I didn't miss out on much - I can still sign my mothers name And when anyone would say "aren't you JW"? I always respond with my parents are but I'm not.
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Did you have to miss sex ed class?
by rebel8 ini had to sit out sex ed classes and also evolution classes (yep, pretty much all science classes).. oh, and i wasn't allowed to participate in music class several times.....besides the usual holiday music, once we had to do a play [oklahoma i think] and my character was supposed to say i had a flat chest.
funny, because the youth book is much racier than that.. oh, and gym class when we did yoga stretching.
satan sure is tricky.. did you have to sit out certain classes?.
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When The Obaminator speaks......................
by Warlock inwhen the obaminator speaks, the market listens, and so far, it drops in anticipation of his comments, and while he comments.. for a full market recovery, we need him to be quiet.. warlock .
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oBAMNATION... YOU GUYS NEED TO LISTEN TO mARK LEVIN. THE SAVAGE NATION OR HANNADY ON THE RADIO ..JUST KEEP IN MIND HE IS THE JESUS IN THE FLESH OR SO MANY BLACKS THINK.
Wow! I'm "black" and I don't think President Obama is Jesus and I don't know any other "blacks" (as you put it) that think that either. The only ones that constantly refer to this is right wing Americans.
One more idiot to add to the bunch
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Name one thing the WTS did for you and your family!
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini was just thinking of all the things i did for the wts (a group of old men that live in new york whom i've never seen and never will) and what they gave me in return.. .
what i did for the wts :.
studied the ''truth book'' for 6 months just to get baptized.
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Nothing
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Would you die for someone else?
by LouBelle inso many times we hear " i'd die for you " or " i'd die for **insert name/parent/lover** but would you really?.
the death may be a painful one and ask yourself if somebody else really deserves your life.. when someone said that to me i told them they probably wouldn't, this person got a little offended and when asked if i would die for them i said "no".....that didn't go down too well.. .
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I would die for my children, no problem
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N.J. family killed in Buffalo plane crash remembered
by truthseeker inhttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/new_jersey_family_killed_in_bu.html.
n.j. family killed in buffalo plane crash rememberedby nyier abdou and brian t. murray/ the star-ledger saturday february 28, 2009, 9:18 pmmore than 1,500 people gathered at the jersey city assembly hall of jehovah's earlier tonight to remember a bloomfield family killed two weeks ago when continental connection flight 3407 crashed in a buffalo, n.y. suburb, killing all 49 people aboard and one man on the ground.. donald and dawn mossop, their 12-year-old son, shawn, and dawn mossop's 44-year-old sister, ferris reid, were remembered as an inseparable, loving family who relished traveling together, eating well together and worshipping together at their jehovah's witness congregation in montclair.
the sisters, who had 12 other siblings, also were celebrated for their faith and their dedication to their ministry.. saed hindash/the star-ledgerthe program for the memorial service for the mossop family saturday at the jersey city assembly hall of jehovah's witnesses.
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thousands of Jehovah's volunteers
That just struck me as funny
I hope their funeral wasn't as boring and impersonal as the one I attended this past weekend.
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What Makes You Who You Are?
by Decided ini've been thinking about this for a while.
i hear people say god will judge you by your heart condition.
what gives you your heart condition?
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I should have said we are to be judged by our brain condition since the heart has nothing to do with our emotions. Well it sometimes beats faster if we get excited.
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What Makes You Who You Are?
by Decided ini've been thinking about this for a while.
i hear people say god will judge you by your heart condition.
what gives you your heart condition?
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What gives you your heart condition?
I hate that phrase, it's just so JWish
Is it affected by your DNA, your childhood raising, your brain and the chemical balance, the way life has treated you, the culture you live in?
I personally think that all these things contribute to who each and every one of us are/will be/turn out to be. Things that happen in your life shape you as a person and ultimately as adults you have control over how you will let these things affect your life. As children we don't really have control over anything, but as adults we can choose to either let our past make or break us.
I could sit here and blame every bad thing that has happened to me on the JW's and the way I was raised. I dont' because I chose to break that cycle. I remember the bad things that happened to me in the past, or the things that I feel were wrong but I don't dwell on it, not anymore. There was a time in my life that I spent huge amounts of time and energy trying to prove to my mother that I was worthy of her love, then one day I realized that it would never happen. Once I came to that realization I moved on and I'm a happier person for that.
So, I wouldn't worry too much about the heart condition, unless you are concerned about heart disease. The heart is a pump a complex organ that keeps us alive, without it you die. It doesn't shape you in any way.
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Healthy Breasts: Searching for Lumps
by LouBelle ini dread going for a breast check up - having my boob flattend is painful and if i don't have to go i won't.. saying that tho i do do the persoanl check.
lying down and feeling the breast - though i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and if what i'm feeling is normal or not.
how do i tell the difference between a lump, a muscle or just fat - because the other night i got a bit of a scare.
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Usually, if it's soft and squishy and can be moved around its not serious, if it's tiny like a pea, hard and unmovable not so good. Now, anything you feel that wasn't there last month should be checked out.
Have your MD do the exam, have the mammo and maybe even ultrasound if for no other reason than to put your mind at ease! Been there done that, felt much better after all checked out ok!
We have breast diagrams here at work for women who are not sure or who have lumpy breasts. You actually mark on the diagram where you felt a lump/bump, how big it was and then next month you look for the same lumps. It's like a cheat sheet to help you remember your own anatomy. Your doc should be able to get you one.
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Healthy Breasts: Searching for Lumps
by LouBelle ini dread going for a breast check up - having my boob flattend is painful and if i don't have to go i won't.. saying that tho i do do the persoanl check.
lying down and feeling the breast - though i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and if what i'm feeling is normal or not.
how do i tell the difference between a lump, a muscle or just fat - because the other night i got a bit of a scare.
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Hey lou,
The whole point of doing the self exam is to know your breasts. Each month do the exam in the same way (standing in the shower, laying flat) etc... most breast are lumpy, you want to get used to "your" lumps and notice when and if there is change/are changes. If you drink caffiene its normal to have more lumpy breasts.
It's the new or unusual lumps and bumps you need to report to your MD or if you are just not sure go anyway and get checked out.
Hope this helps.
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FirewoodII
by IP_SEC init was october and the indians on a remote reservation asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.. since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets from the past.
the coming winter going to be cold?".
"yes," the man at national weather service again replied,.
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LMAO
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