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Creation
by nsrn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
question--did i dream this, or were we taught as witness kids that the creation account really happened in 1000 year increments, and that carbon dating could not possibly be correct?

the new 'awake' about creation has an article about how kids can defend their faith in school, but as i recall, i was programmed with different answers...
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check out this EBAY item--NO JW's
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
wow!

somebody is using a great opportunity to "witness"!

anyone here responsible?
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In memory of Jeff...
by nsrn in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i was just remembering a childhood friend.

jeff was 2 years older than me, and our mothers were good friends, lifelong witness sisters.

jeff's dad was 'worldly,' and i can remember being envious that jeff didn't have to go out in service and was allowed to miss many meetings.
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Social security fraud?
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
my dub sister ( bipolar, ocd, parasite) is on social security disability.

she has had 4 husbands.

(i'll refer to them by number).
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How many caregivers are here?
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm just having a little 'pity party' for me tonight and thought surely there are others here who are caring for invalid family members daily.. i am an rn (day shift).

then i come home to work: my husband is not very mobile due to a series of medical issues,...well, he fell thursday and broke his right leg.

i have elderly parents with multiple health issues.
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Another @$#%^! witness song stuck in my head!
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
i have "forward you witnesses" playing over and over and over and over and over in my head today.

i am trying to sing something else but it keeps cropping up...surely there is a pill for this!
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Is there one thing that keeps you from going back?
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
i had email contact this week for the first time with an old boyfriend--haven't seen him in 28 years!

i'm trying to compose an answer...there are a hundred reasons why i will never go back, but how to sum it up?

i'm thinking along the lines of "i just don't believe that the society/gb is god's representative on earth" and see if he presses further.. suggestions, anyone?.
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Help me find a thread, in last week or so, about fearing armaggedon...
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
in the past week or so, there was a mention of someone reading the bible again, going back to the hall, because of fear of armaggedon and world conditions being so bad.... does that ring a bell to anyone?

i had someone mention that same circumstance this week and i wanted to re-read the thread.. is there any way to do a search on this site?'.

nancy
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For cat lovers: How to decide when to put the old sick cat down...
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
i have an almost 18 year old cat, a manx calico named spunky.

at birth, she was rejected by her mother and so my mom dropper fed this kitten until it was big enough to eat from a bowl, and then the cat moved in with us.

my daughter was about 3. she's always been my cat.
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How to reply to the inevitable invitation to Memorial this year...
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm anticipating a series of visitis from the witnesses to invite me to memorial.

every year i get a few with the preprinted invitation, a couple slightly old magazines, and big smiles.

these are people who i grew up with, who were kind to me, who honestly think my fade out will cost my eternal soul at the big a. these are the same people who pick up my elderly parents for meetings, bring them food when they are sick, and change their rusted out water heater for them in the dead of winter.