Yes I feel the same way when it comes to the holidays I feel like I am numb to them and that they are just another day,my wife really got upset with me since I did not get her a x-mas gift or a birthday gift we are just recently married and I can see how my jw background makes me feel this way.
Posts by oscar
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5Remembering dead ones on their birthdays....
by Strawberryfieldsforever inmy boss lost his wife about a year ago and when her birthday came, he was very upset and his whole family got together.
i thought to myself how nice that was and how birthdays must mean so much to people.
because i was raised a jw, birthdays just don't have that kind of emotional meaning to me.
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Crete.
by Englishman inwe're thinking of holidaying there at the end of july.. anybody here ever visited crete?.
got any advice for us?.
englishman.
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oscar
Crete is a very large Greek Island well worth visiting I would recomend Hania town in Crete, another great Greek Island is Lefkada in the Ionion.
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June 1st Watchtower - The brothers are tiring out
by truthseeker inhere's a little gem from the june 1st 2004, wt.
second study article: blessed are those who give glory to god.
para 7 .
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oscar
In my moms hall there has been a tremoundos increase I could not believe it when she told me they have like 20 new publishers.
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Wasn't Saddam ousted for doing precisely this sort of thing?
by Simon inutterly disgusting.
those responsible should be lined against a wall and shot.
publicly.. i think that would win more hearts and minds than bombing cities and using gunships on civilian areas.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4855930/.
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oscar
Simon that is how war goes, what you think the Iraqs are saints, sometimes I think your thinking is really warped and I can't understand why you have so much anti-americanism in you.
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Make up your own Young People Ask titles
by doodle-v input yourself back in a dub's kids shoes and make up your own young people ask titles.. here's mine:.
young people ask:.
why do i have to go to these lousy meetings five times a week?.
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oscar
Great topic! Young people ask how can I pay for my new car for service when I have to pioneer and don't have any money for gas and the car payments will the society give me a low intrest loan?
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What was the silliest thing they told you NOT to do?
by goddess_baal inthere was some really piddily-crap that i remember.. for instance, when i was about 17 toe-rings became popular, and one of the sisters bought one....wore it to the kh during the summer with her sandals.
my best friend in the hall wanted one, which of course caused this huge debate about whether it would be okay 'in jehovah's eyes', and didn't it go against the scripture that counsels women against "bodily adornment", blah-blah-blah.
toe rings??!
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oscar
I don't think it is a good idea to play any organized sports that time can be spent studying and preparing for meetings. Oh brother!
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Powerful Lines from Powerful Movies
by dh inla amistad
cinque speaking of his ancestors.
"i will call into the past from back to the beginning of time and beg them to come and help me at the judgment.
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oscar
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME! Deniro in Taxi Driver most famous movie line in the world.
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In Memory of Miguel......part 2...........you never know who is a JW....
by lisaBObeesa inthank you all for the kind words from those who posted on the other thread about the student of mine who was found dead from a gunshot wound on tuesday....i have more to get off my chest...
?..i went to the funeral today.
it was held in a funeral home.
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oscar
My sympathy is with you and Miguels family, I know it is hard I feel sorry for those inner city children who have to grow up in tough neighborhoods and have the pressure of being a young Jehovah Witness I went thru all that growing up in the city of Chicago.
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Have The British Ever Been First At Anything?
by Englishman in1701 jethro tull, english agriculturist, demonstrated the advantage of thorough soil cultivation, and, with the invention of the first practical mechanized seed drill, initiated the practice of drilling rather than broadcasting seed.. 1704 the first alphabetical encyclopedia was the lexicon technicum/technical lexicon.
compiled by john harris.. 1705 edmond halley, english astronomer.
he not only identified the comet that was later to be known by his name, but also compiled a star catalogue, detected the proper motion of stars, using historical records, and began a line of research that, after his death, resulted in a reasonably accurate calculation of the astronomical unit.
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oscar
After all those accomplishments you deserve to celebrate, don't get to pissed and remember everything in moderation.
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Have The British Ever Been First At Anything?
by Englishman in1701 jethro tull, english agriculturist, demonstrated the advantage of thorough soil cultivation, and, with the invention of the first practical mechanized seed drill, initiated the practice of drilling rather than broadcasting seed.. 1704 the first alphabetical encyclopedia was the lexicon technicum/technical lexicon.
compiled by john harris.. 1705 edmond halley, english astronomer.
he not only identified the comet that was later to be known by his name, but also compiled a star catalogue, detected the proper motion of stars, using historical records, and began a line of research that, after his death, resulted in a reasonably accurate calculation of the astronomical unit.
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oscar
That was then nowdays most British are first in line to go to the local pub.Just joking Englishman