Posts by becca1

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A surprise result on my Dna geneaology test.

by moshe in

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i asked earlier this year if anyone had joined the national geographic's genographic dna ancestry research project.

i decided to do it a couple months ago and also signed up with the testing lab to see , if i matched with any unknown cousins.

it took about 2 months for the cheek swab to be processed and i have my results.

becca1

Very cool Moshe! I've always wanted to be Jewish, all the angst and everything.

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pic of rare baby albino deer

by purplesofa in

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sent: tuesday, december 05, 2006 12:38 pm.

subject: fw: albino whitetail deer.

this deer was found by a family in sweet home, oregon.. .

anyone know the latest/current standing of associating with df'd ones....

by orbison11 in

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anyone know the latest/current standing from the wtbt regarding associating with df'd ones?.

there seems to be so many different standings,,,,i need to know, thank u. wendy.

becca1

"don't touch them with a ten foot pole"

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Lost and looking for answers

by LynnTink in

this is my story.

i was born a jw and never knew anything else because my parents shelter from everything but for other reason.

from the time i can remember my dad beat my mom.

Welcome Lynn. Your experience is very moving. You have been through more than most of us. Take each day as a gift and revel in being able to start over again. So many that are still "in" are living tortured lives trying in vain to do all the things the Society "sugests" and never being able to get it all just right. You are free now, enjoy the rest of your life!

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Do they make it up as they go along?

by link in

i havent been around here for a couple of years but i wondered if anyone would be interested in commenting on the information given at the web site: http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2003/aug2003/am_p-02-1651_2003.html.. it is extremely long but i found it interesting.

it concerns jehovahs witnesses living as man and wife without being married.

in the philippines there is no divorce so a witness cannot remarry unless they get an annulment which is extremely expensive and beyond the reach of most fillipinos.

becca1

Uninformed is right. I believe this policy came to be when Italy (under the pressure of the Catholic Church) refused to grant anyone a divorce. Witnesess who are "married" in this sense are bound together in the same way any other couple in the org. would be.

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How old will you be....

by Scully in

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when you will have been an exjw for as long as you were a jw?.

i was raised in the jws from before the age of 10, and stopped going to the kh at the age of 31. i was involved with the jws for a total of 23 years.

i will be 54 years old by the time i have spent more of my life as an exjw than i did as a jw..

becca1

94!!! But, not to worry, the new system will be here before then.

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How do you stop acting like a psycopath ?

by 5go in

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friends

i find myself just going off way to easy recently, and i find that i'm going into my shell a lot.

i was just wondering how you guys have dealt with it if you have ?

becca1

Depends on how far "off" you are going. The fact that you realize something is up is a good thing. Please find someone trustworty to confide your feelings in and maybe seek some professional help as well.

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