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  Why Are Jehovah's Witnesses NOT "The Truth"???

  by minimus in

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  list your reasons why you can say that the witnesses clearly do not have "the truth".

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  datsdethspicable

  it started as a little bible study group in the 1800's until someone got carried away with himself. And that darn new light keeps changing.

  Think they need to try a new brand of light bulb.
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  Children at the meetings, how did you cope

  by Mrs Smith in

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  my son was about 5 years old when we stopped going to the meetings.

  the other day i asked him what he remembers about them (his now 14 years old).

  he remembered the puzzles i bought him to play with during the meetings.. he remembered that i packed a sandwich and some juice for him to eat in case he got hungry.. when he got board i use to take him outside for a walk around the kh garden.

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  that was one of the breaking points for me. Everytime my baby would gurgle, coo, or whimper ....here came "elder in the making" telling me to take her to the ladies room til she calms down. She wasn't even crying or loud. My mother had seen him targeting me and confronted him about getting on case for no apparent reason but it was already too late I had enough of the bull*&^^%
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  I got the phone call. WARNING, DEPRESSING!

  by Schism in

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  well,my dad called last night, crying.

  he says armageddon's about to start and he doesn't want to lose me.

  he said i either need to become a good jw and go to the meetings, or he will have to distance himself from me so that he won't be so attached to me when the big a hits.

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  i told this to my mom who was complaining about the lack of work when there was work for them...they do floors wax, strip, stain etc. but passed up a 20,000. job cause it was a church a couple of times.

  There was this God fearing man out on his fishing boat. A big wave came and capsized it. He sat on this boat a couple of days no water or food but prays and prays to God for help. A ship came and offered him a ride. He said, Nah, that's OK I will trust in Jehovah he will help me. He floats another week on the underbelly of his boat praying for God to help him. Along comes this Cruise Ship they stop and offer him a ride. He tells them No thanks I will trust in Jehovah....He will help me. So on he floats hungry, dehydrated, sick from heat....Finally he falls off his boat. To weak to swim he drowns. Alas he wakes up before God. He says Jehovah Jehovah I prayed to you to help me. Why did you let me die? Why didn't you help me? Gods says, Dang it sent you two boats!!!!

  She didn't like that story
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  add me on myspace!

  by Sam87 in

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  hi everyone, ive now got a myspace, just thought id post up my url.

  http://www.myspace.com/i_could_b_just_like_u.

  if anyone wants to add me go for it!.

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  datsdethspicable

  i have one it is ..caidansie
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  Has anybody successfully quit using caffeine altogether?

  by DanTheMan in

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  my anxiety and stress levels are really bad lately.

  i think i'd be doing myself a favor to quit caffeine, as it has become a real catch-22 for me, where i need it to stay awake, but it causes me to lose sleep, so i need more of it to stay awake, etc.. i've learned through experience that i'm very sensitive to any sort of chemical substance that affects neurotransmitter flow, and, given my general propensity towards depression/anxiety/paranoia/add, i think that at least one thing i could do to give me a calmer, more stable neurotransmitter mix would be to eliminate caffeine.

  i've tried to reduce before, and i've found that i just start making excuses to have a little more, a little more, until i'm right back where i started.. so, i'm just wondering if anybody else has had a similar experience where they felt the need to not just reduce but eliminate caffeine altogether, and if so, how did it go, did it help, how long has it been, etc.

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  I am a big soda drinker(bad Dr Pepper addict) couldn't start my day without a 44oz. Dr pepper from the local convemience store. Not into coffee it is too hot down here.

  But I realized I was sleeping less or not having a good nights sleep. Weight gain and was irritable. So I quit cold turkey about 3 or 4 months ago. Drink lots of water or have green tea or regular iced tea. Now I sleep very well thru the night, lost weight, and I am in a better mood. Whether it was the caffiene or the sugar or the combination. I know i am better for quiting the sodas and so much caffinated drinks.
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  Best ways to disrupt meetings, assemblies, etc...

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  shine a laser pen on the outline given by the speaker at an assembly.. take notes in finger paint.. at sensitive moments, blow your nose raucously.

  apologize for your sinus condition.. wear a disposable paper face mask.

  tell the brothers: hey, you don't want to catch what i've got!.

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  Remember those bags of fruit at lunch time. My cousin and I would sit in the highest seats and throw the grapes down to the lower level. It was funny to see women hit their husband or seating attendants looking around to see who just hit them. And it was hard trying to keep a serious face when they were looking our way.

  I was a paper tearer too.
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  What kind of funeral will you have?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i know that this is a morbid topic, but i often wonder what kind of funeral that i should have.

  i mean, i'm not associated with any religion.

  i don't want a preacher there speaking about the afterlife or trying to recruit followers.

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  I want to be cremated. no service. no sermon. I want my husband to spread my ashes out at the park where we like to take the kids and fish.

  It would make me mad if my relatives come to my funeral since they made it their duty to shun me and make sure everyone else is doing the same. Since I am in a line of work that I see a lot of funerals. I don't want one. I have been meaning to make a will. I just don't know how to get it done.
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  Has anyone else here heard about May 1st and what do you think about it?

  by WildHorses in

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  i heard about this on the hispanic channel the other night and looked it up just now and found this link.

  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609256/posts.

  they plan a one day boycott in which they will not spend one cent on that day.

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  datsdethspicable

  it's not only Mexicans sneeking thru our borders it is people of other countries. For some it is easier and cheaper to come thru Mexico. I am near the border and see Border Patrol raids. Even worked at the office for a little bit. We had a van full of Chinese come in and no one could translate because they had different dialects. there have been Asian, India who knows what. How do you know if your next terrorist comes from getting across the border?
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  HELP! For those being shunned, please share your experience

  by Victorian sky in

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  i'm writing a book (i know, it sounds so cliche) but i really am about the shunning experiences of people in religions and how this affected them and their family relationships.

  i need your stories even if you were never a jw.

  if you would prefer to pm me, i would appreciate it.

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  datsdethspicable

  I have a very recent experience for you. I have been dissed for about 11 years. Most my family are dubs.

  My nephew just got married, i did the flowers, I was invited. I had no intention on going since i make it a practice to avoid witnesses as much as possible. My sibling asks if I am going I say no I am not planning on it. Sibling says go. Says to bring my husband or guest.

  I and my kids worked our asses off getting the flowers done. So come wedding day I really didn't want to go. I had a funny feeling it was going to turn out bad. So I am at the wedding, the stares begin and the shunning too....my guest whispers to me" what is going on, why are they acting like that" she is aware of witness practices not one herself tho. giving the short part of the story....come the reception I help decorate a little, We sit down to eat, my sibling comes to me and says I have to leave or certain won't stay because of me. Mind you I put up with the dubs under breath comments What is she doing here? Who invited her? and some other things not nice to say and their ugly looks and sour self-righteous faces....but when I was told to leave was the worse...some old cow said Here, here!!! plus that long walk out someone said, Its about time!!!! My friend was shocked, she couldn't believe how hateful a group people could be.

  Needless to say they gave a witness all right. There were other people there not witnesses that come to later and told me some things that were said and that they were sorry for me.

  So for those of you lurkers that were at this event. I really had no intention of going. I really didn't want to go. I would have rather stayed home. But that taught me a lot about your religion and my poor disfunctional family.
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  Are the JW's persecuted in any way?

  by JH in

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  jesus said that his followers would be persecuted like he was.. so, are the jw's more persecuted than any other religions, and if so why?

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  datsdethspicable

  in their own minds