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  Fighting about college

  by cognac in

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  my nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.

  he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.

  apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.

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  millie210

  Its nice that he has you as an aunt Cognac.
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  Full 2015 Annual Meeting Program

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plrw9u-n1z2m8peenfmbdxmvbdkum0ce1n.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppgsfl6o5k.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9j8ivkmkvk.

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  I thought the same thing ToesUp!

  He continues by saying how "some at the conventions didnt do this" and says "we will pray for you".

  Seriously?

  This is what is of great import in todays world?
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  Fighting about college

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.

  he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.

  apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.

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  millie210

  cognac
  Cripes, what is she going to do when he gets his first boyfriend???

  Maybe that will help her (by necessity) to put college in perspective?

  At some point we all have to become our own person. She is going to have to come to terms now or later, seems like.
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  I'm not religious I'm spiritual?

  by Joliette in

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  how do you guys feel when you hear people say this?

  whenever i tell people that i'm not religious, a humanist, they said i'm not religious either, i'm spiritual.

  i consider myself to be a humanist, and i can't tell you guys how happy i am being a humanist.

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  I have often wondered what people thought/did to address what today is called a "spiritual" side in ancient times. I am talking waaay back when people were basically isolated and traditions had yet to form.

  To address the OPs question, I think that statement is like a lot of others...someone said it and it sounded good and so everyone started saying it and now it has very little meaning or at the very least, it is a highly homogenized statement.
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  Redefining "fair"

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in light of all the reassignments, i can't help but feel that this directed to those who gave their lives and now are being kicked out.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uou-fbkg0y.

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  This advice is coming from the people who took Ray Franz out of the 2015 Yearbook account of the work in the Dominican Republic?
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  This takes the cake

  by Sour Grapes in

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  today during the public talk the speaker said that satan was behind the new modern phones, which are like mini computers, so that the world would have easy access to pornography..

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  Uh oh speaker............

  It takes one to know one.
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  Scale of 1 to 10. How did/do you rate the meetings!

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. social
  2. humour

  1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.

  5. slightly boring 6. not bad.

  7. fair.

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  Ditto - a 2.
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  Hello everyone!

  by Planetsmashers in

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  ive been lurking for a while and finally got around to registering.

  about me: i was essentially born in & indoctrinated from youth.

  i was always a borderline "bad association" type because i always did the minimum and always disagreed with much of what was taught; even when i was a child.. luckily for me my father was never a jw so i never had to endure the male head pressure.

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  Hi and welcome!

  I agree about more changes in the last 4 years than ever before. Too bad none of the changes are any good, huh?
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  Where has all the money gone?

  by gingerbread in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.

  during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.

  being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!

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  I think there is a possibility it could be something more sinister.

  While the Governing Body were tripping the light fantastic in their top floor office, there is NO way the accountants up at Bethel were not watching the money.

  Things appeared to be in order until very recently. As a result, everyone signed off on that letter coming out and a special meeting being called at all the Kingdom Halls to tell them JWs were about to embark on a building work like the world had never seen, The letter said they werent even going to wait for some properties to be for sale, if they saw a strategic property they were just going to make an offer.

  Do you all remember that?

  That was TEN months ago.

  And I think they would have rather eaten ground glass than have to announce a halt.

  So something happened quickly. What could that be? An embblzement that has only recently been uncovered? Bad investments of VERY recent origin? A big lawsuit or series of them looming?
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  Enjoying autumn

  by kaik in

  1. social
  2. family

  for some reason, i love autumn .

  i always did as kid.

  warm days, and cool nights, changing leaves, sunny days of the indian summer or eastern european equivalent called "grandma summer".

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  Another fall lover here!

  There is such a feeling of change in the air. A feeling that something momentous is happening.

  The earth and its native inhabitants are gearing up for a big slumber.

  I have been studying (as a hobby) with a naturalist who does field trips in the countryside and shows us all the plants and roots that can be used for food or to fight winters ails.

  It is fascinating to learn how the depth of the roots or the width of the leaves etc, indicate the type of winter that is coming and so on.

  I love photography also, so taking my camera and going on one of his hikes and learning while taking pictures is such a relief from work and day to day "stuff".

  I gather that spring in the natural world is pretty amazing too but I dont see how it can top NOW! (for me).