I thought about Teasag (commonly pronounced Chessa) but realized the spelling would cause issues as she grew up and no one would ever know how to say it. I liked Teasag (spelling it Chessa instead) Elspbeth but ended up not using it. Picking my daughter's name was a difficult process but her name fits her :)
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Girls names
by FeelingFree inok so i know its not really anything to do with jwness but we are struggling with baby names and really can't think of one we both like.
its getting a bit desperate as i'm due in about 8 weeks .. i'm getting bored of looking at the same old names on the baby names websites so any suggestions would be much appreciated (girls please).. **cash prize for the one we choose!
** ....... no not really lol.. .
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Christmas lights
by Gorbatchov inthis night i installed christmas lights in the trees in the front garden of our house.. we all like it, the children like it, so this is the first year we have this lightning.
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hope the elders will like it too ;-).
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I bought lights for the 2 bushes that frame the entrance of my house, a 30" lighted wreath for the door and tons of lighted garland for my staircase, foyer overlook and mantle as well as a few miniature lighted trees for accent. I won't put them up yet but I am excited!!! I learned after moving in that I have the self proclaimed Griswolds across the street. Can't wait!!!!
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What would be your favorite job if you could do anything.?
by new hope and happiness inon the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.
or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.
in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
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I had always wanted to be a marine biologist and swim with and study dolphins and other sea life but living inland in a southern state doesn't lend itself to many initial job prospects. I am currently in school working toward a degree in anthropology with a minor in forensics. There is an incredible job opening I saw in Charleston that combines marine biology and anthropology. I sooo wish I was ready to apply for it! I would sell my house in a heartbeat!
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Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.
by Still Totally ADD ini remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.
something bad will happen to them.
because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.
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Nope
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Would you convert to a religion for love?
by new hope and happiness ini am sure people convery to a religion to find peace and spiritual awakening.
i also bet many convert simply for love.
would you to assist " true love" if it required converting to a particular faith?.
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i could never convert for love because then it's not true love. I want to be accepted for who I truly am as a person and vice versa. Love is hard enough to maintain under the best of circumstances. This topic makes me think of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Sure it worked for them but that's the movies for ya. I have no idea how that would work in reality.
And marrying for money or social status is ridiculous...both can be gone in an instant. i do think 2 people need to be on similar pages religiously and financially to stand the test of time.
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My daughter gave blood today!!
by joyfulfader ini am a proud mother.
my daughter's school had a blood drive and she is of age to donate.
she wanted to last year but was too young.
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I think some are too afraid to look because then you have to face the question of "how did I allow myself to believe this for so long???" I went through a grieving process when I realized it was all lies. To just ignore it all is a defense mechanism, albeit a poor one. Those people like my sisters can live in a world of ignorance is bliss and go about their lives...to a point. It's when their beliefs are challenged or something big causes them to reexamine their life that it can hit. My sisters left because they just didn't feel like doing it anymore. There was no real compelling reason to search for answers. I, on the other hand, had my way of life turned upsidedown and shattered by those in power in the org. There was pain and actual death as a result of poor decisions made by elders. I had reason to examine my life and beliefs and decide to purge my life of the virus. Without a purpose so many don't feel that determination to purge. It's the only way to actually start living, in my opinion.
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My daughter gave blood today!!
by joyfulfader ini am a proud mother.
my daughter's school had a blood drive and she is of age to donate.
she wanted to last year but was too young.
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Thanks!! In the US you volunteer on your license to be an organ donor. I did that 20 years ago even when it was frowned upon. My daughter chose to opt in as well. So we both have little hearts on our licenses indicating our choices to be donors. :) What is interesting is that my siblings have been out for way longer than I have and they can't bring themselves to support my daughter 's decision although they all hang blood for others as part of their jobs, lived with their spouses before marriage and celebrate holidays. On some level the religion is still "the truth" to them. Sadly giving blood is still taboo in their eyes.
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My daughter gave blood today!!
by joyfulfader ini am a proud mother.
my daughter's school had a blood drive and she is of age to donate.
she wanted to last year but was too young.
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I am a proud mother. My daughter's school had a blood drive and she is of age to donate. She wanted to last year but was too young. Her pint of blood will be enough to help up to 3 lives. We are doing one together in November! She was nervous and even passed out but can't wait to do it again. I can't stop smiling about it :) She posted it on instagram and even some of her old JW friends liked her post. Did I mention I am proud of her???
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PART DEUX: AN ALTERNATIVE CONVERSATION WITH A NEIGHBOR - Watchtower, November 2014
by AnnOMaly inthe second contrived and unrealistic conversation that one of jehovahs witnesses imagined having with a neighbor in the november 2014 watchtower will not be reproduced here.
instead let us imagine the other witness named andre (sorry, i meant) cameron has returned to the home of the other man also named jon.. nebuchadnezzars dream a tortuous recapcameron: hi there, neighbor!.
jon: whoa!
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I like it
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Evolution and spirits
by Chris Tann inas of now iam making an unbiased examination of evolution.
however one thing keeps me hanging on to the belief of a supreme spirit being; the existence of spirits.
i have heard countless accounts of people who have experienced frightening encounters with evil forces.
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Who's to say "spirits" aren't something puny humans can't explain in their limited grasp of science and the universe? For those who state that the only people they know who have had encounters have at one time been in a mental institute should perhaps be less judgemental. I am agnostic, believe in evolution and believe in the unexplainable (realizing many things can actually be explained to be things other than "spirits"). I like that I have freedom to believe as I choose now. I don't know what some of the things are that happen...it's why I refer to them as unexplainable but not impossible. Limited knowledge leads to the perpetuation of ignorance. Humans have barely scratched the surface of science. i prefer not to limit my idea of what is possible and what is not possible based merely on what science thinks it knows now about the properties of the universe.