....'scuse me ...pardon.... 'scuse me please .... if I can just ...... ahhhhhhhh .
<looks around>
That's better, this looks like a thread I can 'fit' in.
hope I didn't step on anyone.
DFWnonJW
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I Just Don't "Fit" Anywhere!
by pettygrudger ini'm sitting at work today, listening to all the different "cliques" around me, typing here on these boards a bit (don't tell), and it occurred to me again that i just don't fit.. .
it seems like i don't "fit" anywhere.
i'm always on the outskirts of alot of "groups", always on the fringe, but never inside.
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Flies Fly From Fly - Honest`
by Francois inif this isn't the weirdest thing i've read today or any day, i'll eat your, no my, shorts.. tuesday june 24, 12:35 pm.
'fly boy' continues to suffer as doctors struggle by indo-asian news service .
advertisement.
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DFWnonJW
...and Billy, that's why it's called a 'fly' and why you must always remember to zip it all the way up!
Now you know, the rrrest of the story.
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I went to work today
by larrynbabies init will be 5 months (tomorrow 24th) since megan has died.
i went to work today for the first time since that day.
i was leaving the house this morning and while pulling out of the driveway i looked at my home and remembered the last time i had done this 5 months earlier.
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DFWnonJW
Yes, good for you Larry taking this step and write away if it's a help to you...there's lots of "listening" eyes here to read and offer support if only a simple line of acknowledgement.
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Witness sayings
by Teela inas i was growing up in the troof.
there were sayings used over and over again to control my behaviour.
the biblical on bad associations spoil useful habits and another on just because everyone else does it doesnt mean you have to do it to, would you jump off a cliff just because other people do what were the sayings that bugged you?
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DFWnonJW
not just a jw saying but the word "wholesome" said of course in such a wholesome tone of voice...bleccccchhhhhhh
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Do Any of Anointed live through Armageddon ?
by Gordy ini've been trying to get some information to clarify the above question.. we know the change in the 1914 generation teaching that occurred, in 1995.. what i want to know is do any of the anointed live through armageddon.. or according to jw teaching will they have all been taken to heaven before then.. i seem to remember back in 1995 when i was a jw having to review, with an elder, the district convention where the change on the "generation" was first put forward.. when discussing what we were going to say the elder asked what i thought the change meant.
i said it looks like that the all "anointed" would be in heaven before armageddon happens.
he agreed thats what he thought as well.. if anyone can give me some wt references to that thought, i would be grateful.
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DFWnonJW
...and go on to tread their enemies like chaff under their feet.
Why do I picture Monty Burns (as only GB member left alive) 'trampling' Homer (the apostate)?
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Did You Refuse To See A Doctor Or Therapist Because You Were A Witness?
by minimus ini'm curious how many put off seeing a doctor or some other "worldly" professional because you didn't want to bring "reproach upon jehovah's name" or were counseled against it.
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12/15/94 WT p 19 A Health Test for You?
The Watch Tower Society does not make recommendations or decisions for individuals on medical and diagnostic practices.
...and the next Local Needs Talk™ just happened to be about how some in the congregation "use depression as a crutch to avoid going to meetings or engage in the preaching work", and that going to 'worldly counsellors' instead of to the elders showed a lack of trust and faith in Jehovah's provisions. Just another shining example of what the WT publishes as opposed to what they actually teach. There's a word for it I think...starts with a huge capital H
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Do you believe in ghosts????
by Ghosthunter inwondering if anyone out there believes in the paranormal?
if so, do you hold on to the jw belief that they are "demons" or do you think that there is a possibility that there may be ghosts, spirts, etc.
that are wandering our earth looking to contact the living?
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DFWnonJW
I wonder what words they use to try to describe us?
They say "Earthlings" while doing this ----- 'cause they probably don't believe in US.
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How did 'Serving Jehovah' make you feel?
by BLISSISIGNORANCE infor many of us, serving jehovah was a life changing choice we made as adults.
for others, it was something we did because it was our parents' choice and we had to comply.
for me it was my choice to become a jw.
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DFWnonJW
Thats exactly how I felt.
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Sept 1 2003 WT: Is There Only One 'True Church'?
by Mary inthe latest wt magazine starts out by quoting a catholic cardinal:
just as there is one christ, so there exists a single body of christ, a single bride of christ: 'a single catholic and apostolic church.
........although pope john paul ii insisted that the document dominus iesus contained "no arrogance towards, or disrespect for other religions", protestant church leaders reacted strongly to it.........in june 2001, one minister said that the document was the work of "a powerful faction in the roman catholic church....scared silly by the spirit of openness introduced by vatican ii".........it appears that the....catholic curia was disturbed by what has been called religious relativism........[which is] the emergence of a pluralist theology----saying basically that one religion is as good as another...... what then, is the right view?
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DFWnonJW
Am I reading this wrong or what?
Because as in the 1st century, there can be only one true church.
If there can only be one "true church" and the WT adamantly denies themselves as being "a church", then it's pretty obvious that they CAN'T be that "true church".
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My comb over
by ballistic in<<< this pic was recently the subject of much discussion at the recent bbq held by englishman.
apparently some people including qwerty and gadget thought i had a bald head with hair combed over it a.k.a.
"comb over".
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DFWnonJW
Just thought I'd try to help ya out. No need to thank me.