I've spent a month or so here and there in small towns and found it very depressing (to me). I much prefer city life, where I can go to the store in the middle of the night or shop for something and know that if one store doesn't have it, I only have to go a mile or so and another one will.
I can understand that some like small town life, I just don't think it's for me.
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by JH in.
i travelled alot recently and i passed through many major cities, and i saw the contrast between nice small quiet towns and huge cities with so much traffic.. so, where would you rather live, in a quiet small town where there isn't much to do,but where it's quiet and there is not much stress, or in a big city with lots of traffic jams, where life is more expensive, but where there is more to see?.
i like the smaller town life.
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Jehovahs mother chose death before baby
by trevor indaily mail article today uk newspaper.
jehovahs mother chose death before baby
a dying mother refused a life-saving blood transfusion despite nurses holding up her new-born son in a desperate attempt attempt to get her to change her mind.
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thom
I was thinking the same thing, Finally-Free.
He was right there supporting his wife to help her avoid living. I doubt the author assumed the sister-in-law would raise the baby, it must have been something that was said.
My father and his wife raised my brother's son. It really pissed me off that alot of people assumed it was MY son. No, if he was my son I'd be raising him, just like I'm raising my daughter and I'm a single father. I wouldn't have it any other way. -
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Jehovahs mother chose death before baby
by trevor indaily mail article today uk newspaper.
jehovahs mother chose death before baby
a dying mother refused a life-saving blood transfusion despite nurses holding up her new-born son in a desperate attempt attempt to get her to change her mind.
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thom
I'm glad the doctor got his way in your case, jeanniebeanz.
When I was a JW I had pretty much decided that I couldn't see how they prohibit blood transfusions from the scriptures and if my daughter, my wife or I needed blood, we'd have it. My biggest concern was how to keep the damn elders out of the hospital and out of our business.
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Does anyones girlfriend/boyfriend get jealous or mad for being on here alot
by not the administrator inmine always thinks i'm going to hook back up with a witness ex girlfriend or i guess dump her for god.
ive not been here long but shes not to happy with it.
shes not religious in anyway she just dont like me talking to people i guess.
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"how old are you thom?"
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Christmas???
by Legolas indoes anyone celebrate christmas?
that use to be my favorite time of year, right now i can't wait to celebrate it again unless i change my mind...lol...but right now it's on!!
this only being able to post two post isn't good for me ...............i had to waste one earlier on tec support...tec supports shouln't count as one!!
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I've never celebrated Christmas in my life, but I plan to this year. My daughter, who never has either, is pretty excited about it.
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anyone got anything exiting to say?
by PaulJ inits a very dull thursday.
anyone got anything cool to share?
i'll start- the extra's and the catherine tate show are on tonight- absolutlely hilarious.
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My daughter came home yesterday from her month with her mother (she goes each summer for a month). I couldn't wait for her to get back!
If I do this correctly, there should be a picture of us below (we'll see):
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The wtbts - an appropriate place ?
by A Paduan inconsidering the manner of the "company men" in the org., would things be worse without it - generally that is, not individually.
without the fear and rules generated by literal understandings of the spiritual writings, would these same folk be simply out of control in the wider society ?
fundamentalism may well control and restrain people who would otherwise be running amock.
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I'm someone who really has no idea how to interact socially. I avoid it and dread social situations.
Being a witness allowed me to interact with people that kind of had to interact with me. It allowed me to have some sort of social life, but it didn't teach me anything about how to grow socially. I feel that if I had not been a JW, I may have learned like most other people do as they grow up how to deal with people. So I think I'm worse off for it, not better off. -
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Does anyones girlfriend/boyfriend get jealous or mad for being on here alot
by not the administrator inmine always thinks i'm going to hook back up with a witness ex girlfriend or i guess dump her for god.
ive not been here long but shes not to happy with it.
shes not religious in anyway she just dont like me talking to people i guess.
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thom
"You need to reassure your partner that this isnt a replacement for them and that it is just part of a much needed healing process"
That's a good point.
My girlfriend spends alot of time on IRC (that's how we met) and she really doesn't talk about much on there, just chatting. She really doesn't understand what I get out of forums that are not just mindless chat. But she's young so I guess I was more that way at her age too (she's 24).
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As a child what teachings scared you?
by Stress Free inas a child i was raised as a jw as was my wife.
the other day we were discussing some of the things that we were.
taught or discussed at the meetings that scared the hell out of us as children.
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Being separated from my family during "persecution". I was terrified of that.
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Which Celebrity do you look like?
by misspeaches inclick this link and upload your pics.... http://www.play-analogia.com/cgi-bin/index/u/.
evidently i look like shannon doherty and two asian celebs...!
hurrah... i like the shannon doherty one... (strange about the asian ones i'm aussie as they come!.
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thom
Uh, Van Koller (never heard of him), Robert Priest (never heard of him) and Sting (yeah, I've heard of him).
Don't see how Robert Priest showed up, I see nooooooo resemblance. The other two, yeah, I can see it.
