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she is counseling my daughter (indirectly) about her choice to date a "worldly" guy.. hey, so, we had a talk recently that was about love & respect in your marriage.

the brother brought out that this was more for us witnesses rather than worldly people, because it seems that even in the truth now marriage has lost it's correct place.

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Mimimus. My first 2 questions I had when I read the letter were...

1. Is the friend, female? and 2. Is he/she married ? I see you have answered both., and it was as I suspected. Her ex-friend is pretty nervy, condeming a single person, when she herself is married.

And as for the tone of the letter, either her elder dad wrote it for her, or she should be an elder herself, because she's got the jw judgemental jargon down to a T. Amazing how those " letters of council " all sound alike. Just shows how brainwashed we were.

xjw_b12 " Millions Now Living Will Never ~~Die~~ Know "

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What parents need to know...

by SheilaM in

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today on montel he is discussing a subject i just did a speech on yesterday.

it's about the medication of children for adhd.

1. that ritalin is a class ii drug and is on the same as cocaine.

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SixofNine, Mystery, freedom96, and bittersweet. Sorry to have ruffled any feathers.

I agree with funkyderick when he said.

But isn't that what's being done, that every child who can't pay attention is being 'lumped into a group' and diagnosed as having ADD/ADHD?

The point I was trying to make is the propensity of a lot of teachers to label all overly active kids as ADD/ADHD.

I am sure Ritalin, and other medications can make noticeable improvements, when other methods fail, but I have a distrust for Drug Manufacturers, who "push" their products to Doctors and J.Q. Public to keep their stockholders happy, and profit margins healthy.

To bittersweet. In the case of my son, that is occasionally the problem. But the teachers, and their assistants, do not always seem to have the time to be able to review his work, and assign him other assignments, so he gets rambunctious, and that's when we have to remind him, that he has a responsibility to respect the teachers wishes, and behave himself. If not, we deal with it at home in a non corporal manner.

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What happens to old worn out Kingdom Halls?

by gitasatsangha in

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seems like there are differnet tier's of kindgom halls.

the old hall i went too was orginally supposed to be large house, iirc.

when our congregation outgrew it, it was sold to a company next door that build coffins and caskets.

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2 in my area.

1. Now a Victory Family Church.

2. Day Care Centre.......shudders.

LOL at stephanus, I knew he was going to post that pic as soon as I saw this thread.

The old wornout JWs just keep going there.

Best comback line to undecided HAHAHAHA

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[SYN] is Irish!!!

by SYN in

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this weekend a close relative got married, so i went along to the service, chafing at the bit the whole time i was in the church (dutch reformed, if it makes any difference).

as usual, i could feel myself getting subliminally drawn into what the pastor was talking about, although you could say i disagreed with him on some fundamental points, but yours truly kept quiet as he was sitting next to his grandfather .

personally i always thought i was 100% dutch.

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SYN well 50% is better than nothing ! I'll guess you'll have to change your avatar now.

xjw_b12 of the " always had a weakness for redheads class "

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Insurance In Network/Out of Network Scam

by Francois in

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i was just reading princess' sam goody story and since i'm going through something similiar that might affect some of you as well, i thought to throw in my usual two cents worth.. i recently had a sleep study.

yep.

sleep apnea.

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Francois. I do hope you now have a CPAP. They're lifesavers .

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April 2003 KM: ``Mind Your Manners in Public"

by Room 215 in

now that it's dispensed with its annual ``don't you dare partake" in advance of their spring travesty of a communion, the faithful and discreet slave shifts its focus to another seasonal perennial: the km's recurrent exhortation to ``mind your manners at this summer's district conventions.

by ``connecting the dots" between the leadership's admonition to mind one's manners at the hotel, to tip approriately, to avoid ``double-dipping'' by eating and then loading up on unapproved takeaways for lunch at hotels that prvide complimentary breakfast, to refrain from losing all inhibitions in after-hour socializing and to forego the donning of outlandish skin-tight (or conversely loose fitting ``hip-hop" outfits) forte duration of the assembly, a picture quite different from the idealized notion of jws being a worldwide fraternity of solidly mature, temperate ministers who lives find fulfilment only in the service of god and their fellow man.. what sort of adults need to be lectured in such terms, let alone a group that boasts of its aloofness from satan's world?

what does it suggest about leadership's awareness of how far removed from reality the rank and file is from their literature's stylized imagery?

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" JW's are the cleanest people in the world "

And if you don't believe me, just take a look at the hoarded quantities of hotel soaps, shampoos, conditioners, mouthwash, showercaps, and yes those handy needle and thread repair kits to sew those annoying buttons back on...you know the ones that pop off the pants, or shirts, after you've had 6 hotel complimentary bagels and cream cheese !

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Satisfied with your vehicle?

by JH in

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just about everybody has a car and a story they can share.

does your car give you trouble, or would you recommend it to others?.

so, how would you rate your car?.

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2000 Chevy Silverado 4X4 Extended Cab, Onyx Black with gold pinstripping.

Trading up in 3 weeks to a 2003 Chevy Silverado 4X4 Extended Cab, Dark Metallic Green. See a pattern here

Isn't it nice to be able to buy any vehicle you want, beside a 4 door jw sedan !

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What parents need to know...

by SheilaM in

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today on montel he is discussing a subject i just did a speech on yesterday.

it's about the medication of children for adhd.

1. that ritalin is a class ii drug and is on the same as cocaine.

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SheilaM Thanks for posting that info.

Our youngest son is a happy, healthy, boisterous kid, and ever since Grade 2, his teachers have talked to us about his inability to sit still for long, and become a distraction to the class. All of these teachers have never come out directly and said that he thought he was ADD. (now the've added the hyperactive term....brother) What they did say to us, is they suggest we take him to a doctor. I knew exactly what they were getting at, and it made me angry.

Part of the problem, is he finished his assignments quickly, and then is just plain bored. Another problem I believe is the inability of the teachers to administer discipline. I know myself when I was his age, I was in somewhat the same boat, and after numerous warnings from my teacher, I was sent to the principals office, and I got the ol' belt across the hand. The humiliation of being sent to the office, never mind the stinging on my palm was more than enough to behave myself..........until the next year anyways.

Very scary stuff that Ritalin, especially when it is used as a pacifier, more for the teacher's benefit than for the student. Thanks to the drug companies for turning our kids into drug addicts before the age of 10, and never having to deal with those nasty street peddlars !

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