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  Cheryl Swoopes announces she is a lesbian

  by pratt1 in

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  cheryl swoopes announced that she is a lesbian.

  although it was no secret among many in the wnba it is a courageous move and she should be applauded.. however, she announced that she has been in a relationship for a few years with her former assistant coach alisha scott (i think i got her name right).

  question: do you think it is ethical for a player to have an intimate relationship with a coach?.

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  Who cares if she's a lesbian? Now, if this was a male coach who was dating a female athlete within his team he would've been fired.
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  How many more years before no one believes in God?

  by JH in

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  do you think there will come a time, where no one will believe in god or even talk about him?.

  children at school aren't taught religion any more around here since years.. so, how long do you think it will take before no one talks about god anymore?

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  6 years, 6 months and 6 days.
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  Is your congregation on medication?

  by toby888 in

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  over half my cong.

  members have mental issues and are taking prozac or some other medication for depression or other mental problems.many are going or have gone to therapists... anyone have a similar situation?

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  This really shouldn't come as a big of a surprise. It just doesn't stop in the KH almost everybody these days is in some type of medication.
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  When did you realize that Witnesses weren't much better than anyone else?

  by JH in

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  when i joined many years ago, i really thought that they were almost perfect.....*cough*.

  and then i noticed that many were in their 2nd and 3rd marriage..... after i noticed that many were playing lotto, talking against others in the congregation.... and just yesterday, noticed that some *good* witnesses drive way beyond the speed limit.. so, more and more, i realize that they are just like everyone else, not worse, not better, but just a little more hypocrite.

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  I never thought they were better than anybody else or even being close to perfect.
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  Buck Wild!!!!!

  by billyjean in

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  i have been looking around for a while....some real intellects around here, also fun, humorless, sincere, lost, hurt......all walks of life, huh?

  this is my first time joining in, and i was just wondering if anyone went totally wild after leaving the truth?

  i know i went overboard...sex, drugs, and more sex.

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  When I was in college I had friends who's only purpose was to get me out, and they would tell me too. They would say we are going to get you out of that religion. Well, it only took a couple of months and they did get me out. I did a lot of crazy and fun stuff I never dreamed of when I was attending the KH, but I thank them today for what they did.
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  Wow! I am free

  by watch the tower in

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  ever since i stopped going to the meetings, i feel so free and liberated!

  i've been a witness my whole life up to this point and never could imagine how this could have felt!

  no more guilt trips, verbal spankings and phony superficial relationships.. they try to scare you into thinking that if you dare leave jehovah's organization tm, your life will be a barren wasteland, be overcome by satan, turn into a drug addict and never find joy and meaning in your life again.

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  When I stopped going, I felt such pleasure and relief being home on weekday nights!

  After awhile, I couldn't remember how I ever functioned without having Tuesday/Thursday

  off. Then, not going to the assemblies felt even better!

  Same way I felt the day I left. Not only that but I could do other things on meeting nights. I could actually work on meeting nights, something that the congregation elders were trying to stop me from doing. Amazing how much control these people had, but it was all because they were put in that position. I remember the day I left. The elders took me to the back room to tell me what to do with my life. Right there I told them that I had to live my own life and it was my decision. Since then I haven't gone back and it felt good when I did that.
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  Wow! I am free

  by watch the tower in

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  ever since i stopped going to the meetings, i feel so free and liberated!

  i've been a witness my whole life up to this point and never could imagine how this could have felt!

  no more guilt trips, verbal spankings and phony superficial relationships.. they try to scare you into thinking that if you dare leave jehovah's organization tm, your life will be a barren wasteland, be overcome by satan, turn into a drug addict and never find joy and meaning in your life again.

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  Freedom does feel good!
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  Embarrased that you were a JW?

  by Lady Lee in

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  i have finally started to read captive hearts, captive minds.. they say something that got me to thinking.. i used to feel embarassed to tell non-jws that i was a jw.

  it was one thing to tell people at the doors.

  it was totally another thing to tell other people.

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  Why be embarrased of something you were? If anything you can say you grew from it and learn new things but being embarrassed is embarrasing on itself.
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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  That kind of forced anti social behavior over the course of years can cause one to become a dysfunctional member of society when the finally leave the nest and the lie truth because they dont know how to interact with other people who are not jw's. This was a problem I had and it took me a lot of work to get to the point where I can interact with other people in a normal situation without feeling awkward. That is a natural thing that most people learn as children but which we were deprived.

  Exactly the way I think. After I turned 18 I confronted my mother about this same situation. I explained to her that being this strict is not going to help me down the road. I gave examples of other teens in the KH whose parents where as strict and how they turned out (it wasn't good). Glad I got out, but I still keep on touch with old friends.
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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  -couldn't watch rated R movies, or violent cartoons.

  -no school sports

  -couldn't stay home saturday or sunday mornings and watch cartoons, had to go to field service.

  -no dating

  -couldn't wear clothes with any kind of flags or symbols

  -no violent video games

  -couldn't accept a job because it would interfere with meetings

  -no comic books

  -couldn't listen to rap, or heavy metal

  I could go on and on. Later on I took a stand on what I wanted to do and I was allowed.