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  I lost a good friend yesterday

  by zed is dead in

  1. jw
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  i am really going to miss having her as a close friend.

  we both helped each other this past year, as we were both dealing with the passing of people we loved.

  she was a strong part of my support group.

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  poppers

  Sorry for your loss, zed.
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  A fun ridiculous JW story

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i work with a jw.

  around christmastime, everyone was leaving little presents for everyone else.

  at least, they were doing that for the people they liked and ignoring the quiet ones; all offices are just like high school!

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  poppers

  What a douche bag. Did this person expect everyone to know about all of the restrictive practices of their religion? More likely it just shows that despite all of their efforts most people know next to nothing about them.
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  Amway

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was curious, how many jws end up getting caught up in pyramid scemes like amway.

  i was caught up in there online program quixstar for a little while several years ago.

  i noticed there are several similarities between amway and a cult..

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  poppers

  My brother, God rest his soul, got sucked into Amway by one of his brothers-in-law. He spent a lot of money going to rallies and national conventions/meetings on the east coast somewhere (Charlotte, North Caronina I think). Not only did it keep him on the hampster wheel of pushing the product and expanding his "business" he was influenced by them into becoming a born-again Christian by the group he was affiliated with. He never made a cent after several years in it. Thankfully, he eventually woke up to the scheme and dropped Amway along with the religion. His relationship with that BIL was never quite the same.
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  Seeking, Searching

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you a seeker?

  i know that i was, after l left the wt.

  i used to get recurring dreams of me flying around obstacles, looking and searching for something, i think it was home, or a place to belong or an ultimate truth.

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  Very astute observation, Satanus. People search and search and search never realizing that what they are searching for they already have.
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  This is just sad...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  http://vimeo.com/50792317 .

  i believe that everyone of us, witnesses or not, should take a look at this video.

  it's a beautifully done short film/documentary about robert fitzpatrick shot starting on may 1st, 2011 until the 21st of may.

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  poppers

  Great video - thanks for posting, OneDay.
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  Dec.21st and the countdown to the Mayan Apocalypse

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  december 21 marks the winter solstice and the end of a cycle called the 13th b'ak'tun.. 1.will we see a few who want to join the celestial parade ala those who wanted to hop on a comet a few years ago.. 2.should koolaid and vodka be banned dec. 20th.. 3.will the wt.

  come out with an article making fun of those who 'falsely predict the end of the world' .

  i'll take bets on #3.

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  Don't blame the Mayans for this failure; it wasn't them that made a prediction for the end of the world. It was all of those crazy doomsdayers (mostly Christians) that took the end of the calendar to mean the end of the world. They look for demons behind every tree, so it isn't surprising they would get all bent out of shape because the Mayan calendar ended.
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  Who wants to take bets that this "end of the world" scenario pops up in a WT

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  describing how the so called "pagens", got it wrong..

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  I love how "doomsdayers" took the Mayan calender's ending to mean the end of the world. And now the Mayans will be accused of being false prophets when they never made a prophecy about the end of the world in the first place. Sheesh!
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  What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is one christmas carol that has always baffled me.

  what in the world do leaping lords, french hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with christmas?.

  this week, i found out.

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  poppers

  Interesting - thanks.
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  Dec.21st and the countdown to the Mayan Apocalypse

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  december 21 marks the winter solstice and the end of a cycle called the 13th b'ak'tun.. 1.will we see a few who want to join the celestial parade ala those who wanted to hop on a comet a few years ago.. 2.should koolaid and vodka be banned dec. 20th.. 3.will the wt.

  come out with an article making fun of those who 'falsely predict the end of the world' .

  i'll take bets on #3.

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  poppers

  Your life from now on is an illusion.

  It always was.
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  Snowflakes on a Sea of Dreams

  by Terry in

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  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604169/snowflakes%20on%20a%20sea%20of%20dreams.mp3.

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  poppers

  Very nice, Terry.