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  What did your Grannie teach you?

  by compound complex in

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  for me: how to garden, do laundry (we washed in an old maytag wringer and pegged the wash on a wire line), cook, clean house.. most importantly, how to show love and respect .

  .. miss you, nana!!!

  please share!.

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  jgnat

  My grandma taught this lefty to knit when everyone else had quit. She taught me that maturity is beautiful and a worthwhile lifetime goal. Mom insisted on thank-you letters and never failed to drill in to us that they needed to be letter-perfect ( grandma was a retired schoolteacher). Being letter perfect hasn't hurt me, nor the habit to say "thank you".

  Grandpa taught me that you don't always have to do what Grandma says (he'd simply turn down the hearing aid). Grandpa imparted the joy of telling a good tale and living until you drop.
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  Mental Health Issues in JW Women

  by Seven in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  here's a click to the cultic studies journalissue concerning jw women.

  [url] http://www.csj.org/pub_csj/csj_vol14_no1_97/abs_wifely.htm#top[/url]

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  jgnat

  It is all fine and good to tell a sister to endure in spite of the people. Very noble and all that. But is this truly the best place for her to be?
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  Why Do Certain "Inactive Ones" Get Bothered By The Elders While Others Don't?

  by minimus in

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  it seems some inactive ones and active jws are hardly ever bothered by the elders while others are constantly called, checked up on, etc...... what gives?.

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  I've had long discussions with a now inactive Witness who has endured a nearly intolerable level of scrutiny. Why? His hall is short of eligible brothers. The elders need someone to assign the crap work to.

  He is convinced it is all power games. If a DF'd brother is begging to be reinstated, they will ignore him and leave him dangling as long as they dare. On the other hand, if they sniff out that the brother doesn't care any more, they are all over him.

  It still blows me away that leadership takes resignations under advisement - as if permission must be granted to quit - and that the assignments keep on rolling in until the brother has the audacity to refuse.
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  IN THEIR OWN WORDS: The mean-spirit of Russell's sham marriage

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is commonly known by jehovah's witnesses, the marriage of pastor c.t.russell and his wife maria (moe-rye-uh) was an uneasy one.. the marriage itself was founded on a weird interpretation of "virginity" and "purity" as only an obsessive-compulsive.

  puritan fanatic might find agreeable.

  the two of them were not to share a bed (or physical relations.).

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  Remember the idealism of the age. An entire sect practiced celibacy as a repudiation of all things carnal (Shakers). I think this could have been an intellectual marriage with some satisfaction for both (authorship and leadership for her).

  Kind of reminds me of the Clinton union where the wife has larger ambitions than the husband, but she remains constrained by convention. In this model the husband is used to express the ambitions of the wife.
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  what is the difference between chance and randomness and non randomness?

  by Ruby456 in

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  a recent thread made me think about this.

  here is a link and a quote from a thread that ran 2 years ago and was started by cantleave.

  also please don't tell me or insinuate that i am stoopid .

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  jgnat

  http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/print.asp?ID=2908
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  What do you think?

  by rosie70 in

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  2. relationships

  it happened to one of my friends.

  what do you think of the guy's behavior?.

  a girl and a guy are coworkers.

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  jgnat

  I think he is a hypocrite and tattoos are stupid.
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  Stupid paragraph in this weekends wt study

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how's these comments in this weeks study?.

  i understood that i had neglected my children when they most needed my guidance and affection, admits eduardo.

  i had not been there to read them bible stories, to pray with them, to cuddle them, and to play with them.

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  I am not sure the article was targeting Filipinos but the country has a high migrant population.

  http://verafiles.org/dissecting-the-overseas-filipino-population/

  This article is singularly bad advice for this group.
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  6th Sense.

  by quellycatface in

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  do you believe it exists?.

  when you get "a hunch", do you ignore or listen to it?

  ?.

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  jgnat

  http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pattern_recognition
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  6th Sense.

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you believe it exists?.

  when you get "a hunch", do you ignore or listen to it?

  ?.

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  jgnat

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9989623/Feeling-of-being-watched-hardwired-in-brain.html
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  New Member Story

  by No Retreat No Surrender in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i found out "ttat" i felt like muhammad ali when joe frazer knocked him down in their first fight in the 15th round.

  the ref came over grab my gloves and looked me in the eyes and asked me "are you ok, can you continue" and then gave me the standing 8 count.

  no it didn't knock me out but it staggered me.

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  jgnat

  Personal exit stories are my favorite. I get a double thrill when couples leave together. I hope this board provides some comfort, a safe harbour in the storms of life, when you have had so few. There is nothing more to our initiation here. You are accepted.