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  Vancouver B.C. to Vancouver Island, strategy please?

  by Fatfreek in

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  as we (my wife, her sister, brother, and i)drive through parts of canada beginning next week, we want to conclude our canadian tour on vancouver island.

  butchart gardens is one of our targets.

  we then plan to go south from there through washington, oregon, etc.

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  The HOH rain forest and Marymere Falls in Olympic National Forest were beautiful. Try to make it there. Victoria is an awesome town too. I went the opposite direction - I took a passenger ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria.
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  Hello Everyone...

  by Abandoned in

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  i've been away for quite awhile.

  well, not really, just away from any discussion of that horrid religion.

  i just couldn't give any more seconds of my life to talking about anything even remotely related to jehovah's witnesses.

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  Hi AB!! Glad to see things are going well for you! Congrats!
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  Newbie here...

  by BuzbyU in

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  a bit about myself.. i am 46 yrs olds old, live in chicago area.

  i am a dis-fellowshipped jw.

  i was in the organization since i was a kid.

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  Welcome Gregg!
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  The WT anti-education message: are the youth paying attention?

  by truthseeker in

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  it's been about a year since the wt condemned all forms of higher education.. in my hall, two elder's have allowed their sons to go to college.. others are continuing their studies, despite what brooklyn says.. .

  how have the youth in your hall responded?.

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  I'm glad to say that my *very* bright nephew, who's studying and wants to get baptized, has decided to go to college after working full time for a year and seeing how boring low skilled jobs are.
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  Spirituality without Faith- Is It Possible?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  spirituality without faith.

  what would it mean to naturalize spirituality?

  how can naturalism inspire spiritual experience and provide us with a satisfying cognitive context within which to address our ultimate concerns?

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  Interesting post. Thanks.
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  For the ladies:

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  is it ok to lie, or lie by omission of information, to your wife, if the motive is saving them stress or grief?.

  i feel that my wife and i have a very good relationship, very open, we usually tell each other everything.

  as i revealed in someone else's topic recently though, i am a pizza delivery driver...and last night i escaped an attempted robbery.

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  I agree with most the others, she doesn't need to know now. Once all the postpartum stuff is done in a few months, then you can tell her.
  
  I also agree that you need to find a new job.
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  Do you know how strong you all are?

  by jgnat in

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  i'm thinking this morning at the enormous effort required to leave the witnesses.

  that you all found your way here is amazing.

  you are a select group of strong people, who will not allow life or any organization to knock you down.

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  Yes, I know how strong I am, but being strong all the time is exhausting. :-(
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  Wine Lovers!

  by nvrgnbk in

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  what ya drinkin'?

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  serendipity

  I like anything sweet: Rieslings, Gewurtztraminers, Moscato, etc but Asti Spumante is my favorite, yummy!
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  Name Things You Love About Stupid Topics!

  by BlackPearl in

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  ok, for those of you on the love side of stupid topics, do you enjoy reading and adding commentary to stupid topics that are of mindless drivel?.

  bp.

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  I don't frequently post on them, but I love the twists and turns the fluff threads take. And on occasion I learn something.
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  Great Books Thread

  by Open mind in

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  what are the top 5 books you would either recommend and/or have had the greatest influence on you?

  (if you only want to mention one or two that's fine as well.).

  if you feel like it, please briefly tell us why.

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  I don't know that I could only pick 5...
  
  1. The Bible - influenced my values and life choices :-)
  2. The WTS publications (for better or worse) - influenced my values and life choices :-(
  3. As a girl, Nancy Drew Mysteries which featured a strong, resourceful, intelligent female character who helped me to aspire to more in life than my JW upbringing would suggest.
  4. As a girl, Biographies of Madame Curie and Eleanor Roosevelt - strong, intelligent women with purposes who didn't let social constraints hold them back *much*.
  5. 'Feeling Good' by Dr. David Burns - helped me realize my thoughts were making me miserable.
  6. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl - though I couldn't always control the events in my life, I could control my reactions to them.
  7. John Bradshaw 'On the Family' and 'Healing the Shame that Binds You" for helping me to see the cycle of abuse in my family's history, helping me break the cycle of abuse while raising my daughter and for helping me to empathize with my parents, facilitating forgiveness.
  8. "The 5 Love Languages" - for helping me to realize what was missing in previous relationships and giving me tools to make the next one more successful and hopefully last.
  9. Anything by Bill Bryson, who's probably my favorite travel writer.
  10. Anything by Alexander McCall Smith who's dryly humorous, gentle, good-natured poking at human nature has enticed me to start reading fiction again regularly.