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  Cigar recommendations?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey all,.

  i've only recently begun smoking and i find that i like cigars.

  cigarettes aren't doing it for me, they burn up too fast and you have to keep knocking the ash into something.

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  Anybody ever "game" the system? (get out w/o DF/DA, keep family)

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys,.

  you'll recall my happy announcement that my wife has decided to join me in leaving the watchtower!

  our son has been fine with the change, and our newborn seems to accept it, too.

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  My wife has joined me in leaving the Watchtower!!!

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had posted a few times since my awakening asking how best to talk to my wife about my new take on things.

  i was very afraid of handilng it poorly and chasing her deeper into the organization.

  instead, she basically said, 'i've been feeling the same way!

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  Anybody recall where the Society said not to "celebrate" your baptism?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife recently asked me out of the blue why the society said we're not supposed to celebrate baptism.

  i told her that was a good question, i couldn't think of any scripture that forbids it, why don't we look it up?

  i remember reading that article, a questions from readers, i thought.

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  I'm a father! (Again!) Now to save her from the Borg!

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey there all,.

  my baby girl was born saturday, joining my six-year-old son in my legacy on this planet!.

  she's a doll-baby, much better looking than anything *you've* ever brought about!

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  Anybody on TVG? "Something To Share"? (Email lists of yesteryear)

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there were a few witness email lists around.

  i don't know if there are any still operating.

  witnesses.net had one while the admin was "losing" his faith.

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  Married to a JW, how do you handle teaching the kids?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm fading away from jw's, and i hope my dub wife will fade with me and we can teach our children to be free thinking humans, not mindless automatons.

  but there is certainly the possibility that my "falling away" will spark something in my wife to make her take the jw religion more seriously and she'll wind up going the other way.

  for all i know, she'll turn me in and get me disfellowshipped.. surely some of you are already in this situation.

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  What happened to the annual blood card?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was in exile (df'd) for a year and i found out upon my reinstatement that they weren't handing out new blood cards every year.

  i was told that an announcement was made to hang on to your old one.. anybody know the story behind that?

  am i wrong and they still hand them out?.

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  "Crisis of Conscience" text available on the Internet?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not cheap, i'm not trying to scam ray's estate out of $15, i just want to download the book to my palm so i can read it when i get a chance.

  i'd grab it from the library, but it's not the sort of coffee-table book i need lying around the house at this point in my life!.

  thanks for any links!

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  From JW to Atheist; Now, how do I face my family?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey gang,.

  i've read dozens of threads here, some sounding similar to what i'm writing now.

  i can't help it, i want to talk about it.

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