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  How do you prepare your taco meats?

  by Iamallcool in

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  Brown 2 pounds lean hamburger, then add 1 can refried beans, 2 packages Old El Paso Reduced Sodium seasoning mix, 1 jar salsa, 1 1/2 cups water. Let simmer, uncovered, until thick. The salsa can be mild to hot, depending on your tolerance to heat.

  Instead of using taco shells, I heat some Tostito Scoops chips in the microwave, then spoon on them the taco meat/bean mixture, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, more salsa, and diced fresh tomatoes. Eat with fork or spoon or fingers.

  I know this doesn't come close to authentic Tex-Mex, but I'm a Pennsylvanian, and this is as close as I can get. I think it's pretty tasty.
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  The "Flood" in Noah's day--why wasn't that Armageddon enough?

  by Terry in

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  the great day of god the almighty certainly is a fit description for the destruction of men, women, children, grandmothers, infants and puppy dogs in the days of noah.. why didn't destroying everybody on earth except a remnant of 8 count as armageddon?.

  i mean, if you are starting all over by genocide--shouldn't it count for more than bad temper?.

  what are we missing?.

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  Myelaine/Michelle, please keep in mind that Cold Steel is a Mormon, and any answers to your questions will be based on Mormon beliefs.
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  I wanted to punch this elder so bad!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  so i decided to attend the meeting last.

  since i haven't gone in about 2 weeks, and i leave as soon as it ends, and elder decided to corner me at the end.

  lately i've been through some very depressing family issues that are non-jw related so i haven't been my best at acting like i care about the org.

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  Qcmbr: " "When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done. When they propose a plan–it is God’s plan. When they point the way, there is no other which is safe. When they give direction, it should mark the end of controversy. God works in no other way. To think otherwise, without immediate repentance, may cost one his faith, may destroy his testimony, and leave him a stranger to the kingdom of God." - LDS Improvement Era 1945 "

  Whenever anyone or any organization tells you to stop using your "God-given" brain to think, you know you are in the presence of a cult.
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  HA! Take that Watchtower! One less Borg for you!!!!!

  by Gojira_101 in

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  last week a friend of mine contacted me out of the blue asking if we could have lunch together.

  my friend has been studing with the jw's on and off for about 11-12 years i think.

  she has told me everytime i see her that she can't wait for jehovah to end this evil world...she can't wait for the new system...the end is so close....etc.. i sent her a message back telling her that i left the jw's and asked her if she had heard that.

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  Now THAT's the kind of "field service" that should be reported and published. It takes courage to face a dub (or nearly dub in this case) and risk ridicule and rejection in order to tell them the truth.

  Even if your friend decides to stay with the dubs, you've done as much as anyone possibly could to convince her of her error, Gojira.
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  Mouthy

  by still thinking in

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  i've been thinking about you.

  and i'm sending you lots of love across the universe.

  hope it reaches you soon.... .

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  I am not well. So if you hear I kicked the bucket be happy for me.

  I truly hope it's not as serious as that. You can't imagine how much we will miss you if you "kick the bucket." No "bucket-kicking" allowed on this site! It's in the rules. Simon would be furious.
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  Mouthy

  by still thinking in

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  i've been thinking about you.

  and i'm sending you lots of love across the universe.

  hope it reaches you soon.... .

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  Mouthy: I used to bring the neighbours in to hear it .Yes I counted time for its preaching....

  I didn't know you had a parakeet! We bird nuts have to stick together!

  And I'm just tickled to think that at least a few of the hours the great and mighty WTS reports as field service time was performed by a bird. There's something deliciously ironic about that. Birdie should be resurrected for that!

  BTW, if you are well enough to attend your Blue Mountain retreat this year, I live fairly close by. I would love to meet you if you have the time. I'm an old atheist, but the WT has made sure that we still have a lot in common. If you have time, I'd love to take you around to see the sights in my section of beautiful Pennsylvania.

  Just something to think about. I'll check back in with you this summer.

  Get well soon, Grace!
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  Maybeso

  by MaybeSo in

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  im very sad, upset and disappointed all at the same time.

  why couldnt i just stay away from this dam forum and live my life and blindly dedicated it to the borg.

  now i know ttatt, i cant ignore all the facts and all the stories of the great people in this forum.

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  The spark was already struck when you decided to look for info about JWs online. The information you found here merely fanned that spark into a small flame. It's up to you whether to put the flame out or feed it with the real truth.

  Good luck to you.
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  did any of you jW read orwells 1984 or Animal Farm

  by nonjwspouse in

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  read them while you werre still active and didn't know ttatt yet?.

  i am wonderiing about your thoughts, and did you read, recognise, anything that disturbed you, familiariaties.

  did you notice them?.

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  Read both in high school.

  I was so braindead I missed any connection with them and the dubs.

  It took the birth of my first child to wake me up.
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  Mouthy

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  i've been thinking about you.

  and i'm sending you lots of love across the universe.

  hope it reaches you soon.... .

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  So good to hear from you, Mouthy.

  I was just about to start a "where's Mouthy?" thread when I found this one.

  In case I miss it, Happy Birthday (a little early)!
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  Armenian government to pay out 112,000 euro to Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Gayle in

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  http://rapsinews.com/judicial_information/20130508/267305169.html.

  euros to dollars: 112,000 = $147,533 .

  (how can the wts claim these governments "persecute" them, when it is the wts with such "rights" and can win lawsuits/money from the governments) .

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  Somehow it seems counterintuitive for dubs to sue and collect money from a persecuting government. Isn't persecution part of their belief in their own righteousness and proves to them they are God's chosen ones?

  Getting governments to pay up settles the score. Where's the spiritual payoff in that?