I grew up in da troof in NYC and could relate a few stories also, so, like the scripture my mother used to quote "the flesh is weak" no matter what part of the universe you live in.
ShirleyW
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JWs in Florida and California. Is there really a difference?
by BU2B ini have heard over the years from many different people about how jws in those states are unlike elsewhere.
the parties they have, the way they dress and the permissive attitude.
i just heard from a sister that is from florida, that if you are not "spiritually strong" you will "fall out of the truth" down there.
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How do you guys feel during the holidays?
by Joliette inthis is a very lonely time of year for me i admit it.
i'm suppose to be going over my aunties house wednesday after work.
but going to christmas/holiday parties and get togethers, i still kinda feel out of place.. i really wish i grew up celebrating the holidays more.
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ShirleyW
Although i was a born in when I was growing up my dad was still a non believer, so at that time the wives were admonished to celebrate just for the hubby's sake, so although I never had a tree growing up, I had lots of presents and memories of going to friends (my parents were godparents to quite a number of kids) and relatives houses for the holidays. I'm so glad I have normal memories of the holidays.
For some reason, for the past ten or so years I've always made it a habit of watching Midnight Mass from St. Patrick's here in the city (NYC) don't know why I started that, but I'm definitely going to watch tonight.
Jolette, for some reason when I was in my 30's like you, I didn't give a rats ass about holidays, since my Bday is in December I look forward to it and the holidays as well. I"ll be doing a Champagne get together with friends, but I am cooking a special meal of leg of lamb and the sides just for me when I get home (Yeah, I know there will be food served at my friends' house) but I just like to cook so I always enjoy fixing something special. And since I get those Bday discount cards from the stores for my BDay, I use them as buying myself something special, or the holdays at a really good price.
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They are Definitely Attacking "Higher Education"
by XBEHERE ina friend of mine recently had his co visit and in the elders meeting the co out-right asked the question: how are the friends doing in your cong.
as regards pursuing higher education?
the co continued...you know in view of all the counsel from the slave regarding the dangers.
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ShirleyW
If the Borg is on the "no college kick" again, I just imagine a few of the kids I grew up with who are no in their 50's, giving their talks to the blind followers about pursuing their education. I shouldn't even mention age because most of the younger kids in the Cong who would now be pushing 40 the majority of that age group went to college as if it was the "13th grade" or something. Just shows they can never stick to their guns on anything, my peers strongly admonished not to pursue college, ten years later, nothing was wrong with it.
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Awake
by Marcial inhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectid=398787&partid=1&searchtext=vase+athletes&page=1.
comparez avec la page 29 de watchtower 01/octobre /2002.
fideles dans les petites choses ...oui pas en publiant des images truquees comme celle-ci.
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ShirleyW
Something about Michealangelo's "artwork" doesn't look quite right to me, I guess the artist took artistic liberties on that one.
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ShirleyW
I've been trolling you with this Stand for Pure Worship nonsense. But its gotten old
EXTREMELY OLD AND SILLY AND PETTY AND MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE A STRAIGHT UP MENTAL PATIENT, or in other words a JW .
One of the dumbest, idiotic charades ever, carrying on like nobody knew who you were, go take another of your crazy drug cocktails you used to brag about and see if you come up with another name. What an idiot.
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Has anybody meet anyone on here who they knew as a JW. Experiences please
by joe134cd ini'm just curious but has anybody meet some one on jehovahwitness-net who they knew in their jw lives.
just want to hear experiences.
please include the indicators that led up to you identifying each other, and how you eventually revealed yourself.
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ShirleyW
Someone who spordically posts here is the wife of someone whom my mother studied with when he was a child, my mom first started studying with his aunt and grandmother, then his mother, then a brother started studying with his father. I think we identified each other by the mentioning the location in NYC lived in while growing up.
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ShirleyW
Next week I'm busy getting ready for a worldly, apostate XMas celebration, maybe I might have time on Saturday to call Bethel, not sure yet. If I can't do it tomorrow I'm going to make it a point to call in the daytime, since the Bethelites will probably be out at there mtgs in the evenings, I don't want to hear "there's nobody here at the moment that can answer your call"
The guy that was talking to Kim on the phone, I can just imagine the look on his face, which I'm sure was the look this summer when I asked the Bro at the table set up if they were giving away Bibles. He went on to say that the App has five translations so you can cross reference and yada yada yada . . . , that's when I asked him how surprised I am at the app since more than ten years ago the Society admonished the flock to stay away from the internet, the smile on his face faded into a "how the Hell does she know"? Point blank told me he couldn't answer my question why the Society is now gung ho with the Internet and told me to pray Jehovah for that answer because he couldn't tell me, I must rememer to bring that up during my call.
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Do You Give A Sh*t About "Duck Dynasty"?
by minimus inwhen i see them on chia pets, i'm thinking--- has the world gone mad?.
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ShirleyW
I've never seen the show, but I just read that one of the guys from the show has been suspended for something he said.
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Does faith really mean everything to the practicing Jehovah's Witness
by I_love_Jeff inor is it the things of this world?
for example, model coco rocha caught my attention this morning and of course she is a jehovahs witness.
she says, "my faith is everything.
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ShirleyW
This Coco chick doesn't have the money that MJ or the Williams sisters do, so I know she's not handing out in "green handshakes/checks" to the Society. If some (regular) sisters picture was caught in magazine posing half naked you know some nosy sister would bring it to the elders attention.