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  blondie

  by IP_SEC in

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  blondie you prolly get tired of hearing this but thanks so much for your labor of love.

  i dont get the mags anymore, but im glad to be able to keep up with what's being said in the wt through your weekly comments on the wt study.. i would think it might get tiresome to wade through the bs in the articles week after week.

  im sure it takes a lot of your time to research, then type your post.

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  GoingGoingGone

  I agree - Blondie, you're awesome!!

  I have read more WT articles since I've been on this site than I have in years... .... LOL .... I get soooo much more out of them now, though! Thanks for all your hard work, Blondie!

  GGG
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  WE JUST LOST OUR DEAR GOLDEN BOY

  by juni in

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  we lost our loving golden retriever, coach, this week.

  he has been very sick and we did everything we could for him, but our last show of love for him was to have him put to sleep.

  he was only 6 1/2 yrs.

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  GoingGoingGone

  ((((((juni))))))

  I'm so sorry for your loss. We had a cat we had to put down, she had cancer and was 15. I loved that cat, it was 5 years ago but I still miss her. Now we have a dog and 3 more cats, but even though I love 'em all, none of them can take the place of the one we lost.

  Pets add so much to our lives, though, don't they?

  GGG
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-13-05 WT Study (Education)

  by blondie in

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  review comments will be in red

  wt material from todays wt will be in black

  quotes from other sources will be blue

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  GoingGoingGone

  
  My high-school senior daughter, who is applying to colleges at the moment, is already freaking out about this study article. I soooo want to keep my husband from going to the meeting tomorrow...

  Great review, Blondie - yet again! GGG
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  Do you still *want* to believe?

  by daniel-p in

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  if the answer is "yes," please explain why.

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  (i don't think this question needs explaining - i think you all know what i'm talking about.

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  GoingGoingGone

  For the longest time, I didn't believe, but still wanted to. I wanted to be able to remain a JW in order to have a 'united' family, but it was tearing me apart. I read the publications, attended all the meetings, and read my bible... but I couldn't get what I read in the bible to agree with what the JWs taught. So, in a last-ditch effort to remain a JW, I quit reading the bible completely and just read the publications. Finally couldn't stomach any more of it, and thus began my 'fade'.

  I've never felt more free, ever.

  GGG
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  What is the most unique name you've encountered?

  by Why Georgia in

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  this question comes to mind right now because i seem to be surrounded by pregnant women.

  3 of the mom's in my sons' kindergarten class of 12 - are pregnant and in the other classes i notice a similar trend.

  it's not a large school - maybe 60 kids max between the preschool and kindergarten.

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  GoingGoingGone

  My daughter just got a referral to an oral surgeon named Dr. Pain... I kid you not!

  Isn't there a website or something with all kinds of names that people have that are funny when you consider their profession.....?

  GGG (of the I'm So Glad It's Not Me Going To Dr. Pain Class)
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  Did anyone use their KH connections for profit?

  by badboy in

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  any takers

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  GoingGoingGone

  Decided in the end that witnesses were the worst customers in the world.

  I completely agree. My husband owns his own business, and the people who absolutely are the worst customers are the JWs. I can't even tell you how many of them do not pay their bills. Even people in his bookstudy!!!! It's unreal - and they have no shame, either. Either they have every excuse in the book, or they ignore the bill completely.

  If it wasn't for the fact that 'worldly' people praise his work up one side and down the other, I would begin to wonder......

  GGG
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  Wife wants my 12 year old to have her own study. Strategy?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  awhile back i was smart enough to tell my wife i didn't want anybody instructing the children outside the home.

  i tried to make some other changes, such as the kids go to church with me every other weekend.

  well my 12 year old has been thoroughly indoctrinated to believe that other churches are satan!

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  GoingGoingGone

  Even if your daughter doesn't have a great relationship with her mother, please do not underestimate the DESIRE to have a good relationship. She may see this study as a way to please mom, (and Jehovah,) thus "buying" a loving, friendly mother/daughter relationship.

  This was exactly what I was thinking, too. In fact, it's exactly what I did myself. My father was a UBM, my mother got a hip-single-pioneer sister to study with my sister and me, and I got baptized to try to gain my mother's approval.

  Still, though, you don't want to push her into the JWs by forbidding a study. I would agree with others who have said to sit in on the study yourself. Instead of being too confrontational with the elder-daughter-study-person, maybe ask your daughter the questions that need to be asked. What did the JWs teach about 1914 before the date... what is an NGO and why was the WTS one.... cross vs. stake..... birthdays, etc....... If your daughter doesn't have answers, show her your information and then have her ask her 'teacher' to explain the WTS position.

  I would think that the ultimate goal should be for your daughter to understand the importance of thinking through things and reaching logical conclusions. You say that 'A' is correct? Why? What about these facts... how do you explain them? JWs never learn to think - they learn to accept. And given the age that they are expected to start accepting, so many other things enter into the picture.

  Good luck, whatever you decide to do.

  GGG
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  Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...

  by Crumpet in

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  its wednesday evening, i'm alone and in need of distraction and am curious about my new and old fellow posters.

  so i was wondering if you would reveal what makes you different from the next person in terms of your hobbies.

  what are little known facts about you?

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  GoingGoingGone

  - I love photography, always have. I've recently gotten into macro-photography.

  - I raise orchids, I love growing anything, actually. But orchids are my passion right now.

  - I love all types of music, but some days I really need my classical-fix. Or sometimes, Andrea Bocelli will do... As long as I can sing along in Italian..

  - I love woodworking. I have built some beautiful pieces. It's like therapy for me. My next project will involve carving of some sort... I don't know what yet. I also love stone... once I built a beautiful stone retaining wall, curved, using big beautiful stones my husband found around construction sites.

  - I like to knit, but I'm not very good at it.

  - I arrange flowers. I made all the arrangements for a wedding once... But usually I just make arrangements for parties or get togethers we have, or for friends.

  - I love to read. If I start a good book, I'll read through the night until I finish it.

  - I love the Discovery Health Channel... any medical information, operations, etc. Grosses the rest of my family out.

  - I have always had a secret fascination with astrology, which I never acted upon as a JW... but now I've visited astrological sites, and it's fun! Don't know if I believe the stuff, but I love having the freedom to look into whatever catches my fancy!

  - There's more, but that's enough for now........

  GGG (of the Jack of All Trades, Master of None Class)
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  Poof - I have changed into.......

  by AK - Jeff in

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  one who is non-judgmental about others.. after 40 yrs of mind-control and judging everyone and everything in black/white, i am noticing that i don't even give much thought to the old witness predudice and self-righteous judgmentalisms anymore.. i could generally care less if a person i meet is a christian or not, hetero or homo in sexual prefs, wears earrings or not, how they dress, ect.. could it be that the witness fog is finally lifted and i am able to see the world without the witness filters?.

  that is not to say i don't care about some of those things on some level, but they make little diff to me in general now.

  i have become.... dare i say it.... normal!

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  GoingGoingGone

  Congratulations! Isn't it a great feeling???

  GGG
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  Fe2O3Baby has arrived

  by Fe2O3Girl in

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  our son william grant was born last wednesday 2/11/05 at 20:43, weighing 9lb 2oz (4140g).

  we are both really well.. it wasn't the birth experience i had hoped for - on my long list of things i didn't want to happen, the only things i avoided were induction, pethidine, episiotomy (i pushed too efficiently, no time to do it!

  ) and caesarean.

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  GoingGoingGone

  Congratulations!!

  GGG