Openfireglass, expand on your artwork! I am so interested. What medium do you use, what do you like to draw, paint, etc.? How about posting some examples.
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Fluff Topic for the evening: What would you have pursued if you could have?
by restrangled ini had 3 loves, art, dance and animals.
how i wish i could have followed up on one of those 3. i have picked up gardening of exotic plants, ....doesn't pay anything but brings me joy.. what was the dream you gave up beacause of being a jw?
tell us if you have picked up that dream or found another!.
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Fluff Topic for the evening: What would you have pursued if you could have?
by restrangled ini had 3 loves, art, dance and animals.
how i wish i could have followed up on one of those 3. i have picked up gardening of exotic plants, ....doesn't pay anything but brings me joy.. what was the dream you gave up beacause of being a jw?
tell us if you have picked up that dream or found another!.
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Robdar,
What is your favorite dance? Ballroom is quite varied. Mine was Cha Cha.
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Fluff Topic for the evening: What would you have pursued if you could have?
by restrangled ini had 3 loves, art, dance and animals.
how i wish i could have followed up on one of those 3. i have picked up gardening of exotic plants, ....doesn't pay anything but brings me joy.. what was the dream you gave up beacause of being a jw?
tell us if you have picked up that dream or found another!.
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I had 3 loves, Art, dance and animals. How I wish I could have followed up on one of those 3. I have picked up gardening of exotic plants, ....doesn't pay anything but brings me joy.
What was the dream you gave up beacause of being a JW? Tell us if you have picked up that dream or found another!
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Dance, you Sinners! DANCE!!
by Nathan Natas in.
from the museum of insanity, we make this humble offering:.
http://manybooks.net/pages/faulknert1875918759/0.html
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At the age of 16 I tested and obtained the job as a ball room dance instructer. Most work was required in the evenings which made me miss meetings. I loved the job and worked hard. But after 6 months was made to quit as this was not what Jehovah wanted, the end was coming and I could teach in the new system. Low and behold one of the guys I use to practice with I saw on television not too long ago as a professional.....he was terrible at the time!!!
The loss of youth and talent in this organization is very depressing.
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Did You Ever Have a GOOD Body of Elders?
by Warlock inwhen i came into the org.
in the early 1980's, we had a good body of elders.
they took the lead and cared for the sheep.. the oldest was in his mid- 70's, had a sharp mind, great sense of humor and was just plain cool.
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In later years here in Florida there was one elder who had a great sense of corny humor. He was always so kind to me. I remember sitting at an assembly next to him, the last speaker before lunch was talking about something contemptible quoted out of the bible.
When the sessions broke, he took out the sandwich his wife had made for him, took a bite and then whispered to me "this sandwich is contemtible" ....Needless to say I went into hysterics with laughter. (His wife was sitting on the other side of me).
Since he got me to laughing at that, when the sessions restarted and there was an especially bad talk he would lean over and say "this talk is contemptible" and we would both go into hysterical laughing all over again as quietly as possible.
He had no bad intentions, just a dear man in his late 60's to early 70's who had lost his daughter who he said was so much like me. I still think of him with good feelings and wish I could have known more like him.
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OMG Spray Tan Disaster !!!!
by Sirona innow i wasn't going to share this, but i just have to!
i can't tan (had melanoma skin cancer) so i decided that for the long-awaited bbq on saturday i'd treat myself to a "spray-tan".
for those of you who don't know, its false tanning where you are sprayed with the tanning all over and it lasts about a week.. what a disaster!.
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Dear Sirona,
I am 47, Blond and green eyed. I was never able to get a tan so after age 20 stayed absolutely out of the sun, and away from tanning products. Here's how it has paid off.
Up until 5 years ago I was still carded everywhere I went. I do not have wrinkles around my eyes, sunspots or age spots on my face.
Get this, I do smoke but still have little to no wrinkling.
Give yourself a break. Color does little for most people. Spray tans no matter what still streak, are orange, or worse yet just look stupid overall.
Put the money towards a very good facial, sexy clothes, or shoes. Your skin will thank you for it in 10 years....and that comes around fast!
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J.R. Brown conversation and transcript
by AuldSoul inrev malk has provided an area containing both.
i didn't want this to get lost in the shuffle, it took me a few minutes to figure out where this was.. thanks ldh, rev malk, big tex, and leolaia for pulling this all together for us!.
http://www.lambsroar.com/jrbrown/.
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I also think this is big news. But sadly, only for those who are willing to think for themselves and listen to what was said. My cousin and I both born and raised JW's, with parents in their 70's were quickly able to parrot "pat" responses to the interview with Brown that we have heard over and over again to diminish reality and justify beliefs. We both thought LDH did an outstanding job, I don't know many people who could of, off the cuff, kept that interview going 30 plus minutes. One very sharp girl!
My point being that unless someone is out there questioning, or hurting, they will not reach beyond the society's rules, they will not be on the internet, they will not believe somebody at Bethel gave the big "F.U" over the phone, hell, I can see my mother denying the Cano scandal.
She was forbidden to watch the Dateline episode about pedophiles, she never did watch it and chalked it up to apostates and lies. She also lived through her own daughter being black mailed and date raped, disfellowshiped for the same, having the case reversed, and by god, no questions asked. No loss of faith, The Organization has become GOD themselves in the eyes and ears of the devout.
I am so thrilled when things are exposed, but deep down I know many will not look or listen.
Thanks for everyone's hard work, it is much appreciated.
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Ever witnessed a scandalous scene in the Hall?
by Inquisitor ini'm not talking about the time you gave the nasty elder a bleeding nose
back when you were still in the org, have you ever seen a trouble-maker
i remember how once, a drunk
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This story is only scandalous as far as witnesses are concerened. We had an old German lady who's husband was not a JW. She would always sit up front. Every once in a while her husband would come with her and shout answers during the watchtower study minus the microphone and of course he had not been called upon. The answers he shouted never corresponded to anything the watchtower had printed for parroting. There was always lots of snickering. The worst thing he ever did was at a memorial. He grabbed the wine glass and drank the whole thing. There was an audible gasp of over 200 people....no snickering that time.
No one ever threw him out. The elders in our hall were all 100 percent German so maybe they knew it might be pointless to make a scene with this fellow.
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grief & jw's?
by carla inreading the other thread made me wonder, do jw's ever truly grieve at the loss of a loved one?
i can see in front of other jw's they feel the need to maintain the party line, but in private?
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Lyineyes and Emma,
My heart just aches for you both. Take care of yourselves, and grieve for as long as you need to. No words of wisdom or experience take away the pain. My thoughts are with you.
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You people are all the same....(dispelling myths about apostates)
by beautifulisfree ini know you are sick of that phrase by now....because jdubs use it all the time when referring to 'apostates'.
they come on this forum or (people you know) generalize 'apostates' as though we are of different class...that we are no longer human.
they are obviously fed these little tid-bits about 'apostates' from the society since i am sure they don't personally know many.
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My mother's favorite comment; "Apostasy is spiritual pornography."
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