Plotting your death is a full time job for God. He will hold you responsible for an eternity based on what you do with your 70-80 living years on earth. Celebrating a birthday makes his job really easy.
openminded
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Let's have some honest answers
by chappy inok all you ex's, be honest.
do you ever have that little voice pop in your head and say "what if - just what if they're right?".
it happens to me on occasion and i've been totally out for years.
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Only J.w's will survive the big A
by toddy inmy question is,if it is true that only j.w's will survive then surely everybody on the planet should at least get the option of becoming a witness,but there are people living in remote parts of the world who rarely come into contact with civilisation,im pretty sure there are still small tribes of people living in some rainforest who haven't even been discovered yet,where do theses people fit in,do they just perish like the rest of us?.
sorry if this is a daft question,been on the guinness all night!
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openminded
yep-God is indiscriminating when it comes to slaughtering people. Those indiginous people living in the trees of Brazil should should know that God wants them wearing neckties and swinging from hut to hut for him.
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Why I called my parents 'jackasses'
by LDH in* http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=15355&site=3.
in the above thread i referred to my parents as 'jackasses' and even 'nitwits'.. i was taken to task by a dear friend who read my words and was hurt by them!.
so i will attempt to explain myself without making any apologies, because he was right--i should not have referred to them in that manner.. gozz, your words to me were on target.
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openminded
I tried to send it to you, did you get it?
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Why I called my parents 'jackasses'
by LDH in* http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=15355&site=3.
in the above thread i referred to my parents as 'jackasses' and even 'nitwits'.. i was taken to task by a dear friend who read my words and was hurt by them!.
so i will attempt to explain myself without making any apologies, because he was right--i should not have referred to them in that manner.. gozz, your words to me were on target.
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openminded
I am not quite so understanding with my parents. I don't even return their phone calls any more. At age 28 I have informally divorced myself from them. And they still don't get it. They just want things to be "normal".
They robbed me of what I love(organized sports). They went out of their way to make sure I did not fit in at school(socially). They did a poor job of providing for my physical needs(we were on welfare/foodstamps as kids) while at the same time spending time and money for the WTS. They did not help me plan or attend college. They had/have very little respect for each other. They live 2000 miles away. I found out at age 27, by my brother, that I was adopted by my dad when I was 1 yr old(the entire extended family knew except me till just last year).
I do not respect or trust my parents.
Tell me what I owe them and why. -OM
I feel like by being the "better person", I would be letting them off the hook for being butthead parent. So I simply ignore them.
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This is who really I am
by MrMoe ini have had several people on this board request that i show the softer side of who i am as a person -- as well as share my feelings in regards to the divorce my husband and i are about to go through.
i have used the forum (past tense) as an outlet for stress.
i think i met my husband for a reason.
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openminded
thanks for sharing Moe -OM
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Education Survey
by larc ineducation was strongly discouraged among the witnesses.
i am curious as to how many of you went on for further education and in what fields.
i will go ahead and list the ones i already know.. larc - advanced degrees in organizational psychology.
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JanH-I am also interested in a graduate degree in Religious History. Are you currently working in your field? If yes, do you mind sharing what you do? thanks -OM
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Education Survey
by larc ineducation was strongly discouraged among the witnesses.
i am curious as to how many of you went on for further education and in what fields.
i will go ahead and list the ones i already know.. larc - advanced degrees in organizational psychology.
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I am in my last semester of college. I will have BA in Business Management from The University of Mary. I am 28. I would like to quit my job and go to law school but am not sure how I would swing it. -OM
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Do not call... an idea + information required.
by Andrew Farrell indoes anyone know the official wts process, and recognition of formal, or informal requests, to not be called upon?
what is required?
if a person contacted bethel, how often do they notify the local congregation of a request?
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openminded
I bet if you got a list going around local churches you could get half a town on that list.
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What are the Governing Body Doing Now?
by ISP inthey resigned as officers of the wts and made way for a generally younger crowd who took places in a multitude of legal corporations.
the idea was that they were to concentrate on 'spiritual things'.
well the un-ngo fiasco didn't indicate they had their eye 'on the ball'.
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A little R & R on the R & F!
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What are the Governing Body Doing Now?
by ISP inthey resigned as officers of the wts and made way for a generally younger crowd who took places in a multitude of legal corporations.
the idea was that they were to concentrate on 'spiritual things'.
well the un-ngo fiasco didn't indicate they had their eye 'on the ball'.
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openminded
I would wager money that the ones who are not bed-ridden, make it to Hawaii or Belize or some such place for a lot of R & R every year.