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  did you find JW's expected products/services for free from other JW's?

  by highdose in

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  just wondering if i'm the only one whose experianced this?.

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  calico

  If you have a skill--most of them will try to take advantage of you.
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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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  calico

  Hey
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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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  calico

  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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  calico

  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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  calico

  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!