Dating a "worldly" person is a no win situation if you're an active Witness. They constantly called, came by my residence, counseled me, in a sense, drove me crazy. This relationship ended badly, and it took me years to get over it, but it took longer because that pretty much did it for me as a Witness. So your life is over, you think, and then you start over. I have married but I can remember those years like they were yesterday.
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Daughter counselled on dating a wordly guy
by minimus inmy daughter recieved this email from one of her witness "friends".
she is counseling my daughter (indirectly) about her choice to date a "worldly" guy.. hey, so, we had a talk recently that was about love & respect in your marriage.
the brother brought out that this was more for us witnesses rather than worldly people, because it seems that even in the truth now marriage has lost it's correct place.
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Satisfied with your vehicle?
by JH injust about everybody has a car and a story they can share.
does your car give you trouble, or would you recommend it to others?.
so, how would you rate your car?.
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TresHappy
Did you hear about the 3 guys that went to heaven? How good they were on earth determined what kind of car they could drive in the afterlife.
The first man met with Saint Peter and Saint Peter was pleased with this man. He was a good man on Earth and was always faithful to his wife. Saint Peter presented him with a Rolls Royce. The man drove off into the highway of heaven.
The second man met with Saint Peter. Saint Peter was pleased with this man, but not as much as the first fellow. "You sinned against your wife," Peter explained, however you repented before you left Earth so you are here." "I can't give you a Rolls Royce, but I have a fine Grand Prix." The man was happy, this car was better than he had on Earth.
The third man met with Saint Peter. Saint Peter smiled upon this man also, although this man had cheated on his wife several times. But before his death, he repented and barely made into heaven. Happy to be there, he would take whatever Saint Peter gave him. "I have a Pinto here for you" Peter said. The third man, grateful to be there, took off.
The next day, the man in the Pinto was driving and passed the man who had been given a Rolls Royce. The Rolls Royce man had a terrible look on his face. "What's wrong?" Mr. Pinto asked. "You made it to heaven, Saint Peter was pleased and now you have this gorgeous car for the hereafter, why are you so sad?" The first man replied, "I just passed my wife, and she was on a skateboard!"
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Have you ever lied for your boss/employer?
by cellomould inmy girlfriend was asked by her boss to lie.. it was a stupid little unnecessary lie in my opinion.
but i perceived it could have huge consequences if she were caught.. because she signed a non-disclosure agreement, i was not supposed to find out about this.
but i suppose her brain was tingling from doubts about putting her good name on the line to make someone else happy.. i tried to talk to her last night...i told her that she needs to stand up to him because he is trying to test her loyalty.. instead of wanting to discuss ways to speak her opinions, she wanted to blow it off by saying 'i could just get a new job'.. .
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The question really is: Who hasn't? I've some of the worst bosses in the world, some of the best. Right now, I have a wonderful boss who I deeply respect...which btw, is a 2 way street.
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April 2003 KM: ``Mind Your Manners in Public"
by Room 215 innow that it's dispensed with its annual ``don't you dare partake" in advance of their spring travesty of a communion, the faithful and discreet slave shifts its focus to another seasonal perennial: the km's recurrent exhortation to ``mind your manners at this summer's district conventions.
by ``connecting the dots" between the leadership's admonition to mind one's manners at the hotel, to tip approriately, to avoid ``double-dipping'' by eating and then loading up on unapproved takeaways for lunch at hotels that prvide complimentary breakfast, to refrain from losing all inhibitions in after-hour socializing and to forego the donning of outlandish skin-tight (or conversely loose fitting ``hip-hop" outfits) forte duration of the assembly, a picture quite different from the idealized notion of jws being a worldwide fraternity of solidly mature, temperate ministers who lives find fulfilment only in the service of god and their fellow man.. what sort of adults need to be lectured in such terms, let alone a group that boasts of its aloofness from satan's world?
what does it suggest about leadership's awareness of how far removed from reality the rank and file is from their literature's stylized imagery?
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This is an absolute travesty. No doggy bags in public...
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Laci Peterson
by Mulan inhas anyone here been following the disappearance of the 27 year old pregnant woman from modesto ca?
what do you think happened to her?
for some reason her disappearance is very upsetting to me.
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TresHappy
I heard on the news this morning about the body of a female and baby being found in Richmond, California. It appears that the Laci Peterson story has taken a tragic turn, which is very sad. I wonder if they will be able to get enough evidence to bring the murderer (her husband) to justice.
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Kingdom Hall Picture
by JH innow i know what they mean by, "pay attention to yourselves and to the whole flock" .
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How funny is that!
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Update on my letter to the elders regarding my dad's suicide
by cruzanheart inthis past saturday (april 12) i got a phone call from someone i've known since 1973 and who now lives in mexico.
he was visiting his daughter (who attended my dad's memorial service) and started the conversation by telling me how very sorry he was about my dad.
he really sounded shook up about it, and he then proceeded to say that he had just finished reading my letter to the elders!
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TresHappy
Cruzanheart,
I think of you often and hope you're doing well. It was great seeing you last month (hard to believe it was 17 years) and talking about so many things. God Bless You and don't let those ol' nasty elders get you down.
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how i got here
by danb71 inafter having looked at this site for almost a year and recently made small replies to threads, i should introduce myself to you all and tell you how i got here:.
i was raised as a jw.
it didn't take long to figure out that to have more independence at home, i'd better be a stand-out jw.
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TresHappy
Welcome to the board. This is a healing place, lots of fun and cries. We wish you all the best.
TresHappy
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What Celebrity/People Would You Like to Send to Baghdad?
by SpunkyChick inwhat celebrity gives you irritable bowel syndrome?
who would you like to send to baghdad to stop irritating your bowels?
people i'd like to send to baghdad:.
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Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have never married - but they have been together 16 years.
The person I would like to send to Baghdad - that hothead Alec Baldwin.
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I work at a local college and I have run into several JW's from my past taking classes. One of the part-time instructors in my area went to my Kingdom Hall.