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  when is the memorial this year? and will you be going?

  by highdose in

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  i won't be going if i can help it, but id like a heads up about it, just to be forewarned.

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  I haven't been to a regular meeting in over 7 years, but I always go to the memorial because of my family - and every year it has been harder and harder to go. I could barely stomach it last year and have decided that will be my last one. I will not be attending this year, or ever again, for that matter.
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  my letter to the elders and governing body

  by leftchica in

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  to the elders of the maitland congregation and governing body of the watchtower tract.

  and bible society,.

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  I respect your decision to be a part of false religion so I ask you to respect my decision to "obey God as ruler, rather than man".

  Wow! What a powerful statement - very well written!!
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  Some Reflections (The Counting My Blessings Thread)

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  thanks for reading this if you care.

  i really don't have a particular reason to write this other then the mood hit.

  it is likely to be rambling, and if it somehow makes some sense, i would consider that a bonus.. my life has distinct seasons.

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  I always enjoy reading your posts ATJ, even what you call "rambling". The Family Stone . . . . I highly recommend to anyone that hasn't seen it.
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  Progressive Insurance Woman

  by RubaDub in

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  can't think of her name right now (she's a comedienne), but i think i have had about enough with the progressive insurance ads.

  they seem to be everywhere, all the time.. i guess there is a ton of money to be made when every other commercial on tv seems to be an insurance company hawking its products (progressive, geico, etc, etc, etc).. rub a dub.

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  I believe she was also one of girls that answers phones at the Sterling Cooper Agency (Mad Men)
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  Besty Unplugged - My Life Story Part 1

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my story part 1 where did it all go wrong?.

  hi, my name is paul and im an ex-jehovahs witness.

  by the end of this sorry tale i hope to be an ex-ex-jehovahs witness.

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  Thanks for sharing your story Besty! I always find it interesting reading about how people got their start in the religion, what opened their eyes and how they have rebounded since. Thanks too for the pics - lovely family!
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  Just my 2 Cents.......Go ahead and FLAME AWAY.....I won't reply

  by scrapmama777 in

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  "inciting hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic.".

  is this seriously one of the forum's rules to follow?

  how can that be so when this whole forum is based on inciting hatred towards one religion.....jehovah's witnesses.......wow this is funny!

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  Welcome to the forum Scrapmama! Hope you decide to stick around or at least pop back in every now and then
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  Did You Personally Believe "The End" Was Going To Come In Your Lifetime?

  by minimus in

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  honestly, i never believed in the chronology.

  "no man knows the day or the hour" was pretty clear to me..

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  Yes I did - every milestone that was coming up in my life (starting high school, getting driver's license, moving out on my own, getting married) was overshadowed with the thought of Armageddon coming at any time and me not being able to experience those things. I remember though when I learned of the generation change in 1995, instead of waking up (DUR!), I still believed it was the truth and I was RELIEVED because I thought it bought me more time. I didnt want armageddon coming. I didn't want to live in a JW paradise even though I believed it at the time.
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  Crazy JW chaperon Stories

  by superman in

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  the jw's must not trust their members or at least don't have too much faith in them when it comes to being alone around member of the opposite sex.

  i can remember one time in particular from when i was a teenager that still makes me laugh today.. when i was younger i used to go out in service on a regular basis during the week when i had summer break.

  one time when i met for service there were only two other people that showed up.

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  worldly people would be stumbled because the didn't know we were brother and sister

  Blondie that made me chuckle because I have heard JWs use that reasoning before. That is so ridiculous. "worldly people" couldn't care less seeing two people of the opposite sex driving around. I think they would be more stumbled seeing one in the front seat and the other in back 'looking like idiots' as somebody posted before.

  It's no wonder that many JW kids were married when they were still teenagers.
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  Birthdays vs. Baby Showers

  by The Missus in

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  in the mind of a jw, why is there such a difference between celebrating someone's birthday from year to year and celebrating the actual day they were born, or celebrating that day a few weeks earlier or later in the form of a baby shower?

  when i was a jw and a sister was in the hospital with her new baby we would go up to visit and bring gifts for the baby, in essence, celebrating that baby's birthday.

  when i was in i never thought about it, but now i want to know!

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  Hi Zid - I am a frequent reader of this site but not a poster since I usually can't think of anything enlightening to add! Not DFd or DAd, just started fading about 6 years ago.

  Thanks for that link Blondie - very interesting

  Isaac - I like that reasoning, will be using that when this topic comes up with my JW family
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  Birthdays vs. Baby Showers

  by The Missus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the mind of a jw, why is there such a difference between celebrating someone's birthday from year to year and celebrating the actual day they were born, or celebrating that day a few weeks earlier or later in the form of a baby shower?

  when i was a jw and a sister was in the hospital with her new baby we would go up to visit and bring gifts for the baby, in essence, celebrating that baby's birthday.

  when i was in i never thought about it, but now i want to know!

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  In the mind of a JW, why is there such a difference between celebrating someone's birthday from year to year and celebrating the actual day they were born, or celebrating that day a few weeks earlier or later in the form of a baby shower? When I was a JW and a sister was in the hospital with her new baby we would go up to visit and bring gifts for the baby, in essence, celebrating that baby's birthday.

  When I was in I never thought about it, but now I want to know! If they don't celebrate birthdays, then they should not celebrate birthdays. period.