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  Getting Drunk at the ASSembly tomorrow! *queue evil smile*

  by Mincan in

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  i got the plans in the works!

  i've got a 26er and a half of vodka mixed with fruit punch (no smell on breath or when mixed :d) in my suitcase!!!!

  lol!

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  For two cents worth:

  I agree with SoSad. Take the day off, get plastered if you want...and, as one said, don't drive....enjoy yourself. Pick your battles wisely: this is a long war.

  Take care,

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  Would Witnesses Go Out in Ministry if They Didn't Allow Counting Time?

  by flipper in

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  hey folks.

  mr. flipper here.

  when i was a witness , like a lot of you, remember we'd all scramble around at the end of the month asking each other, ( or your book study conductor would remind you) to turn our time in for field ministry ?

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  Field service "time" has got to be the BIGGEST joke on the planet.

  I have seen a group pile into a big van, go in the rurals, talk to two people, and there would be 18 hours turned in. I know a former pioneer: a "pioneer family" always chose to go with her: they would sleep while she worked and, then, count all the snooze time as "service."

  The total time spent would drop. How, much...who knows?.....no one counting....

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  Missing my siblings wedding

  by NYCkid in

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  2. family

  just releasing some steam, but i'm going to be missing my siblings wedding this summer due to the fact i'm dfd.

  my sibling invited me but i can't justify the travel expense (across the country) to observe a 20 minute ceremony and then go to a motel alone while everyone is stuffing their faces.. i just hits at the core of human relationships and is so divisive, but that is the point.

  after months of no communication, my mother calls me this week to remind me of what i'm missing out on.

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  NY,

  Hang tough....there is going to be a lot of incidents like this.

  I have empathy on a lot of fronts.

  Yours is the better path.

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  Paper or Plastic bags?

  by JH in

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  i expect this thread to be on warlock's best of the week thread next week.

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  i prefer platic bags because they take less place, but my cat prefers paper bags because she cat can play in it..... .

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  plastic: easier to carry.

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  Long time members, how do you cope with so much tragedy on this forum?

  by PEC in

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  i have only been here for six months and i can see why so many people have to leave or at least take breaks from this forum.. what are you doing to cope?

  i want to stay, please help.

  pm me if needed.. philip.

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  Phil,

  As long as we move forward in Journey, confront and endure truth (because a truth seeker is, almost, always uncomfortable), avoid the mind numbing of the mundane attitudes of the majority around us, and join with those of like kind: we will be ok.

  Those that exit, for a while, leave the guranteed warmth, water, and food of a cult. We strike out into the cold, thirst, and hunger that lie in the unknows of exiting. But we trust....

  We trust that love will overcome hostility.

  We trust knowledge will overcome uncertainty.

  We trust bravery will overcome fear.

  We trust light will overcome darkness.

  And, in the wilderness of our doubt, we do not look back to the suppossed securtiy and inviting delicacies left behind because the cost bondage is always greater than the cost of freedom.

  So, we press on......

  I encourage you in this Journey and am thankful we are all progressing, in part, now, here, together.

  Good night,

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  It finally occurs to me: The JWs are 100% correct!

  by LiveLife in

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  i really am no longer one of jehovah's witnesses!.

  did i getchya?

  i bear witness to three: the father, the son, and the holy spirit.

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  Sleep peacefully....

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  What are you doing for Fourth of July?

  by PEC in

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  here i go again, i am going to keep doing these until, i get at least a hundred replies to one.. middle of the week, no vacation, staying home.

  anyone want to come over for a bbq?

  i am in san diego, ca 92126. pm me if you are interested.

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  Helping Tyson hatch chickens: woooppieeee!!!

  Happy 4th to all!

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  Another update.

  by R.F. in

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  2. experiences

  just wanted to fill you all in on what's been going on with me lately....... well it's been about a month and a half and i've been to 2 congregation meetings within that time span.

  i've gotten no calls from any of the elders accept two, and they might've called twice each at the most, but it does seem like they're inquiring about me through another person at the moment.

  but either way, i feel im on the right track with fading, and i really don't care about what the elders think anymore, or any other jw for that matter.. my dad who was on my case hard at first has backed off.

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  Wonderful report!

  A time of rest and relaxation in this exiting process is so important. I am glad you are, wisely, I think anyway, taking the time to de-stress. Good for you!

  Yours in this Journey,

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  Universal Soverienty

  by emptywords in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the biggest tests for me when learning with the jw was why god permitted wickedness, suffering, cruelty ect... they say because of the issue involving jehovah'suniversal soverienty, satans challenge to gods right to rule..gen 3:15. and how we are all involved in this issue (job).

  also people will have to know i am jehovah (ezekiel 36:23: 39:7) the sanctification of gods name is placed as the highest importance for the issue of u. s.. i have always had a problem with this, as for me i can't understand how god could allow so much cruelty just to prove satan a liar and through inhereted sin we to are involved in this because adam was our fleshly father.

  does this sound egotistical to you, or am i really evil for even thinking that there is something wrong with all this.. so do you see a connection with " why god has allowed wickedness, and the issue of his universal soverienty"..

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  Vernon Williams

  This is another "hand me a puke bag" topic:

  The soverienty of God was NEVER in dispute. NEVER, never, never....

  The Creator has ALWAYS been in total and complete charge of all things.

  This "soverienty" issue is only an issue with the JWs. They are, of course, spirtually insane, so....

  On the allowance of evil: my take: it makes no sense to me, however, CS Lewis, in his book "Mere Christianity" gives the best explanation I have heard or read to date.

  Get the book, a glass of tea, and enjoy.

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  red sky

  by darth frosty in

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  red sky.

  i woke up on the grass field.. i must have time traveled to this distant land.. i hear birds chirping, i feel the heavens moving and my god......... theres a fire in the sky.. .

  i can't tell if the sun is break night or if the night is engulfing the sun.

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  Cool.....

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