Posts by liquidsky

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So what exactly IS the unforgivable sin...?

by Kudra in

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apologies if this has been covered before... .

but is it apostacy --- not being repentant for anything (no matter what the "sin" is) --- saying *something* (i forget what) about the "holy spirit"- this last one seems sorta familiar... .

How many hours do your work a week?

by liquidsky in

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just curious.

i work between 50-to 65 hours a week, sometimes 70. in fact i don't of anyone in the company i work for that works less then 48. does anyone here work a "normal" 40 hour week?

does it even exist anymore?.

Just curious. I work between 50-to 65 hours a week, sometimes 70. In fact I don't of anyone in the company I work for that works less then 48. Does anyone here work a "normal" 40 hour week? Does it even exist anymore?

I'm asking because my poor dad is working a 45+ hours a week, plus 5 meetings a week, plus field service on Saturdays and Sundays, and he the responsibilities of being a ministerial servent (talks, conducting bookstudy etc.) I feel so bad, and it makes me sad to see him so tired and worn out all the time. If the whole "my burden is light" thing is so true with the Jw's, why is it aging my poor dad so much???

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What do you fancy right now?

by KW13 in

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i really fancy a cup of tea and a cake, maybe cos i am british?

liquidsky

DInner! I'm starving! Have to wait for Hubby to come home.

In the time being, I'll have a glass of Columbia Crest Merlot or 2. =)

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So what exactly IS the unforgivable sin...?

by Kudra in

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apologies if this has been covered before... .

but is it apostacy --- not being repentant for anything (no matter what the "sin" is) --- saying *something* (i forget what) about the "holy spirit"- this last one seems sorta familiar... .

liquidsky

I have asked thie question soooooo many times. The only answer I get: "Sinning against the holy the holy spirit." Sinning against the holy spirit to the JW's means working against the organization. In other words being apostate. I've never had a JW come right out and say apostacy is the unforgivable sin... but being a JW once a upton a time, I know this is what they believe.

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Faces to Names

by Peaches-n-Cream in

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hey all...

so many of you have given me a great big welcome to the board.

do any of you have pictures you wouldn't mind posting so i can match some faces to your name?

liquidsky

<------ me.

Welcome peaches n cream!

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Do you rather an automatic or manual transmission?

by JH in

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my first cars were all "manual" and they were small cars, cheap on gas.. then later on in life, i spoiled myself and bought automatic cars.. last week, i tried a manual yaris, and wasn't that comfortable with the manual transmission.

maybe it's the fact that i didn't drive a manual car in 6 years.. just wondering if anyone here after driving automatic transmission cars since many years, if you would come back to manual..

liquidsky

Automatics are for old people.

Lonleysheep, my lease just ended on my VW jetta. I absolutley loved that car. Unfortunatley, I couldn't afford the payment on the 2006 so I ended up leasing a Subaru Impreza, 5 speed manual. I love it! So much more fun to drive then the Jetta.

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Questions for those born or raised in the truth

by The wanderer in

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raised in the organization

"for those not born into the organization .

not having been born into the organization i believe.

liquidsky

It wasn't all that bad as a kid JW. I just did what I was told. When I was a teenager I was miserable. Pretty typical JW or not. I hated that I could not be on the basketball team as I loved playing basketball and it was something I was darn good at. I hated not being able to have any friends. I didn't really have and wordly friends because I was not allowed to socialize with them after school. So they were basically aquaintences at school. The witness girls hated me. I was never part of thier cliques. So I really didn't make a whole lot friends in the congregation either.

I finally talked my parents into letting me join the drama class afterschool. That was the best time I had as teen. By the time I married and moved out, I was already starting my fade. I was also social retard. It took a few years for me to start functioning like a normal person. I guess it really did come as shock to me to learn that everything I was tought was lie. I took it pretty good, as I had serious doubts all through my teenage years. I was just very angry that I wasted my entire youth.

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Is the first year really the hardest?????

by mama1119 in

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i have been married a year and a half, and everyone says the first year is the hardest.

well, the crappyness seems to be creeping right on into the second year.

i thought it was suppossed to get easier each year.

liquidsky

Maybe it'll take just telling him exactly how you feel.

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What are you reading - Summer 2006?

by eyeslice in

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always a popular thread the what are you reading at the moment thread?.

my favourite reads for the summer of 2006:.

the history of love by nicole krauss.

liquidsky

Just finished reading "The Kite Runner"- Great book! And "Snowflower & the secret fan". Another awesome read. Need to find something new now.

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Lying about going to meetings...what are your thoughts?

by stillAwitness in

as many of you know, i live on my own now and yesterday was quite a scare since my bf and i are $35 short on the rent!

lol!

we are already 5 days late but thank goodness i just started my very first waitressing job and made my first $45 tonight.

liquidsky

Stilla,

You said:

I love being on my own although my mom still tries to at least get me going to meetings again.

So your mom is trying to get you to go to the meetings again, even though she thinks your're going to another hall because you've lied to her and told her you are. That makes alot of sense.

And why are you so concerend about lying? You're lying about living with your boyfriend, so what's the big deal?