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  I had a dream last night that I died...

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  i was trying to catch a football and somehow landed on my car and crashed in the front window.

  there was a little boy in the back seat that was about 8 years old.

  i was now a ghost.

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  I was trying to catch a football and somehow landed on my car and crashed in the front window. There was a little boy in the back seat that was about 8 years old. I could see myself. I was still myself. I was now a ghost. People who believed me could see and touch me. So, I went to my sister and told her I had died and there was life after death because here I was.

  So, we both went home to tell my parents. We drove up a hill to get there and the car couldn't make it all the way up because it was snowing. So, we got out to walk the rest of the way. We both lost our shoe and sock on the right foot and just the shoe on the left foot. We made it home and my parents both saw me. I told them I had died. My mother touched my arm and could actually feel me. My father said he wouldn't come near me and wouldn't talk to me. I told them to go look at the car crash to prove I was dead but they couldn't because of the snow.

  I said I was tired so I went to bed. The next day my mom went to the car crash and saw that I was dead but she couldn't understand how she could see me. My dad was mad at me. I knew he could understand that I was dead but I couldn't understand why he wouldn't talk to me. He was so mad he couldn't even mourn my death and stayed away from me.

  Really weird, huh? What do you think it means?
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  Hubby is Researching 607...

  by cognac in

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  would you say that's the beginning of the end?

  hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. clearly, he won't find the answer.... here's hoping he will see the light... .

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  Thanks everyone. Scholer, if you have any proof as to what you say, I will be glad to pass it along to him.
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  Hubby is Researching 607...

  by cognac in

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  would you say that's the beginning of the end?

  hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. clearly, he won't find the answer.... here's hoping he will see the light... .

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  I think so Leaving... He seems to be researching it logically verses trying to jump through hoops to make the borg right somehow...
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  Hubby is Researching 607...

  by cognac in

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  would you say that's the beginning of the end?

  hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. clearly, he won't find the answer.... here's hoping he will see the light... .

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  Would you say that's the beginning of the end? Hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. Clearly, he won't find the answer...

  Here's hoping he will see the light...
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  COURT: Clergy Abuse Files Must be Released

  by AdaMakawee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33178609/ns/us_news-faith/.

  this was interesting and may just possibly affect mother watchtower.. ada.

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  Cantleave - I don't think they can deny one exists because I believe it's already known in a Court of CA that there is one. I believe they almost had to release it before in 2007 but then something happened where they didn't have to release it. This is just from memory so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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  COs and Green Handshakes

  by cognac in

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  this really happened?

  cos really take the money and don't say, "put it in the contribution box?

  " did you put it in there hand or in a card that they opened later?.

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  This really happened? COs really take the money and don't say, "put it in the contribution box?" Did you put it in there hand or in a card that they opened later?
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  HOW MANY HERE ARE IN WORK?

  by badboy in

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  I've been trying to answer this for hours now... Anywho, does 2 infants under the age of 6 months count? It better. It's one of the hardest jobs I know of... But, I love it at the same time.
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  Trying To Make JW's Seem "Normal", One Cult Member At a Time

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  2. beliefs

  it hasn't been till the last couple of months that i have even given a passing thought to jw apologists.

  as welcome as they are to post their opinions, i am struck by something that i recognize in myself and others as i reflect on my jw past.. basically, there comes a certain point, where if you are going to stay a jw and you are of a bit more "liberal" mindset, that you will try to change the focus a bit.. i recall this happened to me.

  as a ms, i was very gung ho for most jw dogma and ways of dealing with people.

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  Very well said alltimejeff. Btw, I did the math and you are only a couple of years older then me. That's so weird that we are basically the same age. You sound so much more mature then me, lol.
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  Following your heart not right according to JWs?

  by cognac in

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  i heard in a talk recently that following your heart was one of the worse advice a person can get.

  is this because the bible says the heart is treacherous?.

  anybody else hear that in jw land?.

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  lol, outlaw...

  Thanks for the reference theclar. Now, I have a better understanding of why they are so against my parenting style. Because I'm not "disciplining properly" evidently...
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  Following your heart not right according to JWs?

  by cognac in

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  i heard in a talk recently that following your heart was one of the worse advice a person can get.

  is this because the bible says the heart is treacherous?.

  anybody else hear that in jw land?.

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  I heard in a talk recently that following your heart was one of the worse advice a person can get. Is this because the bible says the heart is treacherous?

  Anybody else hear that in JW land?

  I have noticed A LOT in raising my baby that I've gotten a lot of unwanted advice to let my "baby cry it out" when she's upset, "don't hold her to much", let her "go to sleep on her own", and on spanking (when she gets older.)

  I decided to follow my heart in raising my child and have gotten a lot of critism and been really looked down upon for it by JWs.

  I happen to follow the attached parenting method where I don't let my baby cry or fuss, I hold her a good amount, and pick her up if she wants to be held when it's time for bed.

  My baby rarely cries or fusses and goes to everybody. She can fall asleep on her own laughing and playing with the video monitor and does extremely well at night. She happily plays in her crib and makes a specific noise which means its time for me to get her. She also plays on her own very well.

  I'm told the she's "just a really good baby" and "a miracle baby" basically despite my parenting skills and everything I say regarding child rearing is thereby dismissed. She is a very well natured baby but I don't believe that it is despite me.

  Anyways, off my rant. What do you think about this?