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  feel like I've walked into a tar pit

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  around three years ago my wife started to invite the mormon missionaries in, and have discussions with them.

  this went on for several months, then the get together s started to be 2-3 times a week.

  i would work late because i wanted .

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  lancelink

  thank you for all the support and suggestions.
  
  I'll post later when things change/hit the fan/stop, or whatever.
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  feel like I've walked into a tar pit

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  around three years ago my wife started to invite the mormon missionaries in, and have discussions with them.

  this went on for several months, then the get together s started to be 2-3 times a week.

  i would work late because i wanted .

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  lancelink

  Around three years ago my wife started to invite the Mormon missionaries in, and have discussions with them.
  This went on for several months, then the get together s started to be 2-3 times a week. I would work late because i wanted
  no part of it. (you see I was seriously starting my fade, and i didn't want to get involved with anything else.
  Well she really was starting to progress with their studies, and since she seemed to be a true JW, I told her that she was sailing in uncharted waters, and she might want to watch herself.
  For the next 2 years they came on a regular schedule, and surprisingly I found myself defending the witnesses, trying to remember points and topics that would prove that the mormon beliefs were false.
  ( talk about walking a thin tightrope here.)
  So I literally told her that she had better speak to the elders in her hall, and that i would agree
  to go along with whatever suggestions that the elders gave her. I figured that they would come down pretty hard on her.
  She spent over three hours speaking to them, and they decided that she was doing nothing wrong !
  
  They said that it must be an encouragement for her to study with the young people, but that she should watch herself closely so that she did not become an apostate/!.
  Now she is seriously tossing the idea around of actually becoming a Mormon!She would just DA herself.
  Personally, I have learned during this time how religions like the Mormons and JW's operate, and it is not all sunshine and roses.
  
  I really am tired, and fed up speaking EVERY night for over two years about religion and beliefs,
  just worn out regarding this subject :(
  
  Does anyone have a personal experience, or some nugget of research that might help me out here ?
  I would really appreciate it.
  Sorry if this is somewhat choppy, she is sitting right across the room from me right now.
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  John Barleycorn

  by JK666 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try.

  and these three men made a solemn vow.

  john barleycorn must die.

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  lancelink

  singer, or restaurant owner ???
  
  
  http://www.johnbarleycorn.com/index.htm
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  Small joys

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  you know how there are somethings that give you so much pleasure or joy?

  it doesn't have to be anything amazing or huge, but for some reason it makes you so happy for those few moments.

  some of mine are drinking coffee in the morning with my best friend at work, and the smell of an open fire (it reminds me of being a young child at my grandparents' house).

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  lancelink

  I have a birdfeeder mainly used for goldfinches, and there are many doves coming around trying to eat something.
  
  The openings are small slits, so I cut several of them off, and installed little trays so the doves can get something.
  Now i get to see the doves and goldfinches eat together, really a neat site
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  Microphones

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  during the pasr 5 months i have been attending seminars for work, and going to different churches to see .

  and there is one thing that stands out.

  the microphones used at the kingdom halls.

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  lancelink

  During the pasr 5 months I have been attending seminars for work, and going to different churches to see
  what is out there. And there is one thing that stands out.
  
  The microphones used at the kingdom halls.
  
  Every place I have gone to and listened to speeches, or sermons, they all use a microphone and cord attached to the podium
  ( about 1 foot in length)
  When the speaker gets up, he adjusts it in about 1 second, and goes on with his-her speech, they can adjust it slightly during the
  talk if needed.
  
  At the KH,CA, and DA it seems that they always use the long shiny metal stands, and a person has to adjust the microphone each time
  someone get up on stage. This may sound like a nitpicking thing, but I've always wondered about this.
  why does the society always use this type of microphone?
  Any communication installers care to make a comment ?
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  Practising 'Goodness' - from the District Convention

  by passwordprotected in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as heard at the district convention.

  9 part symposium on how to display the fruitages of the spirit.

  goodness.

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  lancelink

  too bad someone didn't go up to this girl and ask her why she was worried more about an organization
  than her friend.
  
  She might now be posting on this site !
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 07-27-08 WT Study (YOUNG SERVE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 07-27-08 wt study (may 15, 2008, pages 17-21 (young serve).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Blondie, I really enjoy your weekly comment, thank you for the effort !
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  JFK Assasination

  by Big Tex in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am now a reformed conspiracy theorist.

  i have been wrong, i see it clearly now.. lee harvey oswald, acting alone, fired 3 bullets on november 22, 1963 wounding gov.

  connally and killing president kennedy.

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  lancelink

  james_woods states : "Then it all blew over, and we started the next 50 years of our lives without a peep from their war-god."
  
  I would find it just fascinating to hear your story about that time, I was not a witness, and I was too young to really care about
  what was happening.
  No witness I know has ever mentioned to me aspects of time during the Kennedy assassination, I find all the opinions amazing.
  
  Just what was it like being a witness during that time, besides the stuff you have already mentioned ?
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  What was your favorite cartoon that you was allowed to watch growin up JW ?

  by StoneWall in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hands down my all-time favorite was the flintstones.

  it's just so hard for me to compare anything else to its humor,cleanliness,appeal to young as well as older ones at the time.. .

  no matter how bad a mood i would be in after school i could always count on fred and barney to screw something up to make me feel better lol.

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  lancelink

  stingray, totally awesome back in the 60'S
  
  
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs&feature=related
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  Sing Praises to Jehober

  by gloobster in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last week when i was tipsy i ordered a copy of sing praises to jehovah, and it came in the mail today.

  i hadn't heard some of the songs since i was a child, and i've rediscovered some of the lyrics.

  they are quite amusing (albeit disturbing).. this is a classic everyone knows, song number 2. .

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  lancelink

  "Analysis: You sooooooo ripped that off from Dr. Seuss!!!"
  
  
  Ha Ha that is funny !