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  Absalom prefigured young JWs who fist bump, play video games, and take pictures of themselves with the opposite sex

  by JimmyPage in

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  jehovah's witnesses top the list in not being able to hold on to their younger members.

  so what do they do to combat this?

  do they go out of their way to change things to keep the next generation, their only real hope of long run survival?

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  Isn't it wonderful to know that the whole essence of Absalom's being was simply to prefigure 21st century teenager? What spiritual enlightenment.
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  Any suggestions for a 'quick' tour of Yellowstone National Park??

  by AudeSapere in

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  i know the park is huge and i won't have much time there, but in a couple of weeks i will have a day or a day and a half to explore this part of the country.. i will be busy at big sky resort for a few days and leaving from bozeman on tuesday.

  that leaves all day monday and possibly part of sunday to explore.. does anyone have any suggestions for maximizing my free time in yellowstone?

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  PaintedToeNail

  I agree with Glander, you can see a lot of really nice geysers, mud pots and so forth at the Old Faithful area. If you cross the main highway at Old Faithful, there are spectacularly huge steaming pools. Mammoth Hot Springs can be a definite bust, they often dry up due to seismic activity, but at other times they re-activate and are breathtaking, Mammoth is also out of the way from most areas of the park. Old Faithful area often has buffalo laying right next to the trails. Hayden Valley is wonderful if you are looking for animals. We saw a grizzly bear, a black bear, antelope, a lone wolf trying to get an antelope, elk, bison and eagles all in one day there. Hayden is called the "American Eden".

  Note: If you want to see moose, keep looking in the pond and marshy areas, especially if there are young willows growing, they love young willows!

  Have a great time, whatever you decide to do!
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  I molested the bees & lost

  by nuthouse escapee in

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  a week ago i was mowing the grass with a push mower and accidently mowed over a ground bee/wasp nest.

  got stung several times.

  thought it was black flies biting my ankles until they got up inside my shorts and got me twice on one finger.

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  Ground bees, ugh! They are sneaky little stingers, learned the hard way with them. I'm glad you are okay now and can laugh about it!
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  What Did You Do As A Witness That Could Have Gotten You Into Trouble Had The Elders Ever Known About It?

  by minimus in

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  my elder buddy and i would frequent strip clubs when we wanted to.. a few friends knew i enjoyed clubbing and music concerts and i seldom ever spoke of my private social life to others.. i know many jws, including elders, that drank excessively but that wasn't considered too big a deal..

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  PaintedToeNail

  Worked as a cocktail waitress at a strip club.
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  Those Wonderful Kingdom Songs

  by Quendi in

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  cobaltcupcake-I believe the horrid Lazarus lay sleeping in a cold stone grave was song #53 in the magenta song book. I was fascinated with it as a little kid, but then again, I was always reading about mummys and human sacrafices and other macabre subjects.

  Q uendi-seeing as how you seem to be a JW music historian, wasn't the song Forward You Witnesses written by JW's who just got out of the concentration camps in Germany?
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

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  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  Terry, I hope you are feeling better today, that the pain has diminished and the antibiotics are working.
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  My own story.

  by JoelCW in

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  i'm a long time lurker, first time poster.

  i think i have a similar story to others who were brought up in the so called "truth" but after reading so many stories i thought i'd finally get around to writing mine:.

  like i said, i was raised into it and almost my entire immediate family where (and for the most part still are) serious members.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome Joel.
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

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  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Terry-Hoping you have a speedy recovery. Know you are missed here. Wishing you love and recuperation.
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  New to the site.

  by ?evrything in

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  finally opened my eyes about a month ago.. born in male from texas.

  mid 20's.

  suffered/suffer from general anxiety which i feel is a direct result from my childhood and teenage years in the org.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome!
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  ICSA Conference Listening to the Still Small Voice

  by Lady Lee in

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  this was one of the last presentations i took in.

  very powerful stuff.. icsa 2012 conference listening to the still small voice: reclaiming the self after leaving religious totalistic groups.

  most people go through a stage in late adolescence or early adulthood where they ask this question of themselves.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Lady Lee-Thanks for this great topic. I am still trying to find out who I am, and what to do with my life. No matter how it is looked at, the answer is elusive, which is depressing. My parents are smack in the middle of do nothing. They have no interests, the same old, secular magazines are in the magazine holders, from 5-10 years earlier. There are no new books on the shelves, only the same old bound volumes. No paints, no music, no laughter. I don't want to end up like that.