Topics Started by dinah

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No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?
by El_Guapo in
1. jw
2. friends
for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).
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Being an Orphan Hurts No Matter What Age
by WhoLovesMagic in
1. jw
2. friends
what kind of parents forget the day you were born?

jehovah's witness(es)!!!.

yes today is my 3rd birthday (only started celebrating 3 years ago).
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Will you attend the Memorial this year? Why? Why not?
by Open mind in
1. jw
2. friends
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Help with part on service meeting.
by msconcerned in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.

any ideas?

i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..
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Living Forever on a Paradise Earth?
by return of parakeet in
1. jw
2. friends
think about the dub concept of living as a human being forever on this earth.

it sounds inviting at first blush, but if you think about eternity, what would you do to fill the endless time?.

eventually, you would learn everything, experience everything, understand everything, grow tired of everything.
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Should you pay the Obamacare penalty or buy health insurance in 2014?
by moshe in
1. jw
2. friends
i am already reading that some plan to drop their medical insurance coverage on january 1st and just pay the penalty-.

an individual with $30,000 annual income would pay a $300 penalty in 2014, $600 in 2015 and $750 in 2016.. an individual with $50,000 annual income would pay a $500 penalty in 2014, $1,000 in 2015 and $1,250 in 2016.. an individual earning $100,000 a year would pay a $1,000 penalty in 2014, $2,000 in 2015 and $2,500 in 2016.. here is your insurance subsidy calculator-.

http://healthreform.kff.org/subsidycalculator.aspx#incomeagetables.
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I Got disfellowshiped..wana die!
by Chichi89 in
1. jw
2. friends
i jus got dissfellowshiped at th last week..i feel like dying..i attended th meetings yesterday and ita ws jus horrible..came back home in tears....... people i used to cal my friends nw cant look me in the eye..so heartbroken confused and giving up on life !.
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Talking cats
by Satanus in
1. jw
2. friends
researchers have found that margay cats in south america mimic the sounds of their prey, in this case, baby monkeys, to attract monkeys.

this indicates intelligence and learning ability.

its far more advanced that how the wt portrays animals; ruled by divinely endowed animal instincts.
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Getting my first tattoo
by akafreelife in
1. jw
2. friends
well on wednesday i am going to be getting my first tattoo.

i have had this particular piece of art that i have wanted for years but was too afraid to put it to skin as it will require a great amount of detail.

but i finally decided to go for it.
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Old People Should Hurry Up and Die - says the New Japanese Finance Minister
by fulltimestudent in
1. social
2. current
the newish japanese government is conservative in bent, and its finance minister recently raised eyebrows with the above statement.

japan, as you may know, is a rapidly aging society as the long falling birthrate bites into the demographics.. here's how the english guardian reports this tale:.

let elderly people 'hurry up and die', says japanese ministertaro aso says he would refuse end-of-life care and would 'feel bad' knowing treatment was paid for by government.