White Dove

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  What is the protocol when the memorial falls on the same night as the TMS/BS meeting

  by insearchoftruth in

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  will the tms/bs get rescheduled?

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  White Dove

  I think it's just a way to show how oh so important the (redundant yearly same old same old) memorial is compared to the rest of the meetings.

  Not that the other meetings aren't important.

  That's their view.
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  What is the protocol when the memorial falls on the same night as the TMS/BS meeting

  by insearchoftruth in

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  will the tms/bs get rescheduled?

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  White Dove

  Yeah, no meetings held or made up if Memorial falls on the same night.
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  I love my Congregation and Can't Wait for the District Assembly!

  by laverite in

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  hello my fellow jwners.

  i have been going the local unitarian church off and on for a few years.

  my kids and i go regularly now and love it.

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  White Dove

  I agree and am glad you found the UU's:)

  I found my experience with them very refreshing.

  They are all about serving others in practical ways and co-existing.
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  As an ex near witness I have a voracious capacity for reading

  by Star tiger in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  since nearly being consumed by witness mentality as an almost baptised member but thankfully due to my fantastic wifes scepticism toward it, i have now embarked on a voracious capacity for reading all the books that were once excluded from my list to get a total rounded out experience of life from the communist manifesto to atlas shrugged, wealth of nations, the age of reason, robert anton wilson, the koran and dare i say it mein kamf, the vedas, but i am still a bit frightened of the golden bough due to the residue of the jw's.

  all knowledge must be good, i've read the bible and but it seem a bit meh!, all books have some interesting points, except the nazi one but it's good to read anything you can!.

  anybody else obssesed with reading!!.

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  White Dove

  I'm a naturally voracious reader, even if I wasn't born-in.
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  Anyone else suffer from sleep paralysis?

  by Razziel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  oldflame's post got me thinking about it.

  i've never asked other people about how common it is, but it's pretty scary.. basically your body is asleep and paralyzed, but your mind is awake.

  sometimes you get a feeling of dread, othertimes of euphoria.

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  White Dove

  I was a small child when it happened and we all thought it was demons from garage sale items.
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  Anyone else suffer from sleep paralysis?

  by Razziel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  oldflame's post got me thinking about it.

  i've never asked other people about how common it is, but it's pretty scary.. basically your body is asleep and paralyzed, but your mind is awake.

  sometimes you get a feeling of dread, othertimes of euphoria.

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  White Dove

  Yes to all the above. Scary!

  I learned how to talk (think) myself through it, though, as I experienced auditory hallucinations in the form of extremely loud tinitus that was like a demonic scene in a movie.

  These experiences terrorized my childhood sleep about twice a month.

  I haven't had any more of them for around 10 years now. (I'm 43).
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  +$4.00 Gasoline. How does it change the Energy game

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  will it put pressure on politicians to approve the keystone pipeline.. should the nation's refineries stop selling as much gasoline as exports.. how does +$4.00 gasoline affect your monthly budget, how do you adjust..

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  White Dove

  Why is it so much more in the UK?
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  I'm not buying it! That people left the Witnesses and became Christians.

  by free2beme in

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  i tried it, could not swallow all the lies and misinformation they had.

  i am sorry, but even if you deny the whole witness faith, there is still parts to christianity that they pointed out that you can not just ignore and act like it is okay to join another faith that is christian.

  are you going to become catholic when your know their history?

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  White Dove

  I'm Wiccan but find Catholicism draws me, too.

  I can pick and choose how to use it because that is my right as a human being.

  I can do whatever I want that makes me feel whole and satisfied in my soul.

  So, I sort of call myself a Catholic witch, like my childhood friend calls herself.

  Mass is very relaxing and meditative.
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  Do Most Witnesses Truly Believe In Their Religion?

  by minimus in

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  i wonder how many witnesses actually believe their religion.

  what do you think?.

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  White Dove

  Violia,

  I think that brother was staying in to help others out.

  Maybe.
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  Do Most Witnesses Truly Believe In Their Religion?

  by minimus in

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  i wonder how many witnesses actually believe their religion.

  what do you think?.

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  White Dove

  Growing up and into my adulthood I did believe it was true, but I also found it most cumbersome and difficult to live with.

  I really wanted the holidays and birthdays.

  I didn't want my religion to be the right one, but it was and I had to deal with it.

  What a relief to find out it was just a bunch of sheiss!

  PS And prophesy was completely lost on me. I just didn't care enough to learn it.

  I had no idea that it was because it kept changing. I never noticed the changes when they happened.

  I just obeyed the rules and went to the khall, all the while wishing it wasn't the truth. That was it.