Topics Started by BackRoomBilly

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What if Christopher Dorner was an ex-Jw who had been df'd for no good reason?
by BackRoomBilly in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't agree with killing but do you imagine it would shed some light on ttatt to the american public?

what impact do you think it would have on the r&f?

somebody on another thread mentioned oprah.
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What are the things you dislike most about JW's?
by Chariklo in
1. jw
2. friends
top of my list has to be hypocrisy.

it runs right through, from elders downwards.

the literature and the gb are bad enough, but the bit that touches ordinary people, householders, students and ordinary rank and file is the false goodness that they put on like a raincoat.
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Has leaving the truth( i hate that word) caused you to do things now that you would not have normally done ?
by sieborg in
1. jw
2. friends
although we all know that there are many disadvantages of being brought up ( vomit sound) in the truth.

but would you say that leaving has maybe caused you to do some things that you would not have normally have done in life ?

for me personally now i have lots of free time ( mine all mine, evil laugh) i have almost finished my first novel.
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Remember tongue twisters?
by journey-on in
1. social
2. humour
our new member, fireflower, made me think of this.

(try saying "fireflower" six times real fast.).

my all-time favorite oldie tongue twister: "six sheiks slitting six sheets".
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Who apologize more to the opposite sex? Men or Women?
by asilentone in
1. social
2. relationships
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How Many Here Take Prescription Meds?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i only take 1 daily pill, allopurinol, for gout.

i have a number of friends that take a half dozen pills a day!.
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WT cautions against playing pac-man 1982 Awake
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with bizarre names like pac-man, asteroids, space invaders, battlezone and donkey kong, video games have landed themselves not only in amusement arcades but also in corner drugstores, supermarkets, gas stations, fast-food parlors and nearly everywhere else that people congregate.

their beeps and booms and colorful lights have captured the fancy and imagination of a new generation of players to the point of obsession.. other than the obvious appeal to teenagers and its commercial success, the proliferation of arcade video games has triggered reactions ranging from strong parental protests to outright government bans.

in the philippines, president marcos officially banned the games and gave owners two weeks to destroy them.
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Japanese Sumo Wrestling, Good Or Bad?
by Scott77 in
1. social
2. physical
i hate to be a sports critic but nevertheless, i find this kind of wrestling as going far on the top.

i have great respect for other country's culture but the question is: how far should we tolerant extremist sport that glorify pain and suffering as a price of achievement?

what is your reactions?
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Mothers' Day and JWs
by XJW4EVR in
1. jw
2. friends
after my mom died, my aunts and i were going through her personal belongings for my dad.

late that night, in one of the last boxes we went through, i found a mother's day card that i had made for her when i was in first grade.

even though mother's day was a forbidden holiday, she kept that card for all those years.. i wonder, in spite of their surface indifference, how many jw mothers wish that they could participate in mothers day, at best, or resent it, at worst?.
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JW views on Mental Health & Counseling
by Confuzzled in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am considering getting couples counseling for the jw boyfriend and i. he's open to it.

he got help himself for an issue recently, but it was in the short term, and it went well for him.

i want to know if we started going regularly, and his mentor got wind of it, what are the jw views on mental health help?