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  Graduation and elders meeting!

  by why??? in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi everyone, i'm not new here just haven't posted in a while.

  for those who remember me i'm graduating from college on wednesday!!!!

  i'm very happy but there's still a dark cloud (pardon the dramatic-ness) i am still with my non-jw boyfriend of almost three years and i've let my parents know that we want to get married (next month) and they went and told the elders(they did it kinda behind my back) who now want to meet and talk with me!

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  Congratulations on your graduation! That is a wonderful achievment. We are all very proud of you, and so sorry your parents didn't come. I'll bet they wanted to.
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  Did you find worldly people as bad as the JW's made them out to be??

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a jw we were always told worldly people were bad always out for what they could get out of you.

  as for me iv'e made some good friends not anything as bad as the jw's said they woul'd be.

  what about you ?????????

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  Mulan

  that is one of the perks of being out of that religion, no fear of those on the "outside".................I really like people. Most of them are so great, and are lovely people. We have gotten to know our neighbors and they are wonderful.

  Every society has a mix of people, including the JW's. Some are nice and good people, some are assholes, and some are really mean, nasty people. Same is true of the so called worldly ones.
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  Sisters with Kleenex on their head

  by LearningMore in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, i keep hearing reference to this.

  was this just taking place in really small congregations?

  i mean, i know the philosophy behind it; my mom would put a hat on to pray in front on my "unbelieving" dad.

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  Mulan

  I remember paper napkins on sister's heads in their homes, when I was a child.

  I also remember a WT article where they said not to use things that aren't true head coverings. It should be a hat or a scarf. Evidently the napkin, paper towel route is not acceptable.

  OTWO....Thanks for correcting me. I have to say in all my years I, too, never heard any JW call the org. "Mother"....ever!

  I've heard that as long as I can remember and my parents became JW's when I was 4. "Mother" was the term for the organization.............or "our mother" "we have a letter from mother", etc.
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  How Are You Affected By Your Witness Family Now That You're Out?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you have anything to do with your jw family or "friends" anymore???.

  do they avoid you, now?

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  Mulan

  my mother, my aunt and cousin all still talk to me freely.

  Brother in law and his family totally shun us.
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  Best American Idol finale EVER !!!!!!!!!!!

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you watch wasn't it great !!!!!!!!!!

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  Mulan

  I've watched it since the second season and just love it.

  I was happy David Cook won, but I like the other David too. He will still have a career and a recording contract for sure, but still very young for this award.

  My favorite was Michael Johns, but I know he has a recording contract already so he will be all right.

  I thought the finale was so-so. The one two seasons back was the best I think. So many extremely famous singers came on, including composer Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick. Maybe it just appealed to my generation more than this year did. I like Bryan Adams a lot and Graham Nash (that segment was really good) George Michael, and Donna Summer, but the Jonas Brothers are a little young for me to appreciate too much. Some of the songs they sang were ones I had never heard before. I like familiar songs so I can see what they do with them.

  January and the next season are a long way off. Boohoo.
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  FREE on Craigslist

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  check this out: http://visalia.craigslist.org/zip/.

  scroll down to the only entry on wed may 14. area code is 559 in case you want to call..

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  Mulan

  good grief, I was hoping it was someone wanting to get rid of their old stuff.................just another way to place literature.
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  A kind response to Jim Penton & Ros of Channel C

  by Amazing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following are transports of postings on http://www.channelc.org/ made by jim penton and ros regarding myself and james caputo respectively.

  the reason that i did not post directly on channel c is that ros and many of her board participants do not like to see anything that resembles catholic discussion, even if the responses are done respectfully and in a spirit of clarifying a false claim or misunderstanding.

  i too do not like "catholic" discussions on channel c, and have not posted there for 9 months until i recently posted an announcement about tom cabeen's interviews on ewtn and with randy watters.

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  this makes me remember why I am SOOOO over religion of any kind.
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  Summer Concerts-Who will you see?

  by lonelysheep in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  summer is about here, so you know that is prime time for concerts.

  i am hoping to get tickets to poison for once.

  i will also be seeing george michael :) and yes, i will be buying myself a ticket to new kids on the block for a september show.

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  I saw Cher last week in Vegas................fabulous show and she looks great. She wears body Spanx though. You can see it and no belly button. She still looks amazing and is my age, I'm ashamed to say.

  But, if I had her money, maybe I could get a nose job, liposuction, and a tummy tuck too.
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  Worst Cable News Personality

  by 5thGeneration in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who's the worst?.

  i was thinking sean hannity because he is such a jerk that he can't ever even shut his trap for 3 seconds to let anyone else say anything.

  he annoys me so much that i can't even listen to his voice.. second, but possibly 1st, is olbermann.

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  Bill O'Reilley hands down. What a jerk he is.

  I watch him on Mondays only, to see the "body language" segment. He is so pissed when Tania Reiman tells him he's wrong with his assessment of someon.
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  your personal favourite books that freed you from the JW's

  by ninja in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  1/captives of a concept.....fantastic....thanks don...you freed my mind completely .

  2/visions of glory...barbara harrison....fantastic insights......(god can't kill arnold) .

  3/jehovah lives in brooklyn.....ricky francis.....he sums all jw's up brilliantly....love this book .

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  this is the order I read them............they really helped a lot:

  The Road Less Traveled

  True Believer

  Crisis of Conscience

  Combatting Cult Mind Control ( fantastic book.................and the sequel, can't recall the name)

  Years later I read The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine, which opened a whole new window for me.

  The Christ Conspiracy