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  News Flash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  my wife excitedly told me that she talked to the wife of an elder that just came back from.

  the special training for elders in upper state new york and that the elders are being told .

  to go back to their congregations and to get them ready for the great tribulation.. i said to her that is great news !!!!

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  odie67

  go back to your congregations and get them ready for the Great Trib? what! are you serious? I thought they were getting ready for the GT since 1914.
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  Did other Brothers critisize you for your "meterial things." My big T.V!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  a brother from bethel saw i had bought myself a big screen t.v {80cm tube 1996} this was the best t.v at the time.

  {i always wanted one} he stared for some time, and mentioned in passing that he never watched television at all.

  and that this could be slowing down my ministry.

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  The co commented that my sports car wasnt field service "friendly"...... I just pulled out the parking lot thinking "sooo long sucker!"
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  Have you heard or tried the Health E Cigarette...tell me what you think...

  by FreedomFrog in

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  2. friends

  i was browsing e-bay and came across a product called health e cigarette.... this captures my attention since i'm trying to stop smoking.

  i've been trying to quit with a cigarette brand called quest and i'm on level 1 at the moment.

  it still has the unhealthy carcinogens but each level brings down the nicotine and hopefully by the 3 and last stage, the person can break the habit.. with the e cigarette, it's supposed to do the same except it only has nicotine and no tar/carcinogens and other harmful stuff.

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  no! i had a doctor write the rx and my insurance picked up the tab. most insurance companies cover chantix. I paid $30.00 for the starter pack. my husband paid $20.00. my co-worker stopped after two weeks and she didnt finish her starter pack. ( about 53 pills)
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  Help! WHAT DO WOMEN AND WIVES WANT? What planet are they from!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  why do women whine and winge and complain and then you give in...and they find something new to whine winge and complain about?

  are they ever satisfied?

  whats with mood swings every damn month from happy....to horney.....to angry mental case.....back to happy?

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  I WANT IT ALL! and if i don't get it.....oh it's gonna be hell to pay! cuz if mama aint happy... he won't be happy.

  I love to go crazy every once in a while (i'll do one of those cry/laugh/angry combos). my husband gets soooo scared he looks at me like he has seen a ghost. Then i tell my girlfriends and we laugh about it.
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  Ever notice this at the Memorial.....

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you can always tell your rank as a brother at the memorial by the following:.

  parking lot attendant = just doing enough to have the boe remember your name.

  outside attendat = you smell pretty bad and you embarrass the boe.

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  my ex husband was such a dope. the BOE would never ever use him for anything...he was considered spritually weak. but whenever the CO would come for a visit they would ask him to carry the mic. I tried to tell him that they had no intention on ever appointing him for anything but he fell for the okey doke everytime. Soon as the CO left it was back to the same ole same.
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  Have you heard or tried the Health E Cigarette...tell me what you think...

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was browsing e-bay and came across a product called health e cigarette.... this captures my attention since i'm trying to stop smoking.

  i've been trying to quit with a cigarette brand called quest and i'm on level 1 at the moment.

  it still has the unhealthy carcinogens but each level brings down the nicotine and hopefully by the 3 and last stage, the person can break the habit.. with the e cigarette, it's supposed to do the same except it only has nicotine and no tar/carcinogens and other harmful stuff.

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  I'm on chantix and so far it's working. You choose a quit date and continue to smoke until your quite date. you start taking the medication and what it does is gradually you use loose the need to smoke. This thursday is my quit date.... and this past sunday every time i tried to smoke, the taste was sooo gross. the smell was horrible. so today i didnt smoke all day...until i got home.... i took a couple of pulls and had to put it out. Alot of people say that it worked for them.

  i havent heard of the healthy E square though.
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  My Story - Part 2

  by Jeremy C in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  like many jw children, i was deeply influenced and motivated by watchtower society artwork depicting the new system of things.

  i was profoundly influenced by artwork (particularly in the book: you can live forever in paradise on earth) that portrayed children petting tigers, playing with lion cubs, running through grassy fields with kites, and enjoying care-free lives.

  what i now realized about myself is that for a jw to desire such things; and to go through the motions - performing organizationally-programmed activity in order to receive this reward; does not necessarily require a love for god or christ that is any deeper than other religionists.

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  wow!

  i also studied the bible story book, great teacher book, the red book, and the blue book (the worship book).

  even though the GT book was much older than the BS book, the FDS recommended that parents study with their children: BS first.. GT second.

  i can't wait to read your next post.
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  what do you love?

  by odie67 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what do you love?

  what moves your soul and/or inspires you to the point of complete happiness?.

  i had the pleasure of meeting a young man at a party, he was so into the music...it was amazing watching him.

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  What do you love? What moves your soul and/or inspires you to the point of complete happiness?

  I had the pleasure of meeting a young man at a party, He was so into the music...it was amazing watching him. He was so happy and free. At first I thought he had to be on drugs. But the people who knew him said that he was always like that when listening to music..it was like the music made him soooo happy.
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  Embarassed at school for being a Witness - Did this happen to you?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  when they played the national anthem everyone stood up...except afew of us witness kids who stood out like a saw thumb....a brother two rows ahead of me had a teacher physically drag him to his feet as he struggled to explain himself...i would sweat like a pig as others pointed and laught and told me off...from then on i would hide in the toilet till i heard the anthem finish then come out.. then theirs birthday holidays, sex education, religious studies which i wanted to do since i would be a star but i was banned by my family.. do you have an embarassing hide like a rat in the toilet moment..

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  when i first started school i was ready to defend the truth like true warrior. When I reached the 3rd grade I learned to shut up. I used to carry my bible story book around and try to preach to the kids at school and family members. The breaking point for me was when one of my male cousins told me to knock it off because i was irritating everyone.
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  My Story - Part 1

  by Jeremy C in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have never posted my personal story about my years as a jw, and my departure from the organization.

  i thought that my personal story might be of interest.

  it is my hope that some of my experiences and observations might be of help to some of you who have recently left the organization.

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  The smurfs....

  I had to spend my christmas break at a cousins house (non-JW) and she had a life sized smurf in the room where i had to sleep. I was terrified. But for some reason I didnt say anything i figured they would laugh at me. i expected it to move in the middle of the night. after a couple of nights i realized that the whole smurf thing was stupid.