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  How To Recognize a Millionaire

  by DevonMcBride in

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  HappyDad

  I love it!

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  Request for Words of Love and Encouragement...

  by MerryMagdalene in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...for tijkmo please as he is having a rough day..... i'll start:.

  we're all in this together... and whatever each of us is going through on our own we'll get through it together and never have to struggle on alone ever again cos we've found each other and accepted each other unconditionally.

  we're here for you just like you are here for us (and wishin' to be there for you more than here, but thems the breaks, i guess...).

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  HappyDad

  Hey Tijkmo,

  I'm thinking about you buddy!

  just having a 'blue' day

  I understand! I've been having a few of those myself lately. Sometimes everything seems to creep up on you and say BOO.

  My problem is........I'm thinking too much lately. About the past.....good and bad..........about things that happened a year ago at the time I came on to JWD..........and thinking..........."ok, where do I go from here." But it gets better. TIME TAKES TIME!

  All we need to do is to keep hanging on. Life is beautiful depending on how we look at it.

  HappyDad
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  Another way to fleece the flock

  by inbyathread in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yes we all heard about the $8 million dollar co's health and car payment that the congregations are to pay.

  how about the yearly (or monthly) insurance premium that must be payed by the congregation to, you guessed it, the wtbts.

  the congregation pays to build the kh.

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  HappyDad

  Blondie is right!

  so where does the money go then if a building is sold

  If they are rebuilding or buying any property, it is held in a savings account to pay out for new land and/or building materials, etc.. If the congregation is being dissolved, then it reverts to the parent non-profit corporation.

  This is how it was in the cong. I was in when we sold the old KH and was in the process of building the new one.

  HappyDad
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  What does your Avatar say about you?

  by jt stumbler in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this question has most likely been asked before but i must've missed it.

  any hoo, just wondering.

  as for mine, it shows that i am a good for nothing smurf who loves boobies i guess...

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  HappyDad

  Too much time wasted over the years doing mundane things at 5 meetings a week.

  Enjoy the rest of the ride.

  HappyDad
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  Not an elder anymore?

  by ivy in

  1. social
  2. family

  i just found out from my son that my father is not an elder anymore.

  he has no idea why.

  of course i called home, but no one is there, probably at a meeting.

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  Blondie,

  I was wondering why I was hearing Hotel California when I clicked on this thread. Spooked me.

  Jst2laws

  Me too!!!!!!!!!! The hair on the back of my neck went up with a chill........thought it was the DEMINZ. HappyDad
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  My son got his acceptance ltr....

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for state college.

  i am so excited for him.

  and so very very very glad that i got out of the "borg" when he was still just a little guy.

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  And now - he's heading off to college with his whole future ahead of him.

  Great news Dawn! Congrats for your entire family that there is a NORMAL life to be lived.

  Just think! If you stayed in the borg, your son could have been the proud owner of a cleaning business or something. (just kidding) If he sticks with his engineering plans, he will never regret it.

  Keep smiling,

  HappyDad
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  Is it better to just LEAVE or FIGHT?

  by ljwtiamb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  although, i have not been victim to the same level of damage from the wts as many of you on this site, i have noticed that it is very difficult to fight such a large entity with deep pockets and passionate (though misled) supporters.. .

  since i am still in the very early stages of leaving/fading, i wonder:.

  i have already spent the vast majority of my life sacrificially serving the interests of this org.

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  HappyDad

  attempt to move on and enjoy the remaining years of my life, freely pursuing my own interests?

  This is what I have been doing and it works just fine. However, I do and will continue to tell the "truth" about the WTBTS whenever the conversation comes up.

  For me, life it sweet for the most part and not enough years to whip myself into a frenzy trying to get back at them. They will continue to accumilate suffering by their own hand!

  HappyDad
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  Regrets

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering:.

  do you every regret the way you treated or shunned faders, d/a, or d/f people in the past while you wonder under the influence of the "cult".. if so have you every gone back to any of those people said that you were sorry?.

  i ask because there are a few people in my past that i discarded so easily and quickly, i am really conidering tracking them down in the hopes of making amends.. i don't know if it would do any good, but i know that i would feel better.

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  Do you every regret the way you treated or shunned faders, d/a, or d/f people in the past while you wonder under the influence of the "cult".

  I guess I never kept the proper standards as a dub. Whenever I saw anyone who was df'd I always went out of my way to say hello and let them know I was thinking about them. And of course, having a brain that was washed with WT soap, I always added that they needed to come back to Jehovah.

  My..how I have changed!

  HappyDad
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  The saddest song you've ever heard

  by littlerockguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the saddest song that brings tears to your eyes just about every time you hear it?

  mine is harry chapin's cats in the cradle

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  I've got two! The lyrics are great but you have to hear the way they are done.

  I'm a grown man but get a lump in my throat everytime I hear these.

  A Lot of Things Different

  Kenny Chesney

  I'd of spent a lot more time in the pouring rain without an umbrella coverin my head And I'd have stood up to that bully when he pushed and called me names, but I was too afraidAnd I'd have gone and saw Elvis that night he came to town But momma said I couldn't And I'd have went skinny dippin with Jenny Carson that time she dared me to, but I didn'tO I, I'd done a lot of things different I wish I'd have spent more time with my dad when he was alive Now I don't have the chanceAnd I wish I had told my brother how much I love him before he went off to war, But I just shook his hand I wish I'd have gone to church on Sunday morning when my grandma begged me to, But I was afraid of God. And I wish I'd have listened when they said boy you're gonna wish you hadn't, But I wouldn't O I, I'd done a lot of things different People say they wouldn't change a thing Even if they could O but I would There was this red dress she wanted one time so bad she could taste it I should of bought it, but I didn't She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it in blues and greens, But I wouldn't let her Wouldn't have hurt nothin' She loved to be held and kissed and touched But I didn't do it not nearly enough And if I'd of know that dance was gonna be our last dance I'd of asked that band to play on and on, on and on O I, I'd done a lot of things different People say they wouldn't change a thing Even if they could O but I wouldoo, oo O I, I'd done a lot of things different O I, I'd done a lot of thingsI think we'd all do a lot of things different

  Remember When

  Alan Jackson

  Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still and love was all we knew You were the first, so was I We made love and then you cried Remember when? Remember when we vowed the vows, and walked the walk Gave our hearts, made the start, and it was hard We lived and learned, life threw curves There was joy, there was hurt Remember when? Remember when old ones died and new were born And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged We came together, fell apart And broke each others hearts Remember when? --- Instrumental --- Remember when the sound of little feet, was the music we danced to week to week Brought back the love, we found trust Vowed we never give it up Remember when? Remember when thirty seemed so old Now lookin' back, its just a steppin' stone To where we are Where we've been Said we do it all again Remember when? Remember when we said when we turn gray When the children grow up and move away We won't be sad, we'll be glad For all the life we've had And we'll remember when. Remember when? Remember when?...

  My throat is lumpy right now as I read these lyrics.

  A lot of Reba McIntyre songs get me too!

  HappyDad (of the......now I'm feeling lonely class)
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  VH1 Poster about Child abuse....

  by EvilForce in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was reading the vh1 message boards today about the child abuse report that they ran.

  a jw posted this website as proof of how the borg handles child abuse.... .

  http://www.jw-media.org/region/global/english/backgrounders/e_molestation.htm .

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  HappyDad

  I have come to the conclusion that JW's are mentally deficient loons. They NEVER can have a reasonable or sound answer to any INTELLIGENT question. All they can do is bash the one asking the question or making a statement.

  Once again........I am made more solid in my convictions that I made the right move by leaving the borg.

  They like to apply this scripture to everyone but them selves. They should seriously think about this.

  Matt. 7:23 "And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."

  HappyDad