mjarka911
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We really have some quality people on this forum!
by mjarka911 ini just wanted to say what a nice time i had at our chicago apostafest last week.
although i had to call it a night after dinner to tuck my little guy in and get to the firehouse, i'm lucky to have met such nice people.
the idea of those who left the org standing in darkness and gnashing their teeth is such a crock of shit.
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Cargo cult celebrates 50th anniversary
by Nathan Natas incargo cult celebrates 50th anniversary residents of the south pacific island of tanna worship an american "messiah" named john frum who first appeared to them in the 1930s.
according to a village elder quoted in a recent smithsonian article, john promised to someday return and "hell bring planeloads and shiploads of cargo to us from america if we pray to him.
radios, tvs, trucks, boats, watches, iceboxes, medicine, coca-cola and many other wonderful things.
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How come your Moms not here at your birthday party?
by mjarka911 inwell it's been a bittersweet weekend.
all week i have been feeling low about not having any family to be with (mom/dad/sisters all shun me since my da).
or the second year now i planned and carried out my son's birthday party.
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Resurrection thread
by mjarka911 ini seen a lot of emphasis on the resurrection in the borg recently like the dc talk preparing people for dying in "this system" and calling them presumptious for thinking otherwise and the recent wt study articles.
but does the borg still teach that death is the wages of sin.
does this appply to people df'd and da'd who die?
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All that Witness potential
by mjarka911 ini just had an opportunity to donate to a friend's avon breast cancer walk and i was reading her reasons to get involved.
it made me think that not getting involved in charities was one of the things that never sat right with me when i was in the org.
but since then, i've loved donating and being active to help others.
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Are there any current elders on this board who could....
by mjarka911 ini was jut reading the silent lambs e-mail regarding the august 2005 w/t that subtly reinforces the position that child molestation crimes "may be reported" to authorities.
according to silent lambs, this is in line with a 2002 directive from the service dept to elders that said it is an individual decision, whether parents decide to alert the police or not and no congregation sanctions would be applied either way.
this is a policy that thumbs it's nose at mandatory reporting laws and puts children at risk.
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Is it my apple?
by mjarka911 inhow come i can' see any topics from today when i go to jwd>friends?
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Transfusion debate?
by mjarka911 ini wonder if the recent shooting of jw aaron davis and his wife in a parking lot will spark any debate on jw's and blood transfusions.
could the shooter's lawyer argue that although he did shoot the two, their lives may have been saved by transfusions.
if you hit and cause a minor injury to a christian scientist but he refuses the necessary medical treatment and dies of complications...can you be charged with murder?
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Good Morning America (morning news)
by looking_glass ini watch this program as much as i can before i head out to the office.
what is interesting is that they have 2 guys who use to be on chicago wgn channel 9 news.
mike barz and bill wehr (i think that is how you spell the guys' names).
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Merry Christmas JWD Friends
by mjarka911 inmerry christmas to all the wonderful, supportive friends on jwd.
i hope you all enjoy yourselves today - whatever you may be doing!