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  Ever got some smart explanation, why sisters cannot wear pants at meetings?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  i wonder .....

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  lancelink

  what about Scottish men, don't they wear a "skirt"?
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  Why do we care so much?........

  by oompa in

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  for immediate family and friends?

  ?.....why do some of us go nearly crazy cause we cant get them out??

  ?........why does it matter so much to us?..........some are better off in as they are too old to replace their entire social structure....like my folks.

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  I think because we have developed very organized, conditional relationships with many persons over the years.

  Hey Luo bou to,

  do you have a brother who was an elder for years in a cong. in Illinois, then switched over to the spanish cong?

  send me a pm if needed. Don't worry,, I'm no spy.
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  Jehovhah's Witnesses Once Again America's Fastest Growing Church

  by David2002 in

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  2. bible

  according to the 2009 edition of the yeabook of american and canadian churches, jehovah's christian witnesses are once again the fastest group in the united states.

  meanwhile the roman cathollic church and the southern baptist convention lost thousands of members.

  while the growht rate of the witnesses was 2.12%, based mainly on those that actively preach the good news, it was the highest growth percentage when compared to other groups.

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  JW's may be the fastest growing denomination, but the fasting growing religious group are those who decide to be unaffiliated with any reilgion.

  excellent point !!!!!
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  President speech tonight

  by lancelink in

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  this comment was made;.

  "obama urges americans to get more than a high school diploma, calls for congress to pass education legislation,".

  i wonder how the jw's will spin this comment,.

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  First Lady Worf

  oh my, that is sooo true !
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  President speech tonight

  by lancelink in

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  this comment was made;.

  "obama urges americans to get more than a high school diploma, calls for congress to pass education legislation,".

  i wonder how the jw's will spin this comment,.

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  lancelink

  This comment was made;

  "Obama urges Americans to get more than a high school diploma, calls for congress to pass education legislation,"

  i wonder how the jw's will spin this comment,

  more persecution,

  another sign of the end, or maybe,,

  you actually have to become educated in todays world !!
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  JW Table at College Fair

  by Sparkplug in

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  the school i attend had a fair of some sort and while stolling past the different groups available such as the art club, or gaming, media, poetry, baptist youth group...i was ever so suprised to find a table actually two filled with jw liturature.

  first i about puked, paniced a bit and after composing myself, i strolled over.

  this was insane.

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  i work at a local community college and yes the witnesses come around and set up shop every semester.

  I have thought about alerting the administration about their stand on college, yet there is a school newspaper run by the students.

  I'm currently in the process of writing the editors a letter about the education stand of jw's and attach the 9/1/08 wt magazine,page 11 prominently highlighted.
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  Things That Amuse You

  by minimus in

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  some things just tickle my funny bone.

  i was driving this morning and the guy behind me was dancing in his car to the beat of the song that i believe we both were listening to on the radio.

  he was goin' to town!.

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  lancelink

  I hope this works, it relates to another post about rodeo monkeys:

  http//www,demotivateus.com/page/14/
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  dealing with midlife & leaving the WTS

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  quick background: i'm 47, married with two boys one in and the other out of college.

  1), lost my mother,dad is still living across the country.. 2), one of my son's had several seizures, medically no reason can be found ( they think it might just be stress.

  he recently graduated with a bachelors degree in computer animation but except for freelancing, there is nothing out there right now.

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  lancelink

  Hello,

  Quick background: I'm 47, married with two boys one in and the other out of college

  Since Sept. 08 I have:

  1), lost my Mother,dad is still living across the country.

  2), one of my son's had several seizures, medically no reason can be found ( they think it might just be stress. He recently graduated with a bachelors degree in computer animation but except for freelancing, there is nothing out there right now. So he is still living at home.)

  3) Dissasociated myself (along with my wife) from the JW's. Its a long story!

  4), youngest son is still trying to decide what to do in college, he does not like living at home, but since he has no job he cannot afford to live on his own.

  Suddenly I find myself having lost almost all desire to do anything.

  When my kids were younger i would always be doing some project with them, it really kept me focused. Now that they are grown it seems there is not much I find interesting anymore.

  I recently heard a comment taken from the latest Indiana jones movie, " you reach an age where life stops giving you things and it starts to take them away" good grief, I feel that this so so true right now. The JW mindset that everything should wrap around the hope for the future is still nagging me (just a little bit) so I'm working on overcoming this.

  My wife just loves searching other religions,but I'm really not at that point yet.

  I have written several stories that have been published, but I just cannot get in the "groove' for this lately

  i would really appreciate any comments you have regarding dealing with mid-life and the crisis that sometimes comes along with it
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  Watchtower Speech Taboos - Censorship by Ommision

  by unclebruce in

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  bahbuttons said: another time i accidently told a kid god bless you in the kh and you'd think i just said every swear word known to man with the looks i got from everyone....another embaressing moment that was.............fond memories eh,lolquoteendquoteeend.

  th is an interesting point.

  apostates always bang on about watchtower double speak and the way the society twists words, investing them with mind-control triggers but rarely do we hear about censorship by omission, the words jw's can't speak.

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  milf ?

  i was just reading a story about them on the BBC:

  the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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  CAN WE SPOT A LOST SHEEP? JW POEM MAKING THE ROUNDS

  by whereami in

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  this is really bad.

  hurl alert!!.

  can we spot a lost sheep?.

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  lancelink

  yes,

  this is part of the reason my wife and i are no longer JW's.