Topics Started by Cinnamon (TOO)

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If You Weren't In Rapt Attention What Did You Think About During The Meetings?
by minimus in
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2. friends
i used to think of leaving early.

at the end i started making excuses to leave (supposedly work related) so that i could just get out of there.

i wanted a drink!.
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What images does the smell of warm rain
by John Doe in
1. jw
2. friends
evoke?.
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Did your parents' zealousness ever embarass you?
by keyser soze in
1. jw
2. experiences
my dad was/is very zealous about announcing his faith.

but he doesn't quite have the knack for it, or the tact.. case in point: when i was a kid, about 12 i think, him, my brother and i were walking into a department store when we encountered a lady out in front who was passing out leaflets for a political candidate.

it wasn't even a major election.
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I tried to talk to JW's today and they ran away.
by moshe in
1. jw
2. friends
i spotted them out in fs on my block as i turned into my driveway, so i waited for them to come around to my side of the street.

they were in a huddle, 2 sisters and 2 brothers- the brothers had a young boy around 6 with them to get sympathy.

i had my 1924 wt book, the way to paradise, in hand and approached them.
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RANDY WATTER'S DAD JUST DIED
by Mary in
1. jw
2. friends
randy watters, owner of freeminds.org father just died a couple of hours ago from pneumonia and alzheimers.

he was 86 years old.

as randy has been tireless in his efforts to help countless people come out of the wts, i would like to express my sincere condolences to him at this time.. .
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Some stay FOR the control?
by SearchingForMe in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been wondering lately...do some stay in the borg for the control?.

let me expand that question.

do some currently in the disorganization stay specifically for the sense of control it gives them over others(mate, children, family, friends) and the way it lets them have perceived control of others?.
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Newbie: Roll Call ---- Oldies Returning: Roll Call
by cameo-d in
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2. friends
i have noticed a lot of newbies lately.

(i also noticed that after being absent for a year happy1975 is making a return visit.).

so, if you are a brand spanking newbie, post here and tell us a little about your interests, your state, your new direction in life, your favorite things, whatever you want to say---this is your thread.. .
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Convention Memories...
by darkl1ght3r in
1. jw
2. experiences
brothers and sisters.

please take your seats.

the 2010 district convention of jehovahs witnesses is about to begin.
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Informal poll...Which Meeting was the most boring for you? Which one did you stop attending first?
by mindmelda in
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2. friends
for me, it was always the theocratic ministry school/field service meeting.. strangely, i never minded giving talks, because i always wanted to perform and have virtually no stage fright.

but, listening to some of the deadly dull talks used to make me look at the clock a lot.

i always felt sorry for some poor slob who had to give his first bible reading on something like job's daughters raping him after getting him drunk.. i swear i think our school overseer did it on purpose because he was a mean sob.. and, i hated field slavery as my parents became witnesses when i was about 12, never did get a good attitude about it.
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My mom's love for me is based on well I am doing 'spiritually'---
by QuestioningEverything in
1. jw
2. friends
this is the comment that my husband made to me this morning about his mom.

i felt terrible for him.

his childhood was very jw structured.