Posts by Nickey

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Scary pictures

by Surfacing in

i remember as a kid being freaked out by two pictures.

one was of the demons floating away leaving their screaming wives and babies during the flood, and the other was the collage with the gas mask guy and the kid holding his hands over his ears and the dead guy with the chopsticks.... .

oh yes, did i mention that i wasn't allowed to watch the care bears movie as a kid because of the "frightening and demonic" scenes?

Nickey

Surf,

I'm with you on the demon floating flood pic. That one freaked me out too.

Ugh... the way they draw some pictures can really scare a kid. Especially a scaredy cat like me.

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Actress attacked

by PopeOfEruke in

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i just heard that the actress from the film "legally blond" has been stabbed, is it reece something or other?.

pope

Nickey

Uh, okay... weird humor...

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Why didn't she tell anyone?

by PopeOfEruke in

over the weekend, my sister told me of some "expereriences" when she was a young girl of about 12. .

they involved the jw husband of our elder sister.

she had married a "pioneer" at age 16, the husband was maybe 22 or 23. and he was a creep!.

Nickey

Kind of reminds me of myself. I didn't say anything because I wasn't sure if I would be believed. I was too scared... and I just attempted to avoid and not be alone around the person. That was my solution instead of facing it and speaking up. But I did eventually tell my mother vaguely. And as I feared, she went straight to the person and I ran and hid... being a young kid, you don't really know how to deal with situations like that. I know I didn't. The option of telling did cross my mind. But the fear of the unknown reaction is what kept me from doing so right away. I didn't want to be involved in the aftermath.

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CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY THIS WEEKEND.

by integ in

jw
friends

in my area of the world the 2 day circuit assembly will be held this weekend.

i was wondering if anybody has attended this years assembly, or had any insight as to the message being delivered on sunday afternoon titled "don't look back...look to the future" (or something to that effect).

i must speculate and wonder if the message of this enlightening discourse will be to forget all the past mistakes of the society, and concentrate on the paradise earth, and everything that is presented from now on by the society..... "don't grumble about minor adjustments made in god's organization friends, we have to remain steadfast in our support of those taking the lead as they humbly follow jehovah's spirit direction on matters".

Nickey

lisavegas420,

Just so you know of a good program to use for spyware, now or futuerwise: Ad-Aware is a program I use to scan my PC. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware - It's always good to do a scan every now and then to see what you may have lurking.

I got messed up by Gator and Hotbar. Never again! lol

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IMPALEMENT OR CRUCIFIXION?

by BluesBrother in

http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/crucifixion.html

given the topicality of the passion of the christ, it got me thinking again about the manner of his death... i had always been led to believe , in my days as a dub , that death on a stake was far more likely and logical because to be suspended with spread arms would place too much centre of gravity in the centre and the body would pitch forward.. given that jesus took several hours to die, i found the following quote from .the above site interesting ..

"physiological response to crucifixion

Nickey

I've been looking around for this one site I read where it showed an article by the society that said that it was now possible that Jesus *may* have died on a cross. That they don't know if it was a cross or stake.

I read it last year and haven't ran across it anymore. Does anyone recall this info/article?

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CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY THIS WEEKEND.

by integ in

jw
friends

in my area of the world the 2 day circuit assembly will be held this weekend.

i was wondering if anybody has attended this years assembly, or had any insight as to the message being delivered on sunday afternoon titled "don't look back...look to the future" (or something to that effect).

i must speculate and wonder if the message of this enlightening discourse will be to forget all the past mistakes of the society, and concentrate on the paradise earth, and everything that is presented from now on by the society..... "don't grumble about minor adjustments made in god's organization friends, we have to remain steadfast in our support of those taking the lead as they humbly follow jehovah's spirit direction on matters".

Nickey

Been there... but I won't look back...

*walks out*

*walks in*

Okay... "Don't look back at past mistakes. Things of the past. Like 1975. There are alot of those who have looked back at that date and other dates. Look to the future. Because that's what really matters. There are those who leave the truth because they kept looking back into the past. We are in a race for our lives. And we have to follow the rules in order to win. There was this one woman running a race, and they reached a block. Kind of like a railroad block. But there was no train! But still the runners stopped. Why? Because those were the RULES. Instead, the woman runner ran around the barrier and finished the race. She ran ahead. And the end result? She did not win. Because they disqualified her because she broke the rules. She did not follow the rules."

"There are contribution boxes in the back. We have a $2,000 deficit..."

Something about $4,000. I admit it if it isn't obvious... I was sleeping and don't even remember much else. Those aren't exact words or in order. But it's what I got between dozing. Then we sang 38, "Displaying Loyalty", prayer. etc.

I'm not trying to be completely negative because there were some good things said. But it just seemed like it was focusing on "Running the race", loyalty to the organization. Just putting the sense of urgency in there. I got teary eyed on the story of the little 5 year old girl dying. But I think I've heard it told once before.

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Whats your biggest fear?

by ScoobySnax in

jw
friends

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seriously....what is your biggest fear?

when its late at night and you lay there in bed, what worries you the most?

Nickey

Honestly...Demons.

My whole life has been centered around that fear and I'm still trying to cope and calm my anxiety.

Secondly, not doing the right thing. Or making the wrong choice. Losing my family, standing up to them.

I have alot of fears.

Oh... and Bees. lol

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Zeus?

by Nickey in

i haven't been posting in a long time.

but i still read from time to time.

but, i have a question.. i went to the assembly for the weekend.

Nickey

Yeah yeah, so I woke up with a stuffy head and dozed off during the talks. But I really did try to follow along. And my family was real happy about me being there. They're working on getting me back in the truth. Whatever that truth may be.

I could see it sparked curiousity of what he said in other people too. But I would be crazy to lean over and ask my sister if he said what I thought he said. She just looked confused and shook it off. And I just wondered if this man was speaking something that was on his brain unknowingly, or pulling people's legs. He's one of those brother's that always has to do a comedy skit. Which I'll admit was kinda funny.

Either way, I couldn't believe that I was starting to get pulled in again. The talks really did sound sweet and encouraging. Reading from the bible and all. And I started to feel guilty thinking about what if I'm wrong.

Then 1975 was mentioned. Along with announcements for contributions and a $2,000 deficit, and I snapped back. Back and forth like an overstretched rubberband. *sighs*

This is an emotional mental battle with me right now.

*put's in hearing aid*

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Zeus?

by Nickey in

i haven't been posting in a long time.

but i still read from time to time.

but, i have a question.. i went to the assembly for the weekend.

Nickey

I haven't been posting in a long time. But I still read from time to time. But, I have a question.

I went to the Assembly for the weekend. Tried to pay attention and follow along in the bible. But as we were reading a scripture, the brother said "That's a wonderful thing that Zeus says there..." It threw me off a bit and I thought I misheard him until I believe he said it again. I thought he said Jesus really fast. But 2nd mention and I knew it was Zeus he was saying.

Can someone educate me on this and how and why this relates to the bible? Or why this brother might've said that?

Am I missing something or do I need a hearing aid? lol

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Have you ever honestly had Jehovah ansure your prayer?

by Singing Man in

yes have you ever honestly, had jehovah ansure your prayer in a way that told you it was from him and not some trick of a wanting heart?

Nickey

And I see psychics in here trying to tell everyone who and what they are and what they're prayers mean. When you don't even know every person with what circumstances or what happened in what time and what way.

I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone anymore.

When I hear of a planecrash with one survivor who attributes being saved to a prayer? What of the others?

They should've prayed along with him (that's a joke I ran across last night)