the group.

Great name, Nappy. I like it! Welcome to the board, too.
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Your Username
by RAYZORBLADE in
1. social
2. humour
there are many reasons why we choose a username.

on this forum, aside from some of the more obvious names associated with our avatars, what does your nickname/username mean or refer to?.

some are first names.
OrbitingTheSun

I have always loved orbits and the way the orbit of an electron around a nucleus is similar to the orbit of the earth, and other planets, around the sun. It reminds me of how life on a microscopic level is quintessentially the same as life on a macroscopic level.
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Pettygrudger appreciation day!
by Aztec in
1. jw
2. friends
she has always been there for me and i love her to bits!

what a wonderful woman she is and we should all tell her!

here's to you sweetie!
OrbitingTheSun

Hi Rhonda! I don't know too much about you, but you are still awesome because I remember that you are an active mother of an autistic (somewhere on the spectrum) child and that is so important. I have volunteered in that field for a little over 3 years and mothers like you are heros--not just for your own child, but for all of the children. The system is not sympathetic of the struggle, and mothers like you are seriously like the advocates/lawyers for the kids. So, that's my input on why you are super dee duper! ((((( Rhonda )))))