How come I can' see any topics from today when I go to jwd>friends?
mjarka911
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Is it my apple?
by mjarka911 inhow come i can' see any topics from today when i go to jwd>friends?
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I'm new to the forum and desperate for support
by muse ini will be very brief on my introduction as i need to get straight to the point.
i was raised in the 'truth' from birth.
i got baptized at 16 (elder dad hassled me) and managed to do the 'slow fade' at 18 (it helped that i moved 50 miles away from home).
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mjarka911
Hello Muse and welcome. Of course you always have a place to be heard here. I was thinking about your situation. How "old school" is your father? Today the JW blood policy has morphed so much since the simple edict - No Blood, period. Here is a Commentary Press link from Ray Franz' book In Search Of Christian Freedom: http://www.commentarypress.com/eng-search-ch9-01.html He points out how so much of circulating blood by volume is now acceptable as a "conscience matter". Maybe you can discuss this with the doctor and see if taking any of these acceptable components will up the survival rate. Or maybe show the information to your Dad. I know its a long shot, but that information exposes that policy for the ridiculous farce that it is. When uneducated JW leaders try to play doctor, they wind up giving inch by inch to save face as technology advances. My wife is still devout and would never accept a transfusion - but has twice accepted the shot because she is RH negative. I'll never understand how as a JW you can't give blood and can't approve of stored blood (even your own), but will accept a protien from someone else's stored blood! It's madness. Good Luck and stay connected to the board for support and advice!
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Getting to Know You
by LouBelle insooo i'm sure this has probably been asked before.
i'm newish so in the great spirit of getting to know you (sing with me) getting to know all about you......what do you do for a living and do you enjoy it and if you could would you do something different?
i'm in advertising & marketing for a group of magazines.
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mjarka911
Hello LouBelle, My name is Matt and I'm a firefighter/paramedic. I do enjoy my job: It's easily explainable, and I lay my head on my pillow at night knowing I made a difference!
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first post, need to purge my feelings!
by Krista inthis is my first post and here's my story.. my father became a witness long ago and my mom remained a lutheran.
our attendance was sporadic due to mom's opposition.
they knew our mom was lutheran and that she kept us from attending many meetings.
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mjarka911
Nice to have you on board Krista Remember - right now your family can associate with you because you're just "worldly", but if you get more deeply involved and don't toe their line - then you become a bad associate. You already see that Jw"s are not gods exclusive organization, so why get yourself bogged down with the bullshit?!
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belly button ring...
by kittyeatzjdubs inok.....so i went and got my belly button pierced about 3 months ago.
the stupid girl pierced it with a barbel, instead of a ring...i didn't know it had to be pierced w/ a ring until i got my tatoo a month ago and i was talking to the guy about how my piercing wasn't healing...he said, ''did she pierce it with that barbel?
''.....so it's taking forever to heal and it looks kind of nasty sometimes.
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mjarka911
who told you to put the balm on?! I didn't tell you to put the balm on?! The Mastro?! Do you even know what a maestro is!?
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JW's and the "filibuster deal"
by jula71 innow i have heard everything.
just talking to an elder i work with about the filibuster deal in the us senate.
he told me that the republican's caving in to the democrats gives the dem.
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mjarka911
You should ask him why he even has an opinion. He should believe both parties are part of "this old system" and wait on his God. Sounds like he has some republican leanings to me.
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mjarka911
I need by "evidence for evolution" fix for this week!
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Three years ago this month, I left the JWs...
by logansrun inthe exact day, lost in a memory that was unconcerned with the details of the moment, is unimportant.
what is important is that three years ago -- in may of 2002 -- i left the jws.
it was at the end of the month, for i realized soon afterword that this would be the first month since becoming a publisher that i did not turn in my time.
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mjarka911
Good on ya, mate!
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What are some of the "Get rich quick businesses" the witnesses tried?
by mjarka911 ini remember many witness businesses that would pop up.
usually they would say "i'll just offer it to the friends to get started, then when it takes off i can pioneer".
it was usually one after the other for the same people.
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mjarka911
I remember many witness businesses that would pop up. Usually they would say "I'll just offer it to the friends to get started, then when it takes off I can pioneer". It was usually one after the other for the same people. - Vitamins - Art parties - Candle parties - Prepaid Legal What am I forgetting?