PaintedToeNail

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  JW,s contribution to the human race, zip, nothing, not anything.

  by jam in

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  i was thinking about this at a close friend memorial.

  service the other day.

  i was thinking, my 66 years here.

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  jam-Sorry about your friend, he sounds like an intelligent, caring and involved man. Sorry also that you feel you life was meaningless. You loved someone probably, that meant something to them. You aren't dead yet, there are still things you can accomplish to make a difference. What about going to a hospital and holding abandoned babies, born to addict mothers. Or a nursing home to read to those who can no longer read, or just listen to their fascinating stories, that will bring meaning to them. It is probably best not to compare yourself to other people, it can only bring one of you dissatisfaction.

  I hope you get over being depressed. If you were nearby, I'd invite you for coffee and we could laugh about crazy things that happened in the borg.
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  Ladies, do you think you have public speaking skills because of Theocratic Ministry School?

  by Iamallcool in

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  No, not really. You are just reading lines from a bad play. Sitting at a table, trying to read scriptures with a microphone blocking your view of your bible. I never, ever used any of the info from my talks in field service...but then I hated field service, I cannot remember anything with numbers in it. Memorizing scripture numbers had been virtually impossible. When reading an address or writing one down, I usually write the numbers from front to back, which causes crazy mix-ups. So does attempting to read Psalm 18:38 which should have been Psalm 83:18...
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  Silly TV Programs From The 1960s to the 1970s

  by minimus in

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  mcmillan & wife with rock hudson is what i just saw on tv.

  watching rock hudson kiss his wife while smoking a cigarette is pretty funny.

  and he solved a murder case as he lit up another cigarette at some wealthy person's party.....good stuff!.

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  Emergency! 1 Adam-12, Bob Newhart Show.
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  Can you help me encourage Reopened mind.

  by TotallyADD in

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  as most of you know we got a very angry letter from our oldest son.

  it hurt her very much.

  i feel so bad for her because he attacked her for what i feel was very unfair.

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  Reopened & TotallyADD-I'm sorry you are both going through this emotionally difficult time.
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  Maybe I am a little dense, but I just realized...

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  the wtbts teaches that, " the soul that is sinning..will die.

  " this was re-hashed in the what is truth talk at the dc.

  so i got to thinking about the wtbts's doctrine.

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  I have had this type of discussion with my hubby. It seems that we were meant to die. Every other living thing on earth has died or is in a dying state, from dinosaurs to plants, Adam and Eve. It is just the cirlce of life. It doesn't freak me out anymore. Acceptance is freeing.
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  A little update

  by Bucholz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello everybody, even though i don't post a lot, i visit and read the threads on this site quite frequently.. wanted to give you a little update and ask for some advice at the same time.

  since my exit, about 2 years ago, everything had been almost perfect.

  i was living on my own, making new friends, elders from my old hall weren't bothering me at all, i was enjoying life.

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  Bucholz-You could ask your little brother questions that come from the Bible Stories book, such as 'Why do you think Jehovah let Aaron make a golden calf to worship and he didn't get punished, but the man who was picking up wood on the Sabbath Day stoned to death?' 'Which do you think was the worse sin, leading a whole bunch of people astray from worshipping God, or trying to make a fire to cook your food?'

  Use critical thinking questions and reasoning, let him work the answers out for himself though, so your mom can't say that you've been telling him apostate things.
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  I'm New... and I'm running...

  by running_away in

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  it's some kind of funny... i was the perfect little ass, even that i never believe it all.. there was something that doesn't sound right... but, i was little, i was with my family, i never believe that my family will make me adopt a cult.

  well i get batized in my mid teen years, i was the exemplar, ms at 19, even serve my time at bethel.

  get married to a pioneer, start a spiritual family, get my 2 kids.

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  running-Welcome, thanks for running here and posting your experience.
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  Why elders' wives are such gossipers...

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  2. scandals

  i have a theory as to why elders' wives gossip so much.

  i believe a big part of it has to do with the conversation running dry (between themselves and their elder husbands) after so many years of marriage.

  since they don't get to spend too much "quality time" together (because of the elder husband's hamster wheel schedule), when they do have some intimate time alone, the elder's wives will invaribly attempt to engage their husbands in any kind of interchange.

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  While I was never an elder's wife and never was in the 'know' about things, it does cause me to wonder: If you weren't supposed to be talking about people and what was going on, just what were you supposed to be talking about? There is only so much you can say about the latest Watchtower. People want to know about other people, it is just natural human interest-look at the TV shows that document crimes, i.e. 48 Hours, Dateline and so on.

  We all want to know who the pedophiles are in the cong., you are not going to find that out unless someone tells, I am grateful when I hear that someone told that there is a pedophile in a cong.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-26-2013 WT Study (DWELLING)

  by blondie in

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  a real dwelling for the faithful.

  dwelling for his name people today?

  8, 9. in what ways did jehovah prove to be a. real dwelling for jacob, and what can we learn.

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  Re: paragraph 5, never, ever thought of Abraham's lie as not trusting Jehovah would protect him and keep him safe from harm so he could enjoy his 'promise'. But that really does seem to be the case doesn't it? Great observation blondie!
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  Does anybody seriously believe Solomon was "great"

  by mP in

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  so where are his buildings, monuments, in real life ?

  why cant archeologists find them ?

  where are the tourist attractions ?.

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  Of Course He Was Great-He had a great appetite for sex, probably the most prolific wife/sex slave (concubines) accumulator in the world. That's pretty great...men in the middle east have been trying to catch-up with his numbers ever since.