Beachwalker

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  Hi - new kid on th block

  by nearlyfree in

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  i have been looking at this website for about 2 months now and feel i am now ready to say hi and intoduce myself.i dont want to give out too much info at this point in time as i still am in the org, but have only been to 2 meetings since the district convention in august and last time i went out on service was in march.

  i was basically raised in the truth as my parents became jw when i was 2. i was married in my late teens and after 21 years of being married to a total control freak he left me (yay).

  anyway since me ex left, i had been doing a lot of thinking about being a witness, and i wasnt really going to a lot of meetings - just didnt feel like it.

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  Beachwalker

  Hi, new kid! Your experience sounds very much like mine! Good luck with the fade!

  Beachwalker
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  real fake friends

  by diamondiiz in

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  2. experiences

  i wondered how did your "best" jw friends react to when you told them you're leaving wts?.

  after i found out all i needed to know i called up my old friend who i thought was a good friend but i knew he was a die hard dub and i told him to write down a book and read it.

  i was refering to russell's thy kingdom come.

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  Beachwalker

  I had one friend that I'd had for ages. I never mentioned how abusive my ex was, because you didn't talk about that stuff! I hadn't gone to meetings for years, but she never asked, and I never told! But the week after my ex and I broke up, she rang and asked for me to visit. I said I couldn't because I was going somewhere with my mother, and I never heard from her again! No loss.

  I always say - a friend loves you even if you're crazy!

  Beachwalker
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  Why would non religious person wear a cross with Jesus on it?

  by asilentone in

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  Beachwalker

  I wear an Ankh, but I don't serve Ra! It's a symbol of life, and I fully support that

  Beachwalker
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  what is xmas dinner?

  by highdose in

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  i've just realised i have no idea what i should be serving on 25/12!!.

  turkey?

  chicken?

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  What about asking the rest of the family? Aunties, uncles, extended family can help out with family traditions.
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  Do you still want to live forever?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  do you still have the desire to live forever on a paradise earth?.

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  Beachwalker

  Sure, I'd like to live forever on a paradise earth. But under my conditions! As my mother always said, why you would you want to live forever with this lot!!!

  Beachwalker
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  if the GB was female....?

  by highdose in

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  just a wandering thought, what kind of religon would the jw's be if the situation was reversed and the gb was all female, only women could hold postions of power in the cong etc....?.

  over to you my freinds....

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  Impossible, the GB would not exist. Female-centric organisations are not power-based. Matriarchial societies are are more about power sharing. Female religions are not organised.

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  Bro. Dale Irwin passed away

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  bro.

  dale irwin, former city overseer of brisbane (australia) passed away yesterday morning.. a memorial service is being held this coming friday at the brisbane assembly hall.. dale was a much-loved witness here in brisbane and a wonderful public speaker.

  he was briefly famous in the early 80's when he and his wife became parents of quadruplets.. sincere condolences to the irwin family...... .

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  Beachwalker

  cantleave, I think mainly because he wasn't a hypocrite.

  Beachwalker
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  Bro. Dale Irwin passed away

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  bro.

  dale irwin, former city overseer of brisbane (australia) passed away yesterday morning.. a memorial service is being held this coming friday at the brisbane assembly hall.. dale was a much-loved witness here in brisbane and a wonderful public speaker.

  he was briefly famous in the early 80's when he and his wife became parents of quadruplets.. sincere condolences to the irwin family...... .

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  And yes, I can see the irony there!!!!! I should have walked when I had the chance! Quads - doing the math, they would have to have been born in 1982 or 3.

  Beachwalker
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  Bro. Dale Irwin passed away

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  bro.

  dale irwin, former city overseer of brisbane (australia) passed away yesterday morning.. a memorial service is being held this coming friday at the brisbane assembly hall.. dale was a much-loved witness here in brisbane and a wonderful public speaker.

  he was briefly famous in the early 80's when he and his wife became parents of quadruplets.. sincere condolences to the irwin family...... .

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  Wow, I thought he'd last forever! He studied with my ex and I in the 70s. I gave him a hard time. I'd ask a hard question, and his wife, Mary, would say, "Oh Carole", and I'd think well if they can't answer that, I'm out of here!

  He was a man that 'walked the walk'. Anybody know how old the quads are?

  Beachwalker
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  I'm Still Torn About the Blood Issue

  by palmtree67 in

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  when i left the org.

  the blood issue wasn't an issue for me.

  my best friend was on the blood committee for years and i could see many cases where either blood wouldn't have saved the person anyways (like when a person is in a serious car accident and their liver is in pieces), or blood actually killed the person and/or hindered recovery.. then my little nephew got leukemia.

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  Let me tell you about my experiences with blood. I remember the horror stories from the Borg - you'll take on characteristics of the person that gave you the blood, and such.

  In 1978 I had an emercency c-section, the anaesthetic didn't agree with me, and my liver collapsed. I was a week in intensive care, my baby survived just fine. I refused blood like a good little jdub that I was. In those circumstances I was told later that if I'd have had blood it might have tipped my liver over the edge, and I might have died.

  In 1999 I had brain surgery for a pituitary tumour. It's the major gland in the body, and it's behind your eyes. They go up through your nose, very gruesome. The doctor missed, hit my carotid artery. You can imagine what happened. They abandoned the surgery, pumped me full of blood, and sewed me up. I heard later that they used buckets of the stuff! I was picking dried blood out of my hair for days until they let me get up! Also, in those circumstances having blood was the right thing to do. Actually, about a year later, I felt like I had a new lease on life, I felt full of energy.

  So, the bottom line is, it depends on the circumstances.

  My 2 cents,

  Beachwalker