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  Awake 3/2012: YPA - Is It Wrong To Be Popular? (with running commentary)

  by corpusdei in

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  reading sizemik's post on this ypa article, i went back and actually read the article.

  thought i'd actually put down the running commentary that was goung though my head with this thing.. young people ask: is it wrong to be popular?fill in the word that completes the following statement:.

  it is ________ good to be popular.. a. always.

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  Hi and welcome, little lost girl!
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  Hello! New here

  by shallbefree in

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  2. friends

  hi i just joined this site although i have been lurking for about a year now.

  i am the only jw in my family and now trying to fade.

  it's been more than a year since i attended meetings.

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  Welcome, shallbefree!

  You say "I am the JW in my family"; hopefully that means that the rest of your family is not in? That will help a lot, especially with the present hard line on shunning!

  I wish the jw in my family saw things as you do!

  Retro
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  Applying Math, Physics, Archeology to THE STORY OF NOAH

  by Terry in

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  Retrovirus

  As well as Terry's point which my browser won't let me read. . .

  From the latest (April 2012) WT, page 23:

  Seven days before the floodwaters

  fell—just enough time for Noah and

  his family to load the animals into the

  ark—Jehovah finally told Noah exactly when the Flood would begin.

  so we don't know how many animals - or how God teleported them to Noah's doorstep - or how the neighbours viewed these strange events (why wouldn't they repent and ask for a lift?) - or why the animals didn't eat or squash each other during the week . . .

  But the GB knows that it took "just" a week to load the Ark!
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  More of my story, and need advice

  by marriedtoajw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've given part of my story under my previous user name sahara but i need some advice and so i need to give more detail.

  just a refresher, my wife was baptised 4 years ago and mil and fil have been jw's for 40 years, i've never been a jw but am a christian.

  about 18 years ago, just 2 years after my wife and i married my wife announced that she wanted to start studying with the jw's.

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  Retrovirus

  Hello and welcome, marriedtoajw!

  you said

  I lost my best friend and I feel lonlier. Turns out, that person may never have really existed and what she is now, she's always really been

  I'm a non-jw who watched my brother's marriage deteriorate as his wife got deeper into the cult. (before this, I'd seen jws as a bit odd but harmless). Their children suffered, although both parents did their best in their own ways. The real culprit is the cult; it forbids any compromise with "worldlies" and so constantly challenges and stresses the mixed marriage.

  I'm very sorry for what you're going through. But at least you can give your children a different perspective, a proper education and some critical thinking skills. Through you they may escape the jw future of limited education, pioneering , ead-end jobs and fear of anyone outside the jws.

  Best wishes for your future!
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  Sacroiliac Joint Pain - Anyone?

  by Lozhasleft in

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  2. friends

  about ten days ago this pain started...kind of around my hip bone then gradually increasing around my back and down my groin.

  i managed to see a dr last thursday and although i had no urinary symptoms i thought it was something to do with my kidney.

  by then it was becoming unbearable and strong analgesics and anti inflammatories weren't touching it.. the dr disagreed and said 'i think this is the sacroiliac joint'.

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  Retrovirus

  Loz, just found this!

  Profoundly hope the diagnosis is right this time and that you feel much better soon!

  Take care, Retro
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  My father is dying

  by peridotgreen in

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  my father, who has alzheimers, is dying now (he's 85).

  i saw him today - he weaves in and out.

  hasn't recognized me for a long time but was usually glad for the company.

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  Retrovirus

  Sounds like a very difficult time for you, peridotgreen!

  Sending you strength Especially hope your grandson improves!
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  darwin

  by darwin in

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  i have been lurking a very long time, now i want to be involved much more than just reading the many interesting topics posted here.

  don't let the name darwin pigeon.

  hole me.

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  Retrovirus

  Welcome, darwin!

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  Do you think in time all jw's will leave the unbeliever?

  by tif21 in

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  2. friends

  wondering with all that has been said about the mentally diseased has anyone heard if a jw can divorce a disease mate?.

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  Hello and welcome, tif21!

  I'm a non-jw, but well aware of the pressure put on a marriage of a believer and UBM, despite all the assurances! However, I think the way it works is to first try to convert the UBM, and if that is not an option and the UBM is outspoken, pressure the believer to save themselves and any children from "spiritual endangerment", ( ) by separation if necessary.

  Hope to hear more from you, Retro
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  WTS successfully refutes bogus UN conspiracy theory/hoax

  by trthskr in

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  2. scandals

  http://jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/translatable.html.

  there will be more to come folks, when i'm allowed to start another topic.

  cheers.. to respond to the posting below (since i can't reply right now), it's because they weren't aware of the change until then..

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  Retrovirus

  Hello and welcome, trthskr!

  The first seven-headed beast represents the governments/empires of the world but JW's all reside within them don't they?

  Oh yes, and JWs use their hospitals, transport systems, welfare provisions etc. . .

  Some people don't like certain places or buildings but are required to go there to obtain information or whatever reason

  Not liking a location is entirely different from trusting a religion that forbids going to those locations.

  Everything isn't black and white in the world

  Now that is true, for us worldlies. But for JWs, everything is black or white, forbidden or permitted. But this shows a lack of principle (aka hypocrisy) because Brooklyn failed to follow the rules it made for everyone else.

  Hope that has clarified it for you.

  Retro
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  Merry Christmas to you all!

  by Retrovirus in

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  2. friends

  it's christmas morning here in victoria, australia, and as usual i'm the first one awake.. hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends!

  enjoy!.

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  Retrovirus

  Thanks for all the Christmas thoughts and wishes, even the politically correct one (Ta St George!). Happy Christmas, Eoropeans!

  d, I hope 2012 will be a better year for you.

  MrMonroe, you have a reply pm.

  Retro ( who had too much xmas dinner )