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  Interfaith marraiges and children

  by garyneal in

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  i just wanted to share this story with everyone:.

  last weekend on saturday, my wife found out that field service was not being cancelled due to snow.

  all week prior to saturday, my wife kept saying that she was going to swim classes with my daughter and i and actually swim with my daughter that morning.

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  Garyneal,

  Thanks for sharing your thoughts.You seem like a pretty cool person.And one who cares a great deal for his family.I hope things go great for your family.
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  Does anyone here ever feel that they don't fit in

  by cantleave in

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  you no longer fit in with the jw's and aren't yet accepted by those outside either?.

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  I don't want to fit in.
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

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  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  CoCo,Ziddina,Snowbird,Baba Yaga

  I hope you are all doing great!

  ..It's Friday!
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  Hey,CoCo

  Friend,

  How are things?Going great I hope.I enjoyed your thoughts.

  Be careful in those storms.
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  Please help me, I'm having a "discussion" with a JW in a chat room and. . .

  by Ilovebirthdays in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i need help remembering a scripture.

  i'm sucessfully turning the conversation to the point where her answer is going to have to be something along the lines of the light keeps getting brighter and brighter, because we're discussing the "generation" teaching changing multiple times and why that is, and i want to bring out a scripture something along the lines of "you will know they are false teachers because their prophecies often fail that the jw's use against other religions", but not only do i not know what bible book, chapter and verse it is, i can't remember the correct wording to search it.. this site has already been a great help, because i've gotten her to flip flop her stance on the blood doctrine (first she told me fractions weren't allowed, and when i showed her they were, then she changed her tune, which caught the attention of others in there.

  i was able to get her to the point where she is flustered and waffling over the "generation" teaching, which i was able to do thanks to the wonderful chart outlining all the flip flops that had been posted here, so thank you on those, but since i can't remember the scripture, i can't use the search function, because i can't remember what i'm talking about, as i've been out 13+ years, and didn't even keep my bible.. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help me figure out what i'm talking about?.

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  Deuteronomy 18:20 maybe?
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  JW's and home schooling?

  by semelcred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't wish to offend any that are teaching their kids at home, but today i was again confronted by a situation where a jw family were home schooling.

  the kids had little structure to their routine and without putting the mum down, she was no teacher in an academic sense.. the subject is close to my heart because my parents who are witnesses, took my younger brothers out of school and home tutored them.

  the were subjected to below standard education and limited in social skills, particularly as my parents are crap at these skills themselves.. i have grown to hate home schooling except in the situation of medical or logistical situations.. what are your comments good or bad and do you think the option to home school is abused by the witness community?.

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  "What are your comments good or bad and do you think the option to home school is abused by the witness community?"

  I think that is possible.But,I certainly would not say that it is exclusive to the Witnesses.Parents usually want to do what is best for their kids.some Witness parents may feel it is better to take the kids away from an atmosphere where they know they may not exactly fit in well.

  And I wonder why we sometimes think it's so important for our kids to fit in or be "normal". I want my kids to be their own persons.Not feel like they have to fit in.I know what is considered normal for most people.I don't exactly think that is so great either.

  I agree with Emptyinside's comments.

  Well,in the end I just hope I will not regret how My kids are being raised.I want to do a good job.And I always want them to know that I love them a lot.home schooled or not.
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  Hello to CoCo,Ziddina,Snowbird

  just checking on the latest Darkened Pane posts.

  I hope everything is going well for you all.
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  My Cartoons by Ziddina - "Missing Lunch"...

  by ziddina in

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  someone has asked to see a few of my cartoons... here is a series i've titled: "missing lunch".... http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss202/ziddina/my%20cartoons/missinglunch1.jpg.

  http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss202/ziddina/my%20cartoons/missinglunch2.jpg.

  http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss202/ziddina/my%20cartoons/missinglunch3.jpg.

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  Hi, Zid

  Great job!

  You are very creative.
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  SAINTS WIN SuperBowl XLIV (44) Yaaaaaaayyyyyyy!

  by cattails in

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  saints win.

  saints win.

  saints win.

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  Roger Daltrey still has the pipes
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  I Wish People Would Stop Calling It The Truth

  by Quillsky in

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  why do you call it "the truth"?

  even after you leave??.

  it's wrong on so many levels.

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  musky

  "The dozens of millions of people who died at the hands of his followers over the centuries would beg to differ."

  Well,I may be wrong,but you don't accept much of the bible as being true?We once had a common ground in thinking that the Watchtower was delivering God's truth.From birth until I was in my twenties I believed the Watchtower did have the "truth".I feel like I was fooled all those years.Like a mean trick.But I still need to believe that there is something more to this life than just dying.I sometimes struggle with the idea that God should be loving only, and never cause or allow any pain or death.

  The "truth".

  That saying bothers me when it is applied to imperfect men who keep telling us that the light keeps getting brighter and brighter.