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  Reunion- Stepping Back to a Time Before All the JW Stuff Started

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  although i was exposed to the jw's as a child as the only religion i knew, i was not a jw until i got out of the navy as a conscientious objector.

  so i was typical "worldly" when i hit 18 out of high school and i got to see the world before personal catastrophy involving heavy drinking made me turn to the lies that i thought were "the truth.

  " so just over 30 years ago, i got the special privilege of serving as the original crew of a brand new ship with a crew slightly over 200. i served 5 years on the "uss worldly" and then left to become a jw.. when you are the first crew, you learn together how to use that ship, how to run things smoothly.

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  Thanks for sharing your reunion experience, OTWO.

  I'm happy to report that my pre-JW associates have accepted me back into the fold unconditionally.

  Sylvia
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  The tower of Babel

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the bible story nimrod is having all the people build a tower to the heavens and god didn't like it so he caused there to be different languages all a miss so no one could understand one another.

  so thats the bible story anyway, what about reality.

  in my limited research of ancient history its come to my attention that the main language written and spoken was akad or akkadian.

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  snowbird

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/

  Here you go; decide for yourself, Comatose.

  Sylvia
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  The tower of Babel

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the bible story nimrod is having all the people build a tower to the heavens and god didn't like it so he caused there to be different languages all a miss so no one could understand one another.

  so thats the bible story anyway, what about reality.

  in my limited research of ancient history its come to my attention that the main language written and spoken was akad or akkadian.

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  snowbird

  According to the Book of Jasher, the Tower of Babel was built when Noah was 940 years old, Nimrod was 88, and Abraham was 48.

  That would have been 300+ years after the Flood.

  I like this book because, unlike the Bible, the ages of the characters are given and the happenings are arranged in chronological order.

  Sylvia
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  A TEASER prologue to my Science-Fiction novel: The Monorails of Mars

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what follows is a prologue to the novel and plot which ensues.

  the style is steampunk.

  a mixing of space travel and such with victorian era technology.. .

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  I'm gonna try on my long white robe, down by the river side ...

  LOL!

  Sylvia
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  Is it a sheep or a goat?

  by Caedes in

  1. social
  2. current

  so which biblical 'kind' is it, a sheep or a goat?

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26882203.

  a rare, hybrid animal that is part goat and part sheep has been born on a farm in the republic of ireland.

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  snowbird

  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoat

  Shoat has already been taken.

  Sylvia
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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

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  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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  I am balancing an oblong tray on which sits a cup of oolong tea, trying to figure out why I'm so obtuse this morning.

  Sylvia

  academic adversity affluent
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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

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  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  LOL.

  Alliteration, why hast thou forsaken me?

  You were, at one time, my constant, continual, continuous companion.

  Sylvia

  denizen drupe dyad
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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

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  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  In order to quell any lingering doubts as to his credentials, Quentin decided to quibble over the supposed quattrocento architecture of the dilapidated mansion.

  ribald risque rollicking
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  First post after a year or two of lurking on this site-Sorry for the length!

  by Pattytheperfect1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  not sure of the point of telling my story, but just got off the phone with my grandma and i am so angry, stressed and i don't know what else...i guess i just wanted to hear from someone other than my husband that i'm not crazy for my reaction to family interaction.. my condensed story gramatical errors and all :).

  father was a born in jw, mother was a convert.

  i was born the last of 3 siblings and shortly after my birth in 1981 my parents divorced.

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  No words, just a big (((((((Patty))))))).

  Sylvia
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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  Prunella Pickford paraded into the room with such pizzazz, plonked down onto the settee, and carefully removed the two mink pelts that enshrouded her ample shoulders.

  quaint quiescent quarrelsome

  Sylvia