LearningToFly

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  how many times were you disciplined???

  by mentalclearness in

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  well i grew up in the organization..and i had several committee meetings..i was privately reproved at 17 (for pot) at 22 i was publicly reproved (for sex) and privately reproved again at 31 for sex again.... .

  so who holds the record for the most discipline while still in the organization????

  i know many cases (mostly friends) who were df'ed came back and then df'ed again...i even know someone who was df'ed three times......

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  Only once.. which ended in an unfair disassociation. Went back was un-disassociated.. then after a time, walked away forever...
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  Pet peeve-itis. Do you have it?

  by exwitless in

  1. social
  2. humour

  at the suggestion of sweetface, i decided to make a new thread about pet peeves.

  here's a few of mine:.

  1) being invited to a baby shower or bridal shower for someone whom i have never met, just so i will bring them a gift.

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  Finding the new toilet paper roll resting on the empty roll instead of where it belongs.....

  Shower leftovers really gross me out... how hard is it to give the tub a rinse..

  Standing in a line waiting to pay for something when the cashier is enjoying a long drawn out conversation about nothing...
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  I want some Cheetos. How 'bout you?

  by Little Drummer Boy in

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  2. humour

  that's all.. just some crunchy cheetos.

  not the poofy kind.

  i like the crunchy ones.. dunno why.

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  I like the puffy kind... but my fave is Dill Pickle chips.... and Pepsi of course
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  favorite movie lines

  by bigdreaux in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  mine is from animal house: .

  over!?!?!?!!?

  was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?!?!?!?!?!

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  "The price is wrong.. "b*#ch" Happy Gilmore

  "You complete me" Jerry McGuire

  "I'll have what she's having" When Harry Met Sally

  "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get" Forest Gump
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  Did you ever feel that you had Jehovah's Smile Of Approval?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  i heard this phrase a lot over my jw tenure, if we do this or that, we would have "jehovah's smile of approval.

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  did you ever experience this, say for pioneering?

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  Only once, when I returned at 19.. a brief moment of euphoria that crumbled to disillusion rather quickly.......
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  My granddaughter 5 mos old passed away today...

  by Tatiana in

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  2. friends

  she was beautiful.

  her name was aliyah.

  she would have been 5 mos tomorrow.

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  Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful granddaughter and daughter with us, I can't even begin to imagine such a loss, such a loss is my greatest fear in life. (((((Hugs)))) to you Tatiana!
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  What's your favourite TV commercial ...

  by Frequent_Fader_Miles in

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  2. entertainment

  much to my hubby's chagrin, i really love tv commercials!

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  Jimmy Fallon Pepsi commercial:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37WgPmkOuM
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  I REALLY DON'T CARE...............................

  by Warlock in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe in god, but i also realize he may not exist.. if you don't believe in god, i really don't care, i'm just curious.. i don't have this need to start threads like "why you must believe in god", or other such nonsense, but some of you still have this "control" issue that you thought you left in the org.

  it seems like you must still try to control what others think.

  "think like me, or you are an idiot.

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  "NO one can say for sure whether god does or does not exist, we all agree to that at the moment - it's just that the TOTAL LACK of evidence makes it reasonable to assume there is no god. At some point a god may decide to reveal itsself. Until then it's a moot point."

  This is the most logical and realistic way to look at the issue - no one really knows.

  I'de like to add as well to another point made on the mind: Each individual from childbirth on is presented with a belief system due to their environment and the individuals raising them. These belief systems are set until the child or grown child has a chance to investigate the world on their own and establish their own belief system. (sadly some never investigate)

  This can be proven in the simplest things: A child will believe what a parent tells them (my daughter believed until she was about 10 that I truly had eyes in the back of my head - because I told her I did (lol). Although that is a very basic example of what the mind is fed, it shows that what we perceive as real is based on what we are led to believe.

  On a larger scale, humans have been fed many beliefs, the most common the belief that there is a god, there is a hell.. ect.. ect.. depending on who raised you and what part of the world you grew up in. Individuals tend to carry the belief system of their environment through life unless they are inspired personally to investigate all the options available.

  From my investigation, many theories are possible, but not absolute, because they have not been proven. Because nothing has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, I cannot personally choose to believe in any one thing. I do though respect the right of each individual to chose a belief system and very much enjoy a good debate on the many theories and options that are plausible out there, but until I can see absolute proof of a theory being absolutely correct with no doubts then I chose to live with an open mind until the time comes that something can be proven.

  For me at this time, the only way to prove anything will come through scientific evaluation. It likely won't happen in my lifetime, but the answers are out there somewhere. Until then, I am quite comfortable accepting there is no absolute proof and will continue to live a life as good as I can, continuing with investigation openly until the answers are clear before me.
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  Tell Us Something We Probably Don't Know About You

  by minimus in

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  i'll start.. i love the jerky boys and "prank" candid camera/punked types of humor.. i also love r&b, soul, funk and disco.. now what can you tell us about yourself that we might've never guessed?.

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  Congrats Jess

  Another newspaper issue:

  "I cannot read a mangled newspaper.. I need it tidy and in place.. (perfectionist or slightly compulsive lol) ?
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  Were YOU Raised In "The Truth" or Did You Convert???

  by minimus in

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  i was raised a witness.

  (so i have some excuse).

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  Raised here......