Posts by Nowman

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Do You Like American Idol?

by minimus in

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it is one of my guilty pleasures.

i love music and i think this year's contestants are quite good.. some have said the show is fixed.

but i love the singing competition.. what about choo?.

Nowman

Just thought I would say that I love American Idol still.

Just like I loved Star Search when I was kid, A.I. is my star search but better!

Nikki

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interesting encounter while I was out celebrating this weekend

by troubled mind in

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we celebrated my birthday a weekend early .

we went to dinner with family and friends and then out to a couple of bars for dancing and drinking .

at the last place we went the table behind us was having a birthday celebration too .

Has anyone else caught Brother Prince's performance on the tonight show ?

by Homerovah the Almighty in

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i never have liked this guy even in the earliest part of his career when he strutted on stage with leggings on and screamed.

out " let me jack you off ".

there always seems to be an over preponderance of flash and hype whenever he performs,.

Nowman

I have always loved Prince, I was shocked that he became a JW!

Nikki

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As a JW youth, were you rejected by your peers and left out of social activities?

by truthseeker in

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i'd be interested to know your experiences if this applies to you.. i was in touch with an old friend and we got to talking about why it is that jws don't reach out to their inactive friends.. this friend commented that "the reason why no one has reached out to you is because most jws are required to display friendship, not because they like you but because they are told to.".

in my old congregation, there were many "young ones"; dubs between the ages of 15 and 29. a couple of them showed interest in me but it never lasted, usually because others in the congregation would, in so many words, tell them i was bad association.. i did not fit in with the congregation i grew up in - and my peers let me know that.

they ignored me as often as they could at the kingdom hall.

Nowman

My parents were so strict that I could not go to alot of functions (unless there was someone there my paretns trusted) even though I was invited. This went on until I left the house at 18.

I hated growing up a JW, I was so embarrased of my parents so much growing up.

It was embarrasing knowing that kids did not want to hang out with me because my parents were so strict, and my dad was known in the circuit for being "cold".

Nikki

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Paradise Won't Be "Instant"

by cameo-d in

i have heard that "paradise" will be achieved gradually; that it will take all of the thousand years to reach that state of perfection.. .

now, while you may be convinced that it will take all that time to bring the earth back to it's pristine state....suppose it applies to humans as well?.

imagine this scenerio: wounds and broken bones heal slowly and gradually; your bags and sags are still there, but since you have seen results of other people, you hang on that the promise will be for you, too.

Nowman

That is what I remember being taught, that logically we would not be perfect after Armagedon, it would be gradual, we woud gradually grow into perfection.

Boy, was I duped.

Nikki

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"Black People Will Turn White as They Near Perfection"

by cameo-d in

i found this quoted by a few people on another thread and they attributed it to wt teachings.. i would like to know for sure....did wt actually teach this?.

or was some speaker making this up?.

if you are of african descent, and you heard this....how did it make you feel?.

Nowman

Yes DJK! I too was taught and I taught-LOL that the different nationalities (red, yellow, purple, and green people) and languages stemmed from the destruction of the tower of babel (got it mixed up with Sodom and Gomorrah earlier, my bad)***

Nikki

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"Black People Will Turn White as They Near Perfection"

by cameo-d in

i found this quoted by a few people on another thread and they attributed it to wt teachings.. i would like to know for sure....did wt actually teach this?.

or was some speaker making this up?.

if you are of african descent, and you heard this....how did it make you feel?.

Nowman

Yes recovering, the tower of babel! Thanks...

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"Black People Will Turn White as They Near Perfection"

by cameo-d in

i found this quoted by a few people on another thread and they attributed it to wt teachings.. i would like to know for sure....did wt actually teach this?.

or was some speaker making this up?.

if you are of african descent, and you heard this....how did it make you feel?.

Nowman

Didn't the ORG preach the different nationalities came about when Sodom and Gomorrah(?) was distroyed...I remember that my parents made me do a speech in class on how the JWs believed in how all the different races came about...I can't remember exactly, it was so embarrassing, got made fun of months after I did it...

Nikki

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How many times have you read this post...?

by cluless in

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i remember visiting this board and you could see how oftern a post has been read.. this is no longer possible.

are there anyother differences to the board in the new format i have missed?.

.

Nowman

viewed 59 times, LOL~

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I called my mom.

by lisavegas420 in

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after more than 20yrs without a relationship....after more than 5yrs without hearing a word from her, i called.. out of the blue, i just called.. me: hi, mom, it's me lisa.

mom: oh, hi.. me: well, it's been a long time, i just wanted to check and see how you and dad were.. mom: we're fine.. the conversation ranged from, the weather, my husband, my children and grandchildren, (whom she's never met) my animals, gardening.

we talked about how dad was doing now, (after a stroke) how he walks with a cane, and uses an electric wheel chair when they go to walmart.

Nowman

I know this feeling of wanting that normal relationship with your parents like you do your own.

Have not seen my dad since 1992 (think the last time I talked to him by phone was Jan 1993 when I was DFd)

My mom and I reunited after 8 years in 2000, she was DFd at that time, our relationship has been never been normal, nor do I expect now that it will be ever be. I barely even know her, she is still like a stranger to me.

Nikki