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  OK folks, do you know your southern language?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i served where the need is great, i wrote down some.

  of the most amazing phrase that people say in the south.. straight to the point.. a few that i found.

  guess what is being said.. 1) as easy as sliding off a greasy log backward.. 2)busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time.. 3)either fish or cut bait.. 4)even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.. 5)happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.

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  dinah

  Jam, Southern people WILL feed you. We may clog your arteries a bit
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  I'm Happy to be Back

  by snowbird in

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  i've been in the vale of deep shadows, but am feeling more and more like myself.. i'm grateful to my doctors and modern medicine.. sylvia.

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  OK folks, do you know your southern language?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i served where the need is great, i wrote down some.

  of the most amazing phrase that people say in the south.. straight to the point.. a few that i found.

  guess what is being said.. 1) as easy as sliding off a greasy log backward.. 2)busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time.. 3)either fish or cut bait.. 4)even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.. 5)happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.

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  Sylvia's back!!!!!!

  I knew there was a reason I was drawn here after staying away for so long.

  I love ya, girl!
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  If you were raised in a home with a JW parent and a non-JW parent: a few questions

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you were raised in a home with a jw parent and a non-jw parent: a few questions.. i am going to be addressing the international cultic studies association (icsa) in july at the conference in montreal.

  my focus is on 3 groups.

  the third group consists of people people who grew up in homes where one parent was a jw and the other wasn't.

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  dinah

  It was hard, wasn't it, Bobbi?

  You were viewed with suspicion in the congregation because you were apparently "half wordly" to top everything.
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  OK folks, do you know your southern language?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i served where the need is great, i wrote down some.

  of the most amazing phrase that people say in the south.. straight to the point.. a few that i found.

  guess what is being said.. 1) as easy as sliding off a greasy log backward.. 2)busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time.. 3)either fish or cut bait.. 4)even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.. 5)happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.

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  dinah

  Mrs. Jones, Lord have mercy is one of my favorites as well.
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  If you were raised in a home with a JW parent and a non-JW parent: a few questions

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you were raised in a home with a jw parent and a non-jw parent: a few questions.. i am going to be addressing the international cultic studies association (icsa) in july at the conference in montreal.

  my focus is on 3 groups.

  the third group consists of people people who grew up in homes where one parent was a jw and the other wasn't.

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  1. Who was responsible for your religious upbringing? The JW or the non-JW? My JW Mom. Dad didn't have any idea the extend of the brainwashing. I don't think he even realizes it now.
  2. Did they argue about it? No
  3. Were you forced to go? Yes, or more guilted into going by my Mom. You gotta prove you "love Jehovah" so you don't die at Armageddon.
  4. Did the non-JW parent have any real say in how the family celebrated holidays? Yes, None of my aunts, uncles, cousins were witnesses, only my Great-Grandmother. I always got to have Christman. When I was six I "stood up" against having a Xmas tree. Broke my Dad's heart. He loves the tree.
  5. Was your non-JW parent ever a JW? No my father isn't very religious at all.
  6. Over all what impact did this split household have on your childhood and even later in life? Like someone stated before, the worst part was thinking that my Dad would die at Armageddon. We were very close and he is an excellent father. It never made sense to me that God would kill my Dad while letting the assholes at the Kingdom Hall live to beat their children.
  7. What would you want therapists to know about your situation? Mainly just that our view of life was so skewed. Armageddon was always around the corner. We would never finish school, get a job, have children. My daughter just graduated high school and I'm not dead yet!
  8. Any other thoughts? I'll probably think of some later.

  Keep us posted on this Lady Lee.
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  If you are dating or married to a JW: A few questions

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you are dating or married to a jw: a few questions.

  i am going to be addressing the international cultic studies association (icsa) in july at the conference in montreal.

  my focus is on 3 groups.

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  dinah

  I grew up in a "divided home" If I can help, Lee, let me know.
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  Medical Marijuana, Your opinion please?

  by Greybeard in

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  do any of you use medical marijuana?

  i go to aa and there are a few who believe medical marijuana is an "outside issue" and they are ok with it.

  i don't know... alcohol doesn't work for me but if it did, i would use it... i wish i could find a "new drug" that works lol.

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  It actually efftects everyone differently. It doesn't make me brain dead, but it slows my mind down enough that I can concentrate on 2 or 3 things instead of 15.

  I would rather grow my own, I'd never buy weed from a Pharmaceutical Corporation.
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  Love of video games = love of violence? August 2012 Awake!

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 4-5:.

  "video games: 'the uncomfortable fact is, videogames have an unhealthy obsession with bloodshed,' stated a british magazine for video-game enthusiasts.

  it added: 'to some degree, a love of videogames demands a love of violence.

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  sd-7, you are KILLING me!
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  Love of video games = love of violence? August 2012 Awake!

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 4-5:.

  "video games: 'the uncomfortable fact is, videogames have an unhealthy obsession with bloodshed,' stated a british magazine for video-game enthusiasts.

  it added: 'to some degree, a love of videogames demands a love of violence.

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  There is more violence in the Bible than in your average game.

  I've played the Resident Evil series for the last 14 years. I've not shot anybody in real life. And if I did, blame it on my temper, not the game.