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  Awake Sept 8th on Prejudice

  by scotsman in

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  i'm just having a look through this magazine with the usual question will prejudice ever end?

  and it has a box identifying the following traits of prejudice: .

  in his book the nature of prejudice, gordon w. allport outlines five types of behaviour spawned by prejudice.

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  drip....drip....drip.....drip....drip

  That is the irony dripping off that article.

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  Stupid JW Comments

  by minimus in

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  the publications are filled with stupid comments.

  elders and others have made some rather dumb statements too.

  .....here's what one elder wanted to do to a brother that committed suicide.

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  Chloe---Yikes. The birthday cake is said to be from Greek times---has something to do with Artemis, the goddess of the moon.

  I think some of the explanations for the reasons that other holidays and special occasions are not celebrated are pretty freakin' ridiculous. Why wedding anniversaries and not b-days? Why not Valentine's day (although that has some pretty interesting origins). In the US, why not Thanksgiving??? I know the reasons they give, but they are all lame.

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  New to this..

  by Hoofie in

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  hey

  forgive me for not knowing the appropriate etiquette on these boards...i've been df'd for 8 years now but still searching for friends who really understand how long it takes to get the whole jw thing out of your skin.... am kinda hoping i can meet some mutual minds on here!

  you sound like a friendly bunch .

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  recoveringjw

  Hoofie,

  Welcome! I left the organization about 8 years ago. I wasn't df'd, I disassociated myself, but just recently started to post here. It has been a relief to find so much support here. I think that leaving the JW's is sort of like recovering from an addiction---you are never quite done, you are always recovering. People will tell you to "get over it", but it's not that easy.

  When I left, I had to force myself to "deprogram" and reconstruct nearly my entire belief system. It takes work and research and perseverence. Come back here as often as you can, it really does help. It's sometimes like free therapy :)

  Sam---WELCOME!

  Bethany
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  How Many Here Left The Organization? How Many Got Kicked Out??

  by minimus in

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  just curious.....

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  recoveringjw

  Got kicked out, came back, then left. Illusions had been shattered

  Bethany
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  ARE YOU HAPPY ????

  by christopherrobin in

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  what a concept !!!!

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  Me?

  I'm happy!
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  What's your favourite word?

  by myauntfanny in

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  because of another thread i got curious about whether many people have a favourite word.

  i've never really gotten over my first love, which was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (seems like there ought to be a comma in there somewhere).

  but that's not really a word.

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  OOOOH, lascivious. What a yummy word!
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  What's your favourite word?

  by myauntfanny in

  1. social
  2. humour

  because of another thread i got curious about whether many people have a favourite word.

  i've never really gotten over my first love, which was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (seems like there ought to be a comma in there somewhere).

  but that's not really a word.

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  My favorite word to say is "blue". You have to pucker your lips and it is almost like a kiss

  I love words, but here are some of my favorite:

  ubiquitous

  lugubrious

  recalcitrant

  insouciant
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  Crying at the movies

  by Insomniac in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i have a hard time expressing my emotions in front of others.

  i mean, i'd rather be naked than to let anyone see me cry.

  however, there are a few movies that can, in spite of my best efforts, make me bust out crying like a little girl: .

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  Even some commercials can make me cry!!

  I with kls on this one--if it has to do with an animal getting hurt, bring me the whole box!! Gawd, I even teared up the other night when I watch Planet of the Apes!! And when I watched Shindler's list, I cried the WHOLE time, even after it was over!

  What a baby I am!!!!

  Bethany
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  Have You Been Googled?

  by simplesally in

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  me and arrowstar are.............oh my god.

  i tried to post the links but just go to google.com, press images and put in our screen names........simplesally and then do arrowstar.

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  When I look up my alias, I get nothing. However, when I type in my first and last names in Google Images, I get this:
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  Another JWD Love Story

  by xenawarrior in

  1. jw
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  happy dad (bill) and gold_morning (natalie) met right here in the jwd chat room and fell in love !!!

  they've been spending a great deal of time together and want to share their joy with everyone here !!

  happy dad is having difficulty posting pictures so i told him i'd post this for him.

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  recoveringjw

  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH!!

  Bethany