Mocha Godiva if BP has it. Here is a 20. Thanks!
White Dove
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Going on a beer run, get anybody anything?
by AlmostAtheist ini'm going to dash over to bp and grab a six-pack, maybe some beef jerky.
you guys need anything?
dave
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If growth indicates god's blessing...
by changeling inthen how come the adventists have 15 million members and jw's only 6.7, when they originated at around the same time?
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White Dove
Geez, I hope not. But just in case, Come now all you loyal ones, praise Allah, all you faithful ones! I can't believe I finally forgot a line out of the song book:):):)
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Have You Divorced And/Or Remarried- What Did You Learn From It ?
by flipper inin seeing a lot of posters threads , i feel i see many people who have been divorced at one time , and either have remarried or have stayed single .
i totally understand those who choose to stay single, as i was single for 6 years before i got married again !
as experts say, next to death it's one of the hardest experiences you'll go through !
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White Dove
I'm divorced. I learned never to marry again. I learned that marraige is a farce used only for tracking the lineage of one's children patrilineally and owning a piece of property (husband owns wife). I learned to appreciate friends with benefits.
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White Dove
Funny!
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What about your JW past are you thankful for?
by nvrgnbk inin the interest of self-healing and finding the peace that comes from being grateful, can you think of anything at all that was positive about having been one of jehovah's witnesses?.
not to be misunderstood with missing something about it, is there something about the experience that has enriched you?.
to answer the question myself, being forced to face the fallacies of the teachings of jwism, i was also prompted to look past those teachings and reevaluate everything i believed in.. that experience was frightening and unsettling, but i'm thankful for it.. i now have a greater appreciation for life in all its wonder than i did when i took it for granted as one of jehovah's witnesses.. i'm more determined now to find meaning in this life, after having lived for so long for a future that was never to arrive..
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White Dove
I can speak intellegently about Bible stories and some theological things but not on theological interpretations that other Christians can talk on because they were taught by a college educated minister and we were not. My sentence needs a comma.
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JW's Raised In - Did you get bullied during you Grade School Years?
by BBOARD indue to the way i was raised a jw i constantly felt guilt for trying to act like the other guys and it made me stand out even worse.
to this day, due to this, i nowdays become somewhat physically ill whenever i hear a brother give a talk where he says (many here have heard it in different forms) "if jehovah was looking at you youths in the congregation during school could he tell the difference between you and a worldy person.
" myself and most of the other jw guys during middle school and high school did not have the confidence or the "rough and ready to fight" type of body language so we tended to get picked on.
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White Dove
Yes, I did! It was awful. I would go home in bruises from being punched in the arms and kicked in the shins. I was pushed down in the gravel while running with a PE class and have an ugly scar on my knee. It ripped a big hole in my favorite pair of jeans. That was in 5th grade. A friend of mine said that all I have to do is celebrate X-mas and they would stop doing it. She was smart. That would have proven that I wasn't the odd one they thought I was. But I was odd. I couldn't eat the birthday cupcake. How stupid is that? I was targeted so many times with verbal and physical violence in 6 years of grade school that I was super super messed up.
Chenoa
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Favorite dopey, cheesy metal bands, songs...
by avishai inmanowar... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjhnwao6dn8.
musically, there pretty good, and eric adams can sing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scljmnrmlnq.
but lyrically, god, they're dumber than spinal tap!
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White Dove
Mmmmm....cheese.......mmmmm....yummy!
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White Dove
Anewme,
Out of all of the posts on this thread, I identify with yours the most. I am much less if not at all screwed up compared to what I was in the org. I'm going to school and making something of myself. My dream is to be a tax paying contributing member of society so I can respect and live with myself. Life is so much better now. I respect people so much more than I did. I had no respect for non-JW's. Rejecting 99.9% of the population of my planet is not a moral way to live. It's no life at all. I love life now:)
Chenoa:)
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homosexuals and JWs
by solidergirl ini have no problem being around gay people.
but bring it up a car group and omg its like the number 1 sin in the world.
it got to point where i wanted to stand up for them.
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White Dove
What he meant in his statement was that he did not choose to be gay. Read what is meant, not just said in words. Lifestyles are chosen. Life is not. You are born with life dimensions that manifest in different stages of life. The gay, straight or bi gender is one dimension of life out of many dimensions. Like it or not, it will manifest itself some time during your life. I do believe that it may be tied to the personality of the individual like favorite color and favorite food preferences, to put it simply. You don't choose to like certain foods. Either you like them or you don't. You don't choose to like a certain color. Either you favor it or you don't. It's very very personal and pre-wired in the individual.
Chenoa
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homosexuals and JWs
by solidergirl ini have no problem being around gay people.
but bring it up a car group and omg its like the number 1 sin in the world.
it got to point where i wanted to stand up for them.
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White Dove
You're right. It sure doesn't feel like a choice. I chose to live most of my life heterosexually while squashing down bi feelings. It's like I'm wired to be bi. I was certainly never ever taught to be bi. My body just seemed to think and feel what came naturally, not taught. I was raised a JW. So much for nurture v. nature. I really am just admitting what gender I really am. I have never changed it deep down. I was only acting for most of my life based on what I was taught. Now I can be me, all of me.