Posts by C6H12O6

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What do you think of this video

by exwhyzee in

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i visited the facebook page of a jw friend of mine who claims to be of the annointed.

one of my friends friends, had this video posted on their facebook page.. .

http://www.godvine.com/woman-stops-a-robber-by-talking-to-him-about-jesus-303.html.

C6H12O6

The lady in the video was pretty bold, it takes a lot of guts to stand up to an armed robber.

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The Real 'SIMPSONS'

by finallysomepride in

http://ciara21.buzznet.com/user/video/660971/the-simpsons-intro/.

Uber Dub wants to have dinner....

by outsmartthesystem in

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ok. the good news is that my wife has eased up on the whole "talking it out with the elders" thing.

she now insists that she is doing her"own independent research with unbiased materials" on some subjects.

unbiased?

C6H12O6

Well if you end up with the 2nd option, you can use these scriptures about not judging others: Matthew 7:1-5, Luke 6:37, Romans 14:1-4, and Romans 14:10-12.

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Did you fake underlining the WT?

by shepherd in

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i read on another topic " i remember when i used to carry microphones years ago in the jw cult- only about 30 % had their wt's pre-studied, the rest just wing it i truly believe" and it reminded me that people will assume you are not familiar with the material if you have not underlined, and that there will always be those who observe the lack of ink and consider you must be unprepared (and so 'weaker' than them).. many times i used to fake prestudy just for that reason.

its easy to do, underline a random sentence or 2 in each paragraph or the sited scripture.

you can wizz through an entire article in 3 minutes....did anyone else do that?.

C6H12O6

I used to, but many witnesses gave me counsel saying that just underlining was not good enough. So i took a step above and wrote out the scriptures in the margins in tiny handwriting. Then some witnesses would actually read stuff off my WT. After the meeting, they would tell me that studying involves more than underlining and copying the scriptures. So my next solution: underline and write scriptures and comments in another language in the margins. Good thing no one in the Kingdom Hall knew how to read Swedish and Japanese...bwahahaha!

Fake underlining was better with a highlighter. Very bright and noticable!

I wish I could have done that before, but I probably would get complaints that I'm using too much highlighter.

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Cosplay?

by BlackTwisted in

do any of you cosplay out there?if so or not, what would you cosplay as?

and who did you cosplay as?.

also...are jehovah witnesses allowed to cosplay...?

C6H12O6

Well I used to. My first cosplay was Mitsuko Souma from Battle Royale. I've never cosplayed at conventions, so i did this in my house. Then I made 2 big mistakes: taking pictures of my costume and posting them on Flickr and giving my dub friends my email address. Eventually one of them stumbled on my Flickr site and saw the cosplay pictures, then ratted me out.

So i got in trouble for: the cosplay (the skirt was too short), idolatry (glorifying a murderer and promoting violence), and watching an R-rated movie. I forced to delete the pictures from Flickr, but i still have copies. Since that incident, I've never cosplayed again. Other than that, I've never met any witness cosplayers.

Now that I'm out, I decided to give cosplay another chance.

Current Projects: redo Mitsuko Souma cosplay and Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)

I'm starting to have a thing for mask cosplays, it gives me the feeling of anonymity.

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Interesting books to read

by watersprout in

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i need all your book suggestions!.

i'm planning on immersing myself in many books over the near future and need a list to work through.. soooo what are your suggestions??.

peace.

C6H12O6

PostSecret

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Book of General Ignorance

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New to this site. Scared, Lonely and in a lot of pain due to shunning by my family.

by wonder*woman in

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this is my very first post to this forum.

i am begging for some much needed encouragment and support by those who are kind hearted and know exactly the pain shunning causes.

i am a 30 year old former jehovah's witness and a mother of two beautiful girls.

C6H12O6

Welcome to this board!

I'm so sorry to hear that your own family is shunning you, but I wouldn't focus on that so much.

The quote: "Living well is the best revenge" got me through the shunning phase. I was making new friends, picking up new hobbies, and doing other stuff to fill my time and to forget about the shunning.

I hope this thread helps: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/80306/1/How-to-Deal-with-Shunners-Part-I-It-Is-They-Who-are-Afraid

In the mean time, you could get a dog to replace your family. Afterall, a dog's love is unconditional.

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were you made to feel guilty if you missed a meeting / service ?

by man in black in

going along with the last thread ( great subject matter) .

i'm sort of hitching along here.. we had a bookstudy at our home for several years, every week we were prepared, and we handled service arraingements every saturday morning, even with two young children.. one saturday morning, ( in the middle of winter) one son had a bad cold, and our furnace konked out around 8:15 am.. i was running around trying to get ready for service, calling a repair man, and help my wife get ready for service.. the group comes in at 9:00, and i'm on the phone talking to the repair man who wants to come out between 10-2.. so i'm not going out this morning, and i'm staying home with my sick son, wife and son #2 are going out in service.. conductor comes downstairs and looks at the furnace ( he is a school teacher, no mechanical experience at all, check out my earlier thread video under friends, page 5827 titled "elder makes a video,,,, this is the same guy ) and gives me the classic guilt trip because i'm not going out in service for at least an hour this morning.. i remember thinking just who is this guy, trying to make me feel bad because my family is #1, service is not my focus today.. after all of these years, i cannot help but think of this comment now :.

"nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent", e. roosevelt.