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bought an outfit for the memorial
by fairchild in
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i bought a new skirt and sweater to wear to the memorial tonight.

earlier, i saw a thread on here about 'irony', well, let me add this.

i bought my skirt and sweater at a church sale this morning.
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Need help
by fairchild in
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i'm the kind of person who literally wouldn't kill a fly.

any insect that happens to wander through my place gets caught in a glass and thrown outside.

now, last summer, a bunch of ladybugs decided to move in with me.
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I'm confused
by fairchild in
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i prayed and prayed about it.

i figured my prayers weren't going to be answered because jehovah doesn't hear your prayers if you aren't a witness.

i prayed for the witneses to come but they never did.
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More poetry
by fairchild in
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i have quite a passion for poetry, and love both, reading and writing it.

after seeing a couple of 'poetry threads' on here lately, it seems that some of the members here are quite talented.

i run a small poetry site on ezboard.
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Did I get caught??
by fairchild in
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i meant to inform the jw's that i have decided to stop my bible study and to stop attending the meetings.

the real strange thing is that i have not heard anything from any of my jw friends at all in over 2 weeks now.

this has never happened before.
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About Narkissos
by fairchild in
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2. friends
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i don't know if it is appropriate to ask, but if there is anyone here who has an e-mail address for narkissos, please send me a pm.

i will pm you back with my own e-mail address so that you can forward it to narkissos, i'm trying to get a hold of him.. jacques started a thread about narkissos having problems logging on to this site, but he (jacques) has still not read my pm's.. thank you.
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A question about baptism
by fairchild in
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this might sound silly, but it is something that bothers me.. for the longest time i had the desire to be baptized as a jw.

recently, after joining this forum and doing a lot of reading around here, i have come to understand that there is a difference between being loyal to jehovah and being loyal to the wts.

if i don't join the wts, then i will never get baptized, but people in the bible clearly got baptized.
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'This Generation'
by fairchild in
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yes, again... after reading numerous posts on this site and doing some research on my own, i have a strong feeling that my whole belief will soon stand or fall with the understanding of 'this generation'.. matthew 24:3 .."tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?".

matthew 24:7 for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.. matthew 24:34 truly i say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.. .

generation:noun: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent noun: the normal time between successive generations example: "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade".
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Women in the congregation
by fairchild in
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the fact that women are not allowed to address the congregation directly is something that really bothers me.

is there a bible scripture, indicating that such should be the case?

furthermore, something as simple as passing a mike cannot be done by a woman.
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My story, please read
by fairchild in
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first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .

i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.