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  Ever have anyone famous visit your kh?

  by tall penguin in

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  2. entertainment

  all the talk about prince made me think about what it's like when a famous person comes to the kh.

  about 2 years ago, terence howard was in toronto filming a movie and attended our kh.

  he actually studied with 2 elders while he was here.

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  You're going the thong way!

  by tall penguin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so a friend told me something recently that just blew my mind.

  she was interrogated by some elders regarding her choice of underwear.

  she was being questionned regarding her conduct with a man and apparently her choice of undergarments reflected the level of intent in her actions.

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  Former Bible Study Wants to Talk...

  by tall penguin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, here's the update.

  i sent an email to my former bible study after a phone conversation we had where i told her i'd disassociated myself.

  in the email, i included information about the shunning practice (which she had no idea about).

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  Worse Case Scenario Mentality

  by tall penguin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm finding this to be a difficult pattern of thinking to over-ride.

  being raised a jw we're always on edge waiting for armageddon and so we see everything around us in light of that.

  i still find myself going down that road mentally whenever i get any unexpected news in life.

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  Do Must Dubs Have Pre-Marital Sex?

  by tall penguin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's not often talked about but in my experience a lot of witnesses have sex (or something like it) during their courtship.

  and most of them never go to the elders about it.

  recent case in point: my dear friend got married this past summer.

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  Update on Anti-Witness to Former Bible Study...

  by tall penguin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just got off the phone with my former bible study who i haven't talked to in over a year.

  for the backstory look at http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/98983/1.ashx .

  so, we chatted about family and just got caught up.

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  Anti-Witness to former Bible study?

  by tall penguin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm a bit conflicted.

  a few years back, as a jw, i studied with a wonderful family from china.

  they moved away and i transferred over the study to a jw couple in their new area.

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  "Stumbling"

  by tall penguin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  before i disassociated myself a month ago, i sent out a brief letter to a few of my friends to let them know about my choice and my reasons for so choosing.

  the responses varied.

  one of the common responses i received was "i'm sorry you were stumbled.

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  Animal Personality Test

  by tall penguin in

  1. social
  2. humour

  some of you have asked me where the name "tall penguin" comes from.

  well, i came across a book called "animal attraction" about 5 years ago.

  it is a personality test which pegs you as a particular animal.

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  Another newbie here...

  by tall penguin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my apologies in advance for the long post.

  this is the story i thought i'd be taking to my grave so just to have the chance to put it out there feels so freeing.

  thanks for listening.

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