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  The Memorial?

  by Nickey in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm a newbie here.

  but not a newbie to being a jw.

  i was raised as one.

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  TresHappy

  I have posted my title of the Memorial in other threads, but I call it "The Annual Watch the Bread and Wine Go By Festival."
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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 best friend for more than 20 years homeschools her 3 kids and will next year homeschool the 4th (and last). When she first started 9 years ago, I thought it was a joke. I thought no one can be successful at that. However, she has proved me wrong. Her kids belong to the local Awana and Four H, so they're not being isolated. I think it's a wonderful alternative to public school, but has to be like anything else, done right. Many people are choosing to home school their kids for reasons other than religious. A woman I worked with is an athiest and she is home schooling her kid because she can't stand the public schools.
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  I'm boiling the oil and digging a moat

  by cruzanheart in

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  well, i knew it would happen sooner or later.

  one of the two witnesses who work at my office called me last night, delicately mentioned that she had "heard" i was celebrating birthdays and christmas and wanted to know what the hell was going on.

  or substance.

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  Oh cruzanheart, ugh! I have a Witness who works near me. I celebrate my birthday and Christmas right in front of her. She did ask me one time if I was active, I said no, I had left it, and that was that...I guess because she's not much of a Witness anyway.
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  Living together before marriage=promiscuous?

  by Witch Child in

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  2. scandals

  this is part of someone else's post;.

  "we had a controversy recently related to this.

  our last pastor (a great guy, a harvard grad and a ph.d.) said he would not marry persons with one address (they could live together and fornicate all they wished, they just could not flaunt it) and some condemned him for intolerance!

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  TresHappy

  I never approved of "shacking up" (as Dr. Laura would say), then I met my husband. We basically lived in 2 places, his and mine, before our marriage. So I am in no place to judge anyone or never would.
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  family total of man years spent in the crotchtower

  by GeddyLee in

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  just immediate family including bros, sisters, father and mother.

  im saddened to report it adds up to a whopping total of 314 man years lost in the borg for my family.

  can anyone top this?

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  Too many years to mention. If I add them up, I will cry.
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  What will the WT become? (Sort of a Survey)

  by Marcos in

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  2. experiences

  i have been out for a long time.

  to give you an idea of how long, the concept of not offering subscriptions anymore is news to me!.

  as they continue consolidating and down-sizing, what affect do you all think this will have on individual witnesses and on their organization as a whole?

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  TresHappy

  Hopefully Dorothy will throw water at the whole wicked Governing Body and they will melt into a puddle of nothing.
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  Best of 2002/and what your glad to see go

  by meadow77 in

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  2. friends

  i'm watching this show on vh1.

  the hosts are adrianna and christopher from the sopranos!

  they declared the end to certain things from 2002. my personal favorite was that people using cell phones will no longer be allowed to use the phrase "can you hear me now" amen brother.

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  Anything regarding Anna Nicole Smith
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  Did U hurt someone because of JW rules?

  by LyinEyes in

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  2. friends

  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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  TresHappy

  I hurt a lot of people through the years, basically with my first fiance. I INSISTED and DEMANDED we raise the our potential children as Jehovah's Witnesses, no if's, ands, or buts. It drove us to the brink of insanity. Our relationship didn't survive, but the elders continued to put pressure on me regarding this relationship. My father called me Satan and said I was rebellious, no good and rotten. It was a wonderful upbuilding experience. Needless to say, we eventually broke up (good for him as I would have continued in this cult because I thought I had totally convinced myself I could get anyone into this crap.) This was the start of the end for me. I couldn't deal with it anymore and slowly began to drift away. Although this was a hurtful experience, I learned and eventually saw the light.
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  Jack Handey

  by meadow77 in

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  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with snl, you will remember a great philosopher named jack handey.

  here are my three favorites deep thoughts of all time.

  share yours.

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  TresHappy

  I remember when Michael Jordan hosted SNL a few years ago and he did a skit looking in the mirror. He could barely get through the skit (reminds me of Harvey Korman and Tim Conway laughing under their breath during the skits on the Carol Burnett Show). It was hilarious and THAT'S OK....
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  Questions to ponder - Apostacy

  by JoeSomebody in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a couple questions came to mind as i read some posts.

  i know many of you are not jw's any longer.

  my definition is one that abandons the true worship of jehovah both in action and word, inside and outside the congregation.

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  TresHappy

  I remember when I was in the borg that even the slightest deviation in behavior was grounds for the most used and abused word in Watchtower language - apostasy. I remember a pioneer sister saying even celebrating a birthday was considered apostasy. She said she read that in a WT publication. That had me scared to death, since I had birthday cake at work the previous week.

  Edited for spelling.

  Edited by - TresHappy on 18 December 2002 1:10:24