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A few bad apples hey?
by sparrowdown ina witness couple just called on me.
they know i have'nt been to the hall for a few months but have no idea that i am "off reservation" in more ways than one.. they called by to tell me they that due to the "unloving spirit" in our.
congregation they will be going to another hall from now on.. the husband has been having ongoing "issues" with the cobe for some time ( iow,he hates his guts).. they feel that if they move to another cong where the people are nicer everything will be ok. (yeah, right).
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Life more abundant- yes please!
by sparrowdown ini just love these words they give me goosies.
not really sure why.. but i thought i'd share.. .
to suffer woes which hope thinks infinite;.
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The zoolander experiment.
by sparrowdown indo you think romantic relationships work better in the long run if both partners are roughly intellectual equals?.
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the green mile?
by sparrowdown injust wondering.. do you agree/disagree with capital punishment?.
are there any circumstances that would justify it?.
or is taking any human life unacceptable, regardless of the crime?.
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Show me the STATS!
by sparrowdown in100yrs of kingdome rule?
then why is there not 100yrs of detailed, accurate records?.
maybe it's just me but what were the actual odds of me remaining one of jws?.
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untitled
by sparrowdown inthe borg expect people to spend every waking moment (pooping and peeing excepted) "workin for the man", in fs, meetings, personal study, praying, meditating on gb's infallibility, kh working bees, erecting statues of gb in the back garden etc etc.
so between work, school, erands, shopping, home maintenance, mowing lawns etc most would agree that doesn't leave you much time.. question.. if genesis account is to be believed then god provided adam and eve with some skins to cover themselves with, but nothing else.. everything else he expected them to do for themselves.
that would have included long days of backbreaking work planting crops, finding shelter so on and so forth.. with no mod cons it would have taken all their time just to do basic things.
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Satan's tic tacs or GB kool aid?
by sparrowdown inanyone that has been a jw would be familiar with any or all the following scenarios.. 1. you get offered a full time position or promotion after submitting a pioneer application.. 2. a really great bible student you have gets offered a job which means they have to move or have no time for study anymore.. 3. a promising return visit begins a new relationship and the new bf/gf is'nt favourable to jws so the great rv backs off.. 4. a married sister falls pregnant right after her and her husband are invited to bethel or circuit work or gilead.. 5.a couple needs to start caring for an aging parent right after they decide to move to where the need is greater.. etc, etc, etc.
most if not all jw's would tell you satan is to blame,.... or is he?.
satanic pattern of sabotage or blind superstition?.
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I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
by sparrowdown ini would just like to get this off my chest.. during the public talk last sunday the speaker (bro holden m'groin) said in public talk: .
" if you ask any 16yr old girl what she wants out of life, she would probably say a home, a family etc etc" (because obviously this is still 1955).. anyway that got my attention i thought " hmm....where is he going with this?"..
bro holden m'groin goes on .
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The Methuselah project
by sparrowdown inwhere i live our health system is groaning because of high demand and underfunding.. specialist services are a nightmare to access.
many "fly in fly out" dr's.
all the major political parties blame the "aging population".. but what will happen as people live longer is it just a case of more money needing to thrown into aged care?.
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To be or not to be ?
by sparrowdown ini am seriously considering applying for position as a suicide hotline counselor.. i have always wanted to do this and when i was going to meetings i held back because of not wanting to "stumble" anyone.
(stupid i know).. they are desperate for people so they provide the training free of charge.
you just have to do your share of night shift.. does anyone know anything about this sort of job?