Posts by invictus

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JW's Give Go Ahead for Birthdays???w/t 22/9/03

by Latte in

the pinata

an ancient tradition

by awake!

invictus

let`s have pinata day

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tattoos...did you rebel and get one?

by morty in

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friends

after i left the "troof" the first thing i did was run out and get a tattoo.now ,some 18 years later i still dont regret it.i even have gotten a couple of new ones in the past couple of years......i mean not that i am covered in them,but i think if a women has them ,there is nothing wrong with that has long as they are not all over everywhere.ie...neck,face or lower arms......... i just think it is sexy on a man..( a few....not on the same areas as the women ..ie..face and neck as well.

) but for a women to have them all over her is not attractive....i think for a women to have a couple in a suddle place..( like for your partner to see or find.lol) is sexy as well...this girl in our town, has them covering her face and arms.i just think she looks scary......(i do also think that they must be done professionally and kept realistic.

)...i know your not to judge a book by its cover but, this girl wonders why, parents will not let children to her house to play with her child?

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I became witness when I was 25, so I had "life" before jws; after leaving jws I just went back to what I used to do.Tatoos were never my thing,but I allowed my kids to try stick- ons because I had those when I was young. If I ever wanted one I would probably go for henna tatoo, they last about 6 weeks.

btw Lapuce, that`s neat looking tatoo with a powerful message.

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How would you prefer the JWs to think of you, A, B, or C ?

by logansrun in

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i ran into my df'd, trying to get back into the dubs, uncle and my jw cousin the other day.

i was coming out of a movie theatre with my "worldly" girlfriend.

after a couple pleasantries we departed and they finished cleaning the theatre's windows .

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They probably think of me as A) mislead because they know I `ve been reading material from the internet-big no-no!

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Are You Surprised By How Few Witnesses Have Called You???

by minimus in

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i've had a few people just recently call or try to visit with me and let me know that we are "missed".

but in reality, the phone hardly ever rings with a witnesses calling on the other end to see how we are.

after spending a lifetime in the organization, it would seem that this couldn't happen......but, i'm glad i'm not getting harrassed either.......did you get calls and visits from those that "missed" you??

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Since we stopped going to the meetings - four months ago -NO ONE called, only elders came twice but we did not open. We did`nt hide either, they could see us through the window.So far we are not DF or DA, yet nobody wants to have anything to do with us. Then just yesterday I called what used to be my best friend. I just wanted to let her know that we are still considering her and her family as friends and we would help them if they need us.She said she is feeling the same towards us;so I asked why is she not calling?

Her answer was that because we are not coming to the meetings we are turning our backs to Jehovah and that is the same as turning our backs to her ?!, and because she cannot stand the pain we are causing her( ?) she is imagining that we are just far away and she cannot reach us ,so that is why she is not calling.My head just hurts of all the nonsense she told me so in a way I am glad that nobody calls.

They would just be anoying - since 1997 I was willing to talk and explain how I feel and why I feel hurt, betrayed and mislead by wt organization - and nobody was taking me serious - " in Jehovah`s due time you will get the answer" was what they would comfort me.Well now I make the rules and I am finding my own answers. I really do not need jw "friends"- I am shunning them!

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how many witnesses?

by invictus in

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i would like to know if someone can direct me where to find information regarding number of witnesses during 1925 - 1935 period, before great crowd was identified as an earthly class?.

thank you in advance.. invictus

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joker10 and blondie,

thank you very much.it is more than helpful.

thanks again.

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Interesting coversation with my Mom......

by Betsy in

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friends

so today i called my mom to chat and we were talking about my sisters (all still jw's).

i mentioned that they were intolerant of other people and she agreed.

then she said she doesn't know why they're like that..... of course i said, well they were taught that all their lives.

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Betsy,

hi and welcome to the forum. It is really nice that you are able to have nice relationship with your mom. I hope it will continue and with your insightfull comments, maybe one day your mom will see wt in a true light.

take care.

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Our Heroes--past and present

by Vita Nuova in

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friends

i really hope to get a ton of responses for this topic, so even if you're just browsing through postings and topics, please add your two cents...however brief.

i am really curious to know who our "heroes" are, those people we admire, identify with, emulate and recieve inspiration from.

feel free to even list former heroes and perhaps why you were taken with admiration for them at that point in your life and maybe why you don't feel that way any longer.

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My dad, pilot and airforce colonel, who taught me to be "Invictus" and my hubby who is my rock now.

after them - Antoine de Saint Exupery, Seagull Jonathan Livingstone, my great uncle Alexander,Major Momishuli -character from novel "Road to Volokolam", Victor Hugo , Maria Curie , Leonidas , Ivo Andric - Nobel prize winner from Yugoslavia...

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