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  it just got more interesting.

  by Texasbred in

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  the woman i am dating has a 4 year old child.

  he's a cute kid, and we get along very well.. the father was once a jw and he went to the same kingdom hall as my girlfriend.

  but now he's out and celebrates holidays, birthdays, etc.

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  joelbear

  You are opening yourself up to a lifetime of heart ache by getting involved with a Jehovah's Witness.
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  A friend of mine partook

  by hippikon in

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  a friend of mine partook of the emblems the other day.

  now the elders want to speak with him.

  i know he lurks hear so i want him to see your answers?

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  joelbear

  My point was that all the rules and regs and politics of how to deal with something that in my opinion is a personal matter of faith is complete gobbledegook.

  People should be able to relate to their god, higher power, spiritual center or whatever, in whatever means they need to as long as it doesn't negatively affect others and/or their needs to relate in a different way.

  The rest is gobbledegook.

  Joel
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  Tonight's memorial - did you go?

  by dmouse in

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  my wife has just left for the memorial.. just before she went she asked me to come...this was the second year in a row that i declined.

  i hated seeing her so sad, i almost agreed to go just to cheer her up but that would betray her in a very real sense.

  to go to the memorial would be an admission in her eyes (and other jws) that i still believe deep down that it is the truth.

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  joelbear

  You cannot imagine how thankful I am to have been able to get up this morning and read your posts.

  Yesterday was extremely difficult for me. I told my mother about 2 months ago that I was thinking about going this year. She put on the full court press to get me to go. In the end, I just couldn't.

  The only relationship I have ever had with my mother was based on guilt. The only relationship I have ever had with my dad was based on fear and intimidation.

  Sometimes I say to myself, its the society's fault for brainwashing them into these automatons. But recently, I've been saying to myself, no, they made the decision to become witnesses. They were in control of their beliefs and behavior.

  The witnesses appeal to a sick desire in people to be #1 in the world and to be able to control other people's actions through mass intimidation. Yes, the society is guilty, but all witnesses share in this guilt to some degree by association.

  While I understand why some here decided to go to the memorial, I am also proud of those who did not.

  great big hugs to all who were affected by this over the weekend.

  Joel
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  Evolutionists having to fight for the theory.....

  by Deacon in

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  evolutionists battle new theory on creation.

  by james glanz.

  salvatore c. dimarco jr. for the new york times .

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  joelbear

  If God created man perfect, did he have to recreate him with an immune system after he became imperfect?
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  A friend of mine partook

  by hippikon in

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  a friend of mine partook of the emblems the other day.

  now the elders want to speak with him.

  i know he lurks hear so i want him to see your answers?

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  joelbear

  What a bunch of gobbledigook
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  Jehovah is Cool!!!

  by Kent in

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  jehovah is a cool guy, helping jws to get stinking rich.. "i would like to thank my god, jehovah, for giving me the strength to compete today since you guys were a little tough on me today," said williams, who picks up a check of $330,0000.

  the story can be found here:.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/tennis/newsid_1227000/1227575.stm

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  joelbear

  Some witnesses can be rich tennis professional and in good standing. Others will work their night jobs so they can pioneer and hope to run into Venus at a convention where they will live their current life vicariously through her while both awaiting the new system. Will there be competition in the new system?

  hugs

  Joel
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  Obituary Pioneers

  by LovesDubs in

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  things have gotten desperate in the us for the borg.

  they lowered the hours required by the pioneers to 70 and there was this little surge in the number of pioneers and yet there was a negative "increase" in this country.

  so...desperate times call for desperate measures.

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  joelbear

  This change got by me.

  It is no longer considered to be the separating work?

  please fill me in on this

  hugs

  Joel
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  Describe JW/ A mind altering cult/ Dangerous Cult

  by nojw86 in

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  i am sort of interested to your responces if someone might ask a ?

  about the jw how might you describe the jw?

  would they to your personal opinion be a mind altering cult or a dangerous cult?

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  joelbear

  I classify a cult as any organization that uses psychological pressure (like shunning) as opposed to leading by example, teaching through logic and fact, etc.

  hugs

  Joel
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  Mother-In-Law 2

  by silentlambs in

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  well here it is folks the response to my wife's letter.

  i guess i have become more evil between letters.

  once again any ideas as to how to answer this type of logic?

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  joelbear

  Silent,

  All you can do is show love. Reason is useless with someone who is involved in a cult. Love is the answer. Do all things with love and you will prosper. But you already know that I am sure.

  virtual hugs

  Joel
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  The WT vultures will NOT feed on my carcass!

  by expatbrit in

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  this is sort of a connected subject to englishman's prior post.

  it's a difficult subject, so i'm sorry if it upsets anyone.

  but it's been on my mind for a few weeks.. i'm sure that for all of us wt "survivors" (thanks for that term, esmeralda), the idea of our funeral being used as a propagandistic sales pitch for the wt is repugnant.. but, for those of us whose family are still jw's, it's a very real possibility.

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  joelbear

  It is in my will that my partner Mitch is executor of my estate and in charge of arranging my memorial service.

  I want my funeral to be a party where people remember the good times we've had. That is the stuff of life.

  hugs

  Joel
  www.joelbear.com