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  Stupid Illustration

  by EmptyInside in

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  a witness related an illustration they heard at an assembly.

  and sadly,they thought it was so profound.

  it was brought out how some young people feel the restrictions of the "truth" cage them in.

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  mamalove

  Shaking my head here.
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  3 yr old tells school friends they'll be destroyed at Armageddon

  by not bitter in

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  every now and then my mum reminds me of the time when she was called to my nursery school by the head teacher because i had been telling all my friends that they would be destroyed at armageddon.

  can you imagine what the other parents must have thought when little johnny and little doris went home crying asking why they were going to be destroyed for not sharing a toy.. my mum seems to think it hilarious and implies that i was the one being naughty for saying it in the first place.

  i should never have learnt such things!!

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  mamalove

  Telling another person they will die, or do not have gods approval is always a haughty and arrogant path.
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  Ladies, what men's cologne makes you melt?

  by sacolton in

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  would like to know what colognes for men really turn you on.

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  I like ones like Cool Water, Eternity. Just go to a Macy's and smell until you find something fresh, light, and nothing resembling Old Spice or an old geezer smell or musk--yuck. I cannot remember names of any new colognes, but I know the smell when I get a whiff and it does make me melt a little. During Christmas, all of the fliers would seem to have samples stuck in the pages, and I found some really nice ones.

  If memory serves me right from my travels, there are stores in OK called Ulta? We have them where I am from, but I recall seeing one on a business trip to OK. Utla has tons of cologne and perfume. Check it out, the pretty lady at the counter will help you.
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  Do you notice a difference in new relationships out of 'the truth'?

  by New light for you in

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  its 3 years since i (we) left, we somehow didn't have a committee or anything, but were able to leave with no friends, but still able to have contact with my jw mom.

  in these 3 years of "learing" how to get and have friends that aren't witnesses its been quite the learning curve.

  how do you meet people?

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  I think it depends on your age, and social patterns. I was able to make friends at work, being single I have been able to date, so I have met lots of nice people that way and make more friends. To make friends, I think do acts of kindness, be concerned with people and just start talking and get to know people. Join a club that you have for a hobby maybe? Or some kind of volunteer work? Do you have a job, what about colleagues?
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  Ladies: were you often left to deal with the children at assemblies/meetings?

  by JimmyPage in

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  especially those of you married to servants and elders?

  how did you feel about that?

  did you wish the society would make more accomodations for dealing with children?.

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  mamalove

  Yes of course! I had the boobies afterall....yes it annoyed me. But at the same time, I liked the escape from the auditorium.
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  One of my nephews passed away this evening

  by mimimimi in

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  2. bible

  he was 23 years old.

  he was depressed and took his own life.

  no one had any idea he was contemplating something like this.

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  You and your family are in my thoughts. ((HUGS))
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  G'day from Oz - My Story

  by Gemmel in

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  2. experiences

  hi, i've been lurking for a few days reading the site, interesting stuff ;).

  i've been out of the org for 23 years, i was 27 i left an agnostic and became an atheist many years ago.

  i knew i was going to leave for 7 years before i did but had stayed in because i didn't want to hurt my family, it hadn't occurred to me that they might shun me.

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  mamalove

  Although your story is sad and painful, it was comforting to read that this is not unique, that most of us have been dealing with the family shunning. How are you doing now? Looking forward to more!
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  Could ''boredom'' at the Kingdom Hall be one reason why some members leave?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  you'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea earl nightingale quotes (us motivational writer and author, 1921-1989).

  let's forget that most members leave due to the wrong beliefs,doctrines and practices of the wts!.

  i was bored out of my mind from the repetitive: talks,prayers,ministry school demonstrations,field service talks(peddle magazines),assemblies,special talks and watchtower magazine study articles.

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  Ugh, yes. I would let my mind wander quite a bit. Taking care of my kids as babies always helped make it go by faster. Loved those long breastfeedng sessions in the back.
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  Westboro Baptist Church will picket funeral of "911 girl" killed in Arizona

  by Gerard in

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  funeral pickets to be met by 'angels'startclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludehttp://www.cnn.com/2011/us/01/11/arizona.funeral.westboro/index.html by the cnn wire staff

  january 11, 2011 9:04 a.m. esttucson, arizona (cnn) -- tucson just isn't that kind of town, says christin gilmer.. gilmer is referring to the actions of westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas, which has made its name protesting the funerals of people who died of aids, gay people, soldiers and even coretta scott king.. but when the church announced its intention to picket the funeral of a 9-year-old girl -- one of six people who died saturday during the attempted assassination of u.s. rep. gabrielle giffords -- gilmer and others put their feet down.. tucson is a "caring, loving, peaceful community," according to gilmer, who said two of the six people killed were friends.. "for something like this to happen in tucson was a really big shock to us all," she said.

  "our nightmare happened when we saw westboro baptist church was going to picket the funerals.

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  Wow, how hypocritical! Sad....misleading.
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  Do you miss "dressing up" for the meetings?

  by dozy in

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  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about this the other day when doing a bit of tidying up of my wardrobe.

  all the kh suits are now pushed to the back of the wardrobe and i am seriously thinking about a visit to the charity shop to get rid of most of them.. for me one of the (few) enjoyable aspects of being a jw was getting dressed up.

  my secular work very rarely involves putting on a dress suit & tie so i miss getting dressed up - smart suit , tie , shiny shoes , slapping on the aftershave.

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  mamalove

  I do not miss coming home from work on a cold winter day, tired, already dressed up, having to cook dinner, get kids ready for the meeting, and changing my clothes into "sister wear." I absolutely hated putting on panty hose!

  Towards the end of my stint as a JW, I made no effort in my dress and normally I am a bit of a fashionista.

  I wear dresses, skirts, dress pants, etc. for work, so I still do have the whole dressy thing going on. But I like to wear clothes that fit nice and look pretty because I WANT TO, not because the Watchtower dictates that I have to.