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  Please Send Any Positive Thoughts My Way on Wednesday!

  by XJW4EVR in

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  i will be interviewing for a position at the university of southern california.

  the pay is not going to be that good to begin with, but i have mitigating factors, my son who is a junior this year, can get in and i won't have to pay a dime towards his tuition.

  his dream is to go to usc and to play for the usc marching band.

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  Fight on XJW4EVR!

  Beat Cal!!

  Best of luck!
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  I like peaches

  by jgnat in

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  looking at the different ways my sister and i approach life, i'd decided people are either peaches or they're lobsters.

  my sister is all tough and crusty on the outside.

  you'd never know if something is bothering her.

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  Then lima beans are forbidden..
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  I like peaches

  by jgnat in

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  looking at the different ways my sister and i approach life, i'd decided people are either peaches or they're lobsters.

  my sister is all tough and crusty on the outside.

  you'd never know if something is bothering her.

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  The only thing forbidden about pomegranates is eating them while wearing a white shirt!

  Club soda won't get that out!

  John
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  I like peaches

  by jgnat in

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  looking at the different ways my sister and i approach life, i'd decided people are either peaches or they're lobsters.

  my sister is all tough and crusty on the outside.

  you'd never know if something is bothering her.

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  They taste like chicken, no wait that's not right.

  They are sweet and succulent, no wait, so can Lobster, that's it, peaches taste like Lobster.
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  This discussion board is just the medicine I needed

  by Backed away in

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  a big thank you to those who created this board and for all the amazing people who post here.. truth be told (no pun intended) i have seen other religious boards out there but never felt compelled to join since i didn't feel qualified to speak one way or the other regarding their beliefs.

  this board is another story.

  i was raised as a witness but never thought so many people all over the world had a similiar past as i did.

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  Thanks everyone, the second best medicine is your replies!

  Thank you for enduring my ramblings...
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  This discussion board is just the medicine I needed

  by Backed away in

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  a big thank you to those who created this board and for all the amazing people who post here.. truth be told (no pun intended) i have seen other religious boards out there but never felt compelled to join since i didn't feel qualified to speak one way or the other regarding their beliefs.

  this board is another story.

  i was raised as a witness but never thought so many people all over the world had a similiar past as i did.

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  A big thank you to those who created this board and for all the amazing people who post here.

  Truth be told (no pun intended) I have seen other religious boards out there but never felt compelled to join since I didn't feel qualified to speak one way or the other regarding their beliefs. this board is another story. I was raised as a witness but never thought so many people all over the world had a similiar past as I did. I slowly faded over the years since it seems the easiest to keep in touch with the family who are still witnesses but I have always had a yearning to speak to those who have left. I am surprised at so many of you who left sooo long ago yet still want to talk about your involvement with the WTS. I guess that says something about the scares that were left behind.

  I certainly don't want to come across as sour grapes as not everything about my upbringing was terrible. I am curious by nature, so I am grateful for my religion in the sense it kept me out of trouble with the law and I never experienced drug use. growing up in the sixties and seventies, the circuit/district assemblies were great fun although I must admit now they were more of a social event rather than the intended "spiritual tune up" I always had my doubts about what I was being taught and found myself with more questions than satisfying answers. but like so many of us, it was all I knew so I plodded on.

  it wasn't until I was on my own that the fading began. looking back now, the independence from my parents watchful eye was all I needed to finally LIVE. I experienced public reproof and being disfellowshipped but kept coming back probably more for my families sake rather than remorse or missing the grind of being a JW. but it was two seperate situations that finally caused me to back away ( I chose this I.D as it reminds me how I walked away backwards still watching those I didn't respect or trust any longer ) once while inactive, there was a knock at my door. I lived at the time in a gated community with a call box, so I expected to see one of my neighbors. NOPE! there in front of me was two witnesses I have known forever and one of them I practically raised. first thing out of my mouth wasn't hello but how did you get in AND why didn't you call me at the gate? their response was, " we followed another car in" I reminded them this was trespassing yet not even a flinch. they immediately said that they were stopping by to see how I was, that was nice right? well.. I would of really appreciated their visit if it wasn't that they both were in suits. I thanked them for stopping by but told them my true friends would of come over casually and not while they were " counting time " that visit said alot about the brainwashing and the empty visits witnesses make only when it benefits them or its official. the second time was recent when my sister was having a difficult surgery, life or death really. my brother in law who isn't a witness had to deal with my family trying to convince him not to allow her blood. without it, no way she would survive. he went thru absolute hell and finally, secretly, had to take my sister to another hospital so she could have her surgery without anyone knowing the details. even though he knew I supported him, he wanted to go thru this alone. we all found out after the fact and rather than loving concern, all he heard was, " you let take blood, didn't you! " what I have seen since cemented my feeling about the decision I made to leave that awful religion. I'll tell you all, admitting how I was raised was wrong was THE hardest thing I have ever had to come to terms with.

  I have a loving wife and great children and I have told them that however they chose to believe or not in God is their business and no one and I mean no one should believe anything solely because its all they know. I have reminded them that how a person believes often times has more to do with who their parents were and what Country they were born in than any personal journey they have taken.I have said, it should be a personal decision and when you are ready know that regardless, I love and support their "free will". it's a shame my parent's still don't yet their parents did when they converted to JW's in the 1950's.

  Again I just wanted to say it's great to feel that I'm not alone and you know what else is great? I still to this day, don't like those who don't understand what is like to be a JW tell jokes or put them down, but this board already feels like family so it's OK, it's like, you can talk about your family but don't like when others do...

  I am a Lurker no more ( I hate that term because it sounds more sinister than what I was doing)
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  People turn back to the religion they know best, when in distress.

  by free2beme in

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  as a teenager, i was not real into the religion.

  i went to meetings, lived by my mothers rules, and had a lot of witness friends.

  on the flip side, i had dated nonwitness people in high school, was sexually active, drank and partied on the weekends and hide it well from my mom.

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  Freetobeme,

  How you described your teen years sounds so much like me.however, both my parents were witnesses. I never really embraced this religion and led a double life. my meeting attendance was forced and my interest was half hearted. I lied to my parents just to spend time with my "worldly friends" and this also was the only way to date. I became involved with someone at a early age and was a father before I was 20.as a result, I was DFed for my "immoral activity". because most of my family and friends were witnesses, I really felt alone, so, for all the wrong reasons I came back. I was reinstated but again my heart wasn't there. I have slowly faded (I love that term) over the years and never have I wanted to go back. I have since told every witness I know that each one of them should be disfellowshipped once in their lives because the view from outside looking in is very different from what they know.

  They say, absense makes the heart grow fonder, for me and this upbringing, absense made my heart wander..
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  It just seems that Witnesses are less active these days.

  by free2beme in

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  i remember being a teenager and being at friends home on saturdays, and every time you turn around there was a witness knocking at the door.

  my non-witness friends would be nice, and say no, as they did not want to insult me.

  even though, as a teenager, i was not a witnesses (baptized) and did not make a public show of my connection to people outside of the congregation.

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  I rarely see the witnesses anywhere unless one of my family members are in the hospital and "gasp" blood maybe needed. then you can bet they swarm like locusts to blather the "prime directive".

  I recently watched two witnesses walk up to my door, never knock or ring the bell, only to leave a tract.. I hated going door to door and I thought I was the only one who did that! 2006 witnesses in "stealth mode"

  One sure fire way to see the witnesses is move into a gated community or apartment complex and just watch them find a way in like Tom Cruise in " Mission Impossible" or is that Missionary Impossible?
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  What Do People Hate Most About JWs???

  by minimus in

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  i think most "worldly" people consider jws a nusiance---especially on a saturday morning!

  they hate being bothered by peddlers at their door.

  some people can't stand the witnesses' smugness and self righteous attitude.

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  Closed minded, short fused and defensive especially if you were raised in the truth or as I like to refer to it "raised by wolves". anyone who has left and still has family knows what I mean.

  For those who have never been a witness, they litter small businesses, phone booths, laundrymats with tract's, old magazines so others will have to pick them up and do with them what each witness should do, throw them away. this literature is good for nothing besides lining bird cages, no wait that cruelty to animals! they are no different than people who leave their trays at fast food joints when a trash can is near by.

  Garbage has it's place
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  What does the color of your car say about you?

  by beautifulisfree in

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  http://ptenthusiasts.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55247.

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  Interesting, I've owned almost every color except pink? what does that say about me? I currently have a black truck, so I had better watch out.although, I owned a cream colored car that was totaled or was that"creamed"?

  I hope this applies only to PT cruisers..