ConnieLynn

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  Has the watchtower molded your personnality?

  by sleepy in

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  lets be fank (o'er i,ve got to do something about my spelling .frank obviously)with ourselves here , especialy if you were brought up a witness.how much of what you consider to be you , your personnality your way of thinking, is a result of being a witness?.

  if you were brought up as a witness all you earlly years were exclusivly based on watchtower thinking .your parent taught you as instructed.. ok we went to school and learnt a lot of new things and met many different people, this will have effected us.. but many left school to again be only amongst other witnesses.. when you reason have an emotion or feeling about something do you wonder if that is really the way you feel?.

  or has it been programmed into me?.

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  Sleepy,
  I was brought up a witness and I think most of my personality is the result of being raised a JW. I have come a long way, but I still catch myself worrying about what other people think or how things appear. I wish it wasn't so, some of my Non-JW friends don't give a rip what someone else thinks... I tend to walk the straight and narrow even now; it is who I am. Sometimes, if I go out and party it up, my conscience bothers me, like I did something bad.

  Guilt is another piece of baggage that came with me (I wish I could ditch it too). If I ever so speak my mind about something, I usually follow it up with an apology (hoping not to have offended). That could come from being not only raised a JW but raised in a very southern-JW household. Growing up in the south, we made an art out of being polite before all else, so that was a double wammy...
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  What is your favorite toothpaste?

  by butalbee in

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  i personally recommend listerine essential care tartar control formula, it is clinically proven to prevent and reduced plaque, gingivitis, and bad breathe.

  and the minty taste is very nice.

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  Arm & Hammer Baking Soda toothpaste WITHOUT peroxide only! (otherwise it is all fizzy)
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  I'm New - my story

  by Judith_01 in

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  hi everyone, i too have been lurking for a few weeks and thought it was time i made myself known.

  i am not a jw but i am married to a man who is from a multi-generational family of jw's (although he has not been to meetings since he was old enough to object).

  although i have never had any direct involvement with the organisation itself, i find my life is constantly infulenced by these people who judge, shun and avoid my husband and i (i guess they don't want to mix with "worldy people" such as us).

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  Hi Judith,
  Welcome! Thank you for sharing your story with everyone. It is really interesting to hear a non-witness give thier viewpoint...If JW's only realized what they looked liked!! I think you will enjoy this board!

  Connie
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  What kind of music do you listen to?

  by Leander in

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  i'm a music junkie, i like pretty much all types of music.

  but in particular i would have to say jazz is my favorite, but not the watered down kenny g style of jazz.

  i prefer the straight ahead, hard bop type of jazz.. lately i've been really getting into psychedelia rock.

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  Out of character but.. HUGE Metallica Fan, Godsmack, OLD Black Sabbath, Old AC/DC, Rage is also great...

  It doesn't fit with the rest, but I like No Doubt as well
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  What do you fear most?

  by sleepy in

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  what do you fear most?.

  when a witness i was afraid of dying at the big a. now i just fear dying.

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  I don't fear death as much as dying painfully. My husband thought it was funny a couple of nights ago to describe what he thought it would be like to be buried alive...after his commentary, I laid there for 2 hours as he soundly slept.
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  Post-JW education?

  by rebelledat12 in

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  i was interested in how many of you took up higher education after leaving the jws, and how old you were etc.

  i started college at age 23 (still enrolled at 24), my mother got her ged at 35 - disfellowshipped and started college at 40 - and will graduate at 45 from the university of florida in june.

  my inactive sister is a freshman in college, right on time.. my jw brother has two kids and washes windows.

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  Carmel,
  If I may clarify my statement that secondary education isn't for everyone. I say that because I have a friend that worked as an apprentice in her fathers lucrative electrical business and now is part owner. She know's more than most people about residential electrical inspections and makes a butt load of cash. She really didn't have the desire for college or the need to learn a specific trade. I know a lot of really smart people who never went to college. I don't think that everyone who skips college ends up on the streets with a gun. I agree that by and large, everyone benefits from education, I just think it is pretty general to say everyone has to go to college to get it.
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  Post-JW education?

  by rebelledat12 in

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  i was interested in how many of you took up higher education after leaving the jws, and how old you were etc.

  i started college at age 23 (still enrolled at 24), my mother got her ged at 35 - disfellowshipped and started college at 40 - and will graduate at 45 from the university of florida in june.

  my inactive sister is a freshman in college, right on time.. my jw brother has two kids and washes windows.

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  I didn't go to college until after I left the organization. I felt very strange at first. I was mid 20's and had felt much older, but there were several other students my age in a few of the classes. I think you appreciate it a little more when you're older anyway. I'm not saying secondary education is for everyone,but for myself, I think it was worth it. I have a pretty good job and I like what I do.
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  Is this a real Hotmail hack?

  by montag in

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  don't know much about this stuff but it looks so real.

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  ConnieLynn

  I also want to say thank you here to Angharad for removing the link and Reborn for jumping in to look out for us and Comf for telling me how to rectify. I also want to say thanks you to anyone who read this post for not rubbing in the fact that I was a big dingbat!...I was waiting to get berated (post JW behavior no doubt) Thanks to all...
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  Is this a real Hotmail hack?

  by montag in

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  don't know much about this stuff but it looks so real.

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  I don't know what people do with stuff like that. I feel like a total dumbass! Who knows. I will register for another account..and be more careful.
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  Is this a real Hotmail hack?

  by montag in

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  don't know much about this stuff but it looks so real.

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  ConnieLynn

  I changed my password just now...I didn't think that was real funny. I apologize for being so DUMB but I am about some things.

  I think I got it in time