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  A kiss is just a kiss.

  by JeffT in

  1. social
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  a kiss is just a kiss.

  one day a teacher had a taste test with her students.. she picked a little boy to do the first test.

  she blindfolded him, put a. hershey kiss in his mouth and asked, "do you know what it is?

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  If you knew there was no reward for serving God would you still serve him?

  by Happythoughts in

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  do you think most people would serve him?

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  That's the problem with the JW religion..... always looking for a payoff -- no joy in the journey.

  my mom always told me why be happy now? when you can be happy in the new system of things. how messed up is that line of thinking?

  i don't think i serve a god so i think i won't answer that question since it is moot for me.

  melissa
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  Donating Blood

  by Sentinel in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  there has been some discussion about what happens when someone of the jw persuasion is faced with "needing" blood.

  what is the story on "giving" blood?

  what is the feeling here?

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  hot for you in what regard? in any regard i think that the answer is no......

  sorry, is your heart breaking now?
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  …..you can fool some of the people…………

  by yesidid in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone on the board have a sudden; this is it, its wrong, wrong all wrong moment.

  mine was an interesting one.

  we, [my husband and i] were having questions and doubts for many years.

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  ok i think i am a dumby dumb head or i haven't had enough sleep recently or something but i have read and reread your post and i still have NO clue what your point is. although i am sure that you have a point and i am sure that it is valid.

  my aha moment came reading a book by Ayn Rand called 'Atlas Shrugged' :

  "this was her world, she thought, this was the way men were meant to be and to face their existence- and all the rest of it, all the years of ugliness and struggle were only someone's senseless joke. She smiled at him, as at a fellow conspirator, in relief, in deliverance, in radiant mockery of all the things she would never have to consider important again. he smiled in answer, it was the smae smile as her own, as if he felt what she felt and knew what she meant.

  'we never had to take any of this seriously did we?' she whispered.

  'no, we never had to'"

  it was at that moment in reading this one page i realized i never to take any of what i was taught seriously. it never had to mean a damn thing to me again. it took a long time for me to be able to get enough courage to live in that way. but i am so proud of me for doing it.

  melissa
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  Donating Blood

  by Sentinel in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  there has been some discussion about what happens when someone of the jw persuasion is faced with "needing" blood.

  what is the story on "giving" blood?

  what is the feeling here?

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  elsewhere that is very awesome... not just awesome but awe inspiring. to say that this is the righ tthing to do and go and do it. there are so few ppl in the world who acctually do that. am i rambling? well ijust think that was great of you

  i have worked at a blood bank in a nursing level so i know that it takes alot to donate. but everyone who does it is a hero. you are saving someone's life and YOU make a difference not in a small menial way in a HUGE way. i haven't needed a tranfusion but if i ever do i thank my lucky stars that there are ppl out there ready and willing. if you are a donor, i say thank you!!

  melissa
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  Do you regret ever getting baptized

  by ikhandi in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thousand of witnesses do it every year and for what they believe are good reasons.

  i did it because i was pressured by elders.

  its interesting to note how elders can target young people into committing their life to something they really know nothing about.

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  i regret it because i don't think at 13 i should have been able to make a decision like that. how could i know what my whole life meant? at 13 who knows what you're going to think tomorrow let alone for the rest of my life. i wish i had waited and in waiting never did it. but i can't change the past i can only correct the future. and i wonder if correcting the future would deal with getting my baptism nullified. i know that this topic has been brought up before but i am still wondering if that route is every successful.

  melissa
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  sacramento meet up

  by proudassmonkey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are some of us in sacramento area meeting up to hear some music play at the capitol garge on l st. in downtown sacramento.

  if anyone in the area wants to come down and meet up...... please do!!

  tinkerbell82 and newworldslacker and i will be there..... doors open at 8 bands start at 9. .

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  you mean i spaced out? just admit it that is what you meant..... and tink.... no clue on what to wear. i just always end up looking silly in whatever i wear.... so i guess it doesn't matter.... i don't know why i can't just put one period and end my sentence... i guess b/c my brain meanders so badly it doesn't stop..... it just rambles.

  for anyone who wants to go..... pm me and let me know k? just want a rough estimate of who will be there......

  melissa
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  sacramento meet up

  by proudassmonkey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are some of us in sacramento area meeting up to hear some music play at the capitol garge on l st. in downtown sacramento.

  if anyone in the area wants to come down and meet up...... please do!!

  tinkerbell82 and newworldslacker and i will be there..... doors open at 8 bands start at 9. .

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  proudassmonkey

  there are some of us in sacramento area meeting up to hear some music play at the capitol garge on L st. in downtown sacramento. if anyone in the area wants to come down and meet up...... please do!! tinkerbell82 and newworldslacker and i will be there..... doors open at 8 bands start at 9.

  melissa
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  Does this Give you the Heebie Jeebies?

  by Stacey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does this make you think of looking at the pictures in all of the publications?

  images from this guy make me think of the witnesses.

  i'm just wondering if anyone else gets the same weird feeling when they look at this.. http://www.chayan.com/phototheque/chutes/chu_003.htm

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  proudassmonkey

  it gives me the heebie jeebies cuz all under water things do that to me...... don't know why they just do
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  Bethel Memories Good and Bad

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dave inspired me with his story of his week at bethel.

  the fish in the pond outside the e building at the watchtower farm would eat out of your hand, very cool.

  the fall colors of the mountains with the morning sunshine on them outside the dining hall at the farm were spectacular.

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  joel

  this post made me happy for one reason and one reason only:

  in my mind's eye i can see the splendor of the trees in the hudson valley. the view from mohonk mountain. and i smile and think of home. this transplanted new yorker thanks you.

  melissa