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  Unexplained Mormon "miracles"...Unexplained JW "miracles"

  by FormerMormon in

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  ok... lets get the ribbing aside.

  our mormon "miracles" are more unexplainable than yours.... one of the many tools used by the morg to keep it's members active is the use of faith promoting stories involving apparent miracles... or the unexplainable.

  there are unexplainable stories even in my own family.

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  Let me share the story of someone who was in jonestown

  this is an excerpt anyway..

  There were more people than usual at the Sunday service, and forsome reason the church members hadn't brought enough food to feedeveryone. It became apparent that the last fifty people in lineweren't going to get any meat. Jim announced, "Even though thereisn't enough food to feed this multitude, I am blessing the food thatwe have and multiplying it just as Jesus did in biblical times."

  Sure enough, a few minutes after he made this startlingannouncement, Eva Pugh came out of the kitchen beaming, carrying twoplatters filled with fried chicken. A big cheer came from the peopleassembled in the room, especially from the people who were at the endof the line.

  The "blessed chicken" was extraordinarily delicious, and severalof the people mentioned that Jim had produced the best-tastingchicken they had ever eaten. [Mills, 1979.]

  and a tiny bit further we read

  One of the men, Chuck Beikman... jokingly mentioned to a fewpeople standing near him that he had seen Eva drive up a few momentsearlier with buckets from the Kentucky Fried Chicken stand. He smiledas he said, "The person that blessed this chicken was ColonelSanders."

  During the evening meeting Jim mentioned the fact that Chuck hadmade fun of his gift. "He lied to some of the members here, tellingthem that the chicken had come from a local shop," Jim stormed. "Butthe Spirit of Justice has prevailed. Because of his lie Chuck is inthe men's room right now, wishing that he was dead. He is vomitingand has diarrhea so bad he cant talk!"

  An hour later a pale and shaken Chuck Beikman walked out of themen's room and up to the front, being supported by one of the guards.Jim asked him, "Do you have anything you'd like to say?"

  Chuck looked up weakly and answered, "Jim, I apologize for what Isaid. Please forgive me."

  As we looked at Chuck, we vowed in our hearts that we would neverquestion any of Jim's "miracles"at least not out loud. Years later,we learned that Jim had put a mild poison in a piece of cake andgiven it to Chuck. [Mills, 1979.]

  taken from

  http://www.guyana.org/features/jonestown.html
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  Finally got Medication for Depression/bipolar

  by KW13 in

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  they've finally given me medication - i am on a low dosage now, usually its 20mg but i am 10mg to see how it goes and then step it up in a week if i feel i need more, but sometimes it can take a month before your body tells you whats happening anyway.. whoo.. had my first tablet this morning, didnt feel brilliant but at least i know i'm not rolling on the floor and stuff lol..

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  They've finally given me Medication - i am on a low dosage now, usually its 20mg but i am 10mg to see how it goes and then step it up in a week if i feel i need more, but sometimes it can take a month before your body tells you whats happening anyway.

  WHOO.

  Had my first tablet this morning, didnt feel brilliant but at least i know i'm not rolling on the floor and stuff lol.
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  Technology Site i Have

  by KW13 in

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  what you think of my new technology site i have with my friends?

  http://sharepointfive.com/home/index.php.

  very similar to digg concept .

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  KW13

  It's a GIF file - perhaps GIF files do not 'scale' properly in HTML? Nice site though. I hope that it succeeds to the level that you are hoping for. (Not much that I would hang around for... unless a CAD section opened up - or a section for sharing tips on energy saving - or homebrew projects with printed circuit boards, etc.)

  maybe one day it will, thanks for your honesty and advice
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  Technology Site i Have

  by KW13 in

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  what you think of my new technology site i have with my friends?

  http://sharepointfive.com/home/index.php.

  very similar to digg concept .

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  KW13

  Older browsers* have a problem showing the Site, we'll sort that out

  Registration isnt necessary to read, to share your own is necessary. Obviously the site is literally brand-new so dont expect much YET

  thanks for replying!

  *used to say older sites
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  Technology Site i Have

  by KW13 in

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  what you think of my new technology site i have with my friends?

  http://sharepointfive.com/home/index.php.

  very similar to digg concept .

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  What you think of my new Technology Site i have with my friends? http://sharepointfive.com/home/index.php

  very similar to digg concept
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  The Witnesses just Called

  by KW13 in

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  first time for me, i got called upon and was offered a track.

  it feels so strange to be on the otherside of the door doesn't it?.

  anyhoo, i took the 'tract' and binned it, but saw a load of folks i'd not seen in ages.

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  Hey Karl, If the 15 and 17 year old return, you should ask them if they plan on going to university when they're done high school. I'm going out on a limb here and presume their answer will be 'no'.

  Then show them that quote from the 1969 Awake! magazine when they told everyone nearly 40 years ago that education was a waste of time and that they'd "never grow old in this system of things". Might make them stop and think.

  thats a good idea mary!
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  The Witnesses just Called

  by KW13 in

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  first time for me, i got called upon and was offered a track.

  it feels so strange to be on the otherside of the door doesn't it?.

  anyhoo, i took the 'tract' and binned it, but saw a load of folks i'd not seen in ages.

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  Hello Karl,

  How are Megan and Noah?

  Noah will be all of four months old on 01-07-08, right?

  Sylvia

  Yeah, getting a big lad nooo
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  The Witnesses just Called

  by KW13 in

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  first time for me, i got called upon and was offered a track.

  it feels so strange to be on the otherside of the door doesn't it?.

  anyhoo, i took the 'tract' and binned it, but saw a load of folks i'd not seen in ages.

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  KW-13- When they return visit on you, perhaps you should give them the AP news or NBC news release about the child abuse settlements in the JW organization. See if they know about it, and explain about the cover up of it . It might enlighten them on the real " truth " ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  probably will, get ye olde laptop oot and show em it at the door
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  The Witnesses just Called

  by KW13 in

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  first time for me, i got called upon and was offered a track.

  it feels so strange to be on the otherside of the door doesn't it?.

  anyhoo, i took the 'tract' and binned it, but saw a load of folks i'd not seen in ages.

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  To me, that would probably be a nasty surprise. Having the witlesses stop would lead to them making specious arguments for me to go to the boasting sessions and out in field circus. There is a better chance than not that I would be pulled into an endless loop where all I ever get to do is meetings, field circus, and studying the littera-trash. For sure, that is not appealing.

  depends on what your trying to achieve. One was 17 and the other was 15, i knew them both a long time and i remember the 15 year old when she was like 4 or 5. They aren't the type to bother me too much (15 year old placed it) but 17 Year old will only get 'my thoughts' if they come again which i hope happens

  Why encourage them by taking the lit? Doesn't that go for their 'count' of 'placing' lit?

  encourage them? probably but i want them to see i am a nice guy but yes i've got my own thoughts, if we ever meet again as said i will discuss my own thoughts on the truth at length or at least try. too cold to press them today.

  Tracts aren't counted on the report slip.

  crossed my mind but wasn't sure.

  Looks like you're cruising for a return visit by these folk...unless they saw you bin the tract, which I doubt!

  did that indoors cant wait for my return visit
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  You just can't reach some people-they just don't get it!

  by dawg in

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  hey guys, album is going great so far... i hope we can finish it in 2008, around may or june.

  anyway, i just had a thought which made me stop in for a while.

  i was discussing something with a friend the other day, i hadn't even started speaking nor had i brought up the core of my point before he started screaming like some wild manaic; he started making up "straw man" arguments one after the other ad infinum, yelling like a banshee and accusing me of all sorts of thoughts that i don't believe... it was really bazarre.

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  i think some people do not have logic anymore because of the society lets face it, you'd need to abandon it to remain a JW.