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  I hate that it gets to me!!

  by Newborn in

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  just back from lunch and met two different former good friends from my congregation (i live in a small town) and they, of course, turned their backs on me... and it makes me feel strange and bad even though they're the ones who should really feel bad.... how can i learn to ignore it??.

  makes me both sad and angry at the same time.

  grrrr.

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  Babygirl-I am so sorry that they are behaving so badly! 'They' being your former friends and your sister(I read your post yesterday). It really sucks to have to deal with that. IMHO, they believe they are doing the right thing, making God happy. It doesn't make it any easier for us to deal with but it does help to understand their thinking.

  I agree with some of the other posters- act happy, proud, positive, etc.. when you see them. I'm sure it's a little unnerving and hard to compose yourself when you first see them, or at least it was for me, but you have nothing to be ashamed of. They are the ones who are wrong!

  There used to be a woman at my hall years ago that would intentionally give me dirty looks and act horrible! I started to sit next to/near her on purpose, just to make her anxious. Eventually, that crap stopped. lol

  Take care and be strong!!
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  would there be any reason for you to attend another church?

  by highdose in

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  i don't mean go back to a kingdom hall, i mean other religons any of them.

  can anybody think of a reason that they might do this?.

  i', begining to feel curious about the church up my road, just curious, thought about popping in there one sunday, i will probably run out screaming 5 mins later but there you are....

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  QuestioningEverything

  I plan on attending a variety of churches just to see what they are all about. I am agnostic leaning toward atheism but feel curious as to what others church services are like. You know, are they quiet and boring, loud and happy, do they have a choir, etc. On Christmas, I am going to the local Unitarian church service.
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  The ideal JW Sister is...

  by highdose in

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  please fill in the blanks.... from my experiance i would say: " silent, depressed, out all hours in the minstry and only gives birth to males ( potencial ms's elders etc).

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  --sexually repressed. lol Heaven forbid she participate in any type of 'porneia' with her husband behind closed doors.
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  The ideal JW Sister is...

  by highdose in

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  please fill in the blanks.... from my experiance i would say: " silent, depressed, out all hours in the minstry and only gives birth to males ( potencial ms's elders etc).

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  QuestioningEverything

  sorry-duplicate post.
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  What are you having for dinner tonite?

  by Newborn in

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  and do you normally eat more "nice" festive dinner on friday evenings?.

  tonight i'm having tacos.

  have a great weekend everybody and enjoy your mornings without any early meetings for field service.

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  QuestioningEverything

  I am having taco's,too!! My family loves them. I save my fancy dinner's for the weekend-especially Sunday's. That's our lazy day. And you are right about the leisurely Saturday and Sunday mornings. I feel absolutely no guilt sleeping in (anymore). You have a great weekend too.
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  Here's a doosey

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  saw this posts on a computer business website:.

  "just had a very earnest young woman phone for help - she's a christian and wants to remove the 'franklin gothic' font from word (because of the 'gothic').

  also mentioned removing all the wizards.

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  Her life must be horrible! I never even noticed that font on my computer.
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  end of the month... time for my REPORT FROM APOSTATE SERVICE ...

  by Albert Einstein in

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  ok, i dont know who is a secretary on this site, so i will post it just here.... apostate: albert einstein, month: october 2009. studies: 2 (son and wife) son (7 years) is making great progress, recently he came to me with a question: "daddy are jw a cult?

  " yesterday he came to me with a question: "daddy, so there will be no armageddon?

  " i told him: "sonny, you can be 100% sure if there is loving god above us, he will never be throwing burning stones on people as it is pictured in mummies wt... (he was really relieved).

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  Can I count my time if I was anti-witnessing to a co-worker? Or is it just for anti-witnessing to a JW?
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  The Spirit of The Congregation

  by minimus in

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  each hall has their own "spirit'.

  some congregations are very strict.

  others more liberal and still others, a little in between.

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  QuestioningEverything

  The first congregation I went to was very friendly, the elders were helpful and appeared to be caring. They weren't too 'strict" but neither were they too 'lenient'. I enjoyed the people at that hall .

  The second congregation I went too(unwillingly, they changed the KH boundaries and I was forced to move) was horrible.!! It was very cliqueish(sp?). Many of the members had been at that hall since it was created and the body of Elders had been there just as long. and if you weren't part of the original members family, then you were nothing, despite how 'theocratic' you were. They were very unfriendly, snobby and very judgmental. The elders were overly strict in interpreting the WTBS.

  One circuit overseer told them that if they didn't get it together as far as unity and extending themselves to new ones and those less fortunate that they would continue to sit at the table of the demons! I absolutely hated that congregation! I disliked most of the members who attended it, they represented everything that I disliked in a person.
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  i just got appointed....

  by chickpea in

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  ..... as a board member of the local chapter of pflag.

  (parents, family/friends of lesbians and gays).

  i have been working with the board since june,.

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  QuestioningEverything

  Good for you!! It's not a popular cause but it's a necessary one. Hope that many successes come to you and your fellow PFLAG members!
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  I helped save someone's life today.

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  while at work today, a man in the office next to me had a heart attack.

  the office staff were yelling for someone who knew cpr.

  i thought to myself,' i know cpr'.

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  QuestioningEverything

  While at work today, a man in the office next to me had a heart attack. The office staff were yelling for someone who knew CPR. I thought to myself,' I know CPR'. I went into the area they were at and he was on the ground. Another guy was there beginning to do chest compressions. So, I began the mouth to mouth. He was not breathing at all. After about 4 rounds of chest compressions/breathing, the guy started to cough and gasp. He was taken to the hospital and will be released in a few days.

  It was an incredible experience.