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  Bye for now

  by freedomfighter in

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  to everyone who is part of this forum.. i won't be on here for a while as i am seperating from my wife.

  i have found a place with a workmate.. thanks for your comments and support through difficult times.

  i am starting a new chapter in my life.. jw's have "destroyed" my life and seperated me from my friends and family.

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  Stay strong and stay positive.

  You are daring your life to be different. Now find yourself and enlightenment will come to you. I wish you the very best.
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  Am I the only one that didnt realize about the GB?

  by yourmomma in

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  2. friends

  here is a question for you.

  i'll give a little back ground.

  i was raised in the witness organization however in about 1993 i encountered much hypocrisy and left for about 3 years.

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  I was always a bit miffed that some group of men in Brooklyn was telling me how to live my life. I didn't like that idea because a) I didn't know these men b) I had no idea if they were ordained by God, or some crack pots like the ones I saw on television.

  That was one of the many things I took issue with.
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  Ever had one of those days? (Just a vent)

  by Layla33 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  oh how happy i am to be home, i never ever thought i would make it in.

  it started off nice enough, i was supposed to have a pre-valentine day salsa party night with some friends.

  i was a bit excited, but i kept checking the weather and it was a little shaky.

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  Oh how happy I am to be home, I never ever thought I would make it in. It started off nice enough, I was supposed to have a pre-Valentine Day salsa party night with some friends. I was a bit excited, but I kept checking the weather and it was a little shaky. Then, a friend/coworker sends me an email stating that two MAJOR highways in the area were closed because of huge pile ups. NOT GOOD. I finally decide to leave a little early from work and that's when the fun begins.

  I didn't realize it was as icy walking as the roads, but found out soon enough when I fell, yes FELL on the concrete in front of a coworker, as I was walking outside to my parking garage. He was kind enough to help me up, thank you, kind sir. Then I get to my car, drive into traffic and it is bumper to bumper. I call my close girlfriend and say, "I'm trying to make it, but I don't know if I can get to the Metro in time". THREE HOURS LATER, I get a call from my housemate, who asks me if I have my wallet because someone called her, an engineer from my building and says the found my wallet. YIKES! When I fell, my wallet fell out my pocketbook. Well there goes the plans and after thanking him profusely, I realize after sitting another HOUR IN TRAFFIC, that I wouldn't be able to get my wallet until tomorrow.

  I never thought I would get here in my bed. Never thought I would see my dear laptop again. After eating some chinese food, I can exclaim "there is no place like home, there is no place like home."

  My heart goes out to all those still stuck out in traffic...
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  Could some be genetically prone to be religions?

  by JH in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at our hall, so many entire families were jw's.

  an elder told me that all the other members of his family were of another religion.. this made me wonder if some families could be genetically prone to be religious?.

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  I think that there are different personality types, those that lead, those that follow, those that want a large group of people to think for them. Some of us are individualists and some of us are not. I think it is also cultural and societal.
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  ZAZEN anyone?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  http://www.artedojo.com/zazen.htm.

  i haven't tried it yet - but i might.

  jeff .

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  I practice ZanZen every morning, as I am Zen Buddhist. I practice other forms of meditation, as well.
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  Grammy's-The Most Horrible Ever!

  by lonelysheep in

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  2. entertainment

  is it me, or does this awards show purely stink this year?

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  I catch all the good performances on youtube.
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  What did you do today?

  by horrible life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what have you been doing today?

  i have spent the last 7 hours, deleting emails.

  i had over 7000, when i started.

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  Tried something new with my hair this morning, preparation for tomorrow at the salon. LOL Ate pizza, had a martini, watched "Rush Hour 3", talked to two friends on the phone, washed two loads of clothes, watched "The kingdom", watched Food Network for a bit. Took a nap. Slept as much as possible, in between. I had a long week at work, I am not pushing it, just taking it easy.
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  Two years out of the org for me. What I have learned & accepted about life!

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if i had written this a year ago, i would be writting different comments about my observations.. yet, that is the pivotal point for me.

  that is the reason why i could never have remained a jw.

  my point?

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  Everyone walks their own path of enlightenment. The most important thing is that you reach it.
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  Apart from "My Book Of Bible Stories" and the "Paradise" book?

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  call it my anal retentious streak, but i've rated every book i've ever read since i was 7. i had phases of favourite writers.. i was an enid blyton fan - the faraway tree, famous five, secret seven, mallory towers series.

  then i got hooked on franklin w dixon's hardy boys and judy blume's eye opening, straight talking stories about growing up which really taught me everything i knew about what life was like for a normal girl not growing up in the jw world.

  i started reading agatha christie when i was 9 and remember taking the maximum number of books i could from the mobile library van that came to our village and being as impatient for its fortnightly return as i was for the afternoon icecream van.

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  Now this is a subject I absolutely can relate to.

  I loved "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", I was a huge C.S. Lewis fan. I absolutely adored Charolette's Web and some books from other countries my mom and dad used to bring for me. I could get lost in books and had a huge library when I was a kid.

  As I got older, I definitely grew with my taste. I remember the book "the bluest eyes" by toni morrison, it changed me. I read a lot of Judy Blume, I remember starting at Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and then getting in trouble for reading "Forever". I even read her adult books and liked that she changed with the times. I also read Beverly Clearly and all those Sweet Valley Romance novels, but I could read them in one day. We had a book club in junior high school and we would pass those books around like nothing.

  I also liked mysteries and poetry. My favorite poets growing up were Langston Hughes, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and Emily Dickson to name a few.
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  What are you drinking right now?

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. social
  2. family

  i am drinking real russian vodka (not stoli) mixed with vermouth on ice

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  My last Corona.......

  Time for a beer run.....

  Bourne

  Cool you like Corona, Bourne. Coronas are the only beer I will drink. Enjoy it. :-)