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  Valentine's Day

  by LittleToe in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  another poem, on this auspicious occasion.. it's great to have the freedom to send a valentine's note.. since the sender cannot be anonymous, on this board, the recipient must be.. who is it for?.

  valentine's day.

  a day of worth, a day of cheer,.

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  LittleToe

  My wife did NOT appreciate the single red rose that I gave her today.
  Today became pretty much the closest I've come to walking out the door.
  Ah, well, life continues to grind on!
  ~sigh~
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  Valentine's Day

  by LittleToe in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  another poem, on this auspicious occasion.. it's great to have the freedom to send a valentine's note.. since the sender cannot be anonymous, on this board, the recipient must be.. who is it for?.

  valentine's day.

  a day of worth, a day of cheer,.

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  LittleToe

  Another poem, on this auspicious occasion.
  It's great to have the freedom to send a Valentine's note.
  Since the sender cannot be anonymous, on this board, the recipient must be.
  Who is it for?

  Valentine's Day

  A day of worth, a day of cheer,
  When happiness abounds.
  For who's the lucky one, indeed,
  To whom love's dart has found.

  A silent protest, never voiced,
  A smile puts up a fight
  That someone, unknown, sent a note
  But really there's delight.

  The heart does leap, the smile grows deep,
  An inner tremble quakes.
  A quick'ning interaction, for
  A gushing torrent breaks.

  To think that out there is a soul,
  In contemplation bringing,
  The rich rewards of love's true charm.
  A heart that now is singing.

  LT
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  Do shepherding calls help? my experience

  by nightwing02 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first i must start off by saying my wife and i have not attended meetings in awhile,so i knew that was the main point of the visit.when the two elders arrived at my home they were both happy and smiling.i told them how i was deeply depressed over the death of my best friend,and granfather,and the guilt i felt of not visiting and calling them much.i talked to my best friend a day before he died he seemed fine,but the next day he died of a heart attack.i also told them how i had become istant from my wife.they asked if i told hyer i loved her everyday and i replied no.and 1 of the elders said well remember what happened with your best friend,the same can happen with your wife,i felt that was a cold statement.but basically what they told us go to the meetings,and go out in field service 1 brother i felt did have some kind of compassion,the other who came in smiling looked like he was disgusted with me.i dont know i feel just as empty before they came i think i will see a therapist.

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  LittleToe

  Regarding Shepherding (ha) visits, IMHO the time would have been better spent in five minute bursts actually talking to publishers in the hall (not that I want to give the GB any ideas!). Wouldn't that be a novel idea? A whole five minutes of quality time, instead of "Hi...Bye!".

  The program usually resulted in beration or sycophantic back slapping.
  But whilst they are happy to waste their time in this manner, rather than gaining new converts, I guess it will continue to erode the elders abilities on the ministry.
  To be frank, I prefered informal time with the friends, rather than the orchestrated malarky of "official" visits.

  That brings me to another thought - did any of you count your time during shepherding visits?
  I never did, and was retiscent to ask about it, having scoured the literature for an answer.
  Due to the high number of shepherding visits by pioneer elders, I suspect that others did.
  Fortunately I had long stopped pioneering, with it's time mentality, before I became an elder.
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  The Great Liquor Quiz

  by Beans in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is in response to our district overbeer!

  thanks valis!.

  please list your fav poisen!.

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  LittleToe

  Silly question...Scotch, preferably malt.
  Glen Morangie, MacAllans, Islay malts, etc.

  Moving on from the obvious:

  Guinness
  A good vodka
  G&T is okay
  Anice vintage Port
  Gawd, basically anything from my drinks cupboard - it's well stocked.
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  Micheal the ArcAngel/Jesus the man

  by plmkrzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i understand that a lot believe that micheal and jesus are one in the same some believe that jehovah and jesus are one in the same some believe that one is the son of god yadda yadda yadda.. would some of you please address or post your reasons for believing that micheal the arc angel was not gods first creation and why he couldn't be the one sent to us to be born as a man and become our savyor?

  why would he not have another name fitting his role as a man on earth?

  he obviously wouldn't be living on earth as a child growing up as an angel.

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  LittleToe

  Yadirf:
  I look forward to reading the text, when you upload it. Would you mind posting here, when you have, so that I will know when this has happened?
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  Leave your cadaver to medical science ??????

  by alliwannadoislive in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting little thought .... i've decided to dedicate my body to medical school, and just before i die, i'm going to swallow a little plastic toy.

  that way, the medical student who cuts me open will get a nice surprise.

  i just hope the other medical students aren't sad because they didn't get a toy with their cadaver, too.

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  LittleToe

  1. Yes.
  2. A small shark/dogfish and a compressed coke can.

  I think it would be far cooler to fall into a bog, at the point of death, leaving my remains to be found many years from now.

  Archaeologist: "Hey, a totally intact Homo Sapien Sapien!"
  ArchaeologistStudent: "Yes, and look at the contents of the stomach - this was a real predator, they ate anything!"
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  Micheal the ArcAngel/Jesus the man

  by plmkrzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i understand that a lot believe that micheal and jesus are one in the same some believe that jehovah and jesus are one in the same some believe that one is the son of god yadda yadda yadda.. would some of you please address or post your reasons for believing that micheal the arc angel was not gods first creation and why he couldn't be the one sent to us to be born as a man and become our savyor?

  why would he not have another name fitting his role as a man on earth?

  he obviously wouldn't be living on earth as a child growing up as an angel.

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  LittleToe

  Yadirf:
  Pretty pictures, but how do you substantiate that in scripture?
  Further, where's the seventh heaven and cloud nine?
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  Bible Students

  by Justin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as is well known, not all bible students remained with the wt in the years following pastor russell's death, and so today there are a number of groups that still identify themselves as bible students and have more or less retained russell's original teachings.. my question, for anyone who may have knowledge of this matter, is: what do the present day bible students believe about the availability of the high calling (heavenly calling) for people who newly associate with them and who make a consecration/dedication to do god's will?

  in view of the supposed lateness of the hour, do they have anything similar to the "other sheep" class in the jws?.

  please don't respond by telling me what the orthodox view is (that there aren't two classes to begin with) - we all know that.

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  LittleToe

  I started researching them a few years ago (but was blinded by the borg, and never did anything with the knowledge).
  I found the North Seattle Bible Students page was helpfully, complete with Studies in the Scriptures and the Divine Plan:

  http://www.nsbible.org/
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  How many of us are in a Helping Field??

  by lydia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay - here we go again..how many of us are in a helping field?.

  i liked larc's post on my last thread - and want to explore it too - why did you choose the field and did you do so before or after the borg??.

  so lets see how many of us there are..i bet alot.. this includes lawyers,and heath professional as well as therapists and teachers.... lets hear from everyone!!

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  LittleToe

  Diamond:
  Calm down pal, take nice, long, deep breaths!

  I work in the health sector. I get lots of goodies on Blood, etc., and in fact have a copy of "Perioperative Blood Transfusion for Elective Surgery" adorning my desk right now.
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  JWs doctrines - GB's interest

  by tosko in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  who can prove to me or show me that jws have teachings or even doctrines that are there to servce the interest s of the gov.body.

  by this i mean, if it wasn't in their interest, they wouldn't stress these doctrines (teachings) or wouldn't even exist for them.

  what particular teachings serve their interests?.

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  LittleToe

  I was asked by an elder, after my DA, what earthly motive the GB could have to mislead everyone.

  I blush when I recall that my mind went blank - I couldn't think of a valid reason, and hadn't really considered that particular question so directly.

  The answer comes more readily, now:

  POWER
  !