Oh, and I meant to put this on my other post....Blondie, as always, you rock! I missed reading your "Comments" section while I was away from JWD for a while.
Banshee
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 5-8-05 WT Study (April 1, 2005 issue)
by blondie inparagraph 1
paragraph 2
(1 john 3:14, 18) parents, you do well to imitate jesus' love and patience, never giving up in your efforts to train your children.. children fail to respond to your counsel.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 5-8-05 WT Study (April 1, 2005 issue)
by blondie inparagraph 1
paragraph 2
(1 john 3:14, 18) parents, you do well to imitate jesus' love and patience, never giving up in your efforts to train your children.. children fail to respond to your counsel.
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Banshee
My ex-Catholic husband and I did a lot of "comparing notes" on the JW v. Catholic "upper management" tactics with their parishioners/publishers. There were some marked similarities. The flip-flopping of doctrine, blaming the members for any and all problems that members have with faith/doctrine/family, etc., the "do more, do more....you aren't doing enough, ever" mentality.
This WT article brought back to my mind those discussions because it points up how very isolated and separated the GB is from the rank & file's life in the real world. It is similar to the insulated Catholic clergy class in Rome who insisted (do they stil?) on "no birth control" rule and yet did not care how this affected their parishioners' everyday lives. And if they missed Mass on certain "holy days" because one of their many children was sick, they were going to hell.
Hmmm...and in this article, the GB Writing Committee is not acknowledging at all that they have contributed directly to the parents' inability to spend enough time nurturing/ showing love to their children. (Especially if the parents were raised as JWs, since they were forbidden a college education!)
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Just Checking In...
by AGuest into send greetings to my dear ones here... and wish all peace!
i haven't been "around" much over the past year or so, unfortunately... here... or in life in general... due to work and studies (both full-time).
ummmmm... that's not entirely true: awhile ago, i asked to be "relieved" of my assignment here (as of january 2004), because, well, i was sick... and "tired.
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Banshee
Welcome back, AGuest. May the Lord protect, guide and bless you as you serve him.
Very Sincerely,
Banshee
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God Loves You
by GetBusyLiving ini just got word from my family that my grandmother died at 5am this morning.
it was her wish to see me once more before she died, i have a flight to see her at 10am tomorrow morning.
it was the only thing i could have hoped to do for her before she died, and it couldnt happen.
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Banshee
So sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing, GBL. I am very close to my maternal grandmother, who is 97 years old now. I know I will be hurting and very sad when she is gone. My sincere sympathies for your loss.
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Any gardeners out there?
by Banshee inwell, are there any people on this db who are into gardening?.
i really love it, myself.
i am putting in quite a few vegetables this year.
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Banshee
Thanks, everyone, for your replies!
iggy_the_fish: I know what you mean about what a miracle it is to see lovely plants coming from those little seeds! A few days ago, my husband and I were marvelling over that same thing.
blondie: Thanks for the tips on the herbs. I'll keep that in mind.
ballistic: I don't think that loving gardening is an "old people" thing. After all, I am only 30 years old. And my brother, who is just a few yrs. older than me, loves gardening, too. Don't worry, some female will come along who appreciates your agricultural tendencies!
jenniebeanz: I am putting in lettuce, tomatoes, snow peas, broccoli, red cabbage, mustard greens, collards, onions, carrots, green beans, wax beans and I can't remember what all else. Right now, I am focused on mainly the early crops. In a few weeks, I will be getting the transplants started for the later crops. I also already have a good garlic patch & a good asparagus patch going. I haven't got any berries this year. Next year, I think I will put in raspberries & blueberries, since they seem to do very well in this growing zone.
Purza: It sounds like you are into the gardening in a major way, also! Sounds like lots of yummy stuff. I hear you about stuff taking over. We had two tomato plants that reached monstrous proportions last year. Choked out my green peppers. Tomato plants are going into buckets this year! Good luck with the grape arbor. We are waiting on fruit trees and grapes until we purchase a larger property. Right now we are looking at land for sale & hoping to get 10 to 20 acre parcel so that we will have more room to pursue our gardening ambitions.
Thanks again for all of the replies...nice to know that there are other people around who "dig" gardening!
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Any gardeners out there?
by Banshee inwell, are there any people on this db who are into gardening?.
i really love it, myself.
i am putting in quite a few vegetables this year.
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Well, are there any people on this db who are into gardening?
I really love it, myself. I am putting in quite a few vegetables this year. My asparagus patch is finally established and we will be able to get our first harvest from it pretty soon. Also, I am putting in some more flowers. I have some perennials going already and am going to be putting in some more this year as well as a few annuals.
In addition, I am embarking on an experiment with growing/harvesting/drying herbs. I am putting in chamomile, feverfew, hyssop, calendula and basil. I have many more types of herb seeds, but I wanted to start with just a few since I am a beginner on this aspect of gardening.
I hope all the people who love gardening see this post and reply!
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Bad boys V's Nice guys
by Lehaa in.
ok all you girls out there.. which do you prefer and why?.
or can a bad boy be nice.. and i'm not talking about the crims.. you know, motor bikes, tattoo's, etc.. leah - of the can't get enough of vin diesel
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Banshee
I married a reformed "bad boy".....So, he can be "naughty" or "nice" as I please!
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What age were you baptised? Do you regret it?
by doodle-v ini would have gotten baptised at the first "special assembly day" but i got sick just a few days before.
so i got baptised at the d.c.that same year instead.
i regret it, but at the time i thought i was doing the right thing, i sincerely believed i was dedicating my life to serving god.
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I was baptized into the JW religion at 14. I came to regret it when I realized what a cold, judgmental and un-Christlike organization I was a part of. Icame to regret it even more when, years after leaving, I found out that I was not even baptized in the manner that Jesus commanded but, instead, into an organization. So, I was rebaptized at age 27 at a church that baptizes people in the way that Jesus commanded..."in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".
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If Jesus could post here, what do you think he would say about the JW's?
by JH ingo ahead, i'm listening...
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"For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
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Your Mothers first date, and first Kiss ... How well do you know mom?
by xjwms in.
how well do you know your mom?
in view of may 8th, i thought it would be fun to think about.. i have heard these storys over and over, how about you, ..... and anything interesting?
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Banshee
My mom's first date was with my dad...on an evening during a Circuit Assembly. Dad borrowed a friend's car that had a kick-butt engine under the hood and he gunned it by accident and spilled soda right into his lap. My mom still laughs about it when she tells the story.
As I recall, her first kiss was with my dad, too. I think they got a talking-to at some time during their three month courtship about about "heavy petting" or maybe they confessed it and then got talked to. Anyway, that's what I've been told...lol