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  Hello everyone...been away for awhile

  by TresHappy in

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  hope everyone on the board is doing well.

  i've been away for a few months; catching up on my life.

  i am curious to know if everyone is doing ok. i think about utopian reformist, has anyone heard from mario lately?.

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  Hi TresHappy, good to see you're doing well. Everything's fine here. :)
  
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  Flirted for awhile..making it official today!

  by uuus2b1 in

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  hi all, been "lurking" (phrase i picked up here) for some time now, felt it was time to come out of the closet!

  quick bio: live in the us virgin islands.

  baptised at 18. elder at 28. married but separated 6yrs now.

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  Isn't it a great feeling when the heavy mental load of the WTS is lifted off?
  
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  WOULD YOU BE AN ACTIVE WITNESS IF????

  by minimus in

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  would you be an active witness or even an inactive one if you could change a few things?

  for example: let's say the blood issue could be resolved, would you stay?

  or if 1914 doctrine was dissolved or the disfellowshipping/ shunning view changed?

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  No. Never. I have developed an allergy to any activity that requires any sort of meeting attendance at all. And that's nothing compared to the allergy I've developed for religion. ;)
  
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  I'm Sick

  by onlycurious in

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  i am not feeling well and just feel kind of crappy tonight.

  i ache all over, my nose is stuffy, i'm tired and i'm coughing.

  too bad.

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  ((((Hugs)))) Hope you start feeling better soon.
  
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  My first post!

  by Crafty Lady in

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  i've been reading a while and decided to join in.

  my jw experience: my mom got hooked during a vulnerable period (marriage split up).

  we went to a couple of congregations in queens, ny, and then moved to the finger lakes area of upstate ny.

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  Welcome to the board, Crafty Lady. Your very lucky that all your family are out. Or, maybe as you say ... crafty. LOL
  
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  Flirted for awhile..making it official today!

  by uuus2b1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all, been "lurking" (phrase i picked up here) for some time now, felt it was time to come out of the closet!

  quick bio: live in the us virgin islands.

  baptised at 18. elder at 28. married but separated 6yrs now.

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  Welcome, uuus2b1. I'm glad you decided to de-lurk. So, tell us how the big visit went.
  
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  Newbie!!!

  by KCM in

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  i'm a newbie on here.

  been away from the truth for nearly a year now and have just got my divorce from my violent ex who is stil serving in the congregation.

  found things hard and still am, as the 'truth' is all i've ever known....so am on here for some well needed support, if thats ok?

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  Welcome to the board, KCM. I'm glad you were able to escape from an abusive relationship.
  
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  Congratulations to the newly weds!

  by Crumpet in

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  please join me in toasting our two friends, dedpoet and fullofdoubtnow who have just exchanged vows.

  linda and trevor - we love you so much and know that your happiness will join you together for so many years to come.. congratulations!.

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  Congratulations. May you have many long happy years together.
  
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  HEARSAY....RUMOR...FABLE...LIES....or..INERRANT WORD OF GOD???

  by Terry in

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  i was almost 50 years old before i really knew anything factual about how the bible came into existence!.

  it is astounding.. i was reading it since i was a child never with a doubt in my head.

  i was told by people i trusted (who had no reason to lie) that i could be confident the bible was the word of god almighty.. and, it was as simple as that!.

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  Excellent points, Terry. I remember when I was a new JW and read about the history of the Bible. I felt very disturbed and uneasy inside about it all, but I was able to silence the little voice of alarm. It did resurface years later though.
  
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  Remember how great the get-togethers were in the 1980's??

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  i remembers skating parties at least once a month, volleyball at the park, get-togethers where everyone would play bible charades and sing kingdoms songs, going to the river to swim with the whole congregation after the sunday meeting, spending the afternoon at the lake eating watermelon and water skiing.

  it was a great upbringing!

  also, i dont want to leave out the strong feelings of eliteness that i had even as a child, of having the truth.

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  In the early 80's our congregation would rent a hall at least once a year. It was in the country with lots of room for baseball, soccer, frisbee, horshoes, etc. That was for the afternoon, then there was a potluck dinner inside with live music and dancing in the evening. It was alot of fun. Individual JWs who had the room hosted barbeques and parties also.
  
  Towards the end of the 80's the WTS started clamping down and "discouraging" large gatherings. They worked very hard to strip the JWs of all personality. Control, control, control. They wound up with a dead, lifeless bunch of congregations.
  
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