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  2.    kejedo reacted to a post in a topic: ThanksTaking
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  5. Wanda Hill
    I am related to names mentioned about the Melungeons, mostly Mullins, but some others also. My paternal grandmother was a Mullins.
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  7. Brandon
    As a suggestion for next time, have a stronger case before jumping on the conservative talking points bandwagon.
  8. 2EVES started following Construct a Sentence with the last word of the previous sentence.
  9. kejedo
    https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/united-states/40-famous-melungeons-and-their-impact-on-history/ Abraham Lincoln certainly had strong and unique features. Another recommended article.
  10. kejedo
    p.s. My mother's Sicilian Uncle said I was kicked out of the family for marrying my DH. They were all of darker complexion than my husb or kids. Strange, huh? My husband's father was African and Sicilian.
  11. Julsey
    I will only refer to what I have already said and add that fighting does not always take the form of physical violence. Plenty of people use those words for any number of things (e.g., sports). I’m not going to say anymore.
  12. LeolaRootStew
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  15. kejedo
  16. dljbsp
    Notice how the text pivots from Jesus’ suffering to our own responsibility. That shift is doing quiet work. It reminds us that sanctifying Jehovah’s name is not an abstract ideal — it is a path cut by obedience under pressure. When Jesus “endured every torment, insult, and slander,” he wasn’t simply absorbing pain. He was exposing Satan’s strategy. The adversary always pushes at the same point: integrity. He cannot unmake truth, so he tries to bend the person carrying it. That is why the account anchors our attention on the motive behind Jesus’ endurance — loyalty to his Father, not pride, not stubbornness. And notice the contrast: Satan hoped to fracture integrity; Jehovah hoped to display it. Those two aims meet at the same moment. The trial becomes the stage. Jesus makes Jehovah rejoice not after he survives, but right in the middle of the pressure, when obedience still costs something. What do we learn? Praising Jehovah’s name is not mainly about vocabulary. It is about representing him accurately when it is hardest to do so — when fear whispers, when misunderstanding grows thick, when obedience feels costly. That is where his adversary is proven small and dishonest. And that is where a servant—any servant—can walk in Jesus’ steps.
  17. kejedo
    My husband and I worked in a Maine School system, when an attack of head lice struck. The school nurse said I had to use treatment, but not my husb. My thin light hair is like round spaghetti, tubular, and is the configuration that an insect can grab. HUsb's hair was flat like curling ribbon, and the notion was that it was not likely or easy for grabbing. Not sure if this is true for everyone, but the nurse was right in our case.
  18. dljbsp
    Phrase it like you mean it, sister!
  19. kejedo
    This is a fascinating piece of information and shows how we will learn family genetics in the new system with resurrections. My late husband would be called High Yaller in older days, but was light skinned black. He always prepared for sales and said our every Friday is Black Friday. My son Keith (who passed away two months ago at age 44) was much darker than my younger two, who look Caucasion, but my husb taught them they are Black and they say it without equivocating. Jehovah made a wide variety of attractiveness for everyone. Would like to know more about this family (Melundgeon?). Have heard the one drop rule before, but first time seeing it in Tennessee documents. My youngest son won highest ranking black student for Junior and Senior year at Univ. of Rhode Island (he did not attend the dinner/award night. He had not applied for any minority scholarships, but was picked out of the enrollment papers by GPA and that he had checked African American in admissions. I usually check other if pushed.
  20. Shawnster
    Perhaps the best choice is to tread cautiously instead of continuing a discussion about Trump. Again, my purpose in starting this topic was to discuss shameful media content and not to discuss Trump. Apparently it's impossible to separate the two.
  21. dreamy
    Antonomasia a figure of speech that replaces the name of a person with some substitute word or a phrase
  22. Percy
    Beautiful and insightful. One brother here mentioned this scripture over the Ukraine and Gaza talks: (Daniel 11:27) “As regards these two kings, their heart will be inclined to do what is bad, and they will sit at one table speaking lies to each other. But nothing will succeed, because the end is yet for the time appointed."
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  24. Brandon
    I never wrote he did… notice my words, “chaos and rioting.” However, I’m curious how you interpret his command to “fight like hell”? I would also like to point out that the US is the most liberal (most speed-protected) when it comes to extremist expressions. For example, the first amendment would even protect Trump if he encouraged future violence, as this wouldn’t meet the brandenburg’s criteria of “imminent” violence—this is not the type of free speech most sane people today would want to have protected.
  25. Qapla
    Romeo, although a character's name in a Shakespear play, has become synonymous with a man who is a passionate lover, often with a reputation for having many romantic relationships thus making the name an antonomasia.
  26. Qapla
    I happen to know a former congressman from Florida. I have known him for more than 40 years. We have worked for each other at and/or in each other's homes. I used to have the key to his house and home office. He was in DC when Trump gave that speech. He was also a Trump supporter who felt the election was "stolen". We spoke the very next day on the phone as he called me a couple hours after he was back home - mostly to say "Hello" and let me know he was OK. While, in the view of many, Trump did not "call" for violence, there was the "expectation of violence" in the admonition to stop the vote count. From a legal perspective, if you incite a group to action that has the "expectation of violence", even if you do not call for violence, you can still be held legally actionable if violence does happen. Keep in mind, this aspect of what happened "on the ground" comes from someone who was actually there and on Trump's side. He told me he was glad to get out of DC and didn't care if he ever went back because his political experience in DC was not what he thought it would be. The shame is, even though he can see that man does not have the answers, he is too Catholic to accept the truth.
  27. minister159
    If you find biracial ancestry (black and white) interesting, you may be surprised and interested to learn about these people in America from the 1600's who are tri and quadra racial. I found this video to be both factual and fascinating. They are called Melungeons.
  28. Qapla
    Mine just updated !!!
  29. Jwanon

    Why the trinity cannot be true:

     

    Since God is a completely perfect being, there cannot be a second person who is God, for they would have to differ in some way, and to differ from complete perfection is to be less than perfect and not be God.

  30. Julsey started following BBC News doctored Trump video
  31. Julsey
    My Mother and I watched the speech in its entirety while it was live on air. He did not call for violence. The problem is, if you don’t watch things as they happen - when you can - you put yourself at the mercy of the news outlets.
  32. Doug
    And I am the youngest son. Which tells me that 'Doug' actually means ~ 'No more'.
  33. Steve W.
    Yes, I don't know where I'd be without it. But yet, I don't ever want to know. His patience with me taught me how to be more patient with others. And it's made a big difference in life for the better. So I'll always be grateful for Jehovah's patience in every way.🙏
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      Modern references to creative days:
       
      *** w15 6/1 p. 5 How Science Affects Your Life ***
      The Bible fixes no duration for the six creative “days.” Instead, it opens the door for modern scientists to study them and assign accurate time spans to them. We know that the creative “days” were much longer than 24-hour days.
       
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      So each of the six creative “days” during which God prepared the earth for life and created life on it could represent extremely long periods of time.
       
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      WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS God created the universe, including the earth, in the indefinite past—“in the beginning,” as Genesis 1:1 says. Modern science agrees that the universe had a beginning. A recent scientific model suggests it to be almost 14 billion years old.
       
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      Why the trinity cannot be true:
       
      Since God is a completely perfect being, there cannot be a second person who is God, for they would have to differ in some way, and to differ from complete perfection is to be less than perfect and not be God.
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    • Single_grainofsand

      Single_grainofsand

      My deep love for my heavenly father and his confirmed love for me seems to be the only thing keeping me going lately. Picturing being reunited with my earthly father again; seeing the happiness versions of ourselves bring comfort to my scarred, broken heart. I love you, even when I haven’t met many of you. Keep enduring friends, paradise is just around the corner...
       
      Hebrews 10:23-25
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      Vinnie

      Sad news 😭 that sister LindaL from Sardegna Italy passed away. She was on this forum. She will be remembered for her quiet generosity. She loved the world wide family of brothers and sisters dearly. 
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      I tried to change my handle to 'whoosh>' but the system doesn't allow. It would be good to know the rules beforehand on what is not permitted. 😮‍💨
       
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    • computerwiz

      computerwiz

      I am thoroughly convinced that 99% of people are programmed, and only 1% really think & reason on matters.

      As an example, how did the above statement make you feel right away?

      Did you:

      1. Feel a twinge of offense?  Like I was insulting you or someone you know?

      2. Not feel anything?  Because you knew it wasn't about you or someone you cared about?



      If you answered either 1 or 2, you are programmed.

      Now are you offended?  

      Any knee-jerk reaction = programming.  🤔🤔🤔

      When I originally made that statement, if you are not programmed, then perhaps you asked yourself:

      1. Could this apply to me?
      2. Could the brother be mistaken?
      3. Is there any truth to what he's saying?
      4. What is the brother trying to convey with this thought?
      5. Is this situation even worth my time and attention?

      We need knee-jerk reactions for life-or-death situations.  For snap decisions that cannot wait.  But this isn't one of those.  You have time.  Did you ask any of those questions when you read my first statement?  Did you ponder over it at all?

      NOW how do you feel?  A little enlightened?  Mind opening up to new possibilities for responding to situations?  Or more upset because this brother has no idea what he's talking about?  

      In any case, hope you had fun with this thought experiment....



      (Proverbs 17:27)
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    • computerwiz

      computerwiz

      If you've received a shepherding call & things got better, please let the shepherds who shepherded you know.  It makes our day!!!  

      I got to hear about the immediate improvement after our last shepherding call with a sister who has an unbelieving husband.  Prayers answered!!
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      TheKid23

      If I’ve missed a message and you’re still waiting for the link to the Birmingham Preaching Campaign videos, you can watch them here:
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      (5 min.) lmd appendix A point 14—Theme: God Wants Us to Pray to Him.  Please help me to provide a simple but meaningful illustration.
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