Hello Es and congrats,
Love the name Kaia and hope the birth is quick being the second time around.
Witchettygrub
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ITS A ....... Now with pic
by Es inhealthy baby girl.. .
had my ultrasound this morning, baby is healthy.
i have some pics of her but my scanners not working at the moment, so will pass them on once its working.
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Ozzie's weekend Poll #159 (yep, back again!)
by ozziepost inits been a while, but here we are back again, ready for some weekend fun and other things.
but........to be honest, its more of a real deep and meaningful today, so get yourself settled and ready to think hard and long before giving us your answers.
are ya ready?
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Hi Ozzie,
1.They’re scared that it might lead to women having a lead in the congregations.
2.Imagine the problems they’d have with Jael! (She hammered Sisera's head into the ground with the tent peg)
3.It wouldn’t laud “the Organization".
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Newbies Introduce yourselves!
by Sparkplug inok, i have been in and out of here lately due to schedules.
each time i log in there is a new member on the board.
when i go to see who they are...usually there is nothing and everyone is doing great and jumping right into conversation...but i for one would like to know your stories...anyone care to share or just introduce themselves to everyone?.
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Hi, I confess I'm guilty of jumping in and posting here without explanation but I felt shhyyy! I have been loitering here for some time - couldn't make up my mind to join or not but many of the people here caused me to laugh with their comments and that's a good thing.
Since I left the WTS - by the way I'm not disfellowshipped - I don't feel I have anything to grab hold of and that I am simply floating along if you know what I mean. This board gives support and many here have good insight and interesting backgrounds as ex-JW's and some I see are still in.
What led to me leaving was the UN and the child paedophile cases within the org. and their claim that only they are the channel to God. There are other teachings I have not been able to get my head around as well but as I learn more here I'm pretty sure that everything will come together in time.
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The faithlessness here
by grissom6471 init is a shame that people are here portraying themselves as jehovah's witness as having some knowlege or going to meetings.
what exists here is a complete lack of faith in anything.
and a great amount of stupidity.
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Many of us have retained our faith separate to the WTS.
Grissom, it's unsavvy for you to be here (look up meaning) if you wish.
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I want a "No Blood Card"!
by Bee inok, first off, let me make it clear that i'm no baptized jehovah's witness.
i studied for about 2 1/2 years, and was a publisher for about half the time.
i don't attend meetings, because..well.... i haven't yet summoned enough courage to ask forgiveness for my many wrong-doings.
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This clinches it! After reading about the elusive blood card available only for JW's in good standing and the position of jgnat's hubby, I'm convinced that this is an exclusive club like religion On second thoughts you'd think that they - the JW's - would be happy that outsiders are convinced that they are right re the blood issue. Witchettygrub
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"You have a week to Move out" PLEASE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!
by stillAwitness inyesterday morning was my bookstudy.
but i had a runway show to do that night (i think i have mentioned before that i have been pursuing modeling) and so of course i had to skip out.
my parents go to a differ bookstudy than me but in the same hall and so they were able to notice that i was not there.
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Stilla,
All this advice is excellent and I havn't anything extra to add excepting that I was in your position and with two children in tow many years ago. I faced all those fears you have and got through it.
A door has closed behind you. Ahead is a new door. Go through it to the other side.
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Did You Believe "The End" Was Going To Come In Your Lifetime?
by minimus inwhen the society came out in 1966 with the info that 6000 years of man's existence would come to an end by 1975, i thought it was a crock.
for 9 long years, all jws did was speculate about "when" the great tribulation was going to begin.
i always thought of jesus' words about "nobody knowing the day or the hour"----yet jehovah's witnesses figured it out?
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I had a foot in both camps -part of me believed the big A would come - the other part said no as we don't know 'the hour or day' etc and the words of the ridiculers taunting that all things are continuing on as usual. Just prior to 1975, I went to see the movie Earthquake and after seeing it I was too scared to leave the house as I connected some of the scenes with Armageddon. Ha!
The end will happen as I do still believe the Bible to be true. From what I've researched - but not from WT - I'd say in the next 30 yrs and I'll be seeing it through the windows of a nursing home by then.
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I am going away for awhile.........
by anewme ini am going away for awhile to try to heal my heart.
since my dfing i have tried so hard to make sense of what has happened to me.
to see it from the society's view and from freedom's view.
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Hello anewme and adieu, I was barely getting to know u as I'm new here. Never mind. The river of life flows strongly and it's good to have the strength to find a safe harbour for rest. Peace to you Witchettygrub
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Is marriage over ?- UK looks at extending similar rights to co-habitees
by Qcmbr inmy wife and i (ironically) have just sat discussing some of the implications of extending rights normally associated with marriage to co-habiting couples (rights such as division of assets and right to maintenance payments etc..) following hot on the heels of two big wins for very rich divorcees that change uk law (for very high earners) which makes marriage far less financially desirable for a rich person and looking back to such landmark changes such as the abolition of the married persons tax allowance does there seem any point or hope for marriage?
it also seems a bit unfair to those who decided not to get married (for whatever reason) to suddenly be married in all but name.
thoughts?
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Witchettygrub
Marriage the first time is still proving popular for young couples. For second-time around older people it's a different story. It scares the life out of them, particularly the men who have been dragged through the Family Court, lose access to their children, lost their house, more than half of their assets, (possessions) and have to pay their ex-wife child support until the children turn 18.
Yes, I think civil marriage is on the way out. People, older ones, are opting for 'shacking up' or 'living in sin'. Cohabiting is a more agreeable alternative for these ones. However, the pain's the same if it all ends again.
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Anyone from Melbourne Australia?
by Alana inmy husband's cousin just emailed us that her husband has been accepted to the university of melbourne's business school.
the mba program begins in august and they will be moving then and they will be relocating either this coming august (or january if he opts to bebin the program later).
they will be there about 20 months.
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Alana,
A handy thing to have is the 'Melways' book of the map of Melbourne. This will get them around. As for where is a good area to live, well, I am assuming they will be renting? Good suburbs are Malvern, Caulfield, Camberwell, Glenhuntly, Glen Iris, with quick access to the city. Rent is high for a house in those areas.
For breathtaking scenery - the Dandenong Ranges and the Great Ocean Road, Lorne. All in the 'Melways' book/map.
Witchettygrub