Posts by stillin4now

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Name only One - one only - the best only!!!!

by AK - Jeff in

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your absolute favorite song of all time.

no lists.

just your absolute favorite and artist.. mine:.

stillin4now

Since this is going to be my first Christmas since starting the fade, I'll choose my favorite Chrismas song.

"O Holy Night"

(but I can't pick just one song in the whole wide world)

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the loaded language the hot button words that placed a label and.

identification on everything that was considered.

either good or bad.. it occurred to me that the organization had many.

stillin4now

"sheeplike"

"the friends"

"ones"

"no doubt..."

"this old system of things"

"thinking persons would agree"

"need greaters"

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A sick birthday request

by Fleshybirdfodder in

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does anyone have a scan of the pic of herodias' daughter offering john the baptist's head on platter to herod?

i think it was in the greatest man book but am not sure.

i just remember it being disgusting.

stillin4now

Here's a scan on the page in the greatest man book.

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Chantix (New smoking cessation medication)

by MsMcDucket in

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this is the drug that my daughter was trying to tell me about.

she is a pharmacy tech.

she says that it is one of the most asked for drugs now, and that it appears to be affective.. fda newsfor immediate release.

stillin4now

I also am a pharmacy tech and several people have come back to the pharmacy after starting on Chantix to tell us it is working very well for them.

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The book of Revelation, the word of God, or one hell of a drug trip?

by free2beme in

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what more confusing and off the wall book in the bible, can there be, then the book of revelation.

it has all sort of odd things being talked about, all sorts of weird events that seem to only be connected when you twist the mind to the maximum of your imagination.

so many people, in religions, have tried to explain this off the wall book and yet refuse to face the fact that it might just be complete imagination of nonsense.

stillin4now

The WT society book on Revelation is what gets me. They take every verse in that bible book and apply it to themselves.

Trumpet blasts = conventions, locusts etc.= preaching of JW's, and on and on. Give me a break! How arrogant to think to

insert their publishing organization into the true meaning of prophesies that are supposed to affect everyone on earth.

I dont know if anyone really knows what it all means but that Revelation Climax book is way out there.

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Ever met a CO's wife who was healthy and happy?

by Nellie in

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i just read another topic about cos and it got me thinking .

almost every single co's wife was sick and terribly unhappy.

i remember listening to them complain about not having a home, not having children, the accomodations of the friends, etc.

stillin4now

Our CO wives always were expensively dressed and elegant looking ladies. I always noticed how the CO always would give talks about

how we don't have good enough attendance at meetings or enough hours of participation in FS yet they dont have to go to work every day at

a real job and pay bills like the rest of us. Their job is to go in service every day and have us pay the bills for them.

Also, they always were on special diets and we have to prepare the appproved food for them.

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Words That Are Not In The Bible

by Nosferatu in

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i'd like to compile a list for my next blog, but i would love some help.

they can refer to any religion you like.

here's a start:.

stillin4now

"the society says..."

"the comments from the branch are..."

"the friends"

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New here

by NanaR in

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i just found this place and thought i'd post.

i'm a 50+ year old grandmother who was "raised in the truth".

i have been on my way out of "the organization" for several years now, but have moved cautiously because i don't want to jump from the firing pan into the fire so to speak.

stillin4now

WELCOME NANA

People here are very nice. You came to the right place.

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I took for the first time my kids tricker-treating !!!

by Lapuce in

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yes i did it, i finally took my two kids out on halloween for their first time!!!

i will remember this i think for the rest of my life!

my two boys, the oldest 9, dressed as a pirate and the youngest 5 as spiderman.

stillin4now

We gave out candy for the first time ever! All years past we would either go out and stay out until late after trick or treat was over or

turn out the lights and hide not answering the door (hated that). We are still (technically) active JW but on the way out and I don't want to

avoid something as innocent as giving out candy. It's a small thing but after a lifetime in the org. it felt like a big step to me.

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Thinking like a Jehovah's Witness would think

by The wanderer in

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thinking like a jehovah's witness would think on a prior discussion thread a couple of individuals pointed out.

to me, that i am more or less infected with "witness" think.

other words, i still think like a jehovah's witness.

stillin4now

I've been trying to read the Bible with a new, open minded point of view to learn what the scriptures really mean. But, as I come to familiar verses that are always quoted in the WT literature I automatically think of the WT application of that verse. I have to really make an effort to look at things from a new perspective. It's gonna take a long time for my mind not to default to WT doctrine. But it's getting better and I am starting to look at things alot differently already. V.