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  Does your personal vehicle reflect your personality?

  by Gregor in

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  there is a clever volkswagen tv ad currently running in the u s that depicts various types of people driving cars that reflect their personality, like older males driving sleek sports cars to compensate for their "shortcomings" or a younger man driving an expensive european sedan as he pronounces with a bullhorn "because my father never hugged me!

  or another who says "because i make more money than you!

  have any of you ever gotten your self image tangled up with a vehicle?

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  I don't think my car reflects me. And if I had the cars that I really wanted it would definately show me as a schizophrenic. I would drive and old Toyota Land Cruiser 1965-1980 and an Aston Martin Vanquish.
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  Having Surgery - I'm scared!

  by liquidsky in

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  i am having surgery next friday and i am scared to death!!!!

  i am having a lump removed from both breasts and a biopsy done at the same time.

  finding out the results of the biopsy is what is stressing me out the most.

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  Lo-ru-hamah

  Liquidsky,

  Sorry to hear of your distress.

  I have had a couple of surgeries neither of which were fun but the recovery was pretty quick. It really isn't bad. You don't even know what is going on and then you wake up and they have pain medication until you feel better.

  Though, I haven't had anything to do with looking for cancer. Your anxiety must be somewhat difficult to deal with. I have known alot of women who have had lumps in their breasts and they were told that it was just cysts and that is what they were.

  I hope that everything turns out well. And the bright side is that while you recover you will be waited on hand and foot and will enjoy some relaxation time. Maybe you could get a couple of good books read.

  Best wishes.

  Loruhamah
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  How many of the 50 states have you seen?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  have you got a favorite place in the states - a special part of them you would like to call home if you could?.

  jeff

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  I have been to 35 states and couldn't say which is my favorite. They all have something desirable and beautiful about them.

  Loruhamah
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  Would you give your body for life saving organs and experimentscience and ?

  by Spectrum in

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  i have a problem with this.

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  I have thought about this quite a bit (every time I renew my drivers license) and I am still unsure. I wouldn't mind donating my organs . The problem I have though is that you donate them and then the doctors still charge people goo goo loads of money. There are thousands of people that donate their organs and because someone who needs it cannot afford it someone else get them. That bothers me quite a bit. I would like to stipulate that if they get my organs for free they should give them for free. And maybe the organs or given for free but they charge so much for the surgeries that many cannot afford them.

  Oh well just rambling and probably not making much sense.

  Loruhamah
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  Windowless Buildings

  by IHaveASavior in

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  why are there no windows in the buildings known as "kingdom halls of jehovah's witnesses?

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  I have attended meetings at too many halls to remember and of all of them only 1 had windows. I have heard that they don't have windows due to insurance reasons. I have attended meetings in Switzerland, France and Ecuador as well and none of those had windows either. I think it is a borganization thing.
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  I can't believe what I just heard from a child!

  by Lo-ru-hamah in

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  i was outside today while my son and his cousin were playing.

  they were talking, you know, little kid stuff, toys etc.

  then i overheard the cousin ask my son if he goes to the meetings.

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  I was outside today while my son and his cousin were playing. They were talking, you know, little kid stuff, toys etc. Then I overheard the cousin ask my son if he goes to the meetings. My son said no and then the cousin comes to me and asks if we went to the meetings. I said no. Then he got this horrified look on his face and said then you don't love Jehovah. I said, yes we do love Jehovah. Then he said, well you have to go to the meetings to learn about Jehovah and show you love him. So, I asked him what he knew about Jehovah. He said, well, he is strong. I then asked him who is Jehovah's son. He said, I don't know.

  What is truly amazing is that at such a young age they start the judging process based on little or no knowledge at all.

  I knew that it was just a matter of time before I would need to stop having my son associate with this part of the family. I just didn't realize that it would happen so soon.

  Also, the look of confussion on my sons face during this questioning was saddening as well. I would hate to have him start questioning our, my husband and mine, decisions so soon.

  Can anyone offer suggestions on how I should handle this? They are just little kids. But I can't help but worry that they will try to convince my son that we are wrong and that he should be going to that God forsaken place.

  Loruhamah (dazed and confused)
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  Baptismal date, do you remember?

  by Jourles in

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  yesterday was my 15th year anniversary of being baptized.

  may 11, 1991. i'm not sure it counts anymore since i was df'd last feb. 3, 2005, but still, it is a remarkable period of time to pass by and reflect on what changes have occurred.. i was 18 years old.

  the "internet" was barely a blip.

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  I was baptised on June 14, 1986. Twenty years ago this year. I just knew that I had to do it soon because if I didn't I wouldn't make it into the kingdom.

  My brother and I were dunked at the exact same time. My mom wants me to say that they now won't even let husbands and wives be baptised together and she says that is just an example of how creepy that religion is.

  I think rather than my parents baptismal date the more important date is May 1, 2006. They were both disfellowshipped for apostacy because they knew about the UN/NGO thing.

  I can't wait to have my new date.

  Loruhamah
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  The Passion of the Christ

  by I-follow-the-narrow-path in

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  so... i just got the passion.. and i haven't watched it yet.. but going to.

  what does everyone think about it ?

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  I have owned it now for two months and have yet the stomach to watch it. I have heard people say that they love it and others hated it. There was a book on it that I looked at that was rather graphic. Hope you enjoy it, please comment on your opinion once you watch it.

  Loruhamah
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  Hello

  by EyesOpened in

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  my parents became jw's in 1972 - i was 6 yrs old.

  i followed their lead, baptized at 15, regular pioneer at 19, ms at 21, elder at 27. have given district and circuit talks, tms overseer yada, yada, yada... .

  last september i stopped and haven't looked back.

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  Dear EyesOpened,

  Welcome. A lot of us here are third, fourth and even fifth generation JW's. I myself am a fourth generation JW and have only left recently, 8 months ago. I wish I could tell you all of the answers but unfortunately I am still trying to figure things out. Just know that now that you are out you will finally begin to heal. Cults have a way a brainwashing you and making the break away very difficult. I am sorry for your confussion and hurt and wish you the best on your new journey.

  Loruhamah
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  Taking the Veil off Jehovah's Witnesses

  by uninformed in

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  i would like to start a discussion topic (probably has already been one) on who or how to approach friends and others that are jehovah's witnesses and possible arguments that well get them to examine their belief system.. i have tried without much success, but even though i previously thought these people were "thinking christians" i found that not to be the case.. .

  here would be an example: "i try to approach jw's with an unbelieving mate that is having marital problems.".

  in all my years at the wt, i was kind of proud that people would call me a "good speaker", or a "fine teacher".

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  Your oldest and closest friends have really said they wouldn't take the brochure?

  I remember that when I was a witness there was no arguing with me. I thought that I was right and that either the person was apostate or spiritually weak. You know, the standard replies of a witness.

  The only way to get into their mind, i think, is to find where they have issues with the organization. ie, oral sex, birthdays, anniversary celebrations, lack of love in the congo, or doctinal things that they have decided were incorrect and their view is correct.

  The biggest obstacle is to get over the "Wait on Jehovah". Even if they have questions they are continuelly told to do this. If something is not correct, then Jehovah will change it. You know the drill.

  I think that was my biggest obstacle. I knew things were wrong but I was going to wait on Jehovah. Took 4 to 5 years to finally break away from that thinking.

  Unfortunately, the only person you can change is yourself.

  Loruhamah