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  Shunning Makes us Joyful - Another Blast on Jehovah's Trumpet

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  like all the best comedy this is hilarious and agonising in equal measure.. if you have not bookmarked the jehovah's trumpet blog do it now.. shunning makes us joyful .... "fiends, we are the happiest people on earth because of true worship, and this includes the practice of shunning our closest loved ones...".

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  These 'farce-i-cles' are great! They really make you realize how blind we all were to believe this crap and feel good doing it, believing we were giving a good witness. Sick.
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  Hello and Thank You!

  by Vintagewife in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for about 3 months and decided it was time to register and become active.

  i left the organization 17 years ago.

  like so many of you, i had endured less than christian behavior from the strong cliches that ran our congregation.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome and thanks for sharing your interesting story. So many weirdos in the congregations...it 'Truth' seems to bring out the worst in so many men, men who have ego problems.
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  It's my Birthday today!!

  by quellycatface in

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  i'm really looking forward to what the day may bring...... wish you were here to share it with me..

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  PaintedToeNail

  Happy birthday!
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  My first birthday party.

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  different kind of feelings.. i've been living with my new partner 10 months and his family has adopted me as a new son.

  i'm sad not having my family here with me but love, kindness and feelings from my new family fill all i have lost.. a nice chocolate cake, a present (a new watch), many greetings and wishes from friends, a nice dinner with my boyfriend.. who said this was wrong?.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Happy birthday!
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  So Happy to Learn About Homemade Weed Killer

  by Iown Mylife in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  three days ago we mixed up the recipe and sprayed the driveway cracks and several places where the weeds have been hard to get rid of.. today the weeds are dead just like when we've sprayed commercial weed killer.. mix one gallon white vinegar, 1 cup salt, 5 to 6 tablespoons of dawn dishwashing liquid.

  note: don't spray if it's fixin' to rain, wait for dry weather so the stuff will stay on the weeds.

  and don't spray where you want anything to grow ever!.

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  PaintedToeNail

  We've always just used white vinegar, it works pretty well. Will try adding the salt and Dawn and see if it works better.

  Thanks for the tip.
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  VERY short day at the Arlington/Dallas International Convention-My Observations

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, some good takeaway:.

  i have never been to a convention quite like this before.

  a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).

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  Hard to believe anyone was bold enough to give a doo-dad with a state flag on it! Can't you just see it, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the southwestern state of Texas" just as the convention starts.

  Sounds like a lot of people were expressing their individuality.
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  Liar, liar your pants are on fire...

  by new hope and happiness in

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  2. experiences

  i remember as kids we would say " liar, liar your pants are on fire" and they wern't were they.

  so that in itself was a lie.. but is lying always so bad?

  i mean for example at an art class as a kid when i had to commented someones work, rather than be nasty, at a picture which was terrible and traced as well !

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  There was an interesting TV show on in the USA called "Lie to Me". One of the characters practiced 'Radical Honesty'. Radical honesty was creepy and annoying for all the other characters and would be in real life. It would've required you to tell your student "Your picture stinks, I cannot believe you traced it and it turned out that bad. Your use of color was good though."
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  "Get Christie Love!" is on tonight. Makes me sad.

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  teresa graves was a beautiful, talented actress and singer.

  she was deceived by wt false prophecies and worthless teachings.

  she threw away a very promising career to become a jw.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Was she featured in an Awake article years ago?
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  MINISTERIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, full course leaked!

  by hildebrando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all classes, all questions, all anwers, all 9 subject!

  all leaked for do in spanish!.

  http://www.hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/06/escuela-de-entrenamiento-ministerial.html.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Gee, if only I could read Spanish. ..
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  When I decided to no longer turn in time...

  by SG098 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.

  a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.

  i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Interesting, the one 'brother' says the GB allows people in certain circumstances to only turn in 15 minutes of time...nice to know that the GB are the ones who get to DECIDE who qualify for those 15 minutes. The single parent juggling a job, a home, child care and spiritual duties are exempt from those circumstances...