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  Would You Really Want To Live Forever With Dubs?

  by shamus100 in

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  here is the hypothetical question of the day - would you, or more appropriately, could you live forever in paradise on earth with jw's?

  with the hypocrosy, silly elders, silly people... feeding lions and cleaning up after animals... everyone living by waterfalls, like the jw's always portray in they're psychotic pamphlets..... or would you rather be dead.

  i, personally, would much rather be dead.

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  Oh my gawd! I can't think of anything worse than being trapped on a paradise forever with those people!
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  I got my voter registration card today

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my jw brother brought it in.

  god i hope he didn't look at it!

  i was hoping it'd come in a discreet envelope, but no, it had to be marked all over the place.

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  Congratulations. Since I've left the dubs, I've voted regularly.
  And this election looks to be one of the most engaging elections in the US in a long time.

  CountryGuy
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  Question for Dallas Area Apostates

  by CountryGuy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my partner and i, along with two other friends, will be in dallas on saturday for cyndi lauper's true colors concert at the smirnoff music center.

  we're staying at the hotel indigo on main street downtown.

  should we take a cab from the hotel to the concert?

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  Thanks for the info. I've driven in Dallas before and I really don't want to do so more than I have to. LOL!

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  Question for Dallas Area Apostates

  by CountryGuy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my partner and i, along with two other friends, will be in dallas on saturday for cyndi lauper's true colors concert at the smirnoff music center.

  we're staying at the hotel indigo on main street downtown.

  should we take a cab from the hotel to the concert?

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  My partner and I, along with two other friends, will be in Dallas on Saturday for Cyndi Lauper's True Colors concert at the Smirnoff Music Center. We're staying at the Hotel Indigo on Main Street downtown. Should we take a cab from the hotel to the concert? And, if we do, can you recommend a good taxi company?
  
  Thanks for your help,
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  What do you think the first secret watchtower is going to be about?

  by 5go in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what do you think the first secret watchtower is going to be about?.

  you know the jan 15th, 2008 apostate proof edition..

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  Looks like the Bumbling Body in Brooklyn has found a way to get more magazines "placed." When I was a dub, we always got our study mags from the 'extra' mags that we got to 'place' with the householders, who were not flagging us down each day to get the WT and Awake.

  Now, they're going to have to get specific WTs to study from, thus increasing the number of WTs needing to be printed. The publishing company is getting pretty good at marketing.

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  Have You Ever Met A "Celebrity" or Actually See One Face To Face?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while i was in new york i walked by two men and one looked like the comedian jackie mason whom i adore.

  i looked at him and said, "i just wanted to say how much i enjoy your shows.

  i've seen you perform a number of times".

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  I used to work for a retail chain where my job was to coordinate book and CD signings. During my time there, I met a lot of people. My favorites were President Jimmy Carter, the Dixie Chicks and Dolly Parton. The biggest pre-madonna I had to deal with was Nora Roberts.

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  How old will you be....

  by Scully in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you will have been an exjw for as long as you were a jw?.

  i was raised in the jws from before the age of 10, and stopped going to the kh at the age of 31. i was involved with the jws for a total of 23 years.

  i will be 54 years old by the time i have spent more of my life as an exjw than i did as a jw..

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  I'll be 46 when that happens.
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  What state are you from?

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is for the us crowd, what state do you live in?

  or from?----i live in tennessee, but from ohio and kentucky.

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  Born and raised in Arkansas. GO HOGS!!

  I went to college in Missouri and lived in West Texas for a while before returning to Arkansas.

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  The Best Revenge

  by CountryGuy in

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  i've taken a part-time job working nights and weekends.

  i'm doing this to save up to start grad school next fall.

  my new job is in a new shopping center.

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  I've taken a part-time job working nights and weekends. I'm doing this to save up to start grad school next fall. My new job is in a new shopping center. Now there's nothing that gets people to come out of the woodwork (at least around here) more than new store or a new restaurant. Since the center has multiples of both, it's covered over pretty much all the time.

  Of course, I've seen people that I haven't seen in years, including many JWs. Some ignore me. Some talk to me. For those that speak to me, the recurring theme is, of course, "We really miss you at the meetings." To which I have started replying, "You do? Really? Because I've been back in Arkansas for three years and I haven't heard from anyone. Well, I take that back, I gave my address and phone number to Brother "Elder" a couple of years ago, but I never heard anything." (It's soooo fun to watch them squirm at that point.) I usually just laugh and tell them that I'm doing very well.

  I had one "sister" comment that if I'm still working retail then my college degree must not have come in very handy after all. I smiled, "Actually, my degree has served me very well. I have been able to support my family quite nicely. However, I am wanting to go back to get my masters degree and I feel that it would be easier to save for that by getting a part-time job, rather than asking my family to cut back on expenses."

  Now at this point, she really pissed me off, but I didn't let her know that she got to me... And, looking back, she probably did it on purpose, but I don't care. She smiled and said, "I didn't know you had a family. In fact I had heard certain rumors."
  "Oh, yeah," I smiled back, "I had forgotten how gossiping was the Witnesses' favorite past-time. You'll forgive me if I can't recall the scripture that says it should be otherwise. Well, I will tell you that those certain rumors never came from me. But, I've known that they were out there for a long time. In fact, best I can tell, they've made the rounds on both the A and B side of the old circuit. I will tell you that I do have a family (I didn't define family). That up until last year, we were supporting two households, mine and my mother-in-law's. And, that I've never been happier in my life."
  "But, are you really happy?" she asked.
  "Of course! I have found out that happiness comes from a real relationship with God. Not a relationship with a publishing company. Just because I stopped going to the meetings, doesn't mean that I stopped loving God. You don't have to have a WT publication in your hand in order for Him to hear you. I was miserable thoughout my teenage years. Remember when I did this? (I showed her the scar on my wrist.) It wasn't an accident like we told everyone it was. I was sick of never being able to live up to the WTS', the elders', or the congregations' expectations. You can only hear that you're lacking, do what they tell you to to change and then fail repeatedly for so long. If I had kept going to the meetings, I would have been successful at my next attempt. Trust me when I tell you, I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER IN ALL OF MY LIFE! It was very nice to chat with you, but I really need to get back to work. You're more than welcome to give me a call sometime, I'm listed in the phone book." (I'm not holding my breath.)

  She looked as if I had picked her up and body slammed her into a slab of concrete. They really believe that once we leave the WT we're all walking around in a haze just searching for happiness, but never finding it. The best revenge truely is being happy.
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  APOSTA - DOCU - TOUR USA 2007!

  by LennyinBluemont in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, folks, this is just in the dream stage right now and may not materialize for any number of reasons.

  but right now im treating it as a distinct possibility.

  heres the deal.

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  If you go to Dallas, you can stop in Little Rock, AR on your way down there. I'd be happy to participate.

  CountryGuy