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  "Naturist" Beaches or Parks

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many here have ever been to an "au natural" beach or park ??

  did you enjoy the experience ?

  ***** rub a dub

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  I went to nudist beaches quite a few times while still in - UK, Mykonos, various places. Ironically never been to one since i've been out. I do occasionally worry about what damage the sunburn did during those years tho haha
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  "You don't pee next to a cop," and other rules from the mens room that women don't know

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  2. friends

  i was recently at a baseball game with friends and family when i learned something new.

  beer had been drunk and the men made their way to the men's room to relieve themselves.

  when they got back i asked them what took them so long.

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  "Most straight men will venture a VERY quick and furtive glance at the other guy's 'equipment' if truth be told. Of course in gay bars, that rule is somewhat relaxed....(I know from personal experience)."

  hmm the gay bars I ve been in tend to be the opposite. It's like nobody dare look at anybody because that's what everybody expects people to do in a gay bar toilet. The only exception to this rule is if a guy is blatantly pleasuring himself. Then of course he wants everyone to look at his equipment.
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  Latest on UK Court Case - Unbelievable!

  by skeeter1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witness elder denies cover-up at church over 'massaging half-naked schoolgirls'jun 20, 2014 12:53by ciaran jonesdevoted churchgoer mark sewell rejected suggestions his seniority in the barry congregation meant allegations of child abuse would be "swept under the carpet".

  mark sewella former jehovah's witness elder today denied massaging half-naked schoolgirls because he knew his church would "cover up" the allegations due to his position.. devoted churchgoer mark sewell rejected suggestions his seniority in the barry congregation meant allegations of child abuse would be "swept under the carpet".. the businessman, 53, denies 10 historic sex charges against girls and women in a period spanning more than eight years.. during cross-examination by prosecutor sarah waters it was put to the defendant that he "took the risk" of massaging topless schoolgirls because he believed his standing in the church would spare him from allegations of wrongdoing.. ms waters said: "what i'm suggesting, mr sewell, is that it was a cover-up and no-one was allowed to talk about it.".

  greying sewell, wearing a navy suit over white shirt and patterned blue and yellow tie, told merthyr crown court: "not at all, no.".

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  What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
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  How much time/ money do you spend to look nice?

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  haircut, cosmetics, perfume/ aftershave, clothes, botox, surgery, tan, cutting nails, feeding the body, showering.

  is there no end to the needs of the living corpse?.

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  I'm vain. I admit it. I don't bother with designer clothes anymore tho. I used to be a real clothes snob but now as long as it's stylish and looks good on me I don't care about the label. Primark here I come...

  i do spend way more than I should in Boots though. face scrubs, moisturisers, cologne - yep can't get enough of it.
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  What Makes A Good Friend?

  by krejames in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just came back from vacation with my sister who is in her mid 40s and is an active jw, regular pioneer of many years.

  while away, during one of our conversations, it bacame clear to me that my sister is lonely and doesn't have a social life.

  she's too old to be included in the plans of the younger generation and, as she is not married, doesn't get included in the "marrieds" set.

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  Laika - yes you are so right. I think JWs must be some of the most age-ist people out there. now I am out of there I've got friends of all age groups! Lol

  stuck in a rut - yes I get ya. But don't you know true friendship is conditional friendship? Our spiritual family, unlike a real family, isn't always there for us? I'm sure I read that in a WT somewhere so it must be true ;)

  Kate: one of my best friends in my old cong was a sister who sounds just like you. We had some great laughs. She always had her house full of different people from the cong. Very hospitable. But when she went through her crisis and eventually left the witnesses it's amazing how judgmental everyone became - including me to an extent. Thankfully we have reconnected and even though she now lives on the other side of the world our friendship has survived. I hope something similar might happen with your friend.
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  What Makes A Good Friend?

  by krejames in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just came back from vacation with my sister who is in her mid 40s and is an active jw, regular pioneer of many years.

  while away, during one of our conversations, it bacame clear to me that my sister is lonely and doesn't have a social life.

  she's too old to be included in the plans of the younger generation and, as she is not married, doesn't get included in the "marrieds" set.

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  I just came back from vacation with my sister who is in her mid 40s and is an active JW, regular pioneer of many years. While away, during one of our conversations, it bacame clear to me that my sister is lonely and doesn't have a social life. She's too old to be included in the plans of the younger generation and, as she is not married, doesn't get included in the "marrieds" set. She has become one of those "spinsters" every congregation had - even though she's far from old.

  This struck me as sad because she used to have a big circle of friends and a very active social life. Now those friends have either, as I mentioned, got married so they move in different circles or quite a few of them are no longer witnesses (so my sister, in keeping with JWs generally, never kept in touch apart from the usual "thinking about you" text etc). Others have moved away or moved on in some way. I would say that my sister, being so involved with "kingdom interests" doesn't really have time to keep in touch with people. She has many, what I would call "associates" - the very occasional catch up with old friends, but no consistent social circle.

  I remember myself this feeling of loneliness in my final years as a witness. I felt totally isolated. People come on the scene, were friends and social for a while, and then moved off the scene for whatever reason - only to be seen at assemblies, with the obligatory "oh you must come around for dinner" invitation.

  I found that it was really only my non-witness friends that seemed to stick around. I had also kept in touch with my friends who had "fallen away", (obviously when I eventually left JWs, they were there for me).

  So it struck me is brilliantly ironic that when I got home, what did I see in my post box? Someone had shoved the June 2014 Awake into it, entitled "What Makes A Good Friend"? It actually made me angry. What a complete insult - unintended though it may be.
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  Pioneering: How the GB shamelessly capitalizes on members' worldly desire for prominence.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the bible likens the preaching work to a sacrifice of praise - praise to god.

  pioneering is also a sacrifice that involves praise.

  it's the sacrifice of a specified number of hours that wins you the praise of men.. when you really analyze the psychology of pioneering it is apparent that the praise of men or prominence before men is at the heart of it.

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  I think it's a bit judgmental to tar all pioneers with the same brush as far as their motives for pioneering are concerned. we don't like the JWs making sweeping generalisations about our apostate motives do we? Coming from a family of regular pioneers (I was the only one who didn't) I rubbed shoulders with a lot of them in my old congregation. Yeah some are egitistical and may be doing it for praise but I would suggest far more are guilted into it. you know the situation - the talk says what prevents you from doing MORE? Why aren't you pioneering?! This is life saving work, what else can be more important?! I'm thankful that my mum, a regular pioneer for many years actually discouraged me from pioneering and suggested I get a"proper job" first so that I would be able to support a family.

  there are lots of criticisms one can throw at pioneering and the pioneers themselves but to make sweeping generalisations is not the way to go.
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  Right Wing growth in UK and Europe.

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
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  anyone else finding it troubling?

  anyone feel it represents their views?.

  is it being reported in usa/australia etc?.

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  It amazes me how most people deride the daily mail but secretly read it. The two women I work with giggle in mock embarrassment when they admit they read the daily mail website because it's the only one you don't have to pay a subscription for. Guilty pleasure it seems. Maybe UKIP is succesful for the same reason. It's the daily mail of politics. The party of the chattering, judgemental classes that still can't get enough of the late princess Diana.
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  Right Wing growth in UK and Europe.

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
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  anyone else finding it troubling?

  anyone feel it represents their views?.

  is it being reported in usa/australia etc?.

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  UKIP have come out top it seems in the European Elections in the UK.
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  New Light - I've figured it out (and it's mine so don't you 'tates steal my royalties or MY followers - they belong to me [evil maniacal laughter] )

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, we continue to face mounting challenges with 607 vs 587 (20 year differential), and the generation dying out.. therefore, after a personal (420 free - honest) research and revelation, it would appear that 587 is the correct launch date.. with respect to the 7 times, russell had been influenced by john a. brown into using a year of 360 days, when prescience would most surely indicate that at the time of discovery (2014) one would use the number of days of that respective calendar, i.e.. 365 1/4 days, an additional 5.25 days per year.. so, 7 x 5.25 = 36.75, which, using the biblical principle of rounding down, is 36 years.

  (a day for a year).. adding the 20 year differential to the 36 years now gives us 56 years, which when added to 1914 ce, brings us to 1970 ce.. when we ask the god google, the significance of 1970, it tells us that earth day began 4/22/1970 (note not 4/20).. and who came to the aid of the woman (rev.

  was it not the earth?.

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  krejames

  WOW! I will follow you were ever you go! Here please have 50% of my salary (you can have the half that I normally use to pay the bills) and my vow of promiscuous free love and long hair forever more. :)