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  Home Schooling

  by hippikon in

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  what are your thoughts on home schooling?

  we had a few in one congregation i was in that practiced home schooling for their kids.

  i kina think home schooling is isolationists and for loons.

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  My son found school to be very stressful and he was sick a lot so after 8th grade I home schooled him. It had nothing to do with him being a JW. He was a naturally outgoing social person and had a lot of friends. He got his diploma at 16 and went on to tech school and is a computer engineer now in Phoenix making $70K+. Not bad for someone in his mid 20s. He also has an internet business that he and his wife run.

  I do know some kids that it did not work out for. It depends on the kid, the parents, the school system, the motivation, etc.

  It is not a one size fits all either for or against it.

  Millie
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  Lyin/Dede's Birthday

  by WildTurkey in

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  ok i think i made a mistake.

  tomorrow is dedes birthday, and since i will not be here tomorrow i want to give her gift today and post it here.

  well this is what happened.. i was talking to a buddy, and i told him, "i don't know what to get my wife for her birthday.

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  Happy Happy Happy Birthday Dede!

  Birthday girl too, Millie
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  Could we have an online business?

  by Valis in

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  i brought up this topic and so have othwers, but i was reminded by a little bird today that maybe i should bring it up again... lets imagine for a moment we had a consortium where we all did handmade arts/crafts or goods, sold specialty merchandise, performed services like web page construction, website hosting, non-internet types of service business, (no janitorial services please!

  *lol*), ebay junk type stuff, whatever.

  our consortium would have an online presence, with each vendor having their own page, a highlites page for new products and featured stuff..and a clearinghouse for the monies involved.

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  I embroider golf towels and sell them on ebay. They are machine embroidered and personalized.

  .http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18932&item=1973819780&rd=1

  I generally sell them around Christmas and Father's Day. I would consider selling them through your business.

  Millie
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  Did U hurt someone because of JW rules?

  by LyinEyes in

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  i know we all make mistakes but did you ever really hurt someone while you were a jw, because of sticking to their darn rules?

  did you ever, even as it was happening, feel selfrighteous?.

  it is something that i have been thru over and over in my head and i have forgiven myself for it, but i can never make it right with the person i hurt.. my dad was an elder , very self righteous, he taught me well, i did what ever he said and acted the way he told me too.

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  I was newly baptized and so I ignored my father's birthday, Christmas and Father's Day, and then he died. Thirty years ago and I am still beating myself up for it.

  Millie
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  Thread for support of diet and exercise...tips

  by LyinEyes in

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  last nite in chat i had a good time talking about different weight loss strategies and exercise.

  i am trying to get myself in shape ,start walking and my diet is in need of a major overhaul.

  what do you think is the best way to get in shape?

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  Combining information from different diets works too. Right now I have noticed the the doctors who promote natural treatments are promoting the Eat Right 4 your Type as well as the Metabolic Typing Diet. The two can work together. I am a blood type A and When I read the Metabolic Typing diet I found that it backed up what I should be doing according to the Eat Right 4 your type, just a lot of additional information about your health. In the past when I ate vegetables, fruit and small amounts of chicken and fish, I felt so much better and now I see that is what these two diets say I should eat. I tried the Atkins Diet and I did not feel well on it and I know now that it is because that is not the right diet for my type. Cutting out starches really makes me feel better.

  Now we need to keep this thread going into the new year to get ourselves all motivated and encourage each other to not only lose weight but to get healthier.

  Millie
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  Recovering from shunning

  by Elsewhere in

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  how does one recover from being shunned?

  my family is shunning me.

  so is everyone i grew up with since i was raised in the borg.

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  The first 10 years that I was in the Borg I had no idea how damaging shunning was to the one being shunned until I was disfellowshipped and experienced it first hand. Being reinstated does not erase the damage, not even after 20 more years have passed.

  It has ocurred to me that most of those in the Borg also have no idea how deeply they are hurting those they shun. Someone with "a way with words" should write an article discribing what iit is like and how being shunned does not make one "come to their senses" but rather reinstatement is done to end the shunning, but the hurt stays. This article could be posted here so everyone being shunned could print it and send it to those doing the shunning with the hope that it may reach their hearts and they may see that if your truly love someone, it should not be possible to willingly inflict such hurt.

  I am fortunate in that the only family I had in the Borg left when I did. That seems to be a rare thing.

  I don't know if such an article would be effective or not. It might be worth a try.

  Elsewhere: I truly feel for you. I have family who treat me that way and it has nothing to do with any religion. It does make you bitter and angry, and it just makes you hate the Borg all the more for causing it.

  Millie
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  recurring dream

  by ChrisVance in

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  i decided to share this recurring dream in hopes i won't have it any more.

  in this dream i still live with my mother and i've told her and everyone else very plainly that i don't believe jw's have the truth and that i don't want anything to do with it.

  however, going to the meetings and going from door to door are such habits that i continue to do them anyway.

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  Chris:

  Dreams server many purposes. One is that they can be self therapy. You often will dream of things you will not do. Next time you are going to sleep, tell yourself that you are going to change the outcome of the dream. You really can do that. I have and I know others who have. You can also ask questions about a previous dream as you are falling asleep and you may get the answer in the next dream. For example, the other night I had a dream where I was carrying a very large box. Yesterday as I was falling asleep I asked what was in the box. I started dreaming about the box and this time it was on the ground and it was open and I could see that it was full of brightly colored sparkly beads. So you do have some control over dreams. Ask why you are dreaming it. Decide how you want it to end.

  Millie
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  Doubts that led to your departure

  by JH in

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  what event made you realize that you were serving a phony organization, and what was the turning point that made you see clear?.

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  There were so many things but the biggest for me for years was the concept of "New Light". There would be no need for it if things were right the first time around and if it was from Jehovah, it would have been right. The second thing was the idea that elders were appointed by Holy Spirit. Yeah, right.

  Millie
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  Singing in the Kingdon Hall - laughing

  by Pepper in

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  oh my god, i went to a meeting a year ago, with my girl friend, in a town back east i live in utah, i sing in night clubs and bars and have a really great time.

  i go to the hall and it comes time to sing, now i am used to really letting it all hang out when i sing, so i give it all i got, i seen all these's heads turn and look at me, they could tell right off the bat that i am not a good jw cause i have a beard like jesus wears, but i know the tunes because i was raised listioning to them, i loved it, they don't really sing i noticed, its sad, cause singing could be so much a part of worship, but its like you can't even do that cause if your a good singer you might stumble the others cause it may be competion, what a bunch of bs, the po, looked down his nose cause i was singing like i had life in me .

  pepper

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  I quit singing years ago when I noticed I scared the dog. I didn't want to tramatize my young child with my singing voice. When I was a young child I was in the car with my mother and she had the radio on and all of a sudden she burst out singing and it was so horrid that I almost jumped out of the car.

  There were a few at the Hall who had horrible singing voices but that didn't stop them from singing really loud. I saw no reason why I should add to the suffering of the congregation so I kept my mouth shut.

  I have my talents. Singing is not one of them.

  Millie
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  If You Could, What Would You Change About Yourself

  by minimus in

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  if you could change something about yourself by simply waving a magic wand what would be different about you?

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  1. weight

  2. have my own teeth back

  3. allergies

  4. genetics

  5. stronger emotionally

  And that is just today's list.

  Millie