JD, I've read that essay and you're right, it is VERY interesting. People are so unpredictable and we hear so much on the media about people behaving erratically I can't blame ex-nj-jw for being frightened. The other thing about it is most of us don't have those kinds of confrontations very often. Personally I go into fight or flight mode and get really freaked out. I think ex-nj-jw handled it really well.
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Very scarry encounter
by ex-nj-jw ini just had an encounter with a man at the bank and i'm still shaking:.
i pull up to the bank to use the atm ( atm in small lobby), i park next to a large truck and next to the truck was another car.
there was 1 man using the atm, and no one in line or outside.
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Ok - I won't hide from a coward anymore.......
by AK - Jeff inok, ok, you told me so.
if there is a 'stalker' watching - then here is what i say to you....... you are an absolute coward, afraid to face me!
oh, and one other thing........... .
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Welcome back! We've all been terrorized by the Borg; I'm glad you're not letting anyone scare you away!
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Killing time during meeting...
by brunnhilde ini used to balance my checkbook sometimes.
another favorite was unsticking the pages of a new bible or folding back the dogears of an old one.
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brunnhilde
I used to balance my checkbook sometimes. Another favorite was unsticking the pages of a new Bible or folding back the dogears of an old one. Good times, man do I miss going to meetings... NOT!
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What Fears have you Overcome that the witnesses put in you?
by flipper inmr. flipper here again.
when in the org.
we were all told to fear jehovah .
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Trusting my own inner voice.
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Life lost
by Phil ini have previously posted on the subject of finding people who could help me get some testimonials from experienced jws who have been shunned by friends and family.
this was my way of getting my daughter to wake up to the realities of what is going on with the organization she is associated with.
much to my sadness, i have been notified by her husband that she died this morning of lung cancer.
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I will hold you and your family in my thoughts, Phil.
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The back-room club...
by gymbob ini recently got a e-mail from a 1/2-in-the-truth witness youth who referred to the "back-room" club...anybody ever heard of this before?
is this a new witness youth expression?.
she's 15, and i think she was referring to being asked by the elders to come back in the back room at the hall after the meeting for counsel.
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My pioneer partner and I always referred to it as "the glass palace" because you were always being judged if you were in there, whether it was doing those stupid "talks" or because you had done something trivial to set off someone's conscience!
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Our PO enlightens me on what our congregation's problem is...
by sir82 in...we have a bunch of "whiners"!.
"why aren't i on the list to read the watchtower?
" "why haven't i been appointed as an elder yet?
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And I believe we have a shining example of the dub mentality. Whiny congregation, whiny pedophile abuse victims, whiny domestic violence victims - why can't they just get their act together!?! Excuse me while I go throw up! Follow the Christ indeed!
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Where there is a garage sale sign, so shall there be a Witness...
by pmouse inis that written somewhere in the nwt?
or is it "have a garage sale and they will come" the hollywood horror movie?
i don't recall seeing it, but sure enough, hang a garage sale sign out and you will get them, all dressed up carrying book bags with a casually rolled up watchtower trying to place it to distract you while the other one tries to throw you off by offering 10 cents instead of 25 cents for your junk.
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Garage sales were GREAT! Anything to kill time so we didn't have to go humiliate ourselves and disrespect other people's beliefs and way of life! Funny, I haven't been to a garage sale since I stopped d2d, what a coinkydink *snicker*
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Netflix or blockbuster online
by 5go inwhich is better ?
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i am trying netflix and i am little disapointed with them two days still no movies..
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I'm a huge Netflix fan - I send a movie back - they get it the next day and immediately send me a new one. I probably go through about 15-20 dvds a month. I detest Blockbuster for all the reasons that have already been listed plus the immediate onslaught to my email box as soon as they wangled my address out of me. Netflix has a huge library and you can even request they purchase movies if they haven't got them. I've had a few broken disks and they always sent a replacement out the same day I reported it. I've never had to wait for them to get it back before they would send out a new one. Same goes with movies that never showed up. I had one come a month after I reported it missing. Just sent it back and got a thank you.
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What to say about the magazines. June 2007 (Morals,Money&Family) 2nd half.
by LtCmd.Lore injw: "where does the bible say that?".
jw: "by the bible!".
" open the family happiness book to page 169, and read the first two sentences of paragraph 17. then ask for a response.
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Astutely and decisively logical - it'll never work! Haven't you learned by now that reason has nothing to do with the dubs? Still good fun to read! Love it, as always, Lore *grin*