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  Concealed carry Dubs

  by scruffmcbuff in

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  i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

  i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

  as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

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  the girl next door

  Growing up JW and into my late 20s I spent time in a number of states from NY, FL, CA and a handful between them. JWs in cities and along coastlines didn’t have guns and usually were adamant that guns were a no no for JWs. In every rural area even in CA and FL there were some JWs that had guns like rifles and shotguns. A few had handguns but they were secretive and low profile about them.

  I live in a very anti gun, gun control state. Still I know to this day active JWs that have guns even here. They are tight lipped about it.

  I have never known any JW with a CCL. But it would not surprise me.

  I wish there were more CCL people in general in my state. I would feel safer in public.
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  Should kids learn cursive handwriting?

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  i am an elementary school teacher of the fourth grade.

  in times past, students would start learning cursive handwriting in third grade and by fourth should be transitioning to writing in cursive at all times.

  as you might be aware, this has all but been taken out of the curriculum.

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  The way I approached this with my kids is to teach them at home. They did not learn handwriting or how to read an anolog clock from school. They learned how to be really quick on a keyboard but they did not learn proper form and will never type at professional speed because of it.

  I encourage “the arts” because so much of it has been stripped from public schools. One dances, one is in the community theatre, one has learned the base, guitar, piano. None of which were offered in school anymore.

  More to your point,

  Handwriting is an art. A practical one. We should hold onto it. I would also push some instruction for calligraphy.

  We are losing a lot of skills because of the advancement of technology. Skills that will be missed if we find ourselves without that technology.
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  It's a shame isn't it?

  by freddo in

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  ... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..

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  the girl next door

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  The mob has spoken.
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  It's a shame isn't it?

  by freddo in

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  ... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..

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  the girl next door

  Political debates are always more tedious because it is assumed that the elected president represents everyone within a political party. I know many conservatives that think Trump is a goon and liberals that despise Hillary. Those types are often the most effective in arguing their views.

  That said it is also natural to rally behind the elected president. Some from opposing parties also want to see the president succeed. If it’s good for the country why oppose it?
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  It's a shame isn't it?

  by freddo in

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  ... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..

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  the girl next door

  Hoser!

  Should there be an umpire?
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  It's a shame isn't it?

  by freddo in

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  ... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..

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  the girl next door

  Just like the exjw journey, the experience will be different for everyone. We have debated, fought and argued about type of activism, protesting, online Exjw personalities, how to leave, when to leave, why to leave, becoming atheist after, staying a Christian after.... it goes on and on.

  A little political banter between us hardly seems a stretch or inappropriate for this forum. Still, I see many have “liked” the OP.
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  The Silver JW Bible

  by caves in

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  the year was 2010. .

  this has always infuriated me.

  i was pomi ( but didnt know it).

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  Caves! I literally LoL. I used to scour thrift stores for old WT publications. I found separately over years all the volumes of Rutherford’s studies in the scriptures. Never read them, they just looked exceptionally cool in my “spiritual library” and made all my pioneer buddies so jealous! Lmao.

  Those, I donated to an apostate with more energy than I.

  The only exceptional power any of the New World Translations of the Bible ever had for me was relieving lower back pain as I sat in the shitty chairs of the Kingdom Hell.

  Cushion anyone?
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  The Silver JW Bible

  by caves in

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  the year was 2010. .

  this has always infuriated me.

  i was pomi ( but didnt know it).

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  the girl next door

  It’s a little thicker and shorter than the black or maroon version you may remember. The paper is a bit thicker and less transparent than the cigarette paper used before. The cover is light gray and is very soft and malleable instead of the rigid leather of before.

  As a disfellowshipped and identified “full blown apostate” I asked my still in JW mom to give me one and she did.

  I misplaced it the last time we moved. I suspect it is in a thrift store somewhere.
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  When All Else FAILS Protest and Cry When You Don’t Get Your Way

  by minimus in

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  do these democrats really think that if they protest and wail about anything they don’t like , that policies will change ?

  they are really embarrassing themselves..

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  “Obama's election in 2008 was preceded and followed by violent attacks and property destruction targeted against minorities.

  Kaylon Johnson, an African American campaign worker for Obama, was physically assaulted for wearing an Obama T-shirt in Louisiana following the 2008 election. The three white male attackers shouted "Fuck Obama!" and "Nigger president!" as they broke Johnson's nose and fractured his eye-socket, requiring surgery.

  More frequently, Obama's presidency was marked by effigies of our first black president hanging from nooses across the country, for example in Kentucky, Washington State, and Maine, or being burned around the world. What Trump supporters fail to remember is that following Obama's election, property was destroyed across the country, for example in Pennsylvania, Texas, and North Carolina, and a predominately black church was torched in Massachusetts.“

  https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/305749-republicans-employ-double-standard-to-discredit%3famp
  
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  I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If The USA Had Another Civil War!

  by minimus in

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  i have never seen this country so divided.

  something is going to give.

  they is such a lack of recognition for the law.

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  “I worry about those who have the guns to start a war. You know who those are. They voted for Trump in big numbers.”

  I promise you, those of us with guns are the very ones who will stop a war in its tracks.