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  Funny Songs that Remind You of JWs

  by Scully in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading metatron's post about how love among yourselves has dropped to a lower priority for the wts, i was reminded of a song that i heard ages ago by weird al yankovic that basically says how i feel about any fleeting thought about going back to the jws.. do you have any songs that remind you of why you'll never go back?.

  here's mine; i changed the lyrics to suit:(constant doo wops in the background throughout the song).

  aahh..... .

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  Won't get fooled again by the who sums it up for me
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  CONGRATULATIONS ELLIE!

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  just to let you know that at last... ellie gave birth to baby girl over the weekend; georgia weighed 8lb 10oz and both baby and mother are fine....i thought you might like to send your congratulations to her and her partner.. .

  db74

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  congratulations Ellie
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  Ahhhhhhhhh That felt good - great

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am a firm believer that information is power.

  throughout my entire childhood and early adulthood either my parents, foster parent, and the wts did a great job of controlling the information i had.

  by controlling the information, they controlled me.

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  I burned all my dub books, I haven't even got a bible now, I just wanted to make absolutely sure that no unsuspecting person would pick one up and read it, and end up believing that bs. I wouln't want even the slightest danger of having that on my conscience. It felt real good though, watching em all burn.
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  OK, I'm soooo happy!

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got a job!!!

  i've been on 'disability' for a while, and i hate it.

  it's so hard to make ends meet, and to feel like less of a person because you are not 'working'.. .

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  I am so happy for you Tal, good luck xx
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  I Need Your Support...Pretty Please?

  by HadEnuf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well...i know i shouldn't take advantage of all my friends here on the forum...but what the heck...i'm going to ask this anyway.

  i have no shame.

  my son's band, tree of woe, is currently in rotation on wifc, 95.5 in wisconsin...with their single "mushroom cloud", from their new album of the same name.

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  I just listened to "Mushroom Cloud", and liked it, I will look out for its UK release.
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  I am NOT going to smoke a cigarette today

  by DanTheMan in

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  so there.. i have been smoking on and off since about 1999, and i'm tired of it.

  it's time to quit for good.. i will be revisiting this thread before i go to bed tonight, and i will at that time be able to post that i made it through the day without a single puff of tobacco smoke.

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  Good luck Dan. I often think of giving up myself, I just never seem to get to the doing part, maybe one day....
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  Ever had someone threaten to kill you, and mean it? Just happened to me.

  by wanderlustguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just had it happen for the second time in 3 years, today.

  the first one wasn't that bad, because the guy didn't scare me.

  the one today...i think might really try.

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  Wow, WLG that must have been really scary, I'm glad you are ok. Iv'e been threatened with violence a few times, but not death, hope it stays that way.
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  Did you really believe?

  by Sassy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had a friend in all sincerity, tell me recently that i never really believed.

  to which i do not agree.

  i did and with all my heart.

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  I believed everything, just accepted it all without question and couldn't understand why anyone could have doubts - just shows how gullible I was i guess
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  GOALS ... Do you have any?

  by xjwms in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the pro's always say the best goals are those that are written down.. do you have goals?.

  when i was a kid in school the teachers always pushed the idea of goals.

  i never did because the big a was right around the cornor.

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  Just to be happy and learn enough from my mistakes not to make the same ones again
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  shunning

  by jen_h in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been disfellowshipped for 7 years now, and the other day my mom says she is supposed to stop associating with me.

  i know i'm df'd, but i'm family.

  i am so upset by them.

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  thanks Gary, great post. I was shunned today by a couple who would have spoken to me a week ago, (my da was only announced a few days ago). They were two of the few people who I maintained contact with after I stopped going to meetings. I can't say I was surprised by this, or even disappointed, on the contrary, I know what to expect, but it really illustrates how conditional friendship with jws is, and I will be very careful never to rely on those people for anything again.