You are not alone. I will not under no circumstance will I aboard a plane ! UNLESS ! They allow me to carry a gun.!
oldflame
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My Huge Phobia of flying!! Damn the Wright Brothers!!
by Witness 007 ini was supposed to fly tommorrow but i put off booking the tickets....and now i've chickened out and will take an 11 hour train ride all night...compared to 1 hour flight.
i have butterflys in my stomach and i can't relax.
i don't trust airplanes or pilots!
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What's Your Favorite Alcohol To Drink?
by minimus ini used to drink captain morgan and diet coke but i've switched to jack and diet.. i like a flavored vodka martini as well as lite beer.. .
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oldflame
I pretty much gave up drinking as I take medications that can cause reactions with alcohol. But once in awhile I will have a glass of a very very good red wine, the darker the better and a wine that you drink room temp are the best especially the Merlot's. Damn it minimus ! Now I got to go buy me a bottle ! LOL
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Ran into old JW friend in the airport...Correspondence has ensued...
by Confession init was the same weekend that my mom and dad, to my surprise, agreed to meet with me.
i was in midland, michigan, about a month ago, only an hour or so from where they live.
in the airport on monday morning, in walked john, someone i remembered well from the jw congregation of my youth.
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oldflame
I will start by saying this ! My spiritual wellness is the utmost important thing in my life and I hold it with the most highest regards.
That being said just how are we supposed to feel or act when we learn that we almost lost our salvation by giving into these liars and thieves. Oh yeah I consider the society a thief as they almost stole mine and others spirits from true salvation.
Yes I am bitter at the society, not so much at the followers as they are people who are naive like i was, the only difference is I take the bible seriously and the Lords spirit seriously. To me it is the same as murder because they murder spirits of those who are weak and cannot lead themselves.
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Ray Franz emailed me today
by Mickey mouse insorry to name drop.
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here's a question: if i wrote a letter to any of the current governing body members, what chance would i have of receiving a personal reply?
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oldflame
Frankly ? Probably none at all. Personally ? It would not surprise me at all.
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Just a thought on Cruzanheart
by Sparkplug ini was sitting here and reading her and her husbands post the last few bits and i often think of this woman for she is very inspiring.
have you all met her?
she has this bubbly smile and oozes of confidence and good things that just warm the heart.
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oldflame
I love these kind of threads, That was very sweet of you to say that about someone. Cruzan has been a huge benefit to everyone on this board..Cuods to everyone here.
Merrill
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I won't be around very much longer.......................
by Warlock inthings are so expensive, that, i no longer eat and i no longer drive.. i won't be around very much longer............................................. warlock .
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oldflame
It's actually not funny at all and it is happening to more and more people. Just in my county here in California thet state is going to close 7 nursing homes. These patients are all on state medical and this is how the nursing homes get paid. They said in an article in our local paper that 60% of these elderly have no family to care for them, so guess where they go ? Out on the streets. Our local mission stated last week that they usually feed around 60 meals a day but in the last few months that has increased too 300 to 400 a day. I see less cars on the roads now, yeah a noticeable difference.
So this is something that is becoming more and more a fact that more and more are going to go hungry and carless. I know that I have had to change my diet and eat things that I did'nt normally eat before and pleasure driving is out until further notice. I am an avid fisherman and have not taken the boat out yet this year. Man I'm tellin ya we are all either in a fix or headed for a fix real soon. Hell someone got 15 gallons of gas out of my Trans Am recently and the police say it's on the rise, I went down and bought a locking gas cap but was told that they now punch holes in your tank to get it.
Thank your government for all of these things.
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The Republican Party Frustrates me!
by free2beme inbeing a former witness, when i first left the religion, i thought it would be a good idea to stick with a party that was fairly conservative in their stand.
although, in many ways i did not agree with them, i liked the republicans more then the democrats.
so i registered republican.
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oldflame
I believe in voting the right person for the job, but since there is no right person anymore then that leaves me to not vote for either one of them. I think they both suck and no matter who is in things are not going to get better anytime soon. What people do not understand is that Bush has put our country into way over debt ! Our childrens childrens children are going to be paying for what Bush has done this last 8 years.
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Do you believe in Ghosts?
by Thechickennest injust curious.....what is your feelings post witness about the super natural?
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oldflame
Yes, seen several and have been touched by one and also had things fly in my home. No serious !
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Did you read this: How disfellowshipped family members should be treated.
by Ianua inin the appendix of the new "keep yourselves in god's love"-book i found the following statements regarding contact to ex-jw-family members:.
what if a relative is disfellowshipped?
in such a case, the close bond between family members can pose a real test of loyalty.
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11Extremephysicalabuse is another basis for separation. Suppose an unbelieving mate often gets drunk, becomes enraged, and causes the believer physical harm. (Proverbs 23:29-35) Through prayer and by displaying the fruitage of Jehovah’s spirit, the believer may be able to prevent such outbursts and make the situation endurable. But if the point is reached where the health and life of the abused mate actually are in jeopardy, separation would be allowable Scripturally. Again, congregation elders should look into charges of physical abuse when two Christians are involved in the troubled marriage, and disfellowshipping action may have to be taken.—Compare Galatians 5:19-21; Titus 1:7.
This one gets me because I have known and heard of women who have been beaten severely and when taken to the elders they were told that it was probably their faults and that if they were a true loving witness they would go back to their husbands. There are stories out there about how women who were told to be a subservient wife and go back home to the abusive husband and were killed. That's a true religion ? Not in my book !
This is nothing but pure evil and I know in my heart that if there is a God it would not be like this and would destroy all the words of the bible about how we are to be loving and not hateful. Governing Body you people need to go check yourself because your not doing the work of God but the work of the devil is more like it.
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Is California Burning?
by compound complex init's bad here.
the air is thick, gray and burnt.
my lungs ache.
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oldflame
You can't even see the sun here in Redding, and yes it does hurt like hell to go out and breathe the air. They tell us not to run our coolers but what I want to know is how the hell do you survive when it is a whopping 105 without a cooler running. I said bull crap on that one I am running my cooler like it or not at least if I die from smoke inhalation at least I will be cool dead. LOL