Pioneer woman, close friend of my mom, committed suicide. KH solved the problem that they never talked about her like she never existed. I do not think one promotional/educational video will change it.
Posts by kaik
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108Leaked Elder's Video: How to deal with a suicidal sister
by cappytan inthis video will be played at one of the clam meetings in march 2016.. the content is kind of old news because it is a recut version of a previous video produced for the elder's school.
however, it's still significant because it shows that the organization still has dissenting brothers in positions of leadership.. my thanks to the leaker.
feel free to claim credit here.
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Why would anyone choose to support Jehovah’s Witnesses?
by Half banana inwhat is the point of supporting a belief which began as a bronze age ox-headed idol called yahweh... in a religion designed for illiterate peasants now appropriated by a money-driven cult with a one hundred and forty six year unbroken record of total failure of its bible based predictions?.
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kaik
Some may be too old to start over and they are content with their social life.
This is the case of my mom. She has many friends in various KH, so she also travels pretty much every other weekend, and it becomes a part of her life. She knows TTATT, but she really does not care about it at her age. Plus, I have half of family in WT, so she feels interconnected with relatives. Leaving WT would severe her social life, so she continues to go to the KH.
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It is the thought that counts
by Fisherman inspain was one of those countries that was more catholic than the pope.
and back in medieval times people had no choice but to go to mass and confession and be good catholics –or else.
anyway, back in them days, in spain, when someone went to confess their sins to a priest, it was face to face.
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kaik
Confessions in late medieval and early modern Europe had tremendous potential for blackmail and was used extensively by ruling elite to coerce population into compliance. Public confessions by priest in front of the community were popular in Frankish Empire. Once parish churches became established everywhere, Church through confessions acquired opinion on public mood and social issues, while at the same time got a personal file on anyone wrongdoing. Protestant reformation in Central Europe removed confessions as one of the grave violation of biblical doctrines. Poland on the other hand did not experienced Protestant Reformation, and confessions and even pilgrimage to specific confessions became very popular there till 20th century. In Bohemia, Hungary which experienced both Reformation and counter-Reformation, confessions did not had much prominent role in the church and spiritual life. -
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It is the thought that counts
by Fisherman inspain was one of those countries that was more catholic than the pope.
and back in medieval times people had no choice but to go to mass and confession and be good catholics –or else.
anyway, back in them days, in spain, when someone went to confess their sins to a priest, it was face to face.
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kaik
In medieval Czech society, the Catholic church accepted payments for any sin regardless what people committed. This was also a reason for Bohemian reformation that started 100 years earlier than in Germany. Back in medieval times, people could literary pay for anything wrong doing, and they were forgiven by the Catholic church. Confessions had also a huge political influence, because church knew much about people's background and use it for blackmail and intelligence gathering.
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how do most of you now feel about the military?
by sowhatnow inwas not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
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kaik
I have a high respect for military. My father was professional soldier in the 1950's and 1960's, and my FIL is former marine who served in WWII till Korean war. To be a soldier is not certainly easy and it can affect relationships due deployments and long time away from the family. My mom had to travel to base to see him for years before they decided to have kids and settled in. For my dad, military was a way to escape postwar misery and I do not think he ever regret it. -
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Start A Butterfly Garden!
by Bonsai intime to take a break from debating religion.
take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?
how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?
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kaik
Snow has melted, and garden looks fine. Only damage I see is my daphne where a branch from tree landed on top of it. I will see if my camellias will bloom in March and April because their buds were covered with snow. If we do not get a snow this weekend, it will be a pruning time (chaste tree, crape myrtle, hydrangea, visteria, and summersweet) -
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Start A Butterfly Garden!
by Bonsai intime to take a break from debating religion.
take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?
how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?
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kaik
Rhododendron grow well under tree canopy and filtered sunlight. They grow well in Czech Republic. The castle garden on skirt Prague is UNESCO heritage site and had one the most beautiful rhodos I seen in my life:
Last summer I went to mountains there too cool off during the European heatwave and I was surprised to see rhodos growing in higher elevation there. Some of them must be over 100 years old considering the size of them. I heard Smoky mountains in GA/TN have many beautiful areas with wild rhododendrons.
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Start A Butterfly Garden!
by Bonsai intime to take a break from debating religion.
take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?
how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?
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kaik
There are several types of summersweet shrubs, the one I have is native to USA, but there are many others that are native to Korea, China, and Japan. In area that got partial sun from neighbor trees I have rhododendrons. I noticed that imported species do not do well in this climate. I bought rhodos that were native to Caucasus and Central Asia, but they failed to get established. I got other traditional catawba types and they do well. In April I will post picture of them, I have variety colors of them from pink white to dark red. I also had yellow blooming rhododendron, but it looks stressed and diseased. So if it dies this winter, I will replace it.
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Start A Butterfly Garden!
by Bonsai intime to take a break from debating religion.
take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?
how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?
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kaik
Summersweet Ruby Spice from backyard. They are also very pleasantly fragrant and in the fall the leaves turn yellow gold.
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Start A Butterfly Garden!
by Bonsai intime to take a break from debating religion.
take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?
how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?
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kaik
Do you know if these butterfly nest work? I know my neighbor got bumblebee nest, but they decided to live in my shed and her hives are empty. They build a nest just above the ground, and when I am in the shed, I could hear them "playing a concert". One issue with loss of bees are people who destroying their nests because they are afraid to get stung. I have a nest of yellow jacket bees, and for all these years I was never stung.
Vitex or chaste tree is considered invasive in Texas. I like the chaste trees I seen them all over southern Europe, but I do not see many of them around in my neighborhood in USA. I planted chaste tree, and it grows very fast and attracts a lot of butterflies and bumblebees. I do not have issue to be self-seeding. On the other hand, hibiscus I have is very invasive, I would like to cut it down, but my spouse is against it. So I tolerate it on the backyard.
I noticed butterflies are also attracted to my yarrows, and butterfly milkweed. I have also three summersweet shrubs Ruby Spice. They are planted on the side of the house which gets sun whole day and plus they are dense enough to create privacy from neighbor. One advantage of summersweet is that they bloom in peak of the summer heat till September, when most shrubs except myrtle are done with blooming. They also attract bees and butterflies. My yellow jacket moved to my backyard year after I plant these, and they have nest just two three feet from them.
