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  I need a new drink

  by TweetieBird in

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  i usually drink red wine but sometimes when i'm out i want something mixed.

  i recently was turned on to southern comfort and sprite and really like it, but would prefer something without soda in it.

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  Irish bulldog - served in a short glass over ice

  1 oz -Frangelico hazelnut liquer

  1- oz Smirnoff vanilla

  1 oz Kaluha

  2 oz milk or cream

  Top of with a dash of cola
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  Stevie Nicks -- witch?

  by gloobster in

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  do the jw's still consider stevie nicks from fleetwood mac to be a pagan witch-type?

  i picked out the song "landslide" for my mother's funeral about a month ago, which most of my extended family, jw's one and all, attended.

  it didn't even cross my mind when i selected the song, my mom just had always liked it.

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  I remember a long time ago that my mom told me that Stevie practices witchcraft. She had this really popular song that I liked ( don't remember the name). Never was allowed to watch it because of the witch rumor.
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  TIME...TIME...TIME...

  by independent_tre in

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  what to do with all this newly found freedom and time, yes time!

  for recently exited folks, faders or anyone, what do you do with this all this free time you now have on your hands?

  now that you're not doing the meeting shuffle, scrambling to get in more fs hours, or just absorbed in some other treadmill of activity, how do you spend your free time?

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  What to do with all this newly found freedom and TIME, yes TIME! For recently exited folks, faders or anyone, what do you do with this all this free time you now have on your hands? Now that you're not doing the meeting shuffle, scrambling to get in more fs hours, or just absorbed in some other treadmill of activity, how do you spend your free time? What hobbies or interests do you have? I have so much time ( LOL ) that I made a list of the a few of the things I can now enjoy:

  1. Spend more quality time with my hubby (non-jw) and my kids, instead of going to meetings to make my kids sit still and not talk for 1, 2 or even 4 hour stretches.
  2. Read a different Bible translation and focus on my own personal spirituality, without needing some organization's approval of my relationship with God
  3. Took a pottery class
  4. Paint my toenails
  5. Read and post on JWD
  6. Exercise regularly
  7. Learn a different language ( and not for the sake of trying to translate some tract to one of my neighbors)
  8. Catching up on some R & R...

  What about you? What do you do with your free time?

  Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

  Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
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  Thanks to each and everyone of you

  by StoneWall in

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  after many months of lurking and researching on oh so many different topics, doubts, concerns, and viewpoints i decided to get my feet wet and start posting.

  many times i wished to contribute something to a thread but was to apprehensive to get an account.

  then as time passed and i read many more of the post from various members the uneasiness subsided somewhat and my desire to proceed into previously uncharted waters grew.

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  Welcome!! Good to hear from ya...
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  A birthday in "bizarro world"

  by changeling in

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  i'm sitting in the living room reading jwd on my laptop.

  my elderly parents are in the adjacent dining room having lunch.

  my mother pulls out the "daily text" and asks: "what day is it?

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  Wow, this is going to be the first time I've said (typed) this in years but here goes...

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

  and many more.

  According to the borg, you were just seeking some immodest attention for this milestone in your life, and your parents are unfortunately following along. Stupid religion....
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  My story

  by Newborn in

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  2. friends

  dear all, thank you for your warm welcome!

  this is my story in short (pls excuse wrong spellings, english is not my native tongue and that it still became quite long).. i'm 34 and was born into the truth by parents who in their turn were baptist in young age.

  i have one older sister who is currently serving at bethel with her husband and a younger brother who never embraced the truth (which was my big sorrow for many years).

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  I've never felt more happy and free as now and are even in love again but will take it very slow. I'm still young and hope I've many happy years in front of me

  Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. You and I are the same age and the statement quoted above gives me hope as well. I'm so happy for you and you have a lot of freedom and life ahead of you. So many of us enjoy reading other stories and experiences because it offers valuable encouragement to everyone.

  Another point you made stuck out with me, the one about other people being smart enough to realize this is a cult. I struggled with that for years and that had kept me in because there really are many intelligent jw that you think this must be the truth, how could they be fooled (my parents included)? But I realize that it has not so much to do with being smart or dumb, but it's much more complex and deals with emotionality, the unknown, life experiences, etc.

  Congrats again on your exit, I'm working on finding my way out to. Looking forward to your posts.
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  Hallelujah

  by Newborn in

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  i finally got it!

  i'm finally free!

  i'm so happy to be leaving this cold, love less, money making, manipulative sect.

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  In a way I think a lot of folks feel like newborns. Nothing like starting a new life!

  WELCOME!
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  Another trip down memory lane

  by lost_light06 in

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  the boe in my childhood congregation was probably the nicest and most sincere group of elders i have ever come across, at least the boe i grew up with.

  i still hold each of them in high regard, they were truly very kind and caring people.

  however, apparently before i was born (pre 79) and when i was a small child there was quite a bit of trouble in that cong.

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  It didn’t occur to me until my exit from the watchtower that as a child I was witnessing the crumbling of a congregation from the backlash of 1975, and the great apostate purge of the early ‘80’s.

  Wow. I've just finished reading the chapter in COC that deals with the 1975 issue and the 1914 problem ( middle of the book) and I was wondering what effect that must have had on the cong. My mother became inactive for a little while right around this time. I can only imagine seeing this kind of thing happen, although I would have been too young to understand.

  Thanks for sharing your experience.
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  A memory from my childhood.

  by lost_light06 in

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  i just remembered this today, though i would share.. .

  there was one sister in my childhood cong.

  that was mentally challenged.

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  This is really sad, and something you can't forget.
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  Name something that JWs believe in that isn't in the Bible

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my favorites are:.

  "paradise earth": not in the bible.

  "great crowd" of "other sheep" - two unrelated texts... put them together, and voila!, you just changed the destiny of millions!.

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  No rap music. Even with so called ok lyrics. This was pushed in inner city congs. for a long time. My brother swore he'd never be a witness, cause then he'd have to throw out 90% of music.