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  What Do You Do For Fun?

  by minimus in

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  now that you have all this extra time (not having to go to meetings, service, conventions, etc.

  ) what do you do for fun?

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  running and cycling, I've joined a couple of running groups and cycle groups...met great friends.

  enjoy staying home with my family on an extremely cold "meeting" night, guiltlessly watching videos, drinking hot cocoa and warming my toes by the fire, or a Sunday morning taking a leisurely walk to the Starbucks and stopping off at the kiddie park so my son can have fun like other normal (non-JW children) children.

  going out dancing, drinking....

  celebrating life.....such as birthdays....having a surprise 40th b-day party this Saturday for a good friend.

  this list goes on.......
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  Change in application to Luke 21:28?

  by FairMind in

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  luke 21:28 tells us that christians living during the time of the fulfillment of the prophecies showing that the end of this system was near were to hold their heads erect as their deliverance was near.

  or at least this is the way the wts has always explained this scriptural passage.

  last night, our visiting co mentioned in that this is no longer the way we interpret this scripture and that our past understanding was incorrect.

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  ...and the light keeps getting brighter and brighter....

  I'm sure if you would ask him to further explain, he'd give some bs response like.....'the faithful and discreet slave class will provide that food at the proper time'.....you'd never get a straight answer, but it wouldn't hurt to ask anyway, just to see them dance around the subject.
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  Keeping the congregation clean?

  by heatherg in

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  i just had an interesting experience today.

  i ran into an old ex-friend that had just been released from prison.

  he was sentenced for selling pot to the highschool girls he coached for soccer and for sleeping with underage girls.

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  It's all BS...my aunt (my mother's sister), pretty much said she wanted nothing to do with JW religeon any longer, will not attend meetings, associates with my cousin (also DF'd) because she doesn't believe in shunning.....told the elders exactly how she feels, never df'd, however, my mother having knowledge of this, still invites her to come to AZ to stay w/her in her home, a place I'm never welcomed to stay.....because "technically" she's not "DF'd"......it's all hypocritical bs.....

  Don't try to make sense of it, there is no logic to it.
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  Does The Thought of Being Disfellowshipped Bother You?

  by minimus in

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  is it realy the worst thing one can go through?

  are you afraid of it??

  has being disfellowshipped actually turned into a "blessing"?

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  to me it was another way of spelling 'Freedom', but of course w/freedom their are consequences, that being shunned by family...nonetheless.....doesn't bother me one bit.
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  Hi -I'm Jewish

  by moshe in

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  i'm an ex-jw - i converted to judaism .

  i just wondered if any ex-jw's like me are now jewish or have questions about judaism.. shalom,.

  moshe

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  Hi Moshe!

  I married a Jewish man, had a Jewish wedding and joined the temple the next day our Rabbi was so awsome! I never actually converted but my husband and I do attend temple from time to time...it's non-Orthodox as you may have guessed....it's Reformed Judaism...I do appreciate a lot of the teachings and find that I can follow a lot due to my past JW ubringing, though I find their different perspective quite refreshing. I'm actually thinking of taking a class at my temple.

  Welcome.

  Eva
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  Why I am leaving JWD

  by logansrun in

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  i'm leaving this forum...at least temporarily.

  as i mentioned in conversation over dinner at the chicago apostafest, my upcoming school schedule (which begins next week) combined with my workload will make it very difficult to be an active member on this forum.

  perhaps i'll check in occassionaly when life is a little slower but for now i'd better distance myself from the on-line scene or else the other elements in my life will suffer.

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  Bradley, you think too much! Now go out and have some fun, live, learn and listen, life happens.

  I agree.
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  Why I am leaving JWD

  by logansrun in

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  i'm leaving this forum...at least temporarily.

  as i mentioned in conversation over dinner at the chicago apostafest, my upcoming school schedule (which begins next week) combined with my workload will make it very difficult to be an active member on this forum.

  perhaps i'll check in occassionaly when life is a little slower but for now i'd better distance myself from the on-line scene or else the other elements in my life will suffer.

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  so I'm not really special? But Barney says so.....I watch it every morning with my kid, damn Barney, you really should have talk with him Bradley....I'm just kidding, good luck on your road to success, growth is good and change is always good. We never stop learning really....you've brought up a lot of thought provoking thoughts on this site, but maybe it's time for you to loosen up your tie a little bit, have some fun....have a few drinks, hang out with kids, you'll really learn the true meaning of life from a fresh and virgin viewpoint. It's good to swim deep sometimes, but sometimes you just gotta come up for a little air.

  It was nice meeting you to by the way at the apostate fest, hope you'll stay in touch!

  Eva
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  What do ya do on a boring weekend???

  by missy04 in

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  lol it kinda sucks.

  i had my first week at my new job (so a little stressed) and my big sis and i had planned on spending the weekend together.

  then she decided it wasn't a good weekend when i was all ready.. anyway, what are good ways to have fun when you're bored and have nothing to do all weekend and no one to go anywhere with?

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  the train I have always (I'm pretty sure it's the closest) is about an hour and a half to two hours away

  where are you exactly?
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  What do ya do on a boring weekend???

  by missy04 in

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  lol it kinda sucks.

  i had my first week at my new job (so a little stressed) and my big sis and i had planned on spending the weekend together.

  then she decided it wasn't a good weekend when i was all ready.. anyway, what are good ways to have fun when you're bored and have nothing to do all weekend and no one to go anywhere with?

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  are you sure you couldn't hop on a train this weekend into the city for the great apostatefest???? I'm sure there is a train line around where you live.....
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  Cancun

  by Evesapple in

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  i'm going to cancun for a girl getaway next weekend for 3 days.

  i've never been to that part of mexico before any suggestions on what to do and where to go?

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  Valis,

  Great pictures, thanks for sharing, next week can't come soon enough.....

  Bring trinkets like pens, lighters, and small stuff like that we take for granted. You will most likely be approached by kids or young teens at some point.

  great suggestion, we did that the first time I visited, we also took t-shirts with city/sports logos on them, you can buy them cheap at Target