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  New here

  by granny in

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  hi my name is granny.

  i married an inactive witness.

  he is no longer a witness.

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  Tina

  Greetings gran,
  And Welcome aboard!! regards,Tina
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  Psych sign in

  by Introspection in

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  2. medical

  i was hoping to find out which one of us has an interest in psychology, so if you wouldn't mind... "it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly--you usually don't use it at all.

  this is the disease.

  " -eckhart tolle, the power of now

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  Tina

  Hi Intro!

  I love psychology. Nothing more fascinating(to me anyway) then how humans behave feel and think! Are you interested in the clinical aspect of it? hugs,Tina
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  Warning to women! please read!

  by claudia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please read and pass on to a loved one.

  please take the time to read:.

  this is very disturbing, please forward to warn others... everyone is.

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  Tina

  Hi 7,

  Wow! I'm impressed!! What talent! So many artistic people here...Beautiful work!. hugs,tina
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  Apostate Swimsuit Calendar

  by SlayerLayer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we would like to take this opportunity to recognize those that were just too ugly to make it into aour calendar.

  we thank you for your audition photos, but we're afraid that you would hurt our business.

  again thank you for auditioning.

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  Tina

  ROFLMAO OMG OMG lololol ((((((((((((Slayer)))))))))))))))
  This is tooooo much........I LOVE it! lololol Tina Choking on her coffee
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  When Death Leaves You All Alone.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just had a really interesting chat with my nearest and dearest.. .

  we were talking about the fact that when one of us dies the other will be left alone.

  we agreed that the surviving one should be able to talk about the deceased one without adopting a holy sepulchral voice and that both our spoken and remembered memories of each other will be full of fun and laughter.. we also agreed that the surviving mate would want to build a new life, take on fresh interests and travel the world as much as possible.

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  Tina

  (((((((((Danabel)))))))))))))

  Girlfriend we are too much alike!1 I told my son I wanted my ashes strewn in the Gulf of mexico too!! (Cancun or Ixtapa tho) but still.......are you sure were not related? :>

  I understand how it feels worse losing loved ones to shunning. With death ,as traumatic as that is,you know it's final,they're gone. Nothing one can do. But shunning,they're alive and kicking and we KNOW they are there,but can't be part of them...it's ongoing,not final. And that makes it worse in many ways.....Anyway,I ramble luv ya hun! Always,Tina
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  OK to Check In?

  by troubled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just felt the need to check in.

  i've just felt so touched at the heart by those of you who responded with such loving interest yesterday.

  and while i need to be grown up, responsible, and wise, sometimes all i want is for someone to love me and keep me safe.

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  Tina

  ((((((((((((troubled)))))))))))) Good to see you sweetie!!
  Effexor is a great med. It has less side effects than Zoloft and the other SSRI 'grandaddies". I was on a short course of it. It helped me immensely.

  And that mountain you feel right now is adaptive overload...that will lessen as you journey and explore yourself. Life changes challenge our ability to cope..but you will learn and find new ways to do this. You WILL find that you have the ability and wisdom to creat a better and happier life! Wisdom comes thru taking risks and making the effort to learn again, as you are doing now.

  Becoming vulnerable and risking takes courage(which you show).
  Courage isn't the absence of fear but rather the confidence to take action even when afraid-and this you are doing!

  One step at atime ,troubled,one day at a time,and the mountain gets smaller and smaller.

  Happiness isn't the goal,but learning how to enjoy the journey. They'll be rough spots on the journey,such is the way of re-learning and making changes.
  We'll be here.Wishing you continued strength and courage .Luv,Tina
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  Sexual Morality in OT & NT

  by AlanF in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sexual morality in the old testament differs from that in the new testament .

  conservative christians like the jehovah's witnesses often claim that, like the new testament, the old testament forbids all sexual relations outside marriage, including relations between unmarried people.

  that is not quite true.

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  Tina

  (((((((((((((Alan))))))))))))))
  Well done! and thank you. Another keeper.

  The Hebrew culture was such a patriarchal hierarchy. And yes,women were nothing but property.
  Loss of virginity and acts of adultery were interpreted in the light of merchandise no longer having its former value. Economics pure and simple.

  Instant divorce was available to the man,but not the woman.Deut24
  An Israelite in financial straits was free to sell his daughters,but it was unthinkable to sell sons that way-Exodus 21,7-11.
  A man could violate a female slave and be forgiven,Lev 19,20-22.
  As you showed,females were 'bought' and had no say in the marriage arrangement.
  All these customs reinforced the lowly status of women. The New testament goes on to further reinforce this.

  As Elizabeth cady Stanton said:'The Bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation".
  Again thanks for tying up all that data so succinctly.Luv,Tina
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  The dim people

  by Norm in

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  the dim people.

  the new world society.

  the chosen, brain dead, scared people.. the watchtower's obedient parrots.

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  Tina

  Excuse me ustabee,
  Lighten up? There is nothing about the issues I mentioned to be 'light' about. We reach who we can,when we can.
  My husband is a vietvet,that really has nothing to do with the thread. He was never called a babykiller btw.
  Not all 'views' are worthy of respect,now THAt is a generalization.
  I agree the WTS doesn't deserve it,and there are good people among the witnesses. From personal experience,they are not the cream of the crop as 'thinkers'. Too many are naive and gullible. So I have to say there is a general 'dimness' about many of them. If they weren't they'd be out of there.
  If you dont think most are dim,just read some of the posts from Jw defenders and apologists here,lol. Tina
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  When Death Leaves You All Alone.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just had a really interesting chat with my nearest and dearest.. .

  we were talking about the fact that when one of us dies the other will be left alone.

  we agreed that the surviving one should be able to talk about the deceased one without adopting a holy sepulchral voice and that both our spoken and remembered memories of each other will be full of fun and laughter.. we also agreed that the surviving mate would want to build a new life, take on fresh interests and travel the world as much as possible.

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  Tina

  (((((((((((eguy))))))))))))

  Very wise and very healthy attitude there! I'm in total agreement! Life is for the living....while we never forget loved ones, the highest honor one can show them is continuing on strongly, taking with you all the gifts and enrichments they have contributed. Using those to continue to grow ....luv,Tina
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  Is it just me?.....

  by ExmormonRobertson in

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  2. friends

  i've been looking at the pictures of all the women posters, and they're beautiful!

  had i known that jw women looked this good long ago i'd be a member today!.

  dana.

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  Tina

  ((((((((((((shel))))))))))))))

  Don't say that!! lol I bet your face radiates with beauty sis!
  There is something beautiful about each and everyone of us! luv,T