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Only a person who cares what is true will separate themselves and take their chances alone with only God to judge them.

Nothing else to add to this.

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"StumbleUpon"

by JoyNichols in

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does anyone else here ever use stumbleupon?

i've been using it for a couple of months (when i can get my network adapter to work.

yesterday i found the coolest image of a glass frog using stumbleupon.

JoyNichols

Kewel! But did you see the glass frog? Amazing, isn't it? To see the inside of a fairly complex, living, breathing creature while it is alive and unmolested! What a world! What a universe!

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If you hadn't ben a JW how would your life be different??

by karter in

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JoyNichols

Maybe I would have been brought up by flaming alcoholics who would have lost custody of me, divorced before my siblings were born, and I would have ended up in the foster care system

OR

Maybe my parents would have gotten thereapy, gone to college, made all their kids into scholars, and perfected the family unit

OR

something more middle-of-the-road might have happened and I wouldn't be sitting here now. I'd be out socializing.

Maybe I would or would not have social anxiety disorder.

Maybe I would or would not have the misfortune to be mentally ill and have the great luck to have a good therapist and social worker OR

none of the above.

Maybe I would not exist.

Good thing to BE here, now, this moment, NOT in coulda', woulda', shoulda' because coulda woulda shoulda is not real; it does not exist; it is irrelevent, except to learn from and not repeat the same mistakes too many times.

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YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

by compound complex in

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dear friends,.

much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

JoyNichols

Thanks, CoCo.

Caspar - I can relate. You made me cry.

Lots of changes here . . . I can barely bring myself to get out of bed before dusk . . . I'm doing much better, but I am upside-down (over a number of things - including my daughter growing up).

It's wonderful, though, to know that your kids are able to be grown-ups and live well, isn't it? It means you did your job as a parent. Be proud of them and of yourself, and most especially, be proud of letting them learn from and live with their own mistakes. Isn't that the hardest thing to do?

I am so sad and afraid right now. And alone. I am sure of one thing, though - it will pass.

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SHUT UP AND KNOCK IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Warlock in

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according to a close relative of mine, you were not supposed to reveal the new book study arrangement to anyone.

it was to be revealed at the k.h., and only there!!!!.

secondly, there is to be no speculation as to what this new arangement means.........so............. no speculating..............please!!!!!!!.

JoyNichols

Thanks for reminding me how extreme the mind-control goes . . . NO SPECULATING?

WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?

DO THEY REALLY THINK THEY CAN continue to CONTROL WHAT WE THINK . . . iN OR oUT? oh yeah, they dodo that, don't they - but not quite so effectively as they once did, I suppose, thanks to the internet.

LOL sorry about all the yelling there.

That "no speculation" rule comes under the phrase:

"Don't Think," as in:

'don't think, don't talk, don't be' - cult (and dysfunctional family) rules - insidious and ubiquitous among jehobers. Actually, the "don't talk" one applies only to mistakes and bloopers of the bOrg; it's perfectly okay amongst those who have da troof to talk about each other - rather than to each other, even though they give the "no gossip" thing lipservice.

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"StumbleUpon"

by JoyNichols in

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does anyone else here ever use stumbleupon?

i've been using it for a couple of months (when i can get my network adapter to work.

yesterday i found the coolest image of a glass frog using stumbleupon.

JoyNichols

Does anyone else here ever use StumbleUpon? I've been using it for a couple of months (when I can get my network adapter to work), and I just love it. I've discovered some really cool stuff and found a neat way to network with others who have common interests.

Yesterday I found the coolest image of a glass frog using StumbleUpon. Check this out:

http://flickr.com/photos/24258801@N08/2388576212/sizes/o/

I also discovered a really cool site on giant stars that both adults and kids will likely appreciate. It puts things into perspective:

http://www.giantstars.de/

I also re-discovered Post Secret. I knew about the books, but didn't think to see if there was a website:

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

And a beautiful Stockholm session of Jimi Hendrix, doing "The Wind Cries Mary." It's one of my favorite songs:

http://www.gogosurfer.com/Video/WindCriesMary.html

Oh yeah, and blue balls! (It's not what you think):

oops! I forgot to book mark it.

So, if you use StumbleUpon, what kinds of things have you discovered?

A Fun, Easy Way To Teach DNA-Extraction (Kids will love this)

by JoyNichols in

i wish someone taught me about this experiment when i was in school.

it's simple, cool, and cute:.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/extraction/detergent.cfm.

JoyNichols

I wish someone taught me about this experiment when I was in school. It's simple, cool, and cute:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/extraction/detergent.cfm

Hopefully, not over-simplified . . . but a start, I suppose! Have fun with this.

-Joy

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Free Will?

by ex-nj-jw in

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i just had a conversation with my sibling regarding free will.

he's going on and on about how jehoover gave us free will and that gives us the choice to accept him or not.

now, i will confess that i never paid attention at the meetings, didn't give a hoot about doctrine, the bible or whatever they were spewing from the platform so maybe that's why i don't get this.

JoyNichols

ex-nj-jw - I think you'll like what this guy's got to say about how loving god is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

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JW funeral this WE

by tika in

ok, (r u there, toth, cuz i'm gonna rant again, ha-ha).

so my h's great aunt (mil's aunt) died after a long illness, she was 85, seemed to be a nice lady but i only knew her from the kh.

my h knows how i feel about going to the kh for any reason and is not forcing me to go.

JoyNichols

Tika - I think we can behave, ha ha, we just don't want to. My aunt's funeral is today and I doubt I'm going.

I talked to my therapist about it and she was so pleased that I was being so honest with myself and making a healthy decision.

It's hard for most people to understand it, but us shunned people know how sick our families are, and how mean-spirited they can be because of their cult.

Besides, the funeral's supposed to be about the deceased, not about me and my crap . . . so me and my crap will stay right here and watch funny youtube sh#t or plant some flowers or something. And the JWInfo-mercial/funeral will go on as planned.

I hope your hubby was okay with you not going . . . do you think he's gotten over it yet?