Posts by Eyebrow2

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Transition from Kingdom Hall to Church

by findingmyway in

is there anyone out there who used to attend the kh and now attends a church?

Eyebrow2

You just need to ease your son away from the KH teachings slowly.

My son was 7 when I left. We didn't go to a different church, but I had been a nazi witness, and then all of a sudden we were not going any longer. I sat him down, and explained to him the best I could that it is important to follow what you believe, and that I had discovered some things that made me realize I didn't agree with the things taught at the KH. That I wanted him to have a life where he could get to know people of all walks of life, and that the KH wouldn't allow him to play with other kids, just because of their religion. Of course, he did have some guilt the first time we celebrated xmas, and some with his bday, but he adjusted pretty well. I think it helps a lot if he has some non witness friends too.

I agree that you should really take things slow if you are uncomfortable going to a new church already. Does your boyfriend really understand how you feel about it? You may need to have a few more discussions and really give him some details about why it is uncomfortable. Also, you need to know if he would still be with you if choose not to attend his church. This is VERY important...you really, REALLY need to find out for sure before you get married.

Good luck, and welcome.!

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Could you imagine Jesus dressed in a suit like a JW going door to door?

by JH in

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that's not the mental image i have of jesus.

i don't think that jesus pested people, and i don't think he had to be dressed better or differently from those he preached to.. .

Eyebrow2

I can see a whole new line of clothing for christian schools emerge
The WWJW line

What Would Jesus Wear? A line of polo shirts and khaki pants that even the Christ would find comfortable.

Available now at JCPENNEY...get it JC Penney? teeheehee

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Any fellow humanists out there?

by Eyebrow2 in

i have been reading a lot here and there the past year about humanism, etc...and i am curious who else on this board that have left jwism has gone that route?.

it took me a few years, but this is where i am at now, and i have been looking into local groups in my area (dallas, tx) that meet together.

i will probably be going in september when the next meeting is.

Eyebrow2

Ahhh cool beans...thanks for replying all.

I don't think I will ever be able to shake the need for a "community". I have accepted it hahah.

Do you ever feel like you want to share your views with others, or just wait until someone asks about what your faith is?

Just curious...I would like to be active in the community at some point...maybe do one of those adopt a road thing, and have a sign up that says This part of the road is adopt by the local humanist group...yadda yadda.

I am sharing what I have learned and read with my youngers sister, and my son, but I haven't really (well except for here of course) felt the urgency to "spread" it.

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I haven't walked out of a movie in a very long time...

by Elsewhere in

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... but today i went to see deuce bigalow: european gigolo and i have to say it was the most stupid thing i have seen in a very long time.

it was so painfully bad that i actually walked out on it.

it was a never ending series of "penis" jokes and "gay" jokes and other really really stupid gags... like the girl bigalow meets in obsessive compulsive and has 130 stupid things she does.

Eyebrow2

At least Vin Diesel is pretty to watch.

I didn't mind the first one too much...I saw it on tv though, didn't pay to buy or rent it.

We very rarely will pay the price to see a movie in a theater unless it is one of those epic movies, or something that seeing it on a big screen really enhances it.

Although, exceptions would be Hitchhikers, KungFu Hustle and the new Longest Yard movie. It would have been wrong not to see the first one on opening night, and the other two were "we need to get out of the house without the kids lets go see a movie" situation hahah.

I was shocked they made a second one as well. I thought Rob Schneider was making his living now playing bit parts in Adam Sandler movies.

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District Convention ApostaKits - Experiences???

by Ingenuous in

i'm new and i just stumbled across the "checks" to be dropped into the donation boxes, etc.

has anyone completed any "covert" operations?

how did it go?

Eyebrow2

Wow I totally missed that posting. Good for Richie...that kid has some nerve!

=)

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NOAH'S ARK WAS A SUBMARINE

by VM44 in

aliens helped build noah's ark

file: ufo224

ancient tests reveal that noah's ark was built with the help of space aliens and that it was actually a submarine especially made to help him survive the great flood, say experts.

Eyebrow2

Tsunami...seriously, all kidding aside, that would be a cool scifi/fantasty story. Somewhat Robert Heinlein.

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NOAH'S ARK WAS A SUBMARINE

by VM44 in

aliens helped build noah's ark

file: ufo224

ancient tests reveal that noah's ark was built with the help of space aliens and that it was actually a submarine especially made to help him survive the great flood, say experts.

Eyebrow2

HAHAHA...oh my god,....hahah

I just had this vision stuck in my head of a yellow sub, with Noah yellowing periscope up!...with various animals milling around hahha.

And if you visualize it with the beattles yellow submarine cartoon in the background...hahahha...oh my god...phew...thanks for the laugh.

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The Fanatics Who Founded America.

by Englishman in

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take a peek at an excerpt from this book that is in the course of being written by simon worrall.

the fanatics who founded america.

fundamentalist zealots dreaming of a new world order, sexual repression, scary old blokes with beards.

Eyebrow2

yes, good old St. Augustine...isn't that the oldest, longest continually inhabited settlement in the US?

It is too bad the Vikings couldn't set up shop here...there were a little more interesting...but noooo...they just stop by. so sad. I love big blonde burly men.

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Did you just get up, or are you STILL UP??

by Eyebrow2 in

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well, here in tx, it is almost 6am.. i have been up all night....i have had a lot of insomnia lately, ack...and since i went to bed really late friday(actually saturday morning about 5am) and didn't get up until the afternoon saturday, i figured it would be better to just stay up all night and try again to sleep like a normal human being sunday night.. ack....how about the rest of you?.

i am listening to tori amos and surfing the web in between loads of laundry hahah.

Eyebrow2

gasp...in...need...of....coffee....10 more hours then I can go to bed safely....

ahhh I think I have some diet vanilla pepsi....gulp

Tsunami..do you mean 11PM?

I hear little voices in the other room...uh oh, the little people that live in the house are starting to stir,

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Did you just get up, or are you STILL UP??

by Eyebrow2 in

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well, here in tx, it is almost 6am.. i have been up all night....i have had a lot of insomnia lately, ack...and since i went to bed really late friday(actually saturday morning about 5am) and didn't get up until the afternoon saturday, i figured it would be better to just stay up all night and try again to sleep like a normal human being sunday night.. ack....how about the rest of you?.

i am listening to tori amos and surfing the web in between loads of laundry hahah.

Eyebrow2

Ballistic...hmmm I did not..how funny is that?

No wild turkey here...I do have some absolut vodka though. Just when I have a drink so I can get to sleep, I either get up a few hours later to visit the restroom, or else wake up feely groggy.

I guess I am a lite weight with alcohol.