WTF? Ross gets a big hug cuz he's asking for attention, whereas I, sitting quietly every time reading this topic hoping and waiting for some love from gumby = get none?! Thats so unfair!
Vivamus
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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?
by gumby inmany of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.
for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.
for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.
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I have some very good news...
by Abandoned in...but i can't say anything more right now.
still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.
wish me luck... .
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Vivamus
Something sparkling in the ocean and you decide to go get it no matter how many obstacles you will have to face ...... You saw a mermaid!!!!
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The fastest scripture looker upper
by SacrificialLoon ina comment by rubadub in the thread about learning new things at the meetings made me remember something, and gave me a chuckle.. i would always see how fast i could look up the scriptures during the talks, and race to beat most everyone else.
of course everyone else didn't realize i was racing them, but i'd always feel a smug (and perhaps a bit self-righteous) satisfaction at having the scripture looked up and ready to follow along while from the sights and sounds around me most everyone else was still looking it up.
being able to look up jehovah's word with such speed would surely earn me spiritual brownie points.
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Vivamus
No!
Even in my most zealous days i would wait to hear what it said, then if I found it interesting enough to mark it in my bible, i'd look it up. Then of course there would be the danger that i would find reading the bible more interesting that the speaker .... and i'd end up not listening for many minutes.
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what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones???
by What-A-Coincidence in>i wonder what would happen if we treated our bible like we treat our cell.
>phones?.
>what if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?.
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Vivamus
what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones???
I would use it to get sex dates?
sorry, could not help it...
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It's that time of year again
by Zico inthe circuit overseer is in town again!
yay!
apparently he has a dvd presentation to show us on thursday.
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Vivamus
Dear gawd, this just brought back the memory of me, pressing a hundreth guilder bill in the CO's hands when giving him a hand shake. What a waste of good money
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20 Weeks Smoke Free
by Yizuman inmeant to post this yesterday, but been so busy with life and marriage!
yesterday was my 20th week anniversary on the day that i quit smoking!
it feels so good to be smoke free, my wife is happier and so is my bank account, lol!.
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Vivamus
9 Months smoke free! (funny enough I once said that the only thing that would keep me from smoking .. would also last 9 months... )
Congrats on your 20 week-anniversary!
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No wonder Simon joined us !!!!
by kid-A incanada takes no.
1 spot in global image polllast updated: tuesday, march 6, 2007 | 6:56 am et the associated press canada came out best in a globe-spanning survey of attitudes toward 12 major nations, in a poll released tuesday.
israel, iran and the united states were the countries with the most negative image.. the survey for the british broadcasting corp.'s world service asked more than 28,000 people to rate 12 countries britain, canada, china, france, india, iran, israel, japan, north korea, russia, the united states and venezuela as having a positive or negative influence on the world.. israel was viewed negatively by 56 per cent of respondents and positively by 17 per cent; for iran, the figures were 54 per cent and 18 per cent.
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Vivamus
What about us? Amsterdam must have an impact!
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How do you measure success?
by avidbiblereader inwhat qualifies as successful?
a huge bank account, at work, health, family, friends, education?.
abr.
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Vivamus
I measure it by my carreer, bank account and education. I am succesful, but i am striving to be more.
Though friendship, love and happiness are probably better measurements
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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?
by gumby inmany of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.
for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.
for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.
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Vivamus
((((Gumby)))
You are in a situation so hard I cannot even begin to imagine. You made this decision out of love, and you should know that what you did is a sign of more love than a lot of people are capable of. You have your friends here if and when you need a shoulder.
As for the meetings, and religious zealous crap ... just let it go in one ear, and fly out of the other. You *know* what the deal is with them, and you are bigger, more loving and more caring then they will ever be.
love, viv
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"Apostates end up bitter and angry"
by XBEHERE ini actually attended the bookstudy on friday, don't ask me why.
anyway the revelation book is being considered and we're at the paragraph where the congregation in ephesus is comended for "not bearing bad men.." apostates.. .
the comments from the ones attending were so baised and ignorant.
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Vivamus
Hmm, I actually understand the reasoning why I should know that They are right. Afterall, as an ApostaBabe I am practically the spawn of Beelzebub himself ... and since the Demonszz know JW's are right ..
LOL