I wont be going - my first year not to do so
carpediem
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when is the memorial this year? and will you be going?
by highdose ini won't be going if i can help it, but id like a heads up about it, just to be forewarned.
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How About You Ladies Then, Body or Face?
by finallysomepride in.
so let's reverse it, do you choose men by their face or bodies, or other parts maybe?.
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carpediem
Just by appearance it would have to be face, but including other attributes then I would say 'brain/mind'
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Where Are You From?
by finallysomepride inalot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.
if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.
for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .
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carpediem
Nottinghamshire, England
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carpediem
Excellent news. Glad to hear it and hope you have a huge smile and enjoy your next date.
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New (non Witness) here
by juci32 inhello guys!i am just introducing myself here.
i have been visiting this site for about a year but never really posted much but i have really learned and enjoyed the topics on this forum, in fact i think this is the best discussion forum i have yet to come across .. a little about my situation is i am a non religious person married to a devout witness, when i met him 4 yrs ago he was out in the "world", never really mentioned his beliefs as we were enjoying life without it.
the more we dated the more i realized that something wasn't right.
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carpediem
Hello and welcome. I am new here myself. So sorry about the situation you are in. My husband is a witness so I know where you are coming from, although my situation is not quite the same as I was once a witness too. I stopped going to meetings a few months ago and my husband is still in. You have found a good place to come. There is a wealth of advice here and lots of support.
take care
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For those who joined as adults
by brainwashed-from-birth ini was raised one of jw.
before i was born my dad joined when two jws came to our house around the same time my grandpa (my dad's dad) died.
i remember my mom telling me that my dad took this very hard.
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carpediem
I was at a crisis point in my life - marriage break up, problems with family, work, short of money and thinking 'what the hell is this all about'. They came knocking and I accepted a bible study because I was curious. I didnt know much about the Bible and thought perhaps it contained the meaning of life. I liked the idea of living forever in perfect health in the squeaky clean world their pictures showed. However, it took a good 18 months to indoctrinate me as I had far too many questions. For most of the time of being in I would have sworn I wasnt brainwashed and that everything made perfect sense. But being questioner and a thinker, there were too many niggles - baptising children, 1914, faithful slave class, the ridiculous memorial etc. Eventually the light got brighter and brighter and I couldnt ignore the alarm bells clanging in my head so I did a lot of research and started to use my brain and well, here I am out. I think they just came along at a low time in my life when I wanted to believe there was a better life than this.
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Your Opinion Please: Do GB members believe what they say?
by EverAStudent inin your own opinion: do the governing board members believe their own prophecies, stories, and articles?
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do you think they are true believers in the core religion or fakers simply behaving as profiteers?.
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carpediem
For the most part I think they are deceived and deceiving
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Will he call me?
by Newborn ini again find myself in that position that i'm hoping for a guy to text me or call me back...will he?.
what's wrong with me??
am i just starving for love and affection.
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carpediem
LOL Creativhoney!
If you textl him in a few days just once and keep the text simple (so he knows you are just a normal girl following up and not a bunny boiler or anything), there shouldnt really be anything to scare him off.
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JW Discussion Board Lifts Another Story from Another Religion
by blondie inhttp://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/3956/html/rss/.
several years ago a rabbi from out-of-state accepted a call to a community in houston, texas.
some weeks after he arrived he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area.
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carpediem
Im not surprised. I heard the story some time back about a witness going to the door of a murderer who later the same day murdered someone. When later asked by police why he hadnt harmed the witness he said it was because of the two muscular looking men with her. Not long after hearing this story I was out in service and a muslim lady told me the same story about her religion. She even said it had been all over the newspapers.
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Things you would like to do that you havent yet done
by carpediem inas i am new this may have been asked before.
but it is something i have been thinking about since i left the religion.. .
things i havent yet done but would like to do include:.
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carpediem
Thanks for your responses. Good to read what you aspire to and hope you manage to all you want. You certainly upped the odds of achieving your dreams by leaving behind the religion.
Parakeet - you must try to see a solar eclipse. Its a fantastic experience. I saw one in 1999. Drove to Devon to see it - due to cloud I managed to catch about 1 minute of it, but it was well worth the journey to see it. Its all too soon over however long you get. Wish it lasted as long as a lunar eclipse!