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  Re: To me Moving out...A very emotional draining day for me.

  by stillAwitness in

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  thank you for the advice everyone (

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/116754/2.ashx

  this is my first night with my bf and its still a bit surreal for me.

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  CountryGuy

  Good luck! I know you'll do great!
  
  CountryGuy
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  What is your town or area's claim to fame?

  by free2beme in

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  every where you live, the local area has something about it that is either famous for something good or something bad.

  as an example, you go to one town and it may have the historial site of a famous war battle.

  you go to another an it might be the place something was invented, or the birthplace of someone famous.

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  Dick and Jerry Van Dyke grew up just outside of here. And Jerry bought the old movie theatre and turned it into a performance theatre.
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  Went to a witness party....oh, excuse me, "gathering" over the weekend.....

  by enlightenedcynic in

  1. jw
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  the mrs. and i were invited to a "gathering" this weekend.

  was just supposed to be some friends getting together for some food and fellowship.

  when we arrived, there were a bunch of jw's in the back yard(50 to 100) and the music was pumping loud(not that i minded{smile}).

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  CountryGuy

  The parties in Rural Arkansas were totally kingdum melody sing-a-LONGs, or Bible charades, or even watch a performance of a Bible drama... Whoever organized the party always, always had chaperones designated (no matter the age range of the party guests) and they were almost always elders or ms's. There was never alcohol at any of the parties and they were always over by 9:30 or 10:00.

  Gawd! That was my youth.... That really makes me depressed!!
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  Whats your fav quote from a movie

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what are some of your fav quotes from movies???.

  i love the line in face off "oh eve i hate to see you go but i love to watch you leave".

  and the one in the rock " you want me to stick this in my heart are you f#$%ing nuts".

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  I've got two quotes...

  From To Wong Foo, Vita, Noxema and Chi Chi are looking at cars when they see an old Caddy convertible:
  Vita: I feel like Miss Jane Mansfield in this Car.
  Noxema: Ooohhhh, Jane Mansfield. Not a good auto reference.

  From Office Space, at the end of the movie when Milton is at the resort:
  Milton: I'll do it. I'll burn this mother down.
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  How "old" is the oldest person who lived in your family?

  by JH in

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  i was just wondering how old can a person live.

  my grandmother lived up to 97, almost 98. .

  those born in 1914 are 92 years old and some are still alive.. i guess that no one lived over 120 years since the flood.. how "old" is the oldest person who lived in your family?

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  My Great-Great-Aunt Mae, my great-grandmother's sister, died a few years ago at the age of 102. I hate to say it, but I dreaded going to the family reunions because my folks always wanted a picture of me and my sister with Aunt Mae. She really wasn't a pleasant person to be around. I guess at that age, you don't have to pretend to be having a good time and she looked like she was as thrilled about the picture as my sister and I were.

  The rest of the family lives until around 75 or 80.
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  17 Days: One Final Adventure

  by Merry Magdalene in

  1. jw
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  i once posted here a copy of my empassioned plea to the watchtower society--i want my mother back.

  well, i just wanted to let all of you know that i got her back for a whole 17 days, and we had one final adventure together before she died, and there wasn't a damned thing they could do about it.. my mother is, was, a long-term loyal jw and i was her disfellowshipped daughter.

  i believe she was in an almost constant state of conflict over me because her very strong maternal instincts demanded she behave openly and lovingly toward me, while her wts-trained conscience demanded the opposite.

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  CountryGuy

  Merry, I am so sorry for your loss.

  Thank you for sharing this story of true, unconditional love. I hope that you and your daughter will cherish these memories for years to come.

  CountryGuy
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  How many ex-jws move out of town to start over?

  by rebel8 in

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  2. friends

  i was wondering how common it is for ex-jws to relocate after leaving the borg in order to escape the bad memories of being in a cult, or to break contact with cult members.. i have wanted to move far away for as long as i can remember--even as a kid--for this purpose.

  various life circumstances have delayed that--long story--but mr. rebel8 and i are thinking of moving within the next few years.

  i am the one who's most interested in moving to a completely different type of place--different culture, different climate, different everything!

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  I did a move/fade. I moved to another state. Did almost everything I was supposed to do for about a year. This included moving my publisher's card and attending the DC. (It just so happened that my old cong and my new cong were both assigned to the same city on the same weekend.)

  Once I graduated and moved to Texas, I left town and they never heard from me again. I never even hinted to the elders that I was leaving town after graduation. Of course, I ran into jws in the new city in Texas (they cleaned the office I worked in), but they had no idea who I was, or what I used to be. I even attended the Memorial one year to see what it would be like to attend as an "interested one." The Memorial in 1998 was the very last time I ever set foot on wts soil.

  Then, about three years ago, I decided to move back to Arkansas, but live in a different city than the cong I attended. I have run into a few jws I know, but for the most part I'm left alone. Since I never DF'd or DA'd, I'm only shunned by about half of them. The other half just make small talk and remove themselves from the conversation quickly.

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  Perryville, Arkansas

  by rekless in

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  any arkansasians here?

  if you live near perryville pm me.

  thanks

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  CountryGuy

  Hi Rekless. You have a PM. (Oh and we're called Arkansans.)

  CountryGuy
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  Date ideas needed

  by jstalin in

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  i need some tips for fun places to go or things to do on a date.... i'm running out of ideas and i'm sick of the "go to the bar then to the club" kind of dates.

  anyone have any ideas for me?

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  CountryGuy

  The third or fourth date for Wayne and I was one of the most memorable.

  He came over to my apartment with a sack of groceries and cooked me a complete dinner. At some point during the first couple of dates, he had asked me what kind of food I liked. I think he also got some ideas from a mutual friend (who set us up on our first blind date). After dinner, we listened to some music and just talked for a couple of hours. Of course, early on, talking is great because everything is interesting and they haven't heard your stories a hundred times.

  Have fun!
  CountryGuy
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  what jehovah's witnesses don't say today, apparantly

  by pepheuga in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is absolutely a revelation to me:.

  ... we don't go out and say, "we're the only true religion.".

  j.r. brown, public affairs director for jehovah's witnesses at the church's headquarters in brooklyn, n.y.. source.

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  CountryGuy

  What has changed is the recruiting technique. They used to announce itfrom the loud speakers now they wait till a new person has become invested into the JW community to lay the heavy stuff on them.

  Invested.... Infested.... it's all the same with this cult.

  Brown blatently lied to the media. And, I'm sure he had no problem with it at all, condsidering, as others have pointed out, it's simply Theocratic Warfare. However, I wonder if he's read Proverbs 6:16. It doesn't make any concessions about Theocratic Warfare when it says, "There are six things that Jehovah does hate; yes seven things are destable to his soul:" Lying is one of them.

  CountryGuy