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  Farewell to a Friend part 2

  by wanderlustguy in

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  someone i cared for has taken her own life.

  things between us were not the best lately even though i cared for her deeply, we last parted on bad terms and there wasnt ever closure.

  and please, dont ever think it is too late to change the person you see in the mirror every day.

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  WLG

  I am so sorry for your loss.

  ~jb
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  What a Friend!

  by Deputy Dog in

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  hello, is this the sheriff's office?

  "i'm calling to report about my neighbor virgil smith... .

  he is hiding marijuana inside his firewood!

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  LOL
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  need help from all ex j.w's please

  by miss_ellie in

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  when you were a j.w why were you taught to not celebarte christmas?

  also is there fact behind there teachings?.

  did you ever feel left out at this festive season and what did you think of others that celebrated?

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  Both my Husband and I grew up without Christmas. I always felt left out and sad that I wasn't with the rest of my family for any of the holidays. We celebrate them now. I do not make x-mas about religion at all. For us its about tradition and being together as a family.
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  Use NORAD to track Santa!!!! :D

  by Elsewhere in

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  do you have kids who pester you about where santa is during christmas?

  well, here is your solution!

  norad has a website dedicated to using their advanced missile tracking technologies for tracking santa!

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  My kids love to track Santa! We use NORAD every year.
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  Do you vote?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i was just wondering if anyone here votes in the elections?

  considering how badly that some of us did on that test, i wonder if anyone is even concerned with politics?

  do you care who your congressman is for your state?

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  yes I vote.
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  Do YOU Consider Yourself An Apostate?

  by Golf in

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  i find this labeling insulting and misdirected.

  i have been lied, deceived/tricked by a group of men posing as god's direct channel of communication.

  when a group of men heightens the expectations of a world change to happen in 1975 (armageddon) to its' adherents and nothing occurs and then blame their adherents for thinking such thoughts, this is outright deception.

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  Since the only time I ever heard or used the word Apostate was while I was a JW, I'm going to have to say no.

  But that being said I did leave an org. so.....

  Ahhh you know what I really don't care! They can call me anything they please, just as long as they stay away.
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  Execution in United States Are You For It?

  by jayhawk1 in

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  from the ap.... raleigh, n.c. - a man who killed his wife and father-in-law pinned his hopes on last-minute intervention from the governor or the courts as he awaited lethal injection early friday in the nation's 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977. kenneth lee boyd, set to die at 2 a.m., spent the day receiving visitors, including two sons who watched him gun down their mother and grandfather in 1988. .

  my questions are; are you for or against the death penalty?

  what was your opinion of the death penalty as a jehovah's witness?.

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  I am for the Death penalty, but I think the victims/families wishes should play a greater role.
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  Anybody have their tree/ decorations still up?

  by Sunspot in

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  we just took ours down last night!

  the first "after-wts" year that we celebrated christmas, i left everything up until the 7th of january!

  it doesn't seem like we've enjoyed them long enough!.

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  We still have ours up. But it's coming down tomorrow.
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  when did you stop believing?

  by cherryblossomgirl in

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  the light faded for me when i was twelve.

  i asked my uncle what happened to all the people who couldn't be reached by the "truth" in far off lands, or little kids whose parents didn't believe...ect... "would they still die in armagedon?

  " he answered yes, and from there on, whether it was bs or not, i couldn't believe.

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  Thank you Special K

  What is sad to me is that many here have been told such terrible lies. Sadly my brothers death may have sealed my parents fate in this cult.
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  when did you stop believing?

  by cherryblossomgirl in

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  the light faded for me when i was twelve.

  i asked my uncle what happened to all the people who couldn't be reached by the "truth" in far off lands, or little kids whose parents didn't believe...ect... "would they still die in armagedon?

  " he answered yes, and from there on, whether it was bs or not, i couldn't believe.

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  For me it was when my older brother Scott was killed in a car accident. I remember my Dad coming in arround 5 in the morning and waking me up. He brought me into my parents room and started reading my some scriptures. I couldn't tell you what they were because I was so confused. I couldn't figure out what he was doing , he worked 3rd shift and shouldn't be home. Then he told me.

  We did the big funeral thing. And during the calling hours I saw my poor brother just laying there. I went up to him and just lost it. My Mom brought me outside with some help from an old family friend.( who was also an Elder and the one who showed my parents the "truth") I was crying uncontrolably so he slapped me in the face and told me to snap out of it I was going to see my brother in the new system anyway!

  That was it for me. I was 13. I kept going living my life like a "normal witness" would but I knew I didn't believe in the new system. More questions followed but I waited until I was out on my own before I took a real hard look at them.