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  Ecclesiastes 12:12,13

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whenever you think of your time in the organisation you'll remember all of the books.

  every year at a convention, new books brought out.

  shelves at home groaning under the weight of multicoloured covered wts books!

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  I recall getting the new 'publications(tm)' hoping they'd be amazing and 'upbuilding(tm)' ...but usually they were boring sh1t.
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  Lifetime Regret for Not Expressing my Love to a Non-JW

  by a-JW-girl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i want to impart some advice from my life experience that i hope will help others in a similar situation and prevent them from making the same mistakes i did, ruining my life.

  to begin with, i’m a 52-year-old single woman, i’ve been a devout jw since i was a little girl.

  i had an abusive dad who left my mom, my two sisters and me when we were fairly young.

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  a-JW-grill. I'll be perfectly honest, your story was a bit too long for me to read. But, by judging what others have said as I skimmed through, I can only say, all things happen for a reason. Be-it a crap reason or good.

  The reality is that in life we get bored with things and people.

  You'd never live 'happily ever after' with this person. It just rarely happens.

  I for one, will not let another person define me.

  The fact that you're not with this geezer isn't a problem. I feel the problem is imagination and romanticism that are diametrically opposed to reality.

  Yes, the past haunts me to this day but I won't let it stifle me too much.
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  An Anti-Aging Pill ( Maybe)

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  various researchers a have been looking for an anti-aging pill based on the assumption that, if you can maintain a higher.

  level of various endogenous anti-oxidants ( catalase, sod, etc), you could probably slow down the aging process.

  even some skeptics.

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  I can't imagine our politicians or elites really want us to live longer.

  They seem to have a pre-disposition against anything positive.
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  The JW governing body are ALREADY priests!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many jw's are aware they have "priests?".

  w02 5/1 p. 16 par.

  9 jehovah hates the course of treachery - "comparably, for more than a century now, the anointed brothers of christ, those with the heavenly hope, have served as “a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to god.”.

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  punkofnice

  They are as bonkers as those fett-heads that go around claiming to be Jesus. Or those nutters that claim, 'God told me to do it.'

  It's sad that people (me in the past), believed they were indeed God's representatives on Earth(tm).

  I don't know who I hate more, myself for once believing it; or them for claiming it?

  Oh, blow it! I'll blame them!
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  Will Ukraine win?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.

  seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.

  no guess how it will all end..

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  Who knows how the 'current thing' will work out?

  We probably won't know because a different 'current thing' will continue to divert our attention elsewhere and away from the criminal escapades of our corrupt politicians.
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  Ecclesiastes 12:12,13

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whenever you think of your time in the organisation you'll remember all of the books.

  every year at a convention, new books brought out.

  shelves at home groaning under the weight of multicoloured covered wts books!

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  punkofnice

  Let's put it in perspective....

  "But beyond this, my son, be a scammer: the writing of many books is good for making money, and excessive study is unimportant as long as you make money for TOMO3rd to get drunk."
  
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  I'm Not Saying Americans are Stupid

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  but maybe they over-value their own abilities.

  c'mon, imagining you could fight a gorilla, lion, elephant, or bear with your bare hands?!?.

  this could be an amazing new reality tv show though ... "ok, bubba, you've just beaten a dog ... now for $16,000 do you want to fight a chimpanzee?

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  I judge individuals on their individual merits.

  However, collectively I fear that when when America sneezes the UK catches cold.

  I worry that the weird, mentally deranged neurosis we are currently seeing in America will infect us here. In many cases already has.

  Any set of people that deify dubious characters like George Floyd need therapy.
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  For Born-Ins - If You Were 18 Again, What 7 Things Would You do Differently?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's mine:.

  1. go immediately to college and study construction management.

  2. set up an ira and start contributing every year.

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  punkofnice

  Breezy. Never found her. Too late now, at my age.

  I regret a life of Jobot righteousness. It got me nowhere.
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  For Born-Ins - If You Were 18 Again, What 7 Things Would You do Differently?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
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  here's mine:.

  1. go immediately to college and study construction management.

  2. set up an ira and start contributing every year.

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  1. I wished I'd been in a position to sing, 'I gave it up for music and a free electric band.'

  2 to 7. I'd also have taken all the opportunities presented to have as much sex as possible with consenting adult females.
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  Bullied At School

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just curious about the rest of you.

  i was bullied quite badly throughout my school years because of being a witness and not participating in religious holidays, sporting celebrations, assembly (worship), and the like.. it was mostly from other pupils but there were a couple of teachers who definitely treated me badly.

  that was back when uk teachers still caned pupils or were allowed to hurl the heavy wooden blackboard duster across the room at them.... i still have ptsd flashbacks on some of those events even after 50 years!

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  punkofnice

  I was bullied because I was a Jobot but not all that much.

  There was a teacher that shouted at me for expressing Jobot ideas. This was in the 60's and 70's.

  I was mainly bullied because I was a twat.