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  How long were you...

  by Honesty in

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  in the truth before you found out it isn't?

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  Akira

  34 years and still in because of my parents.
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  Let's take a poll

  by ldrnomo in

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  how many partakers were there in your congregation if we get enough of a count, we can average them out over the 100000 cong's and see how close we come to predicting the total number worldwide.. sadly i could not attend because i am out of the country.

  not, lol, imjoeking, about the sadly part.

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  Akira

  One in my congregation. One in the other (same kingdom hall).
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  I'm a dad again!! How do you ladies do it...

  by Qcmbr in

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  just had my third child - still in the dazed, lack of proper sleep and food phase.

  i have to say - credit to my wife and all you mothers out there, how the hell do you go through it!?

  i had that numb, helpless, car crash look as she went through the wringer and all i could do was pass the gas and air and mumble - 'you're doing really good.

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  Akira

  Wonderful! Congratulations!!!!
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  I see Dead People...

  by zeroday in

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  and other famous movie lines....what's yours...

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  Akira

  From The Matrix (my favorite movie of all times)

  Morpheus: "Welcome to the real world."

  Morpheus: "Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me."

  Cypher: "I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss."

  Neo (the first time he returned to the Matrix): "I used to eat there. Really good noodles. I have these memories from my life. None of them happened. What does that mean?"
  Trinity: "That the Matrix cannot tell you who you are."

  Do you believe in fate, Neo?
  Neo:
  No.

  Morpheus:
  Why not?

  Neo:
  Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

  Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now...in this very room.
  You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television.
  You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes.
  It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes....to blind you from the truth.

  Neo:
  What truth?

  Morpheus:
  That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage.
  Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison....for your mind.

  Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

  Boy (to Neo): "There is no spoon"
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  Dubs and doorbells -- has there been some "new light"?

  by parakeet in

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  this afternoon my husband looked out the window and saw two unmistakable dubs shuffling up our street.

  he didn't have time to warn me before they came to our door (he knows i get a bit testy whenever they visit).

  i was in a nearby room, but heard nothing, saw nothing.

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  Akira

  It is different where I live because we have to say "good morning" loud in every house. So, no pretending.
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  My life - A brief history. Part 1

  by Galileo in

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  this post has gotten quite long so i decided to break it up into at least two sections.

  i hope it doesnt come across as rambling.

  i should start with a confession: it was my smurf that walked out of the kingdom hall in the early 80's.

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  Akira

  Welcome! I really enjoyed reading your post. Very interesting. Looking forward for the second part.

  Akira
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  How many of the 144K anointed were in your congregation

  by MOG in

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  growing up in the spanish congregation in chicago - i knew 4-5 of this supposed anointed.

  all of them no longer are jw, 2-3 of them started their own religionthe other 2 was a mother and son.

  they never went house to house, never raised their hands in meetings, never went to the book study we held is our own private homes.

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  Akira

  One. And is part of my family.
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  People who would never have been born...if the WTBTS was right!

  by gaiagirl in

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  i watched several movies this week, and afterwards, i was thinking about how many performers in those movies would never have been born if armageddon had come in the fall of 1975 as advertised.

  stardust featured clare danes and charlie cox, both born long since 1975. resident evil: extinction featured milla jovovitch, whose birthday is actually in december 1975, but it is likely that her parents would have already been dead by then, as they aren't witnesses.

  anyone else have favorite people (actors or not) who would not have been born if 1975 had lived up to the big buildup?

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  Kate Winslet - 1975
  Charlize Theron - 1975
  Collin Farrell - 1976
  Reese Witherspoon - 1976
  Shakira - 1977
  Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) - 1977
  Orlando Bloom - 1977
  Julia Stiles - 1977
  Ashton Kutcher - 1978
  Michelle Rodríguez - 1978
  Josh Hartnett - 1978
  Evangeline Lilly (Lost) - 1979
  Jake Gyllenhaal- 1980
  Beyonce Knowles - 1981
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  I'M NO LONGER A NEWBIE!!!!

  by tooktheredpill in

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  this is my post #100!.

  thanks a lot for all your support to date!.

  have a great day!!.

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  Akira

  Nice! Congratulations and keep posting!
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  Anyone who joined here in the last 6 months post here

  by WT=watchtrouble in

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  i thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.

  it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.

  may i be the first to say welcome.

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  Akira

  September 29, 2007