Posts by nugget

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Nugget's Latest work in progress (pen and ink)

by cantleave in

still a fair bit to do but i thought it is worth posting.

this is all done with dots no lines at all.. .

nugget

Thank you for all your comments. It is a work in progress and I need to ground the fox into the landscape and finish the background. I am hoping to get 9 pictures ready for the exhibition so I can pick the best 6.

This is an exciting project as there is a lot of new things to learn not least getting prints done and framing but it is lovely to do something with my art finally after all this time. I would urge anyone to brush off their skills and dive in, The organisation robbed us of time but can't take away our talents as the number of musicians, artists and writers on this board testifies.

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No more by us!

by Atlantis in

no more boes or kingdom ministries will be posted by us on this board.

there is a very important reason why!

beware of anyone encouraging you to post any boes on this board.

nugget

The watchtower exhausts me with it's protectionism and control. Whilst they fret over these breaches they fail to appreciate that more worrying things are happening behind their backs. It is pathetic seeing as we are all dead to them what we think and do should be irrelevent to them. Their interest in us just makes us more interested in them.

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I will give my husband the divorce he wants

by losingit in

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not because i agree with him.

because i do not want the divorce.

but because i love him and i want to respect him.

nugget

When you are in the middle of an abusive situation it is very easy for you to define yourself and your options in terms of that relationship. It is very common for an abusive man to blame the wife and to have controlling behaviours. You have been bullied by this man who has mentally opted out of the relationship and even though you love him it seems a little one sided with him giving nothing back.

Take a step back, you have children who are learning about relationships from this one. What lessons are they learning? That it is ok to put up with crap because you have feelings for another person. You are worth more than that and so are they. There are no scriptual grounds for divorce in 'JW terms but there are a number of rational ones. The man is manipulative, selfish, violent and this relationship is affecting your ability to function and perform essential tasks.

Don't be passive letting this happen to you, take control for the sake of your children and get legal advice. They will give expert advice on how to proceed. Once you know what you want and what your options are then go to your husband and tell him you have started divorce proceedings and he has to find alternative living arrangements.

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The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2

by raymond frantz in

for the ones based in britain only the "few" were invited to attend the agm .they received their new grey bible and the rumor was that the new bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until january .it was confirmed tonight .a letter was read as local announcement that the new bibles will not be available until the end of january for the rest of the congragation .all the in crowd were sat there with their new flashy bible looking smug.also the bible reading was read from the new bible to make it all the more obvious ..... the real aftermath of agm....

nugget

The fact that new Bibles will not be available for most of the borthers and sisters in the UK until January speaks more of supply issues than miscommunication. It is telling that the US brothers and sisters were treated more generously as the Bibles were printed in the US and it was easier to supply within the country.

What is the issue is the way the brothers and sisters were chosen to attend the meeting it would have been better PR for long time servants to have been honoured with an invite and new Bible rather than it being allocated in terms of rank.

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The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2

by raymond frantz in

for the ones based in britain only the "few" were invited to attend the agm .they received their new grey bible and the rumor was that the new bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until january .it was confirmed tonight .a letter was read as local announcement that the new bibles will not be available until the end of january for the rest of the congragation .all the in crowd were sat there with their new flashy bible looking smug.also the bible reading was read from the new bible to make it all the more obvious ..... the real aftermath of agm....

nugget

I do feel sorry for those witnesses who were unable to attend as they will feel left out. It will be interesting how the Bibles compare as for a few months at least many Uk witnesses will be following along in the old Bible and changes will leap off the page in a way they wouldn't if everyone was following along in the same book.

I think the UK seems to have been left as the poor relation if other english speaking countries had a more generous approach. There has been an issue of cliques and elders families lauding it over others in some congregations and this will just make it worse. If they had waited until the DA then there would have been ample copies for everyone.

I was never that fussed about having a copy of the publication on the day of release but I know that for many it is a highlight, they will happily queue for a book that they will be giving out the next day without a fuss. It is the elderly sisters with no special status who will feel the disappointment the most.

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2014 Year Text "Let Your Kingdom Come"

by scotoma in

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guy pierece mentioned the years text as let your kingdom come and then dropped the line "it's been 100 years since the kingdom was established in the heavens".. that was it.

wouldn't the 2013 corp meeting be the appropriate time to be discussing that milestone - instead of waiting til 2014 is 3/4 over next october.. obviously they don't want to dwell on the 100 years because it really puts the old light about the generation in a "bad light".

doesn't a centennial deserve a proper celebration?.

nugget

Raise expectations just to dash them later.

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Can you really give the WT app a negative review?

by bytheirworks in

seriously guys, can you really give the wt app a negative review?.

i mean it does what it says it will do in a sleek way... right?.

so why the calls to give this app bad reviews?

nugget

It depends what it poports to be. If it claims to be an accurate translation of the Bible then it is misleading. It is a translation for JWs that supports JW beliefs and introduces the name Jehovah where it never in the original manuscript. I don't want it and therefore do not feel any need to review it.

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Videos of a few key moments from the Annual Meeting

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfuiaeg820.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjbvfpjpje.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezhj13pun4.

nugget

So unbelieving relatives undermine JW morals. Seems to me that their believers that practice adultery, bully the flock, shun people who do not share their beliefs, live off benefits and practice child abuse are more likely to undermine the morals of their congregations rather than the normal balanced people on the outside.

Isolation and pressure on children is a worrying development. This has been implied and baptism of pre teens has been lauded but has not been described as the norm before. The poison is that because this has been said by a member of the GB it carries more weight with the congregation. So from infancy they have to have the identity as a JW so that as juniors they can get baptised so that as teenagers they can be shunned.

I feel for witness children unable to talk about sports, or food and driven into a harsh faith before they can truly know the consequences of their choice.

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Hubby gave me my cross and chain

by KariOtt in

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we got home earlier today from celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary.

we had a blast.

walked aroung gatlinberg.

nugget

Good for him that he made the effort and very unjw to purchase a religious icon. Your behaviour is a little extreme and perhaps you should think about that. Why block out the upc what is the point? Why would it even matter if you took the item back snd if you purchased it in the first place?

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The handbook issued to American soldiers when they came to Britain in WWII

by konceptual99 in

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plain, common horse sense; understanding of evident truths.. .

they speak the same language.

try to do the same for the british and respect the things they treasure.. .

nugget

That is really interesting - thank you for sharing.

Angus