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  2004 Walk With God District Convention Program

  by TweetieBird in

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  for those of you interested in attending the convention this year, this program was emailed to me.. .

  3:15 song no.77 and announcements.

  2:45 song no.15 and announcements.

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  "I'm trapped inside a huge python"?

  bwahahahahahha!
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  A witness should NOT ALLOW their cat to eat a bird!

  by gumby in

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  witnesses believe it would be a transgression against jehovah's sanctity of blood to give your pet a blood transfusion....even though it's an animal, blood is to be poured out on the ground and not used in any manner.

  one time, a notable brother who left the borg and was visiting with some friends to encourage them out of the cult, saw the wifes cat eating a bird out the window.

  he said "maggie!

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  'if blood is not allowed by humans to be eaten then neither are animals in your control allowed to either.

  If I hadn't heard similar reasoning before I would think you were pulling my leg. What stupidity (talk about straining the gnat and gulping down the camel)!

  1. I have never known a cat to be under anyone's control, they do what they want.
  2. Does that mean if I had a boa constrictor in a cage, in my control, I couldn't feed it mice?
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  Why do you keep posting here?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  you know i like to post these dumb'uns but i was thinking this tonight as i sat here thinking what to post.

  then i thought to myself, why am i sitting here "wondering" what to post on a forum like this.

  i think i get more than the fair share of stick here for posts i have made because of what i do post, and i can live with that.

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  It is comforting to have found people who are intelligent and warm and who are willing to share their hearts and their pain. Many, many times over the years that I was in the Org I thought it was me who had the problem. Although I eventually worked through it and realized it was the Orgs failure and not mine, it is still nice to receive validation for my feelings on this board.

  Why do I post? You never know what word or statement triggers people to change the way that they feel about themselves. Because we all come from different places and walks of life we all see and say things a little differently. Although I constantly question the value of my words to people (because there are so many great writers on the board), If one small thing I say makes someone avoid the self-berating/beating, that happens when you leave the Org, then I have accomplished something valuable.

  exjdub "from the self berating for years and finally got over it class"
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  2004 Walk With God District Convention Program

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you interested in attending the convention this year, this program was emailed to me.. .

  3:15 song no.77 and announcements.

  2:45 song no.15 and announcements.

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  I'm sorry...I couldn't read the entire program. After the first day's agenda my eyes started to glaze over and I lapsed into a catatonic state . What memories of the spiritual paradise!

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  Setting a good example for your JW fam...

  by AuSet in

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  this came up in a conversation the other day, and i'm wondering if any of you have ever thought about this.

  now that i'm an apostate, i've come to realize that that term is not synonymous with being a total screw-up.

  in other words, i haven't really succumbed to all of those "bad" things that i was told would happen to me if i ever left the truth.

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  Blondie:

  Blondie (once asked if she missed the meetings and "the brothers", said "No, I feel so much better and healthier spiritually not going." )

  LMAO! What could they say to that? I picture them with their mouths opening and closing, trying to say something profound, like a fish gasping for air! I always enjoy the "you are there" moments that you write about in your posts, they always make me laugh.

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  My Big Exciting Weekend

  by copsec in

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  ok, here are my huge plans for the weekend.

  ya ready?

  ya sure?

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  Congrats on the raise copsec

  Condolences on the weekend
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  Since You've Been "Out"----Do You Feel Better About Yourself???

  by minimus in

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  i do.

  it's great knowing that leaving the organization has not produced our "weeping and gnashing of the teeth" as we might once have believed.

  we've become free!!!!!!!!!

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  has not produced our "weeping and gnashing of the teeth" as we might once have believed

  I agree minimus. The big scare that was inculcated brainwashed into us was that we would be lost without the org if we left. That is the biggest fear I hear in posters that contemplate leaving the org. The fear is stifling for people... how can that possibly be healthy? Fear is never a good basis for a belief system.

  I have accomplished far more in the 6 years that I have been out than I did in the 36 years that I was in the org. I feel much better about myself and I am thankful for every day of freedom.

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  Daughter Has Lump On Throat

  by Corvin in

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  last week, my middle daughter, 15, found a large lump in her throat.

  it was about the size of a quarter.

  when she pointed it out, it was very visible.. the doctor said, after viewing the ultra-sound pics, that it was either a cyst with an unusual hardened mass inside or a carsanoma, [not sure of spelling] a cancer attached to her thyroid.

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  My thoughts are with you Corvin.

  I am glad your daughter has your protection and I am sure the reason why she is so reasonable is that she has you for a safety net. Way to go Dad!

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  What Made You Realize The WTBTS Was NOT The Truth

  by Kevin in

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  my wife is a jw.. i've been trying to point out the errors of the wtbts but she just doesnt want to hear it.. i'm wonder if some people could share your turning point in regards to your relationship goes.

  with the society.

  what made you realize that the society was false.

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  I have to agree with benext. I kept hearing that we had "love" and that we were in a "spiritual paradise". I knew that love was the identifying mark...I just didn't see it for the entire 36 years that I was in the org.

  The interesting thing is that when I was first fading I talked to some about the lack of love. After agreeing that there were problems in the congregation and the org overall, the cookie cutter reply was always the same: "We do not engage in war...brother against brother...blah blah blah. I always responded: "Why would you interpret it only that way...where does it specify that not killing one another is the only indication of the mark?" That always shut things down. Even faithful jdubs admit that there are problems with the way people are treated and that there is a general lack of love, it's just that it is like wrestling with an angel to get them to admit that it should have bearing on WTBS.

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  Better snack food? Cheez-Its or Bugles?

  by Theocrat in

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  SixofNine:

  That is what Diet Coke is for. It washes away the Cheezits (and extends the palate delightfully as it does so) and simutaneously soothes the nerves.

  LMAO! Spoken like a true Cheez-It's connaisseur. Who could argue with that?

  Exjdub