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  The great British Weather

  by FL_Panthers in

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  2. humour

  anyone else getting a bit tired of being wetted upon?.

  i've sort of had enough already, suede shoes in the rain is not not a good idea.. .

  on the plus side, it's fun for fish .

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  I'm longing for the Florida sunshine. Sunshine makes me happy.

  Its so dank, dreary, dull, grey and depressing here in wet Wales
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  You Americans are the friendliest people I've met

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ........ well at least the ones i encountered on my recent holiday to orlando.

  now i know that its a tourist destintion so everyone working in the hotels and parks are on their best behaviour.

  but i have been to tourist towns here in the uk and europe but not one is on a par with you guys.. my husband and i haven't stopped talking about to anyone that wants to listen.

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  Parisians are the same. A right rude miserable lot.

  Weather must have a lot to do with it.
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  You Americans are the friendliest people I've met

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ........ well at least the ones i encountered on my recent holiday to orlando.

  now i know that its a tourist destintion so everyone working in the hotels and parks are on their best behaviour.

  but i have been to tourist towns here in the uk and europe but not one is on a par with you guys.. my husband and i haven't stopped talking about to anyone that wants to listen.

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  ........ well at least the ones I encountered on my recent holiday to Orlando.

  Now I know that its a tourist destintion so everyone working in the hotels and parks are on their best behaviour. But I have been to tourist towns here in the UK and Europe but not one is on a par with you guys.

  My husband and I haven't stopped talking about to anyone that wants to listen. Not just talking about Disney but mostly the lovely friendly people.

  People here say please and thankyou but not in the same way. Its all very serious and a bit forced. I don't know if its the constant sunshine in Florida or if its just in your nature as Americans. Anyway we loved it. Very patriotic. I'm patriotic to a degree but we witnessed it on a whole different level over there.

  Maybe all the sunny states are friendly and the colder states are more like here in the UK. Or maybe you are all positive and friendly all of the time. I just know that I loved it.

  As you can tell we had a fantastic time and are already saving hard to go back.

  Anyway just thought I share with you how happy we were visiting your country.
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  Another night, another JW dream

  by MrMonroe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  such a ripoff when you dream you're back at the damn meetings.

  i once dreamed a local (rather liberal-minded) elder, jack hoogendoorn, was smoking a cigar while he was giving a talk on the platform.. last night i was back there again: one elder who suddenly decided he was going to be "encouraging" gave me the latest stats on baptisms, while someone else i was meant to go witnessing with was not-so-subtly probing me about how many magazines i'd been placing lately.

  i chose not to tell them i had decided against placing mags any more.

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  I've been out for 20 years but I dream quite regularily that I'm on the ministry, at assemblies or meetings.

  I don't understand why after all this time
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  Did you REALLY think about the 'Great Tribulation'?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to wt doctrine jehovah's witnesses will be singled out and persecuted during a time described in this way: "for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the worlds beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.

  " according to the watchtower the devil will turn on god's people will all his might (if he really exists, why hasn't he done so already?

  ) in an attempt to wipe them out.. also, it's not promised that all jws will escape unscathed during this period of time.. even before i woke up fully to ttatt i really thought about what that meant.

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  However, I doubt many JWs have thought about it in the way you have described JW07.
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  Did you REALLY think about the 'Great Tribulation'?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to wt doctrine jehovah's witnesses will be singled out and persecuted during a time described in this way: "for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the worlds beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.

  " according to the watchtower the devil will turn on god's people will all his might (if he really exists, why hasn't he done so already?

  ) in an attempt to wipe them out.. also, it's not promised that all jws will escape unscathed during this period of time.. even before i woke up fully to ttatt i really thought about what that meant.

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  As a child and early teen I always thought we'd end up in a WWII style concentration camp. I remember thinking that I might be faced with having to sacrifice my life for one of my younger brothers or one of the little ones in the congregation and wondering if I'd be able to do it.

  It disgusts me beyond belief now. I was a child and should not have had to contemplate such things.
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  Do You Try To Avoid The Witnesses When You See Them?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i typically don't want to be either love bombed or questioned.

  i happen to see jws a lot while visiting my mom.

  they don't go there with me, which works well for all concerned..

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  I will always say hello to my parents friends as most of them I've known since I was a child. I like them. After I was reproved they were still kind to me. Always spoke to me after the meetings and continued to be kind and friendly towards me.

  However, if I ever see any of my old friends, those I grew up with and spent my youth with, I avoid like the plague. They dropped me immediately and judged me to be worse than Satan. But I hold no grudge. Its just that they are nothing to me now and I have no wish to converse with them.

  When we saw some street witnessing last weekend in our city centre, I kept walking close to them and trying to look interested. I gave them ample opportunity to approach me but they avoided eye contact and walked away. But thats what they were doing with everyone. Just counting time!
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  Born-In Girls--Did You Have a Doll at KH

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was preschool, i had several dolls.

  meetings were so hard at that age.

  in fact, they were agony my entire life.

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  never allowed toys but I do remeber drawing a pair of boobies on the wall in Belle Vue cong Newport S.Wales
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  Do you pray over your meals? If so why? If not, when did you stop and why?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to answer my question, no i do not pray over meals anymore exept for when i am with other jws i do a 15 second head bow for appearances sake.

  i just came to the realization god had nothing to do with whether i ate or not.

  many believers are starving right now whilst many non-believers are eating like kings.. also why should god give me food while he lets little children in dprk concentration camps starve to death.

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  My young daughter went through a phase of praying before eating (copying my JW parents).

  When I questioned her she told me she was thanking God for her food. I quickly corrected her and told her she should be thanking me for going out to buy the food and then spending time preparing her meal.

  She no longer prays
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  ...What do you Do,when People Ask You for Spare Change?...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  .. .........................some people are truly in need..some are not... a man passing by on his 10 speed bike,asked me for $2.00 for a cup of coffee... .................................................."uhhh,no"... ............another asked me for spare change outside a super market... ......................................i said i didn`t have any... ...................so he say`s "how about a credit card?!"......lol!!...

  .. ....................what do you do,when people ask you for spare change?...

  ..... .. ..........................................whats the most outrageous thing... ......................................you`ve been asked forby a stranger?...

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  I nearly always give them a few quid if I have it spare.

  And I know that a lot of the time they spend it on alcohol or drugs but then I think to myself, what would I do if I was living on the streets. I'd probably be drinking and taking drugs just to make the days go quicker and to dumb the pain of it all.

  Maybe I'm being naive but I figure sometimes they must spend it on food and its only a few quid from my pocket so why not.