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  Missing my Mom

  by exwhyzee in

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  2. experiences

  she and my dad brought us to the u.s. from ireland in hopes of giving the 4 of us kids a better life with more opportunities.. mom went to school in her village where her mother (my grandmother) was the teacher and the bible was part of the curriculum.

  they even used the name jehovah.

  her father was a plymouth brethern (think amish or quaker) who was shunned for the rest of his life for marrying my grandmother who wasn't "in the lord"...she belonged to church of ireland.. when the witnesses came to the door after we arrived in the u.s, mom was a shoe-in candidate for their recruitment.

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  millie210

  What a bright light your mother was!

  I loved reading about her.
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  I be a walkin......

  by out4good3 in

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  across that stage tommorrow dressed in graduate garb picking up a masters degree.. .

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  millie210

  Very nice! Well done!
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  Is it true that the GB is soon planning on ditching the 1914 doctrine?

  by yogosans14 in

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  or atleast tweaking it again... apparently there has been rumors of this coming out of bethel.

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  I think they are being fairly quiet about it rignt now, considering this is the BIG Anniversary.
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  5 years inactive and still sometimes I'm haunted.

  by ctrwtf in

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  2. friends

  i've lately been thinking about the pernicious nature of the belief by the jw's that they are the one and only true religion.

  how this belief allows for an egotistical world view and allows them to shun and denegrate those that do not share their opinions.. please pardon my round about thinking process as i've been mulling this rant for some time.

  while my father's side of the family has been entrenched with the jw's for two generations before him, my mother was a new convert.

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  millie210

  Thank you for taking the time to write out such a thoughtful post. You are helping others (well me anyway) who have a harder time putting simliar feelings in to words.
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  Christian Social Influence Continues to Decrease

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  a popular sydney news reader died this week (of cancer, at age 73).

  the news reports from a number of sources were uniform in praising the man, both professionally and for his human qualities.. and, the obituaries all mentioned his partner:.

  ian ross and partner gray bolte at ross farewell from seven news in 2009. photo: courtesy of seven.

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  millie210

  Did the Bible condemn homosexual practices because it doesnt move the human race forward? No offspring are produced. This breaks the command to become fruitful and multiply.

  If that were the reason for the injunction against homosexual practices, then would they still be a sin in older people past the age of child rearing?

  Just something I have always wondered...
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  Hey....where's my invitiation ???

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in my company truck again today, pulled over to the side of the road in a neighborhood, doing some measuring and looking for some survey markers.. a group of jw's were working their way down the street toward me.

  the 2 middle aged ladies were smartly dressed, one had brightly colored highly styled auburn hair and was wearing large noticeable jewlry.

  the brother was late 50's hispanic also smartly dressed in a black top coat and seemed like he might be elder material.

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  You sound like a very nice person.
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  Background Checks - Any Recommendations??

  by AudeSapere in

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  i will be renting out some property and want to run background checks before lease signing.. at the application stage i always get permission to run credit and background checks but i rarely ran them.. does anyone have suggestion for a good and reasonably-priced site to run the checks?

  what experiences do you have with credit and background checks?

  are they thorough and accurate?.

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  millie210

  I do rentals also and I dont do background checks. I was going to suggest that you be SURE to get your first/last, and deposits (damage, pet, etc.) but then I figured you already knew that!

  When you said that you get permission to run background checks at the application stage, I realized you know what you are doing.

  So THAT is why I viewed without commenting!

  Hope you get some good replies~
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  Satan's tic tacs or GB kool aid?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone that has been a jw would be familiar with any or all the following scenarios.. 1. you get offered a full time position or promotion after submitting a pioneer application.. 2. a really great bible student you have gets offered a job which means they have to move or have no time for study anymore.. 3. a promising return visit begins a new relationship and the new bf/gf is'nt favourable to jws so the great rv backs off.. 4. a married sister falls pregnant right after her and her husband are invited to bethel or circuit work or gilead.. 5.a couple needs to start caring for an aging parent right after they decide to move to where the need is greater.. etc, etc, etc.

  most if not all jw's would tell you satan is to blame,.... or is he?.

  satanic pattern of sabotage or blind superstition?.

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  millie210

  PreGnant (sorry that wasnt more clear) :>)
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  Satan's tic tacs or GB kool aid?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone that has been a jw would be familiar with any or all the following scenarios.. 1. you get offered a full time position or promotion after submitting a pioneer application.. 2. a really great bible student you have gets offered a job which means they have to move or have no time for study anymore.. 3. a promising return visit begins a new relationship and the new bf/gf is'nt favourable to jws so the great rv backs off.. 4. a married sister falls pregnant right after her and her husband are invited to bethel or circuit work or gilead.. 5.a couple needs to start caring for an aging parent right after they decide to move to where the need is greater.. etc, etc, etc.

  most if not all jw's would tell you satan is to blame,.... or is he?.

  satanic pattern of sabotage or blind superstition?.

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  millie210

  Or how many of those people got the job or the boyfriend/girlfriend or got PG so they would be off the hook so to speak?
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  FORGIVENESS ... You owe it to your health

  by ABibleStudent in

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  2. physical

  i'm cleaning up my home of unnecessary magazines/newsletters that i have accumulated over the years.

  while i was working as an employee i did not feel like i had the time to read them.

  now that i'm not working as an employee but work as a volunteer to network and maintain workplace skills, i seem to have more time to read.. after reading many threads by former jws, i thought that the following article might help some to heal.

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  millie210

  Well I have no idea how to edit a post but I meant to say I agree with WHAT YOU said Magnum.