Topics Started by Hmmm
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Colorado Rock Climber Amputates Own Arm
by Hmmm ini dont usually start new threads that have nothing to do with jw stuff--heck i dont post that much at all, anymore--but this story blew me away.
from yahoo news: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030502/ap_on_re_us/climber_amputation_3.
moab, utah - a colorado climber amputated his own arm thursday, five days after becoming pinned by a boulder, and he was hiking to safety when he was spotted by searchers, authorities said.
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Girl died after parents hit her 160 times
by Hmmm ina friend just called me and told me to check out chicagotribune.com.
below is the article to which he pointed me.
warning: it's very disturbing.. .
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Whence came all the Aussies?
by Hmmm inbeing an isolated, provincial american, i've learned all i know about the land down under by watching crocodile dundee.
these are the conclusions i've reached:.
there are roughly 1,000,000 kangaroos in australia.. there are roughly 100,000 aborigines in australia.. there are roughly 10,000 non-aboriginal australians in australia.. of the 10,000, roughly 8,000 are lifeguards or surfers.. of the 2,000 remaining, probably 200 are/were jws.. of those 200, roughly 20 are now ex-jw "apostates".
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The UN Thing - for new members
by Hmmm inon another thread someone asked about "the un thing".
i didn't want to hijack that thread, so here is the reader's digest condensed version.
the "un thing" in a nutshell: .
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I have this friend who needs some advice...
by Hmmm ini have a friend named uhhh... timmm, who is in a bit of a quandary.
he has decided to go public with his apostate leanings, because it is becoming too hard to play the role of a meek, spiritually weak witness--complete with looks of pity and concern from his mother and siblings, and contempt from his sister-in-law.
timmm is sure one brother will have nothing to do with him after this, and he can live with that.
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My last talk as a JW
by Hmmm indiamond's thread inspired this idea... at least, this is how i wish my last talk had gone.. next on the school is brother hmmm.
his talk is based on the song of solomon, and his theme is: "be steadfast and faithful, like the shulamite maiden.. "throughout history, babylon the great, the world empire of false religion, has fornicated with the scarlet-colored wild beast.
they have traded support for the league of nations--and it's successor the united nations--for political clout and expediency in furthering their selfish goals.
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Let the dead bury their own dead
by Hmmm inmy (non-jw) grandmother is visiting from the southwest this week.
the usual family get-togethers are planned.
my ms younger brother was complaining to me about how unreasonable our (jw) mother is being.
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Interview with the JW Geek
by Hmmm inwhen i was a senior in high school, the principal called me in to her office to ask why i'd missed repeated deadlines to turn in my applications for colleges.
i went to a school for brainiacs, and was above average there--yes, i was a geek among geeks.
the principal asked me if it were a question of finances.
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Upcoming WT article - The Pedophile Issue
by Hmmm inin bibleexaminer's thread (letter read tonight) the question was asked what else we'd like to see from the society, assuming their instructions to canada legal to direct all callers to the police turns out to be correct.. i'd like to see unambiguous declarations in upcoming watchtowers--a public admission of guilt, and clear instructions to the r&f regarding contacting the authorities, so no future crackpot elders could pressure them into silence.
in an effort to help out the boys in writing, i've written the first few paragraphs and questions for them:.
___ 15, 2002 watchtower.
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UN update needed
by Hmmm inafter letting my little un bomb lie like a dead mackerel for weeks, my mother suddenly emailed me with thoughts of love an encouragement.
she is deathly afraid that i've allowed satan to not only lead me astray, but to be used as a weapon to attack my poor unsupecting family.
(my email put out the bare facts, two links, and questions about the veracity of the claims, as presented to me by "a brother i know.").