March is Red Cross month. Please give blood even if you can't get an ex-JW group together. I work for the Red Cross and the need for blood never stops.
InOregon
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will you sponsor your own exJW Blood Drive wherever you are
by Shawn10538 init occurred to me that there may be larger hot spots of ex jws in other places besides so cal.
so if you are in an area with a particularly large amount of exjws, will you sponsor an ex-jw blood drive in your area?.
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Who would you have Lunch With? From JWN?
by AvocadoJake inthe last few years "warren buffet.
" has donated his time to the highest bidder for charity.
the ebay auction usually goes for $100,000 to spend lunch-time and pick his brain on his view.
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InOregon
Oompa. I enjoy his off color humor.
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told my parents to never ever tell me they love me again....
by oompa in...i told them in a very serious sitdown in their living room....said..."because if you cant show it then it does not count...that is not real love no matter who tells you it is....because it is how it makes me feel that determines if it is love....not if you just say it...and me and my sons do not feel that love at all now"....and i stayed calm and talked slowly and barely shed a tear as i held them back...and i had asked them to not say a word but just listen...dad said they would as long as it was not about religion as i knew he would.
this was two of the worst days of my life in a row..i told them the pain me and my boys feel from their shunning is worse than if they had died...that then i could grieve naturally and move on because that is normal....grief helps you cope...my grief is different because they choose to act like i am dead and normal grief does not seem to work on that.
i shared an epiphany with them i had about mens rules vs gods great idea of dna (but no i am not sure about a god anymore)it went kinda like this:.
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InOregon
That is great that you took matters into your own hands. Telling your parents how you feel gives you strength. So often we just sit back and take whatever the WTBS has told our loved ones to dish out to us. You did not portray yourself as a crying little boy begging for their attention. You stood up like a man and told them the consequence of their actions to you. It is doubtful that they will change their minds, but you have every right to tell them how you feel. I am very proud of you.
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Some Pix From My Scotland/Ireland Distillery Tour.
by Low-Key Lysmith inpretty, ain't it?
stopped here to pee.. .
oban distillery.
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InOregon
Looks like a great vacation!
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Can you relate to this comment from a ex jw ? I can
by Hairyhegoat inas a former jehovahs witness (20 years) and as someone who auxiliary pioneered several months every year for half the time i was involved in that organization, i know for a fact that most jws actively pray for the destruction of most worldly people.
if you really think about it, its a warped, awful and sick mentality.
oh boy i cant wait for the vast majority of people on this planet to die by gods hand because they dont believe what i believe!!
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InOregon
A similar mentality occurs at assemblies when the speaker says something to the effect of "won't we all rejoice when God destroys this old system and wicked mankind". Then everyone claps joyously. They are really clapping about the death of their neighbors, their co-workers, their non-witness family, you, me, etc. That always seemed a bit heartless to me.
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Did you miss out on "higher education" when a JW but go to college later?
by Mad Sweeney ini did.
still not finished with a degree yet but i'll get there.. how about you?.
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InOregon
Yes, I am going to college at the age of 54.
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Why is sex suddenly pure and holy after you receive a marriage certificate?
by doubtful in...but gross and detestable any time before marriage.
if a witness couple who are engaged to one another, decide to express their love toward each other by engaging in sexual intercourse just weeks or even days before they're officially married, they are considered to be loathsome, unclean people.
the witness girl would be seen by others in the hall as a dirty little whore...and the guy would just be thought of as a horny young man who couldn't keep it in his pants.
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InOregon
I am not a big fan of marriage, but legal marriage does offer protections that do not apply to unmarried couples no matter how long they have been together. These protections include:
· joint parenting
· joint adoption
· status as next-of-kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent
· joint insurance policies for home, auto, and health
· dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support
· immigration and residency for partners from other countries
· inheritance automatically in the absence of a will
· joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house
· inheritance of jointly-owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate)
· benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare
· spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home
· veterans' discounts on medical care, education, and home loans
· joint filing of tax returns
· joint filing of customs claims when traveling
· wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children
· bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child
· decision-making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her
· crime victims' recovery benefits
· judicial protections and evidentiary immunity
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InOregon
I am six months into 2 years for my AA and I am 54. I am getting A's. Anyone have some information about receiving grants or scholarships? I don't seem to be poor enough to qualify, yet I only make $13.00 hr on my job and I feel very poor!!
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How JWs reacted to TV show and comment about 1975 prophecy.
by iknowall558 injehovahswitness newsblogsherri shepherd does it again.
can't make this stuff up folks...abc the view | jehovah's witnesses | 2010www.youtube.comsherri shepherd does it again.
can't make this stuff up folks... join our youtube group.
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InOregon
That is the sad part about people that were not active around 1975. They think people who say 1975 was clearly spoken of as the end by JW's is bunk. Those of us that were around then, know how JW's were selling their possessions and looking for the end to come.
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Head Count request, are you male or female? Lets count!
by asilentone inat her recent thread, changeling was asking us if there are more men than women leaving the org.
lets find out.. .
i am a male.
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InOregon
I am all woman!!