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  Tough Day At The Office In Japan

  by metatron in

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  http://www.businessinsider.com/raptor-chase-prank-in-japan-2013-8.

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  we had an armed intruder at my office today. luckily no one got hurt.
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  Was Your Leaving The Witnesses A Very Gradual Process Or A Quick One?

  by minimus in

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  for me, it took many years.. even when i would read all the changes over the years from the "truth", i still would ignore it and "wait on jehovah" and try to be a positive force in the congregation.. eventually, i just couldn't take it anymore and resigned as an elder, and slowly but surely made my fade.. what about you?

  were you out, in a short or longer time?

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  I had one moment of clarity during a convention where the thought "I don't want to be here" popped into my head. I promptly shoved that thought down and carried on. Years later, after my 3rd son was born, I stopped going in field service. It started out that it was just too difficult with a small baby, and I just never got back into it. I still attended meetings regularly, but was always grateful for a good excuse to stay home. Finally, after a disasterous attempt to attend the special assembly day where my youngest vomited all over the car on the way over, and an infuriating "shepherding" call that just pounded on my lack of service and how we missed the assembly, I finally admitted to Just Ron that I didn't want to be a witness anymore. And until that moment, I would have sworn that I believed it was the "Truth". I never attended another meeting, and it wasn't long until I found this site and discovered TTATT and the last of my illusions about the Borg were totally shattered.
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  Drunkess

  by d in

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  i went with some coworkers to a bar and got very wasted.

  has anybody else experienced blacked out drunkess..

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  yes, I've been that drunk before, when I was a teenager. I recommend not doing that again - especially around people you work with. Drinking to the point of blacking out is really not healthy - just like eating to the point you are in pain would be.
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  A little Update... Going back to school.

  by dazed but not confused in

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  im going back to school tomorrow.

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  finally awake

  good luck!
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  How did you spend your Saturdays?

  by MissConfused in

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  it's been 3 weeks and every weekend is so much fun, spending quality time with real friends who dont pretend... last week was bbq, this sat was potluck, next one is long weekend away from home... all in all love my life again.... how was your saturday?

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  we were camping all weekend. Saturday I got a massage while the kids kayaked on the lake, then we went to visit some relatives nearby. after the visit we picked up dinner stuff and went back to camp and had a nice evening around the campfire.
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  Christmas

  by Mahtaw in

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  was raised a jw, started fading out about 3 and a half years ago.

  i recently had a child, and my in laws are baptist.

  they love christmas.

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  you don't have to buy into the religious aspect of christmas. we raised our kids as dubs for 12 years, we quit attending in late November 2011. We didn't celebrate Christmas that year because we were still sorting out what the he** had just happened. By mid-January, thanks to this site and a lot of soul searching and talking, we decided that we could do whatever we felt would be enjoyable and fun, and skip the bits that didn't appeal to us. So in 2012, we had a great big fun Christmas, complete with a Sparlock tree topper and about a metric ton of presents. Next year we probably won't go so overboard. Since our kids have no interest in the religious "Christian" stuff, we just skip that. No baby Jesus, no church services, and no other religious trappings.
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  Fading ... Do You Owe Witness Friends An Explanation?

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm curious about what you all think on this subject.

  when my husband and i became irregular about a year ago, and then inactive around 5 months ago, i felt that it would be hypocritical to take advantage of the social side of the witness community if we weren`t going to meetings or in service.

  we stopped entertaining (which we did quite regularly - theme parties, card parties, movie nights, big turkey dinners, breakfasts on holidays etc), and i slowly stopped accepting invitations for get togethers, playdates etc.

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  I was never able to develop lasting, close friendships in the hall during the 13 years I attended. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I work at a professional type job and my husband is a stay at home dad. I had little in common with most of the sisters and wasn't nearly subservient enough for the menfolk. I was basically inactive after the birth of our 3rd child in 2007, even though I still attended meetings pretty regularly. But we only ever got invited to stuff that the whole congregation was invited to - no playdates for the kids, no dinner invites, and only in absolute emergencies could we get anyone to babysit. When we quit attending meetings, it was very abrupt. I only received a couple of calls, which I did not answer or return, and I've only rarely encountered any dubs in public. I didn't feel obligated to explain myself because I knew that it wouldn't make any difference.
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  BOE Letter: Re: Safety precautions when attending spiritual programs

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know atlatis will bring this letter to the forum.

  i just wanted to paste it here and bold the most hilarious, weird thing fro the letter.

  the bold part that i added made me lol.. .

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  I always thought the sisters looked ridiculous wearing sky high heels toting around all their stuff at the convention. All the seating required a considerable climb on the stairs, and it was a fair walk from the parking lot. The girls wearing prom style dresses looked silly too.
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  Moving to Memphis

  by scary21 in

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  my husband and i are moving to memphis soon.

  does anyone have any info.

  one thing i like is no harsh winters.. it's scary but exciting moving to a new place.

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  ive been to memphis a couple of times for vwork. good bbq, terrible traffic.
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  my latest UK car registration plates

  by bigmac in

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  finally awake

  love it!