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  Well, 2011 is gone and...

  by WTWizard in

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  remember obves, with all his complicated formulas forecasting that the end was coming in 2011?

  virtually everything was about 2011, and there were formulas that "proved(??

  )" that the god-inspired end was coming in 2011 for sure.

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  ...can't go back only forward...

  and if it's all gonna end at some point, there's not a durn thing I can do about it.

  Happy 2012!
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  Yin & Yang

  by N.drew in

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  there is a whole lot of nasty stuff on forum*.. me too, i am guilty.. so then, maybe balance is a good thing and more balance is something to seek.. is it so hard to be nice once in a while?.

  when someone is nice, some posters cry groupy.

  (is that a word?).

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  Awww, cantleave, that picture's adorable!
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  Hubby has finally come around....had to share!

  by meangirl in

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  2. experiences

  some of you may or may not know but i came out before my husband.

  he has not been to the meetings in 4 years but still acted like a witness.

  i know it has been hard on him as he was raised a witness and i was not.

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  In short I compromised and we had a family day the week after Christmas with an origami tree.

  Happy news about your hubby! What did the origami tree look like?

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  Some personal thoughts as 2011 comes to a close

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first off, if you are in a safe place inside your head, merry christmas.

  i was fortunate to have had childhood christmases in my home growing up.

  many born-ins are probably never going to know what they missed.. also.... i am thinking about all the nice, friendly, happy things i've given up for jehovah and it saddens me.

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  Who we are NOW is more important than what we WERE.

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  A thought for those with believing partners.....

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  when i was a single male jw i knew between age 22-25 that i had major concerns with the religion.

  this had a big effect on my interaction with opp sex in the org.

  whenever i got close to someone i would consider the inevitable time that i would have to face my concerns.

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  s&r,

  Your thought is appreciated. This is a sticky time of the year.

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  Please can we all have a go at describing and celebrating our different NEW IDENTITIES, versus our OLD WBTS IDENTITY?

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at one time most of us here identified as jws who follow the wbts gb/fds who claim to follow the bible etc.

  some of us are journeying to a new identity, others may feel they already have a new identity.. although we likely have gone in many different directions, we share a common past which only ex-members can really understand and explain.

  please could we each respectfully share and celebrate our unique perspectives of where we have come from, and where we each are now at on this journey?.

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  Old: Born-in

  New: Reborn
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  Estimated world population at the death of Adam

  by jam in

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  2,800,000 according to lambert dolphin (physicist, theologin.

  and senior creationist).

  he base that figure that adam lived.

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  Estimated world population at the death of Adam

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  JW FAMOUS CLICHE SAYINGS

  by strymeckirules in

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  2. beliefs

  what saying made it all around the country?.

  the ones that were passed around, word of mouth.. for example.

  "donations basis proves jehovah is behind the work!".

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  "Are you in the truth, or is the truth in you?"

  "Please only save seats for your immediate family and those who may be riding with you in your car."

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  Celebrating my Bday for the first time ever. The big 2-1

  by stillstuckcruz in

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  2. friends

  so i've been in the borg for 20 years.

  and in two months i hit 21. i am technically still in and my parents don't know about me yet.

  so i plan on celebrating my bday with just a few friends from high school.

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  P.S. HAPPY 21 BIRTHDAY! (With a cake below for each year you missed!)

  x 20
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  Celebrating my Bday for the first time ever. The big 2-1

  by stillstuckcruz in

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  2. friends

  so i've been in the borg for 20 years.

  and in two months i hit 21. i am technically still in and my parents don't know about me yet.

  so i plan on celebrating my bday with just a few friends from high school.

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  How did you feel upon celebrating your first birthday?

  I was 29 and it was the best birthday ever!

  I was attending college courses at the time and decided to make it MY day and bought a couple bags of mini-cholate bars and gave them away to all my classmates and teachers telling them it was MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

  I must have heard "Happy Birthday" a hundred times accompanied by smiles, and each time it gave me a little burst of joy that helped fill in the birthday-less VOID of the first three decades of my life. (Yeah, I was just like a little kid and had so much fun that day).

  Then at my part-time job the next day, my co-workers had decorated my cubical with balloons and streamers and we had a "snack" table outside of it all day long.

  That one birthday could have been the only one I celebrated in a lifetime and it would have been enough. The liberation and joy I felt at celebrating my existence, my place in this world, on my terms was euphoric.

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