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  Did you lie before getting married in the KH?

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  as you know every young couple who is planning to get married in the kh are asked a question about "clean conduct" a week or two before the wedding.

  if you admit to have been fooling around to much you can forget about the kh and go and get married elsewhere.. i'm not married myself, but i was engaged to be married once and my soon-to-be father in law (an elder) recommended a certain elder to do the marriage stuff in the kh because he was a kind of easy on the mantadory questions.. fortunatly in never got that far because me and my girl split up about 2 months before the planned wedding, but i have been to a lot of kh weddings and i know for sure that some of the couples had to lie to cover up their conduct to get married in the hall.. but how common is this?.

  did you lie before getting maried in the kh, or do you know someone who did?.

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  What kind of beauty?

  by duffy in

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  i saw an awake on the sidewalk asking what kind of beauty really matters.

  i'll tell ya what i learned as a teenager and twenty-something among the jw's; the beauty of your posessions.

  a guy could be the most mysoginistic troll but if he had the cool car, the spikey hair, the right clothes, the "sisters" flocked to him while an average looking guy (me )who tried living along the wtbs rules; meanial job, modest attire and attitude, couldn't catch a break from the golddiggers sisters.

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  What kind of beauty?

  by duffy in

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  i saw an awake on the sidewalk asking what kind of beauty really matters.

  i'll tell ya what i learned as a teenager and twenty-something among the jw's; the beauty of your posessions.

  a guy could be the most mysoginistic troll but if he had the cool car, the spikey hair, the right clothes, the "sisters" flocked to him while an average looking guy (me )who tried living along the wtbs rules; meanial job, modest attire and attitude, couldn't catch a break from the golddiggers sisters.

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  Forbidden Pleasures

  by mtbatoon in

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  after leaving, what (excluding the obvious bit of slap and tickle) is your favourite forbidden pleasure.

  for me black pudding, full of bloody goodness

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  How I felt I lived my life

  by duffy in

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  2. experiences

  to the lowest common denominator; if there was even one ignorant soul who believed long hair or an earring on a man meant they were homosexual, or a beard made one a "filthy commie" like fidel castro, we had to groom ourselves to impress that slack-jawed yokel.

  i actually heard these reasons come out of an elder's mouth even though we were in an area that was pretty progressive for the 70's, college town and all.

  glad to be living my life for me, duffy of the "gettin' my next piercing and first tattoo in two weeks" class

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  Did You Ever Enjoy Going To Assemblies and Conventions??

  by minimus in

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  every january, they read the letter as to where you'll be "assigned" for the convention and then the our kingdom ministry will detail all the do's and don'ts to remember.

  was going to these things ever enjoyable to you?

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  Would Your "Spirit-Directed Conscience"Have Made You Walk Out Of A Movie?

  by Englishman in

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  this was a fairly frequent occurence amongst the brothers and sisters in my young dubby days.

  i was heaved out of the cinema on more than one occasion, generally by my mother who reckoned some things were just too much for my innocent young eyes and ears.

  i only half saw:.

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  Candy

  by duffy in

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  2. beliefs

  years ago, while i was still in, i heard coworkers talk about jws leaving candy on their porch.

  i had to tell them i knew nothing about that practice and that i thought it sounded kind of cheesy to be honest.

  over the years i 've heard the same comments about jws leaving candy behind when they find no one at home...

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  when did you stop believing?

  by cherryblossomgirl in

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  the light faded for me when i was twelve.

  i asked my uncle what happened to all the people who couldn't be reached by the "truth" in far off lands, or little kids whose parents didn't believe...ect... "would they still die in armagedon?

  " he answered yes, and from there on, whether it was bs or not, i couldn't believe.

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  What's your nicest souvenir of your time spent as a JW?

  by JH in

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  can you still recall nice moments you spent as a jw?

  do you remember ever being happy there?

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