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  So whats your guilty secret?

  by Voices in

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  alright.....i've had some alcohol.....and i'm not drunk..but slightly buzzed... and i've caved into my guilty secret... i hate to say it.....i really do, adn most of you wont understand this....but.......i just want to say......cradle of filth is a great awesome band.

  it's like scream-o, death, gothic metalness that pieces and connects so much for me.

  i havn't heard them since 2006, but.....man....it's my guilty secret...... .

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  Sons of Anarchy
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  Brother tells Elders "fermented Coke" made him get a drink driving charge???? LOL!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  yes a brother was interrigated by the s.s elders in a local ethnic cong.

  for getting arrested while driving under the influence of alcohol....to save his privleges he says that he had no alcohol at all, but did drink from an old bottle of coke which must have "fermented" into alcohol in his stomach...... maybe one of the best bullcrap stories i ever heard.....we need more honest elders like him in jehovahs "clean organisation..

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  ahhh, truth_b_known...you forgot the "natural nystagmus" defense!
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  Need some sage JWN advice

  by Simon Morley in

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  it has been two years since my family stopped attending and being "active".

  my daughter is in her 30's settled and teaching with a masters degree she got post her separation and divorce four years ago from a witness, she is remaried and happy.

  we just celebrated our first xmas since joining jw in the early 80's.. my wife now has increasing bouts of extreme anger (that border on violence) directed primarily at me for wasting twenty years of her life and causing my daughter to have periodic problems with flashbacks and anxiety.

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  Leaving the JW's involves certain stages of emotion similar to grieving. I agree with Rebel that your wife's reaction seems a bit extreme in relation to blaming you for a decision I would assume she had a part in. Seeking counseling might be a good decision...I would try to get her to go with you so she won't be overly defensive at the suggestion to seek counseling. You might also want to look at the Free Minds website...I believe there is information on there regarding exits from the JW's.

  http://www.freeminds.org/
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  A Small Gift To You. (I hope...)

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  i was an ex jw.

  first lesson: be happy.

  read books.

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  Don't let your accountant fire YOU when you catch them in malfeasance

  by Terry in

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  you own a business and hire an accountant to manage the finances.. your checks start to bounce every once and awhile.

  you anxiously call your accountant: "what's going on?

  bank to cover these things!".

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  You know the old saying Terry...

  "Figures never lie, liars figure!"

  I guess that could apply to other types of "accountants" too...
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  So glad to be home from the hospital!

  by 3rdgen in

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  this past mon.

  i had to have a hysterectomy and some other repairs.

  i told the doc that since i'm going under anyway, if you see something that needs fixing, do it....and he went to town!

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  Hi 3rdgen...I am glad the surgery went well. Don't be surprised about being down...I was in the hospital this year for over a week, and when I came home I was "not myself" either. It is very typical, and often can be a combination of the drugs you are taking and the trauma to your body. As a surgeon once told me, "surgery is just an assualt with a deadly weapon under a controlled environment"! Once you turn the recovery corner, you will be amazed how much better you will feel, both physically and mentally.

  As to your new life, it too will improve...to use a tired old WT cliche, "keep your eyes on the prize".
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  Cigars And Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Bangalore in

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  cigars and jehovah's witnesses.. http://drschiffman.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/cigars-and-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  bangalore.

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  El Rey Del Mundo is a great smoke...full bodied, rich and a decent value!
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  I Had A Dream About My iPhone Last Night.

  by Philadelphia Ponos in

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  first time in my life i had a dream about an object.

  i've been experiencing many weird emotions every since i purcahsed this "phone".

  i'm starting to understand the religious element that comes with owning apple products.

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  Siri has possessed you!
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  JW FAMOUS CLICHE SAYINGS

  by strymeckirules in

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  what saying made it all around the country?.

  the ones that were passed around, word of mouth.. for example.

  "donations basis proves jehovah is behind the work!".

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  "it will be such a privelege to sit down with Moses, David and Noah to hear first hand their accounts of faithfulness"

  "even if the system continues beyond our death, have we not benefited from living the "pure religion"?"

  "I have already picked out the house I will be living in after Armageddon!"
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  The Watchtower is NOT a false prophet

  by The Quiet One in

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  regarding what some have said here about the wt being a false prophet.. i would like to make my point regarding the wt not being a false prophet... so please, if you can be patient enough to read this, at least try to understand what i am getting at.. a false prophet is one who, according to deuteronomy, makes a false prediction of the future and claims that the prediction came from god, or in other words claiming that 'god has said he will do a certain thing at a certain time' etc.. for example, hypothetically speaking, if someone had claimed: "god will bring about the end of the world in 2010", they would have been proven to be a false prophet, obviously.

  but, as an example, imagine a man who claimed the position of a prophet of god, (as moses did, because although he was not the type of prophet that predicted the future.. he was still a prophet or spokesman for god) and that he had publicised worldwide, according to his interpretation of a (for example) prophecy found in the book of isaiah, that the world would end in 2010.. and he had also stated that he was not saying that god will end the world in that year.. but only that there was biblical evidence that god might do so.

  that would clearly have been a mistake.

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  TQO...the difference between Moses and the WTS is that Moses NEVER spoke on God's behalf something that didn't happen or come to be. He may have made human mistakes, but he never falsely prophesied. If you want to liken the WTS to Moses, then you have completely missed the mark in discerning truth from falsehood.

  edit: JWF...we must have posted at the same time!