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  Made-Up Rules Dubs Try To Impose On Each Other

  by calico in

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  2. friends

  this is in reference to the thread about dubs not having pets.

  although, not a rule from the borg there are ones who would say you should not have pets.

  can you think of other silly made-up rules that someone tried to impose on you?

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  So What Exactly is an Unbaptized Publisher

  by MrsBee in

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  a lady i know was telling me that she studied for 10 years and was considered an upbaptized publisher before being baptized.. is that possible, i didnt think and organization such as the jw's would let you just soak up all their "knowledge" without becoming one of the crew... :)

  although havent been on here in a while since i had my son, i came on here asking for advice because i was having trouble dealing with the fact my husband was thinking about going back to the dubs, and he still hasnt gone back..yayayayayay... and im soooo happy, he still has most of their beliefs , but thats okay, they arent 100% bad, they helped him change his life..but i dont bother him cuz i dont want him runnin back!!!

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  Thank you

  by beautifulisfree in

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  2. friends

  i just wanted to say thank you to all those who welcomed me.

  i am glad to be here!

  it feels good to know others are going through the same things.

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  Thank you!

  by Hawkeye in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thank you to all who have welcomed me to the forum.

  i can't believe it.

  i never was welcomed like this in the cong.

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  Red eyes

  by beautifulisfree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just the other day i had a horrible witness flashback.

  i remembered that when my dad was an elder...he would come home from his elder meetings with red eyes.

  he also would get red eyes whenever he was mad at the family about something 'spiritual' like how we didn't have the pioneer spirit or how we were wearing to short of dresses (even if they came down to the floor).

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  To Fade or Not Fade

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so it's been five months that i've been on jwd and i've made a lot of progress.

  first i want to thank everyone, wholeheartedly, for the encouragement i've recieved here.

  when i first posted i was still an ms, and being used in the cong.

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  Do You Ever Have Dreams About Being A JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had one disconcerting dream last night.

  i was in a very large assembly hall and explosions started occuring and rather than wanting to leave everyone stayed and chatted like whatever was happening out there was not going to affect them inside.

  they were all very smug.

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  Share a Quote You like

  by Lo-ru-hamah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night i was surfing the net when i came upon this beautiful quote.

  i thought that everyone here would get it.

  those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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  PICTURES from the Big Island of Hawaii

  by schne_belly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  patrick and i just got back a week ago from a 10 day long escape to hawaii.

  it was wonderfully relaxing.

  the weather was in the mid 80's and sunny everyday.. patrick jumping off a boat that we took for a snorkel tour.

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  Things Learned Along the Way

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have collected sayings, homilies, whatever along the way that crystallize something bigger i learned.

  i will post a few every day.

  if you have one, please share it.. if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.. to belittle is to be little.. somewhere, i got the idea if i just took care of others, i would be taken care of.. blondie

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