Hortensia

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  I've become bold

  by skeeter1 in

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  2. experiences

  i totally discovered ttat in 2004.. at first, i told my jw relatives each & every thing i found out.

  they didn't appreaciate it.. then, i read coc and realized that that was the wrong approach.

  so, from about 2007-2013, i rarely said anything to them abou the jws.. well, i just don't care any more to pussy foot around them, making nice, and smiling.

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  Yeah, I don't care what they think. If they leave me alone, I'll leave them alone. But if they start preaching, I don't hold back what I think.
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  Ad Gefrin - The Ancient Capital of Northumbria

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. physical

  last sunday my wife and i went walking in the cheviot hills in the beautiful northumberland national park not far from our home.

  we have walked a lot of the cheviots in recent months and intend to get around a lot more over the summer.. this week we decided to go up a few of the smaller hills in the north of the park so we headed for a peak known as yeavering bell.

  it was used as a hill fort since the iron age.

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  A walk in the Cheviot hills -- sounds so wonderful. I get to walk in some beautiful places here in northern California, but they don't sound as good, somehow, when I describe them. I think if I got to go for a walk in the Cheviot hills I'd feel like a character in British fiction.

  Cool historical info, too, I enjoyed reading it.
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  Books that changed your life-

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

  i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

  but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..

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  I think what had the most effect on me was not any one book, but the hours and hours I spent at the public library as a kid. Librarians took a friendly interest in me and recommended books for me to read. My mother the JW had no idea of what I was reading as a kid and teenager. It all sank in and eventually surfaced again when I left the wtbts. My recommendation is to read a lot, especially history, science, biographies, literature. What I am now comes more from the books I read than the effect of the wtbts.

  If you know any kids you want to help, take them to the library every week and let them choose any books and as many books as they want to read.
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  Farewell from Confused and Alone

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i use to hate when people who made goodbye posts on message boards.

  why would they think that just because you no longer post on a chevy truck forum or a los angeles lakers forum the world would crumble around those still left there.

  this place is definitely different.

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  Excelsior!
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  Everything Not Forbidden is Compulsory

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this phrase in the context of quantum mechanics.

  it's called the gell-mann's totalitarian principle.. i thought it summed up life in the watchtower quite accurately..

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  It's also from one of my very favorite books, The Once and Future King by T. H. White.
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  Full Moon tonight

  by eva luna in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  friday the 13th meets the honey moon tonight.. the other name used is strawberry moon.. how sweet is that?.

  smile.

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  Hi!

  Enjoy the honeymoon! honey-colored moon, that is.

  Hortensia
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  Boiling mad-need to vent!

  by 3rdgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have had to remove my rant because hubby doesn't want the jw realatives to retaliate again..

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  Sorry you can't even rant here safely -- JWs don't play fair, do they? They are still loyal dubs, but also members of this site. I guess they use it to spy on you, if they know what your username is.
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  Getting kicked out.

  by bobert in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometime this week.

  my parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high.

  i know it's inevitable.

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  Some good advice here -- discuss with your parents what your options are, check out homeless shelters, find out whether there are services for people your age in your area. If you are a minor, find out whether there are child protective services that might help you. Breathe, keep calm, do your research.
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  800 Infant Bodies Found in a Septic Tank at Roman Catholic Children's Home

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.

  their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.

  if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.

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  shocking

  repugnant
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  Hilarious email exchange...

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.27bslash6.com/easter.html.

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  made me laugh out loud..... .

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