At my UU church, everyone gets badges after attending 3 or more meetings. If you join (which consists of merely signing the membership book) you get a different colored name tag. The resident pastor has a badge just like everyone else and it only has her name on it, not Rev or Pastor. Sounds quite haughty of the elders to be the only one with name tags. Are they turning the reg meetings into mini DCs?
QueenWitch
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Rumor Elders Will Receive Name Badges For Every Meeting.
by HelpMeBelieve ini keep hearing rumors elders are going to be getting permanent badge cards to wear to every meeting.
one excited brother told me, "it would be nice if new ones to the kingdom hall could see who their shepherds are.
there is a great surge in activity, new bible students will be able to locate the proper elder in charge of bible studies!
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Those Wonderful Kingdom Songs
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I remember the magenta book, then after that was the brown book, right? I'm trying to forget these songs because I would never sing them. My mother would complain that we would sing "worldly" songs but not kingdom hall songs. But there was this one sister that must have taken music lessons. She was an alto and she would sing harmony. I loved sitting near her.
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American Bible Challenge?
by TTWSYF ini watched jeff foxworthy's new game show last week.
it was entertaining and informative.
anyone else check it out?
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Song of Solomon?
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Will There Be a Third Choice to the Question: "Boxers or Briefs?"
by RubaDub inbeginning with bill clinton, the presidental candidates have been asked "boxers or briefs?".
i guess now there will be 3 choices: "boxers, briefs or majic underwear?".
rub a dub.
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I love a man in boxer briefs
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Which websites do you go to for your NEWS?
by ThomasCovenant ini go to the following every day.
bbc news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ .
cnn international http://edition.cnn.com/ .
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twitter, facebook, and this site.
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Who's The Toughest TV Judge?
by minimus injudge judy's pretty tough.
do you ever watch these shows?
i like them!.
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QueenWitch
Judge Judy followed by Judge Joe Brown. Brown caters to the ladies but when there's a man that's not being a man, Brown curses them out without using one bad word. Calls them scoundrel, etc.
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Is going from the JWs to another Religion just a "Rebound?"
by braincleaned in*a rebound is the need to fill a void with something we partly had confort in; whether in romance or faith.... .
i posted the following in another thread, and i welcome your feedback - especially if you disagree with my logic.
"as per one of my notes, my biggest fear is my, our, natural tendency for confirmation bias.
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NewChapter, exactly!!
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Is going from the JWs to another Religion just a "Rebound?"
by braincleaned in*a rebound is the need to fill a void with something we partly had confort in; whether in romance or faith.... .
i posted the following in another thread, and i welcome your feedback - especially if you disagree with my logic.
"as per one of my notes, my biggest fear is my, our, natural tendency for confirmation bias.
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QueenWitch
To answer the original question -
I think there is a possiblity of going to a rebound religion after leaving JW. After I made the decision to not return, I researched other Christian paths, then other religions. I was introduced to SGI Nichiren Buddhism. This particular sect follows the president of SGI, Ikeda. Immediately, my spidey senses were tingling. Currently I'm part of my local UU congregation. It has enough structure for fellowship but I am free to follow my own spiritual way.
Exiting JWs need to be careful. Take lots of time to research before joining anything.
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Golden Delicious. For some reason I don't tolerate red-skinned apples.
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Yesterday was my Son's 21st Birthday
by 00DAD inyesterday was my oldest son's 21st birthday.
as many of you know, i've been disfellowshipped for over 3 years now.
in the spring of this year i did write to the local boe and request my disfellowshipping be rescinded.
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My oldest turned 21 on the 17th. I'm sorry you were not able to share a drink with your son. As parents, we look forward to having an adult relationship with our kids.