I had a feeling as a teenager that at some point I wouldn't be a JW any more. I never thought I would be, as they term it, an apostate though. When I saw apostates outside assembly halls with placards or heard about people writing books like '30 Years of Watchtower Slave' I used to think why do they bother. I didn't know why they didn't just leave if they didn't believe what the society said and have done with it. It was only later I realised the pain and anger that a lot of people felt when they exited the dubs.
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Did You Ever Think You'd No Longer Be A Witness?
by minimus indid you ever dream that you'd be posting here too?
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Genes re-united... and converted
by New Worldly Translation inmy parents are really into genealogy and looking into their ancestors at the moment.
pretty interesting thing to do you might say.
i have a funny feeling their going to turn it into a witnessing opportunity though.
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My parents are really into genealogy and looking into their ancestors at the moment. Pretty interesting thing to do you might say. I have a funny feeling their going to turn it into a witnessing opportunity though. By coincidence some long lost relatives from southern England have been researching their genealogy too and they have all met up online. The southern family aren't witnesses of course and I can see it's only a matter of time before the whole JW subject is brought up.
At the moment it's at the point where everyone is just really glad that they have found each other, but hints by my grandma and mother imply that they would like to 'save' this 'worldly' family (and 'count time' when they send emails too no doubt). I think I'm going to keep out of it and not interfere for now as this long lost family will hopefully give the thumbs down to the whole JW thing anyway. I really hope my family don't press the issue as it could turn this new family relationship sour after it's only just started and spoil something that started out as fun.
Anyone else's family ever done something like this? Or turned a pastime into a witnessing opportunity and spoiled it?
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mmnnnnn ... who makes you just "melt"
by Simon in.
for an oldie i'd pick audrey hepburn singing moon river ... mmnnnn, i never get tired of that.. currently i'm listening to norah jones an aweful lot.
she is very easy on the ears and is my "audible-heaven" right now.. so who's voice makes you 'melt' ?
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LOL fleaman!
Didn't sting say recently he made that whole tantric sex thing up and didn't actually pound way like a frog up a stick for hours on end.
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The throwing of fireworks and flares at a football match in Italy is nothing new. I've seen them hit or nearly hit players quite a few times over the years. It does seem to be a particular problem in Italy with regard to flares. I think I'm right in saying that fireworks and flares are actually banned from the grounds but short of frisking everyone as they enter there's no way to enforce it.
A big deal has been made of the flare hitting the AC keeper but I think it was just an idiot in the crowd doing a stupid thing and not organised hooliganism which is a much worse problem in Italy at the moment.
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mmnnnnn ... who makes you just "melt"
by Simon in.
for an oldie i'd pick audrey hepburn singing moon river ... mmnnnn, i never get tired of that.. currently i'm listening to norah jones an aweful lot.
she is very easy on the ears and is my "audible-heaven" right now.. so who's voice makes you 'melt' ?
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I'm a real soft lad cos songs really affect me especially if the singer has a great voice.
Many singers have already been mentioned - Tori Amos, Karen Carpenter, Eva Cassidy.
I love these singers too -
- Emily Bezar,
- Antony from Antony and the Johnsons,
- Rufus Wainright,
- Aimee Mann (who always reminds me of Karen Carpenter. I think she has a similar meloncholy tone in her voice.
I'm also hooked on Chutes too Narrow and Oh, Inverted World by The Shins at the mo' too. The singer has a great voice and they are two of the most perfectly crafted indie pop albums I've heard in a long time. Go listen to them they're great!
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How do you amuse yourself during the daily commute?
by Crumpet ini commute to and from work between 2 and 4 hours every day.
does anyone else commute and what do you do to pass the time?
how long do you travel for?
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I used to have a two mile walk to work mostly through parks. I sometimes took a minidisc along to listen to and it was great. In fact I enjoyed it so much I usually kept on walking and skipped the work bit altogether. Maybe that's why I got the boot!
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My story
by Chia ini have posted this story before on some other boards, but after "lurking" for a long time here, i have finally decided to come out and tell my story.
it is really long, so i'm going to tell it in a few parts.
that way i can also tell if i'm boring everyone to death, haha!
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Welcome to JWD Chia!!
Thanks for posting your story, it was really moving and you told it very well.
All the best with your plans for college and moving house. Keep up all up to date with how your going on and here's hoping your mum sees the troof for what it really is soon too.
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The Year's Text: What's the point?
by Nosferatu inokay, i can see why they have the daily text.
it fulfills the need for a horroscope (sorta), although nobody is anxious to read the damn thing to see what the day is going to bring them.. but what about the year's text... what's the point of it?
it doesn't give an outlook for the year.
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Where is this verse.............?
by PAJA inwhat is the profit of man if he gains the whole world but looses his soul.
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or some variation on that as im probly getting it wrong
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Did you know we don't have a Bible belt in Australia?
No, you Aussies are too busy playing sports, surfing, drinking tinnies, having barbies, eating vegemite and doing numerous other cool things to be worried about boring stuff like the bible. Good on ya.
Granted my total knowledge of the Aussie way of life comes from Home and Away but I assume it's pretty accurate. Maybe I'm a great galar for thinking it or maybe even a flamin' yahoo!
Burn the flamin' crows I'm off for a fosters.
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The man who remembered everything
by cheeseman inif you have an interest in human memory you will find these pages an interesting read.
it's the story of solomon shereshevskii, a russian born in 1886, and his ability to remember things in frightening detail.. http://www.dreamhawk.com/memory.htm.
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/hypermail/thinking.psychologically96/0060.html.
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It seems as if his brilliant memory was tied in to his synesthesia as mental pictures are by far the best memory aid. I once saw an excellent documentary on synesthesia and people's ability to taste sounds, see number lines or convert sound to colours. Apparently for years no-one believed it was true until fairly recently. The test was incredible simple too for people who had colour synesthesia and they were shown something like this picture -
What the people with colour synesthesia saw was this and were able to see the triangle shape immediately -