Topics Started by Roger

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Do You Get Any Pleasure Out of the Holidays Since Leaving the Watchtower?
by jayhawk1 in
1. social
2. family
yesterday was my crappy birthday, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/127389/1.ashx and while the evening went along, i realized something.

i've been out of the watchtower for about 6 years now and i still don't enjoy the holidays or my birthday.

i can't recall one time saying to myself, "wow, that was so much fun.
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JWs take on Ice Age?
by Inquisitor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...not the computer animation!.

when i was a jw kid, i got the impression that jws (like other die-hard creationists) attributed all evidences of an ice age to the noachian flood.

problem is, that point of view seems to think that the polar ice caps are the only natural phenomenon that needed explanation (read "explaining away").. the noachian flood perspective does not explain what large glaciers are doing in places like papua new guniea or new zealand.. the same biblical explanation also does not address the evidence for multiple (~4?
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WERE YOU A SICK WITNESS???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
while you were a jw, were you generally feeling ill?

------did you know of persons that were initially pretty healthy but got depressed and sick because they never felt they could do enough??

?
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My most favorite commercial ever...
by kittyeatzjdubs in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm normally a somewhat cynical person and tend to be annoyed by commercials....but the first time i saw this commercial, i dropped what i was doing and had to watch it.

then i had to get on the internet and find the extended version.

i don't know if it's the music, the color, or just the beauty of it all combined, but this is the only commercial that can bring tears to my eyes everytime i watch it.. oh....and the song is ''heartbeats'' by jose gonzales.
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Try a few 'finger ' exercises of your own!!!
by Gill in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you remember the talks about meeting attendance?.

the meetings were likened to the five fingers of the hand.

with these five fingers, a person was able to grip their spirituality, represented by the brother giving the talk holding his bible firmly and it would be a good sign of their spiritual strength therefore that they attended all five meetings.. however, if one meeting was missed, the grip on the bible/spirituality would be weaker.
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apostafest uk?
by pobthespazz in
1. jw
2. friends
to all the folks in the uk, will anyone be organizing a fest any time this year , perhaps an apostacurry or apostachinese?
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Over eating yes, smoking no...why?
by Justice-One in
1. jw
2. friends
why does the society hate smoking so much?

because it is "defiling" the body?

if that is the case, what about drinking coffee, or over-eating?
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Can we talk? . . .
by exwitless in
1. social
2. humour
hey, this is under jokes and humor, so don't get too offended.

i just wanted to vent about how people say things incorrectly, such as pronouncing things wrong or saying phrases wrong.

i'll start, and if you have any to add, please feel free.
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An Overdue Return
by Roger in
1. jw
2. friends
dear all,.

hi, i'm roger, and it's been about two years since i posted on here, though i've kept an eye on the forum to keep up with the zeitgeist.

i've been reading a lot recently, and have felt i'd like to add some points of my own, but when it's been so long i felt it difficult before making some kind of apology for my absence.
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Socially Stunted?...you betcha.
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
my apologies if this has been done to death, but i was just curious how many of you feel that you have been socially crippled as a result of your association with the jws?

granted, this probably affects people who were raised as jws more than those who chose for themselves, but i just wanted to see if anyone else has had the same experience...also, how did you work through it if you were able to?