I agree snowbird. FF can cut to the quick!
My words on JWD count to me. It can very cathartic to put stuff out there even if no one "hears" me.
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Posts by BFD
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59Do your words count on J.W.D. ?
by caliber insometimes you have a topic that lights up the board, a virtual flow of thoughts and expressions, other times you.
feel like just a extra pint of water going over niagara falls !
are the words you type here like yesterdays .
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Did/Does God answer your prayers?
by song19 inin my spiritual journey, which includes trying to decide if i still believe in god anymore or not i am beginning to question if god listened to my prayers or even answered them.
i think i had a track record of praying more when i needed something.
terrible i know.
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The Mormon boys who I have been having discussions with asked me if I thought God answers prayers and I told them no, I don't think He answers all prayers.
Then one of them asked me if I thought God answered my prayers. After I thought about it I said, "Yes, God answers my prayers everyday but, I don't ask for much."
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Feeling really sad and missing my family.
by Aphrodite ini really feel i have no one to turn to who understands other than you guys of course.
i'm just really sad and crying a lot and missing my whole extended familly who are all witnesses.
i basicly have me my husband and two kids and my 2 sisters who are out.
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Hey, Aphrodite! The shunning creates a roller coaster of emotions, doesn't it. Lows and highs...this too shall pass. You'll be fine.
(((Aphro)))
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When did the Watchtower start baptising converts?
by Philippus79 ini think to remember the russell initially accepted water baptisms of other christian denominations.
but does anyone know when (and maybe who) they started their own water baptism rite?
couldn't find much in the 'proclaimers' book.
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As others came in, they too were baptized, but NOT into ANY porganization, but into the Body of Christ. There were some however, who did not get rebapttized. One of these was Fred Franz, who admits to this in his Bio in the Awake magazine of the 90s
Now, that takes the cake!
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I've now been outed as an APOSTATE by my dad......
by babygirl75 ini love my dad & mom so much.
they are just so involved with the religion and will not see any other point of few.
my son is with my parents spending his first week of summer vacation with them.
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(((BabyGirl))))
It just boggles the mind. I had to deal with that rejection for years. After I found JWD I realized that I was not alone!
I'm sorry you have to put up with this crap. Fucking cult!!!!
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chocolate
by John Doe ini heard a while back of a study that was done some years ago.
evidently, they took children preschool or kindergarten, don't remember which, and told them that they could have either 1 piece of chocolate now, or if they waited till the end of the day they could have two.
they kept track of which kids took the immediate chocolate and which ones held out for two.
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I would have taken the one piece early. Then when the remaining chocolate was handed out to the two piecers I'd get someone to share with me.
Hi, Hope!
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It is bothering me less and less...
by Anti-Christ inhello to all, for the ones here to know a bit about me i have been "inactive" for almost 4 years now.
i have been married for 10 years and we are expecting our first child ( july ).
i like to look at the topics once and wile to see what's new and how people on here are doing.
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I am at a point were I find there are much more important things in my life and in this great universe to bother with the silly laws created by a bunch of arrogant, power hungry old men.
That's a great place to be. Good for you!
And, congratulations on the expected arrival! Good luck!
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Not Born-in, Not converted as adult. The In-Betweens
by Lady Lee ini think some of us get lost somewhere in the middle.. my kids knew nothing else but the jw lifestyle.
they could only guess what holidays were like.. my jw husband converted when he was 20 an adult...a young adult but still an adult.
he wasn't influenced by his parents.
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I was 5 years old when my mom converted so I remember celebrating holidays and birthdays before that with my extended family. Everything changed rather quickly after 1965. However, my dad never became a JW. The most he ever did was read the Awake! magazine while on the throne. lol
There were a few times that I was allowed to skip the Sunday meeting and go fishing with my father instead. But, like Dinah the guilt for making such a choice was not worth it after a while. Plus I had fears that Jah was going to sink our boat, too. The UBM and little homo forever lost at the bottom of the sea! lol
Around Christmas time my mom would let my dad take us shopping to buy one gift. Eventually that stopped, too. As did visits to any of our extended "wordly" family. I know that it was the religion that eventually drove my father to leave his family.
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I'm a procrastinator because...um, I'll get back to you on that.
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What do you want out of your relationship?
by Bumble Bee ini know there have been alot of threads lately about what men want, what women want etc, but i'd like to hear what you want out of your relationship, be it marriage, living together, or whatever.
what is it you are looking for in a relationship?
what do you want the relationship to fulfill for you individually and as a couple?.
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I don't know. I guess I would like someone to "get" me. Problem is half the time I don't even "get" myself.
Guess that's why I've been single for 5 years!
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