The AP style book is a good place for a consistent reference. Also tips in the back about libel.
Read what you want to write. Plays, poetry, horror. Read, then write.
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czarofmischief
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I want to improve my writing style....any suggestions?
by logansrun inalthough i know i'm not the worst writer in the world i feel i could improve tremendously.
anyone know of a good, simple, "only the facts ma'am" book on how to improve one's grammer and style?
any suggestions from the peanut gallery on things you notice which are grammatically incorrect in my growing legion of posts?
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Everlasting life on a Paradise earth..myth or reality?
by shotgun ineverlasting life on a paradise earth.
this hope permeates the very being of every jw.
does it mention everlasting life on a paradise earth?
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Life is a chrysalis, meant to provide a safe place for growth as our consciousness develops from purely animal to angelic and beyond.
A life, or a soul, begins as a small creature, perhaps a bacteria, and over the course of thousands of reincarnations, depending on its course in each life, gradually grows into a soul that can fill a human body - and then when a human dies, the soul is reincarnated as an angelic body, provided of course that it has built up enough positive karma to power the growth cycle.
I'm starting my own religion.
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How Long Will You Stay Here?
by Stacy Smith inwhen will you be done with this forum?
a year?
will leaving be a sign of moving on?.
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Until the money runs out.
Wait, you mean I'm not being paid to be insightful, witty, and friendly?
Hmmm... oh well, I could put my tiime I spend here on a time slip and send it in to the Borg as a mythical publisher - ala NOS vs. the Nigerian Scammer...
I'm not leaving until I find something better to do! And that's my final answer!
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Giving the JWs one more chance.....
by ScoobySnax ini'm prompted to make a post on this subject following a previous post from stace..... i really think i need to go back to the meetings just one more time, i think it'd be a make or break scenario for me.
i reckon i'll either go back and become full time like i was before, or just slink away thinking "i can't live up to this anymore" i envy both witnesses who are full time, for their faithfulness, and those that have made a clean break, for their honesty to themselves, its sort of not right to be living in some sort of limbo state.. dithering dithering dithering, thats all i've done since i first got here i think, like some fart in a storm, posting fluffy stuff and avoiding the hard stuff.... i hear what some of you say, and it does irritate me as well to be just a hanger-on.
i don't think i'll ever be a hardcore anti-jw no more than i'll make circuit overseer, but well, i guess i need to go some way or the other.. and, well thats it really.
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Go back to the meetings. I bet the BS turns your stomach and you bail by the middle song.
If not, then, hey, chase the dragon again if you want...
Good luck and best wishes, whatever happens. Try not to let them rule you through fear, okay?
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Has Being A Jehovah's Witness Scarred You For Life???
by minimus inwill the pain and memories ever go away??
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I have bunions from walking door to door all the damn time. Nah, I think it is possible for the pain to gradually diminish, if you are willing to gradually build up your atrophied social skills and find a meaning to your life. I think the pain that xjws feel is just everybody else's pain they've felt all their lives, we just aren't hitting the heavy narcotic of the WT anymore.
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A knock at the door - by others
by A Paduan in.
do jws give to charitable orgs that knock at their door ?
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I might try the charity thing this xmas. Might be a good way to spit on the WT's grave.
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lifting the viel
by lurk indo you remeber that bit in the bible about lifting the viel of the unbelivers.and the blind leading the blind over a cliff .they were always about going with the wrong church a dn learning more things about jehovahs true ppl.. .
but now i feel like im getting another viel lifted and im seeing the society in a totally new way.. why did i never see it before?
?..its like ive been totally blind for years...
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Trippy, eh? Kinda creepy and fun at the same time. The anger involved in such hypocrisy is enormous. Resist violence...
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Since You've Stopped Going To Meetings, What's Your General Outlook?
by minimus in.....in life?
do you still have hope?
are you truly much happier?
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Let me think about that one for a second...
Overall...
BETTER!!!!
Yeehaw!
I'm optimistic, full of plans for life, I enjoy being alive much more, I don't feel pressured, and I tend to stand up for myself a lot more. I don't take any crap off anyone, and I follow my own advice, and I shout a lot more. My CD collection is more varied and better, my movies are more varied and better, and my alcohol consumption is better.
Best of all, not every conversation revolves around why I don't celebrate holidays, cause I do. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
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Kingdom Hellodies
by Nosferatu inokay, list some "worldly" songs with a title that suggests they could be "kingdom melodies".
here's a start:.
jehovah - saigon kick.
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Crystal Blue Persuasion - the theme song for the old United in Worship books
What A Wonderful World
Devil Without A Cause
Tha Thong Song - oh wait, my mind is drifting off track, here...
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Is Praying Begging?
by shamus inis praying begging?.
you get down on your knees..... you put your hands together..... you beg.
you beg forgiveness, to a god that wants to hear nothing but that.... you beg for mercy,, to a god that wants to hear nothing but that.... you beg for help,, to a god that does not listen.
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Obviously, sens, there are extenuating circumstances in which death is preferable to continued existence on this plane - I wasn't referring to those. I was referring to the specific example in which benjamin challenged God to prove Himself by killing benjamin - presumably a healthy young fellow with his whole life ahead of him (I understand he's 17, from what I've read). For someone with no great reason to die, to petition God for death, would be indicative NOT of a true death wish but of the need to have LIFE validated in some profound way.
Human relationships with God are complicated things, bb, so take your time. Plus, your age and the whole dub experience are fairly messed up things to begin with. 17 was a tough age for me, as well, and I didn't even have to break up with my religion at that time yet... hang in there, and keep your mind open. There is a great deal of positive experience in the world, even more than the negative.
Try asking God not to "kill you" but to reveal Himself to you. I bet if you leave His options open as to how and when, you will get an answer fairly soon. Maybe not in the way you expect, either. Just be aware that if something out of the ordinary happens, it might be an answer to your prayer.
It's not really begging, is it, if it's something you truly need and can't provide for yourself - which is validation of your life. It's just applying for something that is your birthright - your relationship with God.
Give it a shot - whenever you are ready. Doesn't have to be today or tomorrow, just sometime when you are feeling a little more settled inside. Remember, even human law doesn't hold younger people completely accountable for what they do or say - why should God?
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