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  How do I respond to this? from my father

  by alamb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a daughter .

  daughters are precious, in so many ways,.

  from the day of their birth, till the end of your days.. .

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  Wow. I think you should send him a douchebag of the year award.
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  Changing plans...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  fading,.

  ive been going over it so many times in my mind.

  it seemed like a great idea before but things have changed, i have changed.. the more i learn and the more awake i become, the more i feel like fading is becoming less and less of an option.. the only reason i wanted to fade was to keep communication with my family, mainly my parents, but i've come to realize that they would shun me either way.

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  The idea that I would be expected to throw my child out of my home if he were to leave the organization after he was 18 always bothered me. I look at my kids and I *know* that I would never be able to turn my back on them, no matter what they did. I really feel for young people who know that they can't count on their parents love and support.
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  Have your faith been made stronger or made weaker since coming here?

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  me personally, considerably weaker.

  in fact i have.

  become an agnostic.. since i discovered this site over 6-7 yrs, we have.

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  faith in the WTBTS - completely destroyed

  faith in myself and my husband to successfully navigate life together and raise our children to be happy and productive - increasing every day!
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  What Jobs have you had and how would you rate them on a 1 to 10

  by Was New Boy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  10 being your most liked, for me it was..... italian deli, as a dishwasher "8" 1 year .

  taco bell, as a cook "8" 5 mo.

  sandy's drive in "7" 1 year.

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  My first job was as an actress when I was 15. Turns out that I was not cut out to be a performer.
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  What's your Myers-Briggs?

  by Londo111 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am infp.. some former witnesses in my hometown had a meetup last night...alas, only four of us.

  but it turned out we had an infp(me), two infjs, and an enfp.

  therefore, it turned out we were all idealists.

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  ESPF, although I'm not sure how accurate it is. I don't *feel* like I'm all that extroverted, I spend days on end by myself quite comfortably. I also don't think I'm particularly perceptive. The personality tests I took in college recommended a career as a diplomat or public relations. I can't think of anything I would enjoy any less. I graduated with a degree in accounting, and I really enjoy the bookkeeping process. I even enjoy filling out tax returns. The orderliness of it all makes me happy, and I enjoy the debates with my coworkers on the finer points of tax law.
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  TMJ Experience

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had a horrid bout about thirty years ago.

  the spasms were triggered by jawbone pain.

  it took years and untold funds to get meaningful treatment.

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  no experience, but a lot of sympathy. mouth pain is brutal.
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  Social Networking - Dangers

  by IMHO in

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  2. beliefs

  can someone enlighten me to the dangers of having 'friends' you don't know?.

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  IMHO, It seems to me that you think that the fault lies with the user - too naive, too dumb to use social media "correctly". My position is that there is no truly safe, "correct" method of usage where your words cannot be tied back to you and bite you in the rear. That said, I am really cynical, more than a little paranoid, and have a long history of running off at the mouth when I should keep it shut.
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  Happy Are the Merciless

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently the local kingdom hall had a local needs talk in which they expressed how too many people were listening to the meeting via the telephone connection.

  as a result, they've changed the code necessary to listen to the meeting.

  only qualified individuals (homebound, bedfast, etc) will be allowed to call in and listen to a meeting.

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  our hall never bothered to set up a phone line as far as i know, despite the fact that there were several elderly, frail people who didn't need to be out at night in the winter. plus we had one brother on dialysis who really couldn't manage to get to the meetings. there were a lot of times i would have 'phoned it in' if the option had been availabe.
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  Little known "interview" with BOTH Russell and Rutherford

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in depth interview with c.t.russell and joseph franklin rutherford *.

  q: how do you wish to be called; mr.russell...dr.russell, pastor russell?.

  russell: for many years i served as a pastor although i never darkened the doorway of an institution of theology for purposes of obtaining certification in the mindset of christendom.. rutherford: you can call me judge or you can call me joe as long as you call me for supper!

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  funny!
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  my diehard jw wife has never had a bible study...

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean how many of them really even want that?...most jws give away any interested person to a good ol pioneer..and not sure how many of them really want to make a disciple either....i mean she drives around endlessly with her chick friends...lots of starbucks...dunkin and kk...and they dont want a frikkin study....really????

  ?...........just a vent...oompa.

  btw in my legal divorce papers response today i did say she was not blameless...stated that chose to be part of a religious sect that shuns me totally since i am no longer a believer...and that it has caused me extreme distress and anxiety....

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  Neither me nor my husband ever had a real, progressive study. I never had any at all, and he only had a couple that lasted 3 or 4 sessions.