Billy, what about forgetting the WTS for good and concentrating instead on maths and science, which are more productive.
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{Sigh}, I could use a hug...
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inmy first two exams were this week.
things didn't go well.
the classes are tough -- math and science.
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Rugby World Cup 2011
by dm6 in21 days to go!.
whos looking forward to it?.
any kiwis here on this board?.
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aligot ripounsous
The French humilated by the Tongas, and still qualified for the 1/4 after having been beaten by the AB, I'm lost. Just hope that, true to their repute, they will be at their best against the Brits as they've reached the bottom.
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How are you Sylvia, please let us know, maybe some JWNers in Alabama can help you ?
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My Father passed away during the night
by jwfacts indad was a great man, great, despite the religion.
he was powerful, tall and intelligent, yet humble and kind.
he was an introvert, and a circuit overseer.
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Sincere condolences, JW Facts. What I gather from your presentation is that your father and you did love and respect each other. If I understand well, your Dad, somehow, used the JW religion as a frame for the true christian hope and way of life that he was genuinely seeking for his and his family's best interest. He certainly can't be blamed for having been sincere and loyal to his conviction, making room as he did (private school) to provide his child(ren ?) with adequate tools for a balanced life. Jehovah will sort it all out.
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*sigh*
by C.O.B.E.Beef inthis is my first time participating in a site like this , so please.
forgive me if my approach is clumsy.. my story is not extraordinary and hardly interesting, so thanks.
in advance to this forum for extending the bandwidth for my own.
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Welcome, COBE, I went along a comparable path with my chidren. Every time we would do the Bible study together, as they were still chidren, I tried not to be dogmatic and tell them when some teachings had to be taken cautiously. That came to the point where an accompanying elder told me once at the end of one of these studies that if I didn't want to play with the team, I would do better play another game... A bit later on, I decided, as they were reaching their pre-teen years, that if I had freely chosen that religion (I was baptised aged 31), I didn't feel a right to impose it to my born in children. they actually decided not to attend meetings anymore and I told questioning elders that if they were of age to be baptised, they must also have been of age to decide not to. As for me I successfully faded almost 3 years ago and my non dogmatic best half still attends occasionally when she feels for it. Needless to say, we are viewed as a lost family.
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Janitor's explanation of Overlapping Generation merits promise of pay raise
by FatFreek 2005 inps.
to copy image for email, right click and follow menu.
cheers, len..
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Brilliant, I must keep it for a later use !
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Between Horror and Heaven
by Glander in(or, how i grew up in 1950s california in a dysfunctional family that belonged to an end of the world religious cult.).
ill try to keep it brief, strain out the more tasty morsels from which you can deduce the sense of the broth they come from.. the family unit in those days consisted of dad, mom, me and my younger sister, bizzy bee.
we were not lower middle class, we were poor.
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Sounds like an Erskine Caldwell novel, Gregor, except that you went for real through that life. Has this type of experience hardened you or made you a sympathizing person to others' misery ? I'm not judging I would understand either way.
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Convention drama
by Gorbatchov ini did'nt like the convention (no surprice), but what do i hate the drama on saturday.
a shocking inside look in a jw perfect family.
the solution of their problems are stupid.
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This report makes me think that this drama may have been written by a conscious class JW who wants parents to come to their senses and realise how inadequate the WTS is to train their youngsters to tackle the real problems they will have to face in their lifes.
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When did you first start using the internet? How has it changed your life?
by JimmyPage ini ask this because an article on msn said that the internet is now 20 years old.
i don't really remember it being used much until around 1995.. i didn't have the internet until around 2001.. i had some great experiences with the opposite sex in large part because of the internet.. obviously it changed my life when i started lurking here.. and social network has helped me get back in touch with relatives, schoolmates, former jws, and people i used to work with.. all in all, i love it!.
so when did you start using it, and how has it changed your life?.
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As far as getting to know the reality of the WTS, the internet (since about 2004) really changed everything, since it helped me formalise and give foundation to opinions which until then had lacked factual evidences. It was quite easy, I really admire those who broke free before the internet era.
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Once again I say goodbye
by mouthy ini find the board is getting very unfriendly of late.
used to be great to be aboard.
but the snipping that so many.
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Grace,
I may check in more like a lurker now, I always enjoy seing that you are still present. If you feel that you need an e-break, hopefully temporary, by all means take it, but be sure that many on here like you and enjoy reading your commentaries. First of all, I do wish you healthy peaceful days.