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  What's running through the grapevine

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was talking with an girlfriend that i had (actually the only friend i had in 'the truth').

  we have recently reconnected, and she's still on the fence as to whether or not to go back into the org.

  however, her aunt, an elder's wife and all-around snot rocket, let her know what was going on in the truth (i'm guessing to get her to come back full-time cause 'look at all that's happening, and it's the end!

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  Work Contest unburies pain

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  not sure why i'm writing this really.

  i'm a grown woman and should be able to deal with these things in a more constructive way.

  and yet here i am... my job is doing a contest...bring in your prom photo and the neatest one will win a really cool prize (it's a weekly celebration for back-to-school around here - i'm in the newspaper business.

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  Since we're on the topics of the Assemblies...

  by forsharry in

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  2. experiences

  question.

  i'm not sure if this has ever been brought up before (probably has) but something just occurred to me...why were there always dubs guarding the donation boxes outside out of the conventions (in the hallways.)?

  i mean i know the obvious reason behind it...very north korea-esque if you ask me, but we were told over and over just how special and christian and different we were from the world.... i'm looking for your theories on this.

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  Caught up with an old JW friend...

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, just last night i spoke with one of the only people i grew up with in the kingdumb hall that i ever considered a friend.

  it's been about 8 years since we've spoken.

  well, low and behold, she finds me on myspace and we finally chatted last night.

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  Article in The Daily Press

  by forsharry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i thought this was a good article and although it doesn't pertain to jws, it's very much in the forefront of just how much culpability these pastors/leaders of the congregations should have

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  JW Group Forums - what they say

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure why i've been going around to the jw forums like on myspace and such to see what they say...maybe i'm just stupid...who knows...but i was surprised at the vitriolic venom that many of the youth that still pay homage to da troof spew from their mouths.

  i know i was raised jw but i would always pride myself on listening to what others said, even if i secretly didn't agree with it.

  because it was a polite thing to do...and i had the truth!

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  I'm so bummed...

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  took my firefighter physical agility test today.

  got to the second part, the hose pull...and then crashed and burned.

  talk about supremely disappointing.

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  Signs point to a very cold winter!

  by forsharry in

  1. social
  2. humour

  signs point to a very cold winter!

  it was october and the indians on a remote reservation asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

  since he became the chief in a modern society, he had never been taught all the old secrets.

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  A question about Phi

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to those atheists and scientist-ies out therewhat explanation do you have for the divine proportion (phi) in relationship with the non-proof/proof of some kind of divine presence?

  do you believe it is simply coincidence or is it a questionable aspect of the physical realm that might point to something higher than simply evolutionary roulette?

  i ask this because it is one of my niggling questions that separate my belief that were either a.

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  Just sayin Howdy

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i saw that other people had done this and i figured it would be a good way to introduce myself.

  i've been reading many of the threads and let me tell you that it's comforting to read that others feel the same way i have felt about being in the organization.

  i'm not sure how much i can contribute as far as delectible tidbits of information, but i have replied to a couple of threads to, if nothing else, interject some 'humor' into things.

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