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  Didn't go to memorial this year

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  my wife and i had business to attend to out of town today and i had thought if we made it back home in time, we'd go to the memorial.

  as it turned out, we didn't get home in time and we missed it, but we had a real good talk with each other on the way home.

  we are largely successful faders and at the very least, i like to try and make the memorial.

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  Is this proof that the flood was regional?

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  i stumbled across a scripture today.

  it's numbers 13:33 "and there we saw the nephilim, the sons of anak, who are from the nephilim, and in comparison we seemed like grasshoppers, both to us and to them.. now if they honestly believed that they saw the nephilim, it would mean that some nephilim would have had to survive the flood or that the hijinks of the fallen angels before the flood, happened again shortly thereafter.

  the only other thing i can come up with is that nephilim was some kind of generic word that implied giant proportions, but not necessarily the nephilim.. comments from the more educated appreciated.. silent.

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  Illegal immigrants in the organization?

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  i had a thought today that might prove interesting.

  i'm wondering if there are any illegal immigrants who are witnesses?

  surely it would be a great position to be in as an illegal immigrant because you could play up your plight and prey on the sympathies of others within the congregation.

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  Wrestling with change, technology, jealousy, and spiritual need...

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  hey gang, i'm a fader and i've made a few posts in the past, but i mostly lurk.

  i had a visit with a family member the other night and they know how i feel about my life as a witness growing up.

  my life as a witness was not fun, i had no friends "in the truth," was picked on relentlessly in school, and basically my life as a witness left me with not one real good memory.

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  I've been stumbled.

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  i just realized that all these dates that the borg have said the end would come on or by and then it didn't happen, have stumbled me.

  why such a fascination and trying to divine the answer from scripture when scripture plainly says only the father knows the day and the hour?

  by their predictions, they actually sent many christians on the path of date-based worship insted of faith-based worship.. if they have stumbled me, then who is reponsible for that?.

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  My brief respite

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  i have been so worked up and worried for years about the end and armageddon that i have headaches, depression, and all kinds of maladies.

  been having troubles with it since 4th grade and nothing seems to help.

  just being at the kingdom hall is mentally taxing, just anything jw is mentally taxing.

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  My JW Life... (LONG)

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  i never, ever thought i would ever be posting on a board such as this but here i am.

  i've been reading the boards for several months and despite my initial conscience twinges, i couldn't help but follow a logical thought process on many issues that were causing me grief.

  over this past week, due to the things i've read on here, i've had a massive cloud lift from me and i'm starting to feel joy and love in my heart that i've *never* felt before.

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