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About Tattoos...
by Mastodon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
somebody was asking me about tattoos and what the biblical rules about them are.

i also remember that a magazine (an awake!?

) mentioned that getting a tattoo is a matter of conscience.
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Jehovah baby: you were my better-half, but just an invitation to the blues.
by tetrapod.sapien in
1. jw
2. friends
losing jehovah was like losing a girlfriend that you loved.

you barely had time to flinch when you found out that she had been sleeping with all your friends and stealing your records to pawn off.

that you had just been another sucker on the vine.. when jehovah dumps you, you start looking at yourself longer and harder, and wondering what it was about him that you found in yourself, until all you see there in the reflection is just yourself, dancing with an imaginary hand and waistline.. when jehovah was gone, and the war was over, i realized that all the things that had made me "good", and "moral", and "hate what was bad", didn't mean anything to me anymore.
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Why are friendships important to you?
by serendipity in
1. social
2. relationships
my teenage daughter is out with her friends so i'm alone here tonight, but not lonely.

conventional wisdom suggests that a solitary life isn't healthy.

friends and close relationships help people live longer.
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Can a Sexual Predator Be Cured?
by Kenneson in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the state of california is conducting an experiment by releasing some sexual predators, who have undergone treatment at a state hospital into some communities.

one such example is cary verse, who is now in bay point.

convicted of sexual assault of three boys and a man and treated in atascadero state hospital, he left treatment in feb. 2004 and is now on conditional release.
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What did you take with you when you left the organization?
by coffee_black in
1. jw
2. experiences
leaving the organization, it is like packing for a journey you can choose what you take with you, and what you leave behind (other than people).

there are things i chose to take with me.

for example, i have used the sales training to my advantage over the years.
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Any gamers out there?
by dinah in
1. social
2. entertainment
hey peeps!

any of you into video games?

seems there would be a few who are because they are some cool people here.
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self-defense
by SPAZnik in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what comes to mind when you hear those words?
15
If there was ONE thing you could ...
by talesin in
1. jw
2. friends
... change about yourself, what would it be?.

i'm thinking along the lines of how you perceive/deal with other people, your attitudes, prejudices, learned behaviours, etc.

.... i'll get us started .... growing up jw, i was taught to expect perfection.
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Men & Their Toys.......
by Frannie Banannie in
1. social
2. humour
someone sent this story to me via email and i just knew some of yall would appreciate it

****** my friends are fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to, "hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this!

" well, i have outdone myself once again.
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A letter to the Parents
by SixofNine in
1. jw
2. friends
a friend gave me permission to post this.

i think it's a good letter, it might help others formulate their thoughts; she understands it may not be read or considered deeply, but things can't get much worse with her family at this point anyway.

no contact is not that much different than contact once per year or less, and sometimes it's just really important to have the people who should know you, at least know you a little.