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  Michael Jackson's "Pioneering" Experi...

  by Eyebrow in

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  one thing that always annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses.

  it really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  i got a kick out of an article michael jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering".

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  Eyebrow

  Nathan,

  now THAT would be a riot!
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  Holidays

  by celebrate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having grown up in a jw household, celebrating holidays was always a problem.

  my mother is catholic, so we tried to celebrate, but somehow the jws always had something bad to say, or they went to another part of the house.

  a christmas tree was a symbol of satan.

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  Eyebrow

  I wanted to add that we never got gifts year round as kids either. But then again, it was really due to the fact my parents didn't have any money. My mother would try to do a toy part once a year in january and get us some stuff. that was always fun!

  When my mother was growing up she knew kids in her town that would not get new boots or coats until xmas because their parents could not afford to buy both presents and new clothes. At least we got the clothes and boots when we needed them...either second hand or new!

  My kids today do get toys year round. We love to get them stuff! Because my inlaws sometimes go a little overboard on xmas (hey, there are grandparents, I'm not going to let it bother me), I try to limit the number of toys we get them for xmas. On birthdays we take the kid to ToysRUs and let them pick out on birthday toy from mom and dad. Then we usually take them to Chuck E. Cheese or another similiar place so they can share their day with the whole family. (Of course, inlaws give them toys too, but thats fine. Picking out the toy is a real treat for them too!)

  Holidays for us have meant getting to spend time with my inlaws. Becasue they live so far away (about 8 hours) we try to go to their house for Tgiving, xmas and Easter. Since most my mother does not celebrate holidays we do not have to worry about hurting feelings as to where we are going. I do have brothers and sisters that celebrate now, but they usually spend it with their inlaws or boyfriend/girlfriend's families.

  One thing I want to change this year is having MY nonwitness family come over to our house for a holiday celebration. It has been wierd because my mother lives upstairs. We will invite her too and let her make her own decision.

  Do any of you ever invite your JW relatives to holiday events?
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  Holidays

  by celebrate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having grown up in a jw household, celebrating holidays was always a problem.

  my mother is catholic, so we tried to celebrate, but somehow the jws always had something bad to say, or they went to another part of the house.

  a christmas tree was a symbol of satan.

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  Eyebrow

  My 10 year old son is going to carve a pumpkin today for the first time ever. Thank goodness his stepfather had a whole lifetime of holidays, so he has been able to really help us enjoy them!
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  JW killed building a KH in Germany

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, at a construction site where a new kh is to be built,a crane fell down, killed a sister and injured some others severly.

  local tv reported that now police has started investigations against the crane operator.

  building a kh in germany is done by voluntary workers that are not properly insured by the wts but are dependant on their own insurances.

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  Eyebrow

  ACK!!

  That really is a shame. =(
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  Michael Jackson's "Pioneering" Experi...

  by Eyebrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing that always annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses.

  it really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  i got a kick out of an article michael jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering".

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  Eyebrow

  Fred,

  You are still JW...didn't Jackson annoy you just a wee bit as a witness?
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  Michael Jackson's "Pioneering" Experi...

  by Eyebrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing that always annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses.

  it really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  i got a kick out of an article michael jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering".

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  Eyebrow

  One thing that ALWAYS annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses. It really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  I got a kick out of an article Michael Jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering". It often makes me wonder how much money he handed his local kingdom hall to keep them off his backs. I also wonder if he ever was given the opportunity to experience what a real witness life was all about.

  At least he is not negative, haaha!

  http://www.belief.net/frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/56/story_5697_1.html&boardID=8294
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  Don`t foget to turn your clocks back!

  by OUTLAW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  don`t forget to turn your clocks back 1hr.enjoy your extra hour of sleep!.

  the golden rule:the people with the gold, make the rule`s!

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  Eyebrow

  Wow....I forgot all about doing that...good thing my cable box and computer did it automatically.

  I am going back to bed! Woohooo!
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  JW's The friendliest people in the world

  by Celtic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a short while back i was sitting on the doorstep enjoying a rollie when from nowhere, this thought pattern appeared in my head on the subject of friendliness and jw's.. the way i saw things was from the perspective that here you have this guy called jesus, who despite churning things up quite a bit in the first century, was in fact not a bad guy to bump into.

  in fact i reckon he was pretty cool.. to strangers he gave his time, his company and support.

  he got to know people on the local level and mixed without barriers to all communities of all sorts.

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  Eyebrow

  Hey...

  I used to be a JW

  I used to sell insurance and mutual funds

  I used to be in Amway and another similiar scheme

  Oh my god! 3 out of 4?????

  What does that say about me? Good thing I am not a drunk, heehe!
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  Dr Phil's "Get Real Challenge"

  by Esmeralda in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just wondering if anyone is watching the dr. phil get real challenge that will be running all season, on tuesdays on oprah.. i'm curious if anyone wants to kind of 'buddy up' in a small group and follow the program and writing exercises (there is an online workbook).

  please let me know if you're interested.

  i'm emphasizing "small" for the sake of really being able to interact and not letting it get out of control.

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  Eyebrow

  I am interested...but still waiting for the baby to come. Is this something I could start when I get out of the hospital, or is it right away? (I am over 2 weeks late ack! I should have her soon!)
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  So,what are you do`in on Hallaween eh?

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i`ll just stay home,hand out candy to the neighbourhood kid`s and sip a molson.. the golden rule:the people with the gold, make the rule`s!

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  Eyebrow

  When we were kids my my mom would shut all the lights out so they would not come to the house. My brother would lie in wait for the kids that like to soap our windows and toilet paper the tree. He would chase them down the road with a bat sometimes. That was almost as fun as trick or treatingn heehee.