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  Not about masturbation: How do you love yourself?

  by serendipity in

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  as a jw, i knew the scripture said that "you must love your neighbor as yourself" and struggled with the concept of "loving one self.

  " or really, what were appropriate ways to love yourself and to what degree.

  i thought on the one hand, the wts was not a 'feel good' religion, and certainly didn't encourage self-actualization, self-esteem or anything approaching self love.

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  I indulge in books -- lots and lots of books. Some fiction, mostly nonfiction. I love myself my educating myself about our amazing planet. No censorship; no restrictions. Freedom and knowledge -- the best things in the world next to love.
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  Good evening, JW spy visitors...........

  by Sunnygal41 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have it on the most impeccable authority that our site is regularly monitored............my first reply was "lol...........no surprise.......we've known this for some time.........and we spy on their sites, also.

  " my next thought, or rather vision was of the iconic "spy vs. spy" cartoon in mad magazine.............guess my years free are showing.........

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  To lovelylil: I've been reading your posts here for a few weeks, and I must say you are one sweet lady. If the JWs had not scoured all religious feeling out of me, I would want to be a Christian like you. Keep up the good work.
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  The tale of two(x2) sisters and the Around the World Tour

  by james_woods in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in oklahoma city, back in the buildup to 1975 (lets say about 68 or 69), there were four very special older jw ladies who had a great influence on my life.

  i would like to say something nice about each one.. starting with lois & marie...(lois vandoren & marie salyer for those old enough to remember).

  lois & marie were probably the most kind and faithful jw ladies i have ever met.

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  It's great to have some good memories among all the bad memories most have of the JWs. I also knew a few who were genuinely kind, funny, open-hearted people. But I often felt their compassion was wasted by being part of a loveless org. How much good they could have accomplished in the real world!
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  Ever heard "We sure need that New System"?

  by MissBehave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever heard a jw say that?

  kinds makes me feel all pukey inside.

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  ALL ...... THE ...... TIME. My JW relatives simply feast on all the bad news constantly available on TV news channels.
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  Cleaned house good- by garbage...

  by troubled mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wow i just threw away about 60 lbs.

  of jw literature garbage !

  i hope the garbage man doesn't hurt his back .

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  "If you take the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain."
  Herbalist Carol McGrath as told to her by a Native-American woman.
  Excerpt from "Pagans and Christians" by Gus DiZerega, Ph.D.
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  Lots of Bethelites Not Happy With Downsizing

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a long conversation last night with an old jw friend whose sister and brother-in-law are bethelites since the 1970s.

  she is an artist, and he runs a small but important department there.. we were talking about the bethel downsizing (my friend was well aware of it), and i told him i figured his sister and b-i-l would be safe due to the fact that they are now in their 60s and have something close to 4 decades seniority.

  but he said no, that they were worried that they would be asked to leave as well, sent into the circuit work or as special pioneers sent where the "need is great.".

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  This downsizing is simply the latest and largest group to be kicked out of Bethel when the gb decides it's inconvenient to let them stay. Here are 2 excerpts from Barbara Grizzuti Harrison's book, Visions of Glory, which describes a few of these "failures of charity" that occurred at Bethel in the 1950s.
  "A young woman who had been a full-time field worker (a 'pioneer') came to Bethel headquarters after her husband had died of a sudden heart attack and her son had, accidentally it was supposed, hanged himself. She was perpetually smiling, sweet, singularly unassertive woman who seemed to have put her personal tragedies behind her. One day, her glasses slipped off and were smashed in the press. She began to howl and scream and cry that immemorial cry--'Why me?'... She was given a Greyhound ticket to her parents' home in the Northwest. (I do not know what has become of her.)"
  And another example:
  "An old man, who had been at Bethel for thirty years, grew senile. His senility took the form of his muttering obscenities at the dining-room table. He was given two 'warnings,' which his hardened arteries obviously couldn't assimilate, and then ordered to leave. He had no resources, financial or emotional. He was last seen begging in downtown Brooklyn."
  The only surprise about this latest downsizing is the large number of Bethelites being tossed out.
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  JWD forum is another battleground for your souls.

  by Spectrum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you think about it, it's true.

  what's the difference?

  constant shifting sands, one minute the grains are over here then we seek to blow them over there.

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  The give-and-take nature of this site could not be more different from JW thinking. For the past 6 weeks, I've been enjoying the comments from everybody -- exJWs, JWs, born-agains, atheists, agnostics, don't-give-a-damns, weirdos. The kind of freedom that exists here would never be tolerated by the org. Even the most virulent comments about JW and Christian posters is always moderated with humor and humanity. This is the real world, the "out there" that JWs are afraid to face. All of you guys are great.
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  What are you reading?

  by damselfly in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  now that i'm done with school for the summer i've got some spare time to read as much as i like.

  heaven!

  i just finished "sylvanus now" by donna morrisey.

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  "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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  I just love this board because ....

  by eyeslice in

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  2. friends

  fill in the blank.

  eyeslice .

  in my case because it gives me a sense of community and a source of news that i must admit i miss since leaving the 'truth'.

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  parakeet

  ...it takes one to know one.
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  Prayer Room - To Jesus. WELCOME!!!

  by BlessedStar in

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  2. beliefs

  matthew 18:19-21 (king james version)

  19again i say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my father which is in heaven.

  20for where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am i in the midst of them.. .

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  "When you praise the Lord Jesus you get blessings."
  BlessedStar
  
  OK. Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus.............................waiting............................................waiting................
  ...........waiting..............waiting..................waiting................waiting.....................
  waiting..............waiting....................................waiting.........................waiting.
  
  Nuthin. Huh.