Posts by Lutece

My brother died in an accident 10 years ago at the age of 23. One year earlier I dealth with the suicide of a close cousin who was the same age as me. I have a lot of the same fears you do, I have two precious children that I love dearly. I was a witness when my brother died and I didn't believe it when people told me that they felt Chad's spirit trying to say goodbye. Now I think (after hearing some accounts from very trustworthy people) that they did have some sort of contact with his spirit, but I didn't because my eyes were blindfolded. I couldn't see it, was too negative to look at it with an open mind.

Just wanted to share so that you know you're not alone.

Anne

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What's The Nicest Thing Anybody's Done For You?

by minimus in

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is there anything that jumps out at you ?

did a person ever do something that was so thoughtful, that you were overwhelmed by it?

Lutece

When my brother was missing for a week and eventually found dead after being involved in a car crash in a remote area up north (hunting season) the ones that showed true love the most were strangers and "weak or disfellowshipped" ones. Neighbors gathered money for my parents, made whole meals and offered assistance such as distributing flyers, etc. Old friends who'd been disfellowshipped or weren't witnesses offered to do anything they could and they all showed such love. Not one witness friend of mine stopped by to see if there was anything they could do. Not one called to ask how I was or about my parents (my parents had faded at the time, but still had witnesses who stopped by and who knew of the situation). They embarrassed me and confused me and that was the first part of my losing my "faith" in the "trooth".

You will know by their fruits, so true, so true. You just have to see it to believe it and I did.

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Stop Choosing to Be Overweight

by LuckyLucy in

stop choosing to be overweight .

if you are obese, you're putting your health at risk.

you need to take control of your weight to reduce the possibility of suffering serious complications.

Lutece

If you've met Frankie in person, you know he must know his stuff because he's got a bod that would make any man here envious. But, I thought maybe it was from all that beer, hot wings and computer usage!

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Benefits to strengthing SOCIAL ties between us?

by Pathofthorns in

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i realize my comments are a bit wordy and my thoughts scattered, but i just thought i'd toss this out.

in the past, jw's argued on doctrine and the xjw community argued also on doctrine.

these days many jw's are no longer able to argue their own beliefs and the xjw communty has less interest in discussing jw doctrine or christian doctrine.

Lutece

Path, I just love Toronto. Big cities make for Big fun! Well, if someone "else" can plan an apostofest in Toronto, I'll be there. Save up a day off so you can be a part of the "party" ok? Don't want you to be too tired now....

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Benefits to strengthing SOCIAL ties between us?

by Pathofthorns in

jw
friends

i realize my comments are a bit wordy and my thoughts scattered, but i just thought i'd toss this out.

in the past, jw's argued on doctrine and the xjw community argued also on doctrine.

these days many jw's are no longer able to argue their own beliefs and the xjw communty has less interest in discussing jw doctrine or christian doctrine.

Lutece

Hey Path,

hello (old handle was Pierced Angel). I agree that meeting up with some of you on the board has been very helpful to me during my transition from good witness girl to apostate slut. The bad association and worldly influences you xjw's have rubbed onto me have made life worth living again.

Seriously, it was hard when I decided to disassociate myself, but the support of this board helped me realize that I wasn't alone, I wasn't the only one going through this turmoil and also that old truth, "there's always someone who has it worse than you do". Meeting some of you in person made me realize even more that the society is losing it's best and brightest people. Most of you are so good at using humor to ease your load, but I've seen the pain and felt closer to many of you because of our similar stories.

Thanks Path, you always have a very eloquent way of stating truths. I always enjoy reading your posts, they are written with a flair that most certainly belongs to a great writer. It was nice meeting you in Toronto. I was surprised to see how young you were, you are so mature for your age. Maybe Beans or Quotes will put together a little apostofest to take away some of the winter monotony?

Beans??? Quotes??? Peter Stride??? (I miss you too Peter! Where've you been?)

Anne

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Here is a weird one for you.

by freedom96 in

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i have had two very interesting yet weird experiences in the last couple of years, and would like some opinions on them.. i had a customer come into my store about 1 1/2 years ago.

long story will be cut short.

as we are talking, he says, "you are a good man, you care about people.

Lutece

I wanted to add that this "doctor" didn't guess a bunch of things and then finally get something "right". Everything he noticed about my health was right on and not once did he say something was the matter that wasn't true. He wasn't guessing and he didn't try to sell me anything. He seemed like a good person and I haven't seen him since, been a couple months now. His main goal is to help people deterrmine where their health problems lie so that they can work on natural ways of combatting the issues on their own (as long as they're not lifethreatening). He seemed to live quite simply so if he's raking in big bucks off of new age customers, he's hidden the luxuries in his life quite well. I remember Gallileo's plight so I don't play the skeptic too quickly.

Anne

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Here is a weird one for you.

by freedom96 in

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i have had two very interesting yet weird experiences in the last couple of years, and would like some opinions on them.. i had a customer come into my store about 1 1/2 years ago.

long story will be cut short.

as we are talking, he says, "you are a good man, you care about people.

Lutece

Well, I hadn't had one in over a year and just that week I felt one coming on strong, so I don't think he was just taking a stab at it. Also, my daughter, being 12 is more apt to be on the computer, but she's not into it so why did he guess that she didn't have effects of radiation too? He didn't know us at all, didn't know anything about us. And no, I did not buy ANYTHING from him, he only offered some ideas about things we could do to make ourselves healthier. These screens help filter the monitor light and supposedly the radiation effects. Either way, it's better viewing so I like it for $15.

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Here is a weird one for you.

by freedom96 in

jw
friends

i have had two very interesting yet weird experiences in the last couple of years, and would like some opinions on them.. i had a customer come into my store about 1 1/2 years ago.

long story will be cut short.

as we are talking, he says, "you are a good man, you care about people.

Lutece

I met this guy who was a "new age" type doctor and he said that he healed people naturally. Well, I do believe in having an open mind and I do use herbs, etc. so I decided to see what he'd find with me and the kids. Well, I'm on the computer all the time and so is my son, he also plays video games and stuff, but my daughter, rarely watches tv or goes on the computer. This guy didn't know us at all and he said right away that my son and I had radiation streaming off of us. He said "do you two use a computer a lot or watch a lot of tv?". He said my daughter didn't seem to have it like we did. He also could tell by putting his hands out in front of my body that I had a urinary infection. I told nobody that I had one or that I was sick, in fact, I've had them before so I was just going to stop and get some cranberry juice and try to flush it out on my own before contacting my doctor for antibiotics. I was shocked by his being able to tell from just "feeling" the energies around me. Weird.

I don't know how and what it means, but I've since installed a protective screen for my computer and I'm sure that he has some kind of special talent, but how, I don't know.