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A Thread for Cyclists - Where Do you Ride?
by cofty ini took up cycing a couple of months ago just to get fitter and lose a bit of excess weight.. i bought a second-hand hybrid bike (weighs only slightly less than a truck) and fitted road tyres.
four or five times a week i will go for a ride after work for an hour or so.
i am fortunate enough to live in rural north england surrounded by limitless quiet roads.
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Interview with TD
by TD ini'm not an 'apostate' in the technical sense, but many of these questions did strike a chord:.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. grandparents were contemporaries of russell.
one pair liked what they heard and were loosely associated with the bible students.
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The BEST way to "wake up" a JW
by Phizzy inwe have debated this over many years and in many threads, as all of us have family and/or former friends still in.
it seems that there is no "best" way to wake up a jw, it is as elusive as the "true" religion it seems.. but a comment made by poster "emery" on another thread stood out to me, he/she said :.
"what i have gathered is that most witnesses seem to be in it for emotional reasons.
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Fear of the watchtower
by should have known better init has been close on three years since i faded, the good advice on here helped me not to make some huge blunders by blurting out what i was learning.
however during that time i have approached five or six who no longer associate with the congregation, one who was disfellowshipped over 30 years ago.
to a man the fear was palpable, to engage in any criticism of the watchtower, even sticking to factual evidence still these guys were very uncomfortable.
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Describe your life now in one sentence...
by MsGrowingGirl20 incan you?
please make it interesting!
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Demonizing the internet
by should have known better inas most here are aware the watchtower society has over the years discouraged use of the internet ( it looks as if this is set to change) as such my opinion of it was very much conditioned by their tactics of information control.
i do not considor myself computer savvy as i did not grow up with computers and my employment did not bring me into contact with them.
my thoughts are that maybe there is a lot of baby boomers out there in similar circumstances to myself who have yet to wake up.
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Just some personal ramblings. Move on if you want to argue.
by OnTheWayOut inokay, first of all: i like the earth, the polar bears, the whales, and any other part of the planet that someone wants to help.
i appreciate any efforts that people exert.
the planet is going through global warming and pumping exhaust from automobiles and factories and other sources does contribute to the global warming.
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UK convention dramas recorded by American actors - the GB's yearly gaffe
by cedars ini'm just curious as to whether any of my fellow brits ever pondered how the society can be so stupid as to insist using the us drama tapes at uk conventions rather than having them re-recorded in a british accent?.
as all of us brits know, the convention drama is a subject of subdued derision among uk publishers - and i've been to many a party or social gathering where, at some point, somebody whose had a little too much coke re-enacts a scene from a drama mockingly (typically by gesturing wildly into the air and saying "jer-ho-vah gaaard!!
" in an over-the-top american accent).. what the society clearly doesn't understand is that the dramas really lose their emotional impact with british audiences when performed in an american accent by amateurs.
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The music that moves you....
by FlyingHighNow inonce when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.
he named each song after a person in our family.
this is the one he named heather.
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