The Memorial was the one and only celebration we were allowed. We always had to make it the best as children becuase it was our one and only time to have an excuse to buy new clothes and dress up. In later years I did her Elders say we shouldn't make it our day by dressing up but we ignored this advice because it was our day of celebration.
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And I thought memorials were supposed to be a solemn occasion!
by cedars injust found this on youtube.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1eic5fiywe.
not that i blame them for making the most of an otherwise dreary event, but i've never known a memorial to be treated like a high school prom before!.
cedars.
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Trinity, Immortality of the soul, Hell fire... Homosexuality
by irondork inmost people here who have spent any amount of time studying the bible will agree that the bible allows for more than one interpretation of these topics.
well, the first three topics, anyways.. reading the gay marriage discussions on this board i see a common thread weaving its way through: no acknowledgement whatsoever that there is an equally valid interpretation of the bible that does not condemn homosexuality.. once in a while i will see the word trinity mentioned on this forum and no big deal is made of it (for the most part).
trinitarian and non-trinitarian teachings are accepted as variations of the christian understanding of the bible without any judgment being made regarding the genuineness of that person's christian identity or relationship with god.. mention the word homosexuality, and there is a huge difference in attitude.
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Irondork, my son, not on this site, has also done a lot of bible research and has come to the same understanding about homosexuality. BTW he has changed his pic on facebook to the same as your avatar. The Equal sign. Love it. Just want to give you my support.
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From my Oubliette ....
by Oubliette in.
from my place of forgetting, and out of my utter despair and loneliness, i tap out my pathetic message desperately hoping that there is someone, anyone that might possibly hear ... .
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gma-tired2
We're here. sometimes lonliness and dispair can take their toll. You have friends on JWN and Memorial night does have memories for all of us. i wish you a happier life.
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Irritated with my sister in law who is trying to claim my baby girls clothes
by Butterflyleia85 inirritated with my sister in law.
ok so i'm really happy and excited about having my baby girl january 31st!
the same week i learned my sister in law is having a baby due in october but will be having it delivered september.
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Your favorite items need to be "lost" deep in a closet. Share the items that are nice but you don't hold as dear.
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Anyone else celebrating the Memorial with just their families at home tonight?
by ohiocowboy intonight, i have decided to bake unleavened bread so that my partner and i can have our own memorial at home.
i already have the wine, and i will be serving it in an authentic ancient greel drinking vessel called a kantharos that was used in ancient times.
i've collected ancient greek and roman coins and antiquities for quite a few years, and i thought it would be neat to try be be as authentic as possible by serving the emblems in ancient wares.
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May you and your partner has a beautiful celebration together. Sounds like you have so much love.
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The Mantan the lost tribe of Wales
by designs inwe have been researching our ancestry and so far on my father's side we have located the family land in wales in a little village called machynileth just off the coast of cardigan bay and our search dates to 1749. someday my son and i will visit our family-tree homesteads in europe.. legends develop in anyone's family and one of the curious legends was of an american native tribe called the mantan who lived near the ohio valley and wisconsin and later moved east to the dakotas.
what was interesting about the story of these peoples is that they were blue-eyed and some green-eyed with lighter skin and it was thought early on by anthropologists that some of their words were welsh.
it turns out they were not descendents of welsh explorers but they may have been the result of earlier encounters with europeans.
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l'm from the female woman outlaw from Oklahoma Belle Starr. No proof but a lot of family stories.
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Our Daughter is 13 today!
by cantleave inand to think i was told that armageddon would be here before i was 13!.
happy birthday heather .
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Happy Birthday Heather Life is just beginning
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Coincidence?
by Blttex insince i started actually reading the bible about three years ago i have found the similarities between the pharisees and the society to be amazing.
tell me your thoughts on this example or others you've come across.
(acts 4:13-20) when they saw the courage of peter and john and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with jesus.
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I had these thoughts as a teen sitting in the KH but thought there was something wrong with my thinking.
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Gastric Bypass Question
by channing28105 in[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].
i am wondering if there is someone that has had the rny gastric bypass because i have a lot of questions about the rny gastric bypass because i had the rny gastric bypass in july of 2012 and i am also looking for a diet buddy that has had the gastric bypass.
channing.
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I had bypass 8 years ago. Lost 150 lbs. It is a long term life. Recomendation, do not eat too much, makes you ill, avoid carbs that causes dumping syndrome, (diarreah & or vomiting), stay away from carbinated drinks makes you ill and puts weight back on. Stay away from refined sugar it makes you sick. Sometimes one bite too many can cause you to be very sick. If you start on sugar or soft drinks they become addictive all over again. Any questions I will try to answer for you. Gma-tired2
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Could this be accurate?
by NeverKnew inis the information on this webpage* regarding the socioeconomic conditions of jws a fair connection to the all too familiar wts quote of 1969?
does the report's statistics appear to be plausible given your personal observations?
*even though many others have copied and pasted the article (including the individual who created the page hyperlinked above), i'm apprehensive about doing so for copyright reasons.
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Those is high school in 1969 are in their late 50s and early 60s and those who were just out of teens are in mid 60's all of us are near or in our senior years, our children are now middle age and now many of these in 69 just aren't prepared for our senior years. Also we are now finding out how much of our paents money has been donated to WTBTS, my mother in law is 86 and donatd so much She is livig on very minimum ss. She married in 1971 to an Elder who retired in his 50's with a small pension who used her inheritance to support serving the WT and making large donations. His gone and she is struggleing.