Hortensia

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  Constructive hobbies

  by zeb in

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  hm have a hobby?

  im not asking what.. hm have taken up a constructive hobby since leaving?.

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  Most of my hobbies are fiber-related. I knit a lot, just started learning to spin with a drop spindle. Learning crochet for just one project, mostly I don't like crochet. I've designed some patterns and want to do more of that.

  I learned html and css for the fun of it, did some websites for people. That's interesting to do although it changes all the time and there is much more to learn.

  I like cooking, canning, foraging locally, gardening.

  Life is too short for all the interesting stuff there is to do and learn.
  
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  Ha Ha!

  by Hortensia in

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  the razzies -- guess who won for worst movie, worst actor, and worst ego?.

  http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31573835.

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  The Razzies -- guess who won for worst movie, worst actor, and worst ego?

  http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31573835
  
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  Do You Think President Obama Is Muslim?

  by minimus in

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  i really think that he is.

  not that it's a bad thing...

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  I imagine he's an atheist.
  
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  "in" Family driving me crazy on social media

  by freemindfade in

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  does any other fader who maintains a minimal connection to preserve family ties have this issue:.

  i post something on ig, facebook whatever.

  and from my super zealous family i get preachy posts.

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  On each post there's a little icon in the upper right corner. If you click it, you can choose "I don't want to see this" and it will disappear, but it won't unfriend the person who wrote it.
  
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  If you would like to send Investigative Reporter, Trey Bundy, a message, contact him at his FB page

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.facebook.com/treybundy

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  Done.
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  PBS program

  by wannaexit in

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  watching the pbs program as i write...........

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  I liked it that the tone of the report was even-handed, no excessive drama. It made the story all the more shocking. Especially at the end when the reporter revealed that the wtbts recently sent out another letter to the elders, with the same policy.
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  What comforts you when you no longer believe in a ressurrection ?

  by EdenOne in

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  2. beliefs

  our family just lost someone dear and very close, a faithful jw.

  as we went through the entire funeral services and meeting long time brothers and sisters, who in general have been very kind and warm towards us, we realize that the hope of resurrection is a meaningless utopia for us, like a fairytale for little children.

  we don't have faith in it anymore, and serves us of no comfort.

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  I find it comforting to know that someone who has been suffering is no longer suffering. I find it comforting to know that those I've lost aren't aware of the loss, I may be missing family and friends that have died, but they aren't sad and missing me. I find it comforting to know that once I die, I won't know I'm dead.

  I don't want to die, and feel sad there are people I'll never see again. I think it's sad that awareness/consciousness comes with the price of knowing it will end some day. But, just the same, I'm glad to have had the chance to live, to appreciate the universe and the wonder of living, even if it's temporary.
  
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  If you are single and have married friends, . . .

  by compound complex in

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  is your sense of loneliness (if you are lonely) heightened when you see what they share?

  how do cope (if you are coping) with a sense of isolation, of not having a significant other?.

  i know some single persons who are very happy as they are.

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  I'm alone, but not lonely very much. I enjoy my own company most of the time, and have lots of projects, do a lot of things with the groups in the apartment complex where I live.

  Would I like to be married? No way. Never want to do that again. I'd like a companion if I could find a compatible one, but that isn't likely. I'm not worried about it. I'm mostly a happy person, I have friends and stuff to do. If I hang out with married couples too much, I feel very much like an outsider. However, most of the people who live in these apartments are single, and they are all seniors like me.
  
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  Pope thinks hitting children is "Beautiful"

  by cofty in

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  one time, i heard a father in a meeting with married couples say `i sometimes have to smack my children a bit, but never in the face so as to not humiliate them.how beautiful!

  he knows the sense of dignity!

  he has to punish them but does it justly and moves on.

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  Not as progressive as his supporters like to think he is, eh?
  
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  Who Is Engineering the Re-branding of Jehovahs Witnesses

  by millie210 in

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  is it an outside source?.

  an inside job?

  maybe the younger gb "helpers"?.

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  I don't think they'd just get the idea on their own to go out and find a PR company. But to realize there's a guy inside the org. who does that, it would give them ideas, I'm sure. Maybe they consulted some JW PR person like this NetHolics guy and he did such a good song and dance they hired him.

  I've thought for a while that the changes you all talk about sound so commercial that there must be some sort of PR consulting going on.