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  July 4th weekend...any special plans?

  by xjwms in

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  a long hoilday weekend coming up.

  any special plans?.

  in milwaukee, summerfest begins, and a bunch here, (those who post) in wisconsin are going.. what do you like to do.

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  Geez Happydad, a little cranky there? We all just do the best we can with what we have.

  Anyway we go to a fun party in St. Paul every year!!! Can't wait.
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  I now know what it feels like.

  by Es in

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  hey all i used to read posts where people have found out they have lost loved ones and were never told about it nor the funeral.

  last week my mum called me up and said "by the way sister such and such passed away last week the memorial was yesterday"!!!!

  i used to be close to this sister and for those from australia might even had known her or heard of her sister isabelle sewell married to ted sewell, they have been living in bethel for over 10 years now.

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  Y know that just makes me mad enough to swear so here it comes, That is some RUDE SHIT. Some one here said its rubbing salt in the wound and isnt that the truth.

  Dang that just PISSES ME OFF.

  and I am truly sorry for your loss. How does that scripture go? Oh yeah "and the love of the greater number will cool off" the greater number of JW's that is.
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  District convention...

  by RichieRich in

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  i leave tommorrow, with checks in hand.. any suggestions?

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  Richie,

  I remember having to fight to keep my eyes open. Mind numbingly boring crapola. Anywhooo, I am anxiously awaiting your report. You are quite a wit with a great future ahead.

  Squinks
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  Chemo begins today

  by outnfree in

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  so, i've been sitting at the computer all night long, not really panicked, but definitely disturbed at the thought of what the months to come will entail.. the port-a-cath was "installed" (surgically) on monday, and that was tough.

  somehow the lumpectomy last month and even finding out that there was lymph node involvement was okay.

  scary, but okay.

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  Outnfree,

  I did not know this was going on with you. I must have missed a thread. I feel just awful for you.

  I can understand how you feel about the chemo. The idea of putting into your body something that you know will make you sick, well its just contrary to the natural instinct to protect oneself.

  But it does sound like you are casting around for a way to wrap your brain around it. I do think you will succeed with that. I have heard of some books written by kids with cancer, the kids used visualization to help them cope. Kids can teach us so much because they just say what we cannot or have forgotten how to say.

  Please keep us informed, I would feel honored to be at your disposal when you need to talk.

  Deb
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  If you were STILL a JW where would you be now?

  by Thegoodgirl in

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  minimus's post got me thinking.

  where would i be if i were still a jw?

  it's depressing to think about...

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  Aren't the JW's supposed to be in paradise right now? Yup I'm pretty sure that certain generation has passed away and so has fulfilled prophecy . . . wait calculating in my head . . . yes it all adds up . . . I would definitely be watching lions lie down with lambs, oh and I would be making glue from barnacles too.
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  First time poster, long time lurker

  by millions now living are dead in

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  i did the fade two years ago and have found this board helpful.

  just want to say thanks.. mil

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  Hi Millions!!!!

  Welcome and Congrats on the fade. Hoping to hear from you often. It sure is fun, you find yourself having opinions and the dreaded independent thinking. For example: Someone makes a statement and they believe it is true, you read the statement and think to yourself, I don't actually agree with that, you wince and look around guiltily because you thought for yourself.

  When nothing bad happens you actually express your opinion, thereby giving a voice to your independent thought. Maybe some people agree with you and say so, some people do not and they speak as well. And again nothing bad happens, as a matter of fact something good happens-the exchange of actual ideas. Amazing
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  I'm leaving JWD :(

  by IP_SEC in

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  bwhaahhahahah.

  you didnt think i'd be that easy to get rid of eh?.

  only for a few days.

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  you goofy
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  Apostates commit the unforgivable sin and will NOT be resurrected.

  by gumby in

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  i posted this on another thread....but as usual, when i posted it, the thread died and so i thought i'd put it under a different subject as it's worth re-reading.. the society has always said nobody is the judge who commits the dreaded...."unforgivable sin", but they sure the hell do not having any trouble making a statement concerning apostates as commiting the unforgivable sin.. 1982 watchtower 4/1 p.26-28 .

  " jesus told the unrepentant scribes and pharisees that they and their gentile proselytes were subjects for gehenna or, literally, sons of gehenna.

  (matthew 23:15, 33-35; see also john 9:39-41; 15:22-24.

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  AW DANG IT! I was lookin forward to living with small minded, anal, child abusing creeps and making glue out of barnacles FOR ALL ETERNITY!
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  OK I start a temporary job on Monday...

  by TresHappy in

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  for those of you who didn't know, i was canned last month by my previous employer of 10 1/2 years.

  yesterday i went to a temp service i had worked at way back in 94 and signed up with them again.

  they have a job for me starting monday.

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  I just started a temp job on Friday. Best foot forward, I am hoping to make a good impression so I will be offered a permanent position if one is available.

  Good luck to you!!! and me!!!
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  Does being a JW make a person physically sick?

  by Gill in

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  definitely mentally and more than likely physically.. i have read on a few posts and freeminds about an increase of mental illness amoungst jws of between 2 and 40 % and it seems understandable considering the amount of stress being in the borg puts on people.. but what about physically?.

  what are your experiences since leaving the borg?.

  do you feel well and fitter than ever before?.

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  I think being a JW made me sick.

  I got searing headaches. I mean the pain was all but unbearable. Every Sunday and I mean every Sunday, I came home from the meeting with a massive headache. Makes me sick to my stomach to think about it over 15 years later.

  Perhaps the result of thrice weekly verbal beatings and "probably you might be saved." Yup "probably" and "might" these two words used to wake me up in the night.

  And just for fun and mind control Satan may be able to read your thoughts.

  Squinks