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  JW sister told my newly widowed mom that it would "look bad"if

  by aquagirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if i took her to the memorial this year.im df'd for years,but out of love and respect for my parents i always gave them this one night.my mum dosent drive.i was going to drive her and sit by her.i promised my dad that i would always do this for him.he was pretty cool,even tho he was an elder.my "devout" sister {who has never lifted a finger to help my parents}told her yesterday that it "wouldnt look good" for me to show up w/my mum,altho everyone knows that i have done everything for my parents,both before my dad died in december and since.

  is my sister just jealous that i have a fabulous life,am beautiful,rich,a guitar god,have excellent cool hair, xray vision,can communicate with aliens and have supernatural abilities?

  or is she just mean?lol..btw,i am going.and im taking my mum and we are going to sit in the front row,and yes,im gonna wear velvet.....

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  chickpea

  sure, it will look bad

  for your mean sister
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  Does a Woman's Insight ...

  by compound complex in

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  slow down her anger?.

  i guess you can't go with the "he/she" all-inclusive terminology in the scriptures, but i've often thought of the verse that states that a man's insight slows down his anger.. how do you ladies keep your cool when confronted with the bad behavior or speech of others [male, female, children, cats, dogs ...].. i'm really serious ... i think..... coco.

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  chickpea

  i have come to believe that silence is the voice of complicity...

  i speak up and speak out when i feel boundaries are crossed

  (with a scathing eloquence)
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  What's your plans on the JW Memorial night?

  by dissed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the last 13 years, we haven't attended and didn't even care about it.

  but since we became card carrying members of jwn in september, we have an interest in what are friends here on jwn are doing.. for us?

  we will be watching 'dancing with the stars'.

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  chickpea

  @ peaches

  the last memorial i attended, about 3-4 yrs ago,
  i was across the border in canada, never had
  been to the KH before, and i heard someone
  call the "only for memorial" attendees "submarines"
  because they only surface once a year....

  too loving for my tastes
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  Will we ever see a Paradise Earth?

  by wannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  will we ever see a paradise earh?.

  picture in your mind, a beautiful paradise-like park, planted by the god of the universe, who himself is perfect in all his ways.

  a garden of superalitive breath-taking beauty.

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  chickpea

  in a paradise, with no challenges to face and overcome,
  or accept when there is no victory, how does one become
  valiant, or develop courage, or empathy or display valour,
  or any of the traits and characteristics that enoble our
  humanity?

  it is hard for me to view the prevailing concept of
  "paradise" as a good thing
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  What's your plans on the JW Memorial night?

  by dissed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the last 13 years, we haven't attended and didn't even care about it.

  but since we became card carrying members of jwn in september, we have an interest in what are friends here on jwn are doing.. for us?

  we will be watching 'dancing with the stars'.

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  chickpea

  i will be in that "panic-before-traveling" packing frenzy
  since it is the night before my son and i have to be at
  a major university in the next state for his two intake
  appointments that will determine his readiness to proceed
  onto the next step in his transistion from female to male....
  hormone replacement therapy....

  pretty sure we wont be missed, or welcomed if we were to attend
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  I have to pass this one along

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://crazycrackerz.com/the-permission-slip/.

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  chickpea

  i hope i meet that guy IRL one day....
  just so i can shake his hand!

  too funny for words!
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  TURN YOUR LIGHTS OFF FOR EARTH HOUR - March 27, 8:30pm

  by hotchocolate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  millions of aussies turned their lights out tonight for earth hour.

  america, you get your chance tonight!

  www.earthhour.org.

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  chickpea

  we had several candles lighting the night...

  my 16 YO son said he thought it was peaceful
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  What Do You Value in your Life Now that you Exited the Witnesses ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking with a friend of mine on the board yesterday and the discussion gave me the idea for this thread !

  ( thanks friend !

  ) and it seems as we were talking the thought came up that many of us when exiting the mind control of jehovah's witnesses we really come to appreciate the freedom to think how we want and be able to have access to other views which helps us to have a broader scope , or broader world view than just the tunnel vision of the wt society.

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  i cannot believe how truly HAPPY i wake up every morning
  (in spite of the reality that shit happens, and it happens
  in my life and in my family's lives, happily it doesnt override
  the fact that i am genuinely happy to be alive!)

  i wake up to two passions that give meaning to my days...
  coursework in a degree program that excites me and
  community work in a cause that inspires me....

  i know the people i call "friends" are actually FRIENDS

  my kids are struggling thru their lives and when they
  call me i can give them REAL advice, not some cult
  platitudes to "wait on the sky-daddy"

  the improbable reality that i am alive on this tiny planet
  circling an insignificant star in a backwater galaxy in an
  expanding universe just thrills me down to my toes!!!
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  Funny things to not do at the Memorial

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pull out a can of cheese whiz, top the bread with it, and take a nibble.. .

  say really loud...."oh, wow!

  jesus' body is really tasty this year!".

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  chickpea

  kneel during prayers

  cracked me up, being reared RC by irish catholics
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  How honest should I be with a JW on Facebook?

  by Quillsky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this woman that i grew up with has sent me a friend request on facebook.

  we've done a bit of back and forth "how are you" chat but i haven't accepted her request.. i can see she is still a jw because she belongs to some no-blood facebook group.. i do not want to be her friend on facebook.

  i consider witnesses to be bad association and i severely limit the number of jw's i have on my facebook - only close family and people that i share close history with.. so what should i say to this woman?

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  chickpea

  not getting "friended" on FB isnt something
  most people would dwell on if no one makes
  it an issue...

  i know some people accept every single request
  and end up with 400-800+ "friends" of which they
  "hide" 99% anyway because of the garbage stream
  of the most inane "news update" imaginable...

  if it is possible you can be "found out" and possibly
  outted for disloyalty to the b0rg.... just ignore
  the request and if pressed, explain that you try
  to keep your "friends" limited to immediate family
  and close contacts... she can still get to your
  account as a friend of friends and read your
  wall, unless you set security to "friends"only.....

  what the heck is a JW doing on facebook anyway?
  the m0thership has declared it off-limits!