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  I have been drinking Kombucha recently

  by asilentone in

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  how much and how often should i drink it?

  maybe one of you know the answer.

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  awildflower

  Thanks ASO, I'll check it out!
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  Facebook site

  by lancelink in

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  this afternoon i was wasting time just looking at different sites on facebook.. i ran across this ,,,,, jw friends.. .

  on the comment section for 12/24 this comment was made:.

  nice book to offer on december 25 would be the greatest man book.. lets all get out in service on that day, make jehovahs heart rejoice.

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  How do you look at different groups on facebook? Like how did you guys find them? Do I just enter key words into the search? I don't want to search jw's but maybe something else. I have facebook but I'm not to familiar with it.

  I hate the line "let's search out who's deserving". Aren't all people on earth "deserving" of God's love? And how do THEY determine who's deserving?? Makes me sick. Sooooo glad I'm out!.............wf
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  40 years ago today...

  by poppers in

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  i entered marine corps boot camp.

  it was -220 when i got on the bus at home in wisconsin and 780 when i got off the plane in san diego.

  seems like yesterday.

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  Yes, quite the surprise! I've been to both Wisconsin and San Diego I like something about both of them! Congrats!......wf
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  swearing-foul language

  by megaflower in

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  as a good dub i never used any four letter words (i just thought them).

  its not that way anymore.

  if you no longer consider yourselve a witness do you swear, curse.

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  I don't swear. Just doesn't feel right even not being a jw. But it doesn't really bother me when other people do, except around kids. My 19 year old son is going through some 'swearing' stage and it turns me off. I just don't see the point. But if I stub my toe really, really hard then usually a few choice words come out!......wf
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  I have been drinking Kombucha recently

  by asilentone in

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  how much and how often should i drink it?

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  What the heck is that and what the heck's it for?
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  Twilight movies

  by darnkid in

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  does anyone know exactly what the society has said on the twilight movies?

  is it a matter of conscience or a real no-no?

  my children are witnesses, i am df'd so i can't say anything, but one of them indulges in these movies and books-the baptized one who won't visit me or talk to me unless absolutely necessary.

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  I know if I were still in and being the jw I was, they would have been out in my house but of course we are not 'in' anymore. But I have a 13 year old daughter who is obsessed with the series (I am too actually). And I know of jw's who are into it but kind of on the sly. So IMHO, the society would say they were a no no. And although like mentioned above, there's to many things specifically to name from the platform, my bet is that because this Twilight thing is huge, that it will be specifically talked about one day if not already.........wf
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  Lets Welcome Designer Stubble to the board!

  by asilentone in

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  Welcome DS and Clam that hilarious.
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  Another Scotsman reporting for duty :)

  by cofty in

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  hi all, its time i stopped lurking around here.

  i've been posting at jws for just over a year, i know a few names here and it looks like there is lots of good banter going on.. i am a second generation, born-in who grew up in west-central scotland.

  i pioneered in edinburgh and later married and settled in berwick just south of the border.

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  Hi welcome! I have always found it interesting that the one's , like myself and obviously you, who studied the wt literature extensively are the one's who find what's wrong with it and leave! It's always something different for each of us. It wasn't a doctrinal thing for me as much as the lack of love and proof of God's spirit where they said it was suppose to be. But all my years of studying helped me to make a great defense about the doctrinal stuff when I needed to. I just walked away a year ago with my un-baptized kids. We have been so much better for it. Like you, in the beginning, I truly still felt like I believed in God, and Jesus as his son and everlasting life. But now, a year later, I think much differently. I'm more on an intuition and spirituality kick, reading the likes of Gregg Braden, Eckhart Tolle and Wayne Dyer. But I'll tell you, I've learned more about spirituality and how it really works, in the last year verses my whole life in the org! Spirituality is not based on a religion, it can be, but doesn't have to be. In my opinion, the farther you get from organized anything, the more you tap into real spirituality. You have a lot of growth but just remember, your where you are because you are suppose to be. It's all part of your journey. Embrace each part of it. Glad your here. I've learned soooooo much on this board and made some friends to!.......wf
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  Any former BETHELITES that have joined JWD in the Past Year???

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  i was in wallkill from 94-96 and brooklyn from 96-05. i worked in the it dept.. .

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  awildflower

  bueler...:)
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  Your faces

  by goldensky in

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  dear all,.

  i love it when your avatar is a real picture of you.

  i look at it with interest and my heart warms up.

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  awildflower

  Thanks dgp . I like seeing everyone's faces too!...wf