CandleSurgeon

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  2nd video on 1919 Watchtower's Wacky Chronology

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfrz4bepvye.

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  i had some time to put this together... let me know what you think... .

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  CandleSurgeon

  You can quote WT publications, I'm impressed!

  Well mostly I'm just bored...
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  Congregation Elders got a letter from headquarters on "Sexting". I guess this is the latest trend causing problems.

  by miseryloveselders in

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  last week, my coboe, formerly known as the po, read a letter from ny giving directions on how to handle cases of "sexting" in the congregation.

  i've vaguely heard of sexting in news articles.

  i'm thinking though, the branch isn't going to send out a letter unless there's a trend.

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  CandleSurgeon

  LMAO! This who subject is hilarious. It seems so wierd and forein to me now that anyone would care if I was sexting or that I ever allowed a group of men called "elders" to invade my privacy like that.

  I'm really glad that life seems so far removed from me now and I feel for the poor teenagers and children still trapped inside.
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  I love my job... I get to go to really kool places. Anyone else love their job?

  by coffee_black in

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  i saw the thread about being tired of one's job...and it got me thinking.

  while there are things about my job that i'm not particularly fond of (like the paperwork) i have to say i really have nothing to complain about... here are a few reasons why...some of the fun stuff.... as part of my job i attend csi meetings (construction specifications institute) we have monthly dinner meetings, usually at maggiano's in boston.

  last month we had a special event and toured the new shalin liu center for chamber music in rockport, ma it was designed by one of the firms i call on.... sits on the water...fabulous site.

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  CandleSurgeon

  beks, Combat Medics are thus named because they are trained and have to be ready for combat situations. Medics also work in hospitals and do various other medical tasks for the Army that do not involve combat. It is possible I may never see combat.

  But yes I have to be prepared for the possiblity of serving in the field with infantry and being in actual combat situations.
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  God is not a good Samaritan

  by peacedog in

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  i don't start threads very often, but yesterday i had something of an epiphany as i was doing some work in the yard.

  deep in thought, as i usually am when doing mundane tasks, it occurred to me that while jesus encouraged us to be "good samaritans", god himself is not a good samaritan.

  in the parable by jesus, a traveler is left beaten and robbed on the side of the road.

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  CandleSurgeon

  Who's god?
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  I love my job... I get to go to really kool places. Anyone else love their job?

  by coffee_black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw the thread about being tired of one's job...and it got me thinking.

  while there are things about my job that i'm not particularly fond of (like the paperwork) i have to say i really have nothing to complain about... here are a few reasons why...some of the fun stuff.... as part of my job i attend csi meetings (construction specifications institute) we have monthly dinner meetings, usually at maggiano's in boston.

  last month we had a special event and toured the new shalin liu center for chamber music in rockport, ma it was designed by one of the firms i call on.... sits on the water...fabulous site.

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  CandleSurgeon

  I love my job as well! I work in the ICU at a local hospital.

  Codes and emergencies are right up my alley. The nurses I work with are awesome and I have learned a great deal about a feild I love over the last two years.

  I am currently enlisted in the Army and go to BCT september 15th, I hope I will love being a Combat Medic as well
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  I was thinking that the term "Premarital Sex" is actually making an assumption

  by gubberningbody in

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  ...namely that the person is ever going to get married.. .

  back to what you were doing..... .

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  CandleSurgeon

  If having sex constitues marriage... hmmmm I have quite a few wives. How do I divorce them all? In that case I kinda got married last night in the on call room at the hospital. (dangerous and stupid I know, but oh so worth it)
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  why I like this site

  by nancy drew in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i like this site (aside from the fact that we have the jw experience in common) because i have come to realize that all of you are very creative, interesting & courageous.

  it takes a special person to exit the jw's.

  we all of course are also very different & thats good because we can learn from each other.

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  CandleSurgeon

  Agreed. This is a great forum and most of the people here are spot on. I just wish I had more time to enjoy this site.
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  Were you Stalked or Chased After Once you Exited the JW's by Elders ?

  by flipper in

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  i tried to fade off the map by moving 30 miles initially in 2004 after i exited in late 2003 .

  the first several years they didn't bother me.

  i ran into a elder from my former congregation in late 2005 in an antique store - he tried telling me i was wrong for stopping attending meetings.

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  CandleSurgeon

  I d/a'd when I left because I didn't want to see the elders. I also moved 45 minutes away and did not tell anyone where I was going. I knew my friends would cut me off and the elders were only going to try to guilt me into "coming back to the truth."

  But I can say, from watching the elders for years I was honestly scared they would stalk me, I had seen it happen many times before. That and I was often picked to go out in service with two elders and while I sat in the back they discussed "congregational matters" and I learned so much about their tactics. Stalking is the right word for what they do.
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  2nd video on 1919 Watchtower's Wacky Chronology

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfrz4bepvye.

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  i had some time to put this together... let me know what you think... .

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  CandleSurgeon

  Another great one A@G
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  I feel so alone within Jw's

  by XPeterX in

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  2. experiences

  why won't any jw call me?i always call them and they avoid me or meet me only for study and meetings.they won't even start a conversation with me on msn!i feel somewhat uncomfortable within jw 'friends'.i have prayed a lot about this all of my adolescent years and still no response.did this happen to you too?.

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  CandleSurgeon

  I concur with what Flipper said.

  The sad truth is Peter, friendship is conditional inside the JW organization, my guess is that you are not meeting their conditions. I would rather have real friends that don't hold conditions on our friendship.

  Best of luck to you.