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  We bought land!

  by Aussie Oz in

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  we bought land!.

  some of you might remember a delema i had a couple of months ago over buying a house... and gave lots of great advice.. well, we ended up buying a large block of land (modern developers would cram 8 houses on it) one hour outside the city in a really nice little town of only 250 people.

  the block has an 1860 ruin on it that looks like an old school or church.

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  congrats and best of luck to you,

  purps
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  Warning from BP

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  yep!
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  Warning from BP

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  A terrible situation, I need all the help I can get

  by lola28 in

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  i dont know if ive posted this before but here it goes.

  my sisters step dad has a nice who well call roxy for now, ive known this kid since she was two and she and my sister grew up together.

  roxys mom is a walking disaster; she has five kids all by different fathers (has had at least two abortions), has never worked a day in her life and im pretty sure she does drugs, and probably sells them too, however i cant prove it.

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  Isn't her boyfriend that is over 18 committing a crime as she is a minor?

  Sadly, it there seems to need to be allot of abuse before children are taken away from a mother,

  look at how many cases happen and nothing gets done until it's too late.

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  Is George W. Bush Still The Bad Guy Or Does Obama Get To Take Any Blame Yet?

  by minimus in

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  just curious.

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  blame for what?
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  Heh, AWESOME "worldly person" response to a JW

  by SixofNine in

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  this morning i posted one of blondie's watchtower quotes (the ones that show what jw's really believe about who is going to be toast during armageddon) on a political discussion board.

  the following is one of the replies i got (i don't suppose this would work with most witnesses, but it's still too funny not to share):.

  18. a former co-worker kept giving me jw literature on our lunchbreaksso one day i decided to read one of his pamphlets and highlighted every sentence or paragraph that i knew that he did not adhere to or follow.. .

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  Workplace=worst place to preach!!!
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  Newly Exiting JW's ( Last 5 years ) How are you Doing in Life? Let Us Know

  by flipper in

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  considering the fact we've had so many newbies here i thought it would be good to just open it up to you folks to see how life is going for you since you exited the witnesses ?

  it's hard many times to move on- however with lots of ex-witnesses on the board here who have been through similar experiences - perhaps those of us who have been out awhile can give you someideas on how to move on in your post jw life to make it a little easier .

  so fire away newbies and recently exited jw 's.

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  I posted this on another thread,

  My best advice, know that moving on might take TIME, some may need more time than others.

  Give yourself all the time you need.

  As a JW coming here the information, realizations, emotions can be overwhelming for most.

  I think about how different my thinking has changed since first reading here five years ago.

  And my association as well.

  Our first associations are with JW's, then ex-Jw's, then hopefully we can carry on a decent conversation with a "worldly" person.

  It takes quite some time to go through all the different passages exiting a cult.

  I am only speaking from my own experience.

  For all the new ones, give yourself time.

  There are going to be lots of bumps, awkward social interactions, growing pains, working through hurts and reprogramming.

  This board, the information and support here is invaluable.

  I found that a huge adrenalin rush surges when first absorbing the information, an awakening to those that have been asleep in the organization.

  It gives you the energy to make the changes that are coming ahead.

  Eventually it evens out, your new thoughts and ideas, your new life levels off.

  Thanks to Simon for keeping this board going.

  For some, for awhile, it's the only stability they know.
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  To Simon - redux

  by undercover in

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  let's start this over...in the right direction.. thanks to simon for providing this forum where we can discuss our experiences and issues with the wt society and the jw religion.

  anyone that knows anything about me at all knows that i'm not an ass kisser, but i think we forget what a pain in the ass it must be to keep a forum like this going.

  sure, most forums have flame wars and personality conflicts from time to time, but a forum about sports cars, motorcyles, basketweaving, and needlepoint don't have the same emotions and pain expressed in their subjects as this forum...as any ex-jw forum, as any ex-cult forum... does.. we're mostly a group of people who have been ostracized by family and so-called life long friends.

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  This may be off topic but I think it may fit on this thread.

  I have been thinking about this the last few days.

  As a JW coming here the information, realizations, emotions can be overwhelming for most.

  I think about how different my thinking has changed since first reading here five years ago.

  And my association as well.

  Our first associations are with JW's, then ex-Jw's, then hopefully we can carry on a decent conversation with a "worldly" person.

  It takes quite some time to go through all the different passages exiting a cult.

  I am only speaking from my own experience.

  For all the new ones, give yourself time.

  There are going to be lots of bumps, awkward social interactions, growing pains, working through hurts and reprogramming.

  This board, the information and support here is invaluable.

  I found that a huge adrenalin rush surges when first absorbing the information, an awakening to those that have been asleep in the organization.

  It gives you the energy to make the changes that are coming ahead.

  Eventually it evens out, your new thoughts and ideas, your new life levels off.

  Thanks to Simon for keeping this board going.

  For some, for awhile, it's the only stability they know.

  purps
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  A riddle my brother gave me today

  by bohm in

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  a man has 2 children.

  he tells you one is a boy born on a tuesday.

  what is the probability the other is a boy to?.

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  I had four boys before I had a girl.

  Two of the boys are twins.

  Three of the boys were born on a Friday.

  One was due on a Tuesday but was born on Sunday.

  The girl was born on Wednesday.

  Just saying.
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  British TV themes: THE PERSUADERS (my version)

  by Terry in

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  i love british tv of the 60's.

  one of the all time great series was the persuaders with tony curtis and roger moore.

  it was right up there with danger man (secret agent).. the brits had john barry pen the theme to the persuaders and and i thought i'd do my own arrangement.. enjoy!.

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  purplesofa

  nice, thanks for sharing,