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  2012 Predictions

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  that time of the year again, did this last year and got a few right.

  which was cool.

  so, let's see what i get right, or wrong in 2012.. entertianment.

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  finally awake

  Link to last year's predictions please....
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  Yin & Yang

  by N.drew in

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  2. friends

  there is a whole lot of nasty stuff on forum*.. me too, i am guilty.. so then, maybe balance is a good thing and more balance is something to seek.. is it so hard to be nice once in a while?.

  when someone is nice, some posters cry groupy.

  (is that a word?).

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  Focusing on the negative leads to a grumpy, unhappy personality. For example, witnesses read and listen to talks that blather on and on about how awful the "world" is, how much they don't deserve anything good from God, how they aren't doing enough for God, how they need to avoid this thing or that thing. It's a very negative narrative, and it makes people miserable. On the other hand, people who focus on positive, pleasant things tend to be happier and more content. Not that a relentlessly perky, upbeat attitude is necessary all the time - but if you can't ever put aside the negative and enjoy life, what's the point? You are in a prison of your own making.
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  Review of Examining the Scriptures Daily 2012 absurdities

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just endured the painful process of trudging through the 2012 examining the scriptures daily, looking for interesting quotes.

  apart from being repetitively boring, it has managed to squeeze most of the watchtower's crazy concepts into a single book.

  the comments concentrate on:.

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  Trying to corral my kids long enough to actually read and discuss the daily text in the morning was a sure fire way to start the day off badly.
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  New Years Resolutions...What are yours?

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what are your new years resolutions?.

  here's mine:.

  in the new year, 2012, i resolve to let the former hurts perpetrated by my parents and the wtbts have a lesser grip on my throat.

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  finally awake

  I'm going to really enjoy my kids this year, and I'm going to start actually helping people. I am going to redirect the money I used to give to the WTBTS to a good cause.
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  Blackballed by the Elders

  by Hangin_on in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe it's just by one of the elders..... he told someone not to help me out because i did not heed council (almost 2 yrs ago i was counciled).

  and maybe i would take advantage of them because he doesn't know my "status" i was thinking about returning evil for evil..... what if i got a disfellowshipping form, filled it out with his info and sent it to the branch.... you think that would work?.

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  I wonder if this is basically what happened to my husband and me. For the last couple of years, every time we invited someone to do something with us socially, there was always an excuse or a promise of "let's try to do something later" with no follow through. I was always puzzled by how everyone was far too busy to have dinner with us, when I knew they were going to ball games, movies, etc with other people. The one and only person who ever invited us anywhere was the COBOE and even he had gotten "too busy" lately.
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  The Governing Body was at the meeting tonight

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i gave in and went to the meeting tonight.

  first thursday meeting in a couple of months ...

  the whole congregation bible/book study was praise and worship of the governing body!.

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  finally awake

  Every time i don't go to the meeting now, I feel like I've won the lottery. I can't even decribe how happy I am to never have to listen to any more of that drivel. If I had to keep on pretending to believe in order to keep my family, I'd lose my mind.
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  got 5 or 10 minutes to laugh?

  by stillin in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=messwkffj9o.

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  finally awake

  oh how i love george carlin
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  question for older ex-elders

  by scooterspank in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have only just begun to talk to my father about why he left the truth.

  i know why he stepped down as an elder many years ago but we have just scratched the surface about why he "faded" in his 60's i would say (he is now 74).

  i just wonder how much leaving the "truth" that much later in life has an effect on depression, anxiety, anger (he joined in his 30's)?

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  finally awake

  Speaking for myself, I do feel like I wasted 12 of what would have been the best, most productive years of my life. I was 28 when I started studying, and I just finally broke free a few weeks ago. However, my feelings of depression and anxiety have been reduced immensely by no longer having to live a lie. If I was much older though, it might be depressing to think that I didn't have very many years left to enjoy my freedom. I hope your father can find peace and contentment.
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  Another JW suicide, article in Brooklyn Newspaper

  by coffee_black in

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  2. friends

  here is the link.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-leaps-15-stories-death-article-1.998012.

  coffee .

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  how awful. i wonder how much of his mental anguish came from the constant refrains of "you're not good enough" that are constantly repeated from the platform.
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  Open Letter To The Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  open letter to the jehovah's witnesses.. http://coldfusion-guy.blogspot.com/2011/12/open-letter-to-jehovahs-witnesses.html.

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  bangalore.

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  finally awake

  I always hated going out in service on holidays. We got a lot of pressure to go out on those days because "you have an extra day off work". Even though we didn't celebrate Christmas this year, it was still much nicer to stay home, cook a turkey, hang out with each other and not have to haul out of bed early to go to meeting.