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  Think back to kindergarten.

  by John Doe in

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  did you find the 64 colors in a big box of crayolas to be inadequate or lacking?.

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  I didn't go to kindergarten!
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  Please comment on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  by compound complex in

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  the ocd thingy came up hugely in this old thread ... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/137404/1/time-and-distance-a-guy-thing.

  do you have a touch of the mania?.

  i'm going on a walk now and timing each segment [ from street sign to street sign].. coco ocd.

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  I'm sure my husband has it! I wish he would get help--maybe then I wouldn't need medication!
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  What Was YOUR Worst Quality As A JW?

  by minimus in

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  for me it had to be that i was trained to be judgmental.

  i'm naturally a person who doesn't believe everything someone says---just because they say it's true.

  still, a "good elder" is supposed to be watchful of what might "contaminate" the congregation.. so, it's time to bare your soul.

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  I was picked on for being shy, too. Was told I needed to widen out--it was my own fault if I had no friends!
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  New name for those who have left?

  by dogisgod in

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  hey guys, havent been here for a while but have you heard that the society is now calling those who leave "the walking dead"?

  i just heard this acouple of days ago but since my mom died i don't have a direct conduit anymore.

  sorry if this has already been discussed.

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  calico

  I was gonna say "normal"

  Funny--I felt dead inside when I was going to the meetings!

  What if you start going again, are you resurrected?
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  Fluff topic: Summer gardening

  by restrangled in

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  how is your garden growing?.

  my herb garden finally took off, and i have grasshoppers the size of mice.

  "4 inches" they have totally eaten up my dill plants, both about 3 feet tall.

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  I noticed that my morning glory seeds have sprouted! HURRAY! I mostly have flowers--hibiscus--angel trumpets-- brugsmansia--impatiens--a rose bush that finally bloomed-- I do have a mini tomato planted in a pot. I have some different passion flower seeds that I still need to try!

  I also have some flowering shrubs I need to plant.
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  Did You Personally Believe "The End" Was Going To Come In Your Lifetime?

  by minimus in

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  honestly, i never believed in the chronology.

  "no man knows the day or the hour" was pretty clear to me..

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  calico

  yes
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  Show-down with elder at the kingdom hall

  by Hobo Ken in

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  this is podcast 8 in the death or obedience series.. this was recorded on christmas day 2008.. after our last visit from two local elders my wife felt she could no longer be known as a jehovah's witness and had chosen to disassociate herself in november 2008.. we had been on a family holiday and had returned to find that one of the local elders who had visited us had warned off my mother-in-law from having anything to do with my wife - her daughter.

  he also made false statements about one of my children.. i decided to confront this elder at the kingdom hall.

  this podcast is the recording of our conversation.. notice how he denies making such statements to my mother-in-law and falsely accuses me of teaching her beliefs contrary to jehovah's witnesses.. i ask whether it's a sin to no longer be a jehovah's witness?.

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  That elder is a liar and a weasel! ( I apologize if I offeneded any weasels!)

  They never admit to anything--my husband was never an elder but, he uses the same tactics with me.
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  Topics for discussion with JWs - part 2: Frozen mamooth - proof of the Flood?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  in the ble book "life - how did it get here?

  by evolution or by creation?

  " on page 203 you can see a picture of a mamooth with a note: frozen mamooth found in siberia ... still had grass in his mouth and in his stomach .... was frozen immediately ....".

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  Also, Mammoths were covered in thick fur to keep out extreme cold.

  Yeah-why did they have fur if the earth was tropical? Never thought about that. There are quite a few other furry animals, too!
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  Fifty dollars is fifty dollars!

  by moomanchu in

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  'i know morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars,.

  and fifty dollars is fifty dollars'.

  'morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.

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  Topics for discussion with JWs - part 2: Frozen mamooth - proof of the Flood?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  in the ble book "life - how did it get here?

  by evolution or by creation?

  " on page 203 you can see a picture of a mamooth with a note: frozen mamooth found in siberia ... still had grass in his mouth and in his stomach .... was frozen immediately ....".

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  About the mammoth being frozen--they would tell you that the earth was evenly warm and tropical before the flood, because of the water canopy that surrounded the earth. They would also say that is where all the rain came from.

  After the rain fell the climates changed--I guess drastically! This is what I remember anyway!

  I have wondered why there were no mammoths on the ark, too.