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i've read a few very interesting stories about people's experiences when they decided to purchase coc.i'd like to share mine and read yours also.. in 1999,not long after we purchased our first computer i started reading material about jw's.before long,i got really interested in the ray franz story because even up here in northern ontario,i had heard about the apostasy of 1980.in the fall of '99 my wife decide to take a college course(bucking the jw trend),and she would stay at her sister's place during the week.one day i called a christian book store to see if they could get me this book.i was very nervous,changed my name and i wouldn't give them my phone number.i told them i'd call back in a few weeks to make sure they had it before i went in to pick it up.. when the day came,i picked up my courage by two hands and took off for my 40 mile drive to get my book.the book store is located in a small shopping mall,which had me really nervous that another jw might see me going in or out of the store.i walked in the mall looking around,making sure there was nobody in sight that i knew.when i walked in the store,i had cash ready in my hands,walked up to the counter,gave my fake name and the book i was purchasing.now i just had to walk and make it to the car and i was home free.. i know buying a book isn't that hard,i do it all the time,but at that time the implicationsof having this book in my possesion was tremendous.. anyways,it's been 5 1/2 years and still nobody here knows.the book has really opened my eyes and mind to the realities of the wts.i would definitely recommend this book to everyone here who has yet to read it.it's worth the effort to acquire it and will take away your fear of the watchdollar.
For heavens sake, just go to a book store and order it, and quit being so cult controled please.
Why in the devil must you be so scared, that in and of its self should tell you to get out when a simple religion has that kind of power over you that can't go to a store and eather read a book there or order it. Geez.
Shane
this is a pet peeve of mine!
how in the heck can the school board justify turning the education of anyone over to some jacka$$ that dropped out of school to pioneer and makes their living cleaning toilets!
how can any parent that truely loves their kid not take a good long look at themselves and say "i am not the best teacher for this child.
I attended American School located in chicago ILL, I did not have ONE test to prove I was smart enough I had MANY, and passed them all. I finished my two years I needed in eight months, I did it because first of all I paid for it not my parents, second I wanted to prove to myself and to others that I was not a loser. You cannot finish just because mom and dad say so!!!!!!!
Sign: Smarty Pants
after all the events of 2004 regarding the botchtower, what do you think will happen next year?.
i can think of a few events.. first of all, 70 years will have passed since rutherflawed took on the name "jehovah's witnesses" - a gross misapplication of that scripture in isaiah.. all the new man presses will be operational - already, the wt have increased their watchtower circulation.. "godly obedience" district convention next summer - we all know what that will be about; and don't forget the layman's km article on how to book a hotel, and not just any hotel at that either.. a new book to replace "organised to accomplish our ministry".
bro barr of the governing body turns 100 (i think this is correct).
Will find out that the governing body members were nothing more than a bunch of Gummie Bears .
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this guy needs a friend...and a life.
definitely a few fries short of a happy meal.. http://www.flyinhi.freeservers.com/.
Yeah, and I thought I was a cone head. I see the hook line and sinker hanging from his mouth.
if anyone wants it then send me an e-mail asking for beard letter" and will send it to you by pdf attachment, i can't figger out any other way.
shane
If anyone wants it then send me an e-mail asking for beard letter" and will send it to you by PDF attachment, I can't figger out any other way.
Shane
i am curious as to why jws aren't allowed to have facial hair.
and why, then, was it okay for jesus?.
inquiring minds want to know.. l1
Extra extra extra read all about it, I will soon scan a letter that was mailed to me from the GB that says its Ok to have a beard as a witness. It will be under its own sub-heading. I had so many elders asking for copies of this letter for the past seven years to keep in their files, its so *^$! funny.
Shane
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i have found some adorable santa images on the internet and i'd love it if everyone shared their favorite santas!
(please no naked santas!).
Can't you see my Sants's you should be able to.
www.life.com/Life/classicpictures/santa
www.keithphoto.com/Santa%20Photos.htm
i find myself feeling empty inside sense drifting away after my being shuned, and my divorce from my wife who was a witness, and after my daughter had been molested by a stupid brother in the hall that my ex-wife started living with after my becoming disabled.
i am newly married now to a good women who is not a witness, but she is honest and kind to me and understands what i have been through, but still i feel a empty somewhere in side of me.
of note during this time of pain, i fell hit my head and lost a major portion of my brain which left me disabled, and very emotional at times feeling like all is lost, i just can't throw it.
Thanks man for replying. I do nothing with the witness's. I belong to the Elks, and the Eagles I find good friends there and they help me in many ways. I also sing karaoke there because it has helped me retrain my damaged brain. I also play pool and that helps me too. I belong to a niice forum for head injured people, its great. If you want more information contact me:
Shane
i've been looking into starting yoga.
i hear it's good for relieving stress and things like that.
i'm curious as to the results others have had while practicing yoga.
Years ago when I was in my teens and twentys I used practice a form of Yoga, it seemed so real to me that I was able to float above the floor. I know this sounds crazy but there is something to this meditaion. It took practice, but I acheved a form of transending myself.
Indulge me for a momet: At that time while sleeping sometimes my mind would go into a type of state, and it felt like I could travel a vast distance in a moment of time. I became frightened because I could not control it all the time, in a way that was safe while sleeping.
One time that remains in memory is when I was sleeping out side on the lawn of my house cause it was hot inside, I had my tarp down in a particular manor faceing West and I fell asleep and awakened to my ears poping like when your going over a mountain pass. I raised up and seen clouds and and a passinger jet at eye level, needless to say it scared the hell out of me; so I hid in my sleeping bag and fell asleep again. In the morning the tarp was many feet away from where it was before, so I won't mess that form of meditatiion again. (Belive it or not)
Shane
Shane
i find myself feeling empty inside sense drifting away after my being shuned, and my divorce from my wife who was a witness, and after my daughter had been molested by a stupid brother in the hall that my ex-wife started living with after my becoming disabled.
i am newly married now to a good women who is not a witness, but she is honest and kind to me and understands what i have been through, but still i feel a empty somewhere in side of me.
of note during this time of pain, i fell hit my head and lost a major portion of my brain which left me disabled, and very emotional at times feeling like all is lost, i just can't throw it.
I find myself feeling empty inside sense drifting away after my being shuned, and my divorce from my wife who was a witness, and after my daughter had been molested by a stupid brother in the hall that my ex-wife started living with after my becoming disabled.
What do I do? I am newly married now to a good women who is not a witness, but she is honest and kind to me and understands what I have been through, but still I feel a empty somewhere in side of me.
Of note during this time of pain, I fell hit my head and lost a major portion of my brain which left me disabled, and very emotional at times feeling like all is lost, I just can't throw it. The brotherrs in my hall made light of my daughter being abused, and would not belive her I just can't overlook that.
