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  LE and WT in Dallas this weekend......who eles wants to hook up?

  by LyinEyes in

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  we will be in dallas on friday, to hook up with a few to go to billybob's or some other dance place.. i think sloan is going, for sure,,,,,,,,what about anyone eles?.

  we are taking the kids to six flags on saturday,,,,,,,,so anyone who wants to meet up for that let me know also.. calling out to all the dallas folks here: jesika, valis, six, megadude, roo, jade, navigator, big tex, cruzan, billygoat , mozzer.......anyone who wants to, i will send you a pm with our cell number on it, so we can get together and find a meeting place for friday night.

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  DFWnonJW

  dfwnonjw <------------- rasies hand shyly, hesitantly....then shouts:

  MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

  shyly again... uh, yeah. sounds like fun. mind if i show up to say hi? I'll bring magnets if I have to. :)
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  A Common Mistake

  by DJ in

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  2. beliefs

  as a jw, i was taught the wrong idea of what the trinity is.

  the concept of the trinity does not teach that the father is the son.

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  ok, think tv commercial here...

  "Three, Three, Three God's in one!"

  Actually the trinity topic is how my mom got sucked in. Witness lady said my mom "looked like a sheep" and asked her what religion she was.
  "Baptist" says she, all proud.
  "OHHHH, You believe in a three headed god!" says jw lady.
  "I most certainly do not!" says me mum.
  "Sure you do. Don't you sing 'god in three person's, blessed trinity'?"
  GASP....goes mum

  the rest, as they say, is misery.
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  Witnessism's........

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know some have posted similar topics like this, but i thought it might be kind of fun (for the new ones that are coming here in droves) and others, to give some examples of catch phrases etc, that are unique to the jw world.

  here's a few to start:.... "muster up boldness", "sound down into our hearts","satan's crafty acts", "paradisaic", "young ones"," discernment".....these are just a few of the more irritating.

  add yours if you'd like.. integ.

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  hope this ain't a repeat...

  THE SOCIETY
  as in "We'll have to wait and see what 'The Society' says." Quite mob sounding if ya aks me.

  THE BROTHERS
  as in "The brothers KNOW what is going to happen."
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  Why do most brothers work in the cleaning business?

  by JH in

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  when i joined the jw's many years ago, i couldn't get over how many were working in the cleaning business.

  i know this permitted them to go to the meetings, out in the field service, and work without any conflict.. where did this trend start?

  is it like this world wide?

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  As previously mentioned, I always heard that the cleaning business, building trades etc. were the type of jobs that would prepare jw's for the after party cleanup when god cleaned house (yes, any day now...wolf!, wolf!). Pretty sad really. Nothing wrong with any of those businesses but to feel almost obligated to do that work isn't a good thing.
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  We helped a boy in a car crash last night...made us think about things

  by LyinEyes in

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  last night we were coming home from a night of dancing,and came upon a really bad wreck, a young man, had flipped his jeep, several times and his car was on fire.

  we must have just missed the wreck, because there were two cars there that saw it and they didnt know what to do......i told my hubby as we stopped to see if anyone had called 911 yet, and asked him to ask if anyone needed first aid.

  i am not in the medical field but i know enough first aid to help until the emt arrived.

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  Three cheers for Lyin' Eye's and hubby!!

  I got the impression from reading your account that you were the epitome of coolheadedness. I'd like to think I'd react the same way but so far haven't been tested :) Just wanted to say way to go and I hope the young man is going to be ok. I bet he'd like to thank you too.

  I remember hearing stories at the hall like the ones you mentioned. Always geared to make you feel guilty for missing any meeting but I remember hearing how a bomb went off in a KH one time and a sister was killed. I have ever since been of the opinion "What if she HAD missed that meeting? She'd STILL be alive!" Turnabout being fair play and all. :)

  At one of the very last meetings I went to here in Irving, we were told of a jw family at a convention (in KC i think). There were several of the jw kids playing in/around the pool after (hours if I recall) and one of them unfortunately drowned. You'd think there would have been some real compassion shown for the families loss but nope. The kids were not supposed to be there and though it was "sad that a child died", the point was driven home on how the media got the story and what negative light it shown on "The Organisation". I sat there shaking my head thouroughly sickened at what I heard. Looking around there were lot's of people nodding in agreement and that was it. It was over for me.
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  What's The Worst Thing a "Friend" Could Ever Do To You?

  by minimus in

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  everyone thinks they have a friend or even many friends.

  have you ever come to know that your "friend" was really no friend after all?

  what happened??

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  what's a friend? I have only acquaitances left and they're dwindling rapidly. I'd say the worst thing a friend could do to you is lie about you (seems like it's happened to everyone here). Being 'used' by your friends ain't all that grand either though. I only get calls anymore when someone needs something fixed - house, computer etc. I'm tired of that but I guess it just means I must be REALLY boring to hang out with! lol
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  What weird habits do you have?

  by JH in

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  i always go to bed naked, even in the winter.

  i eat at odd hours, whenever i'm hungry, and that happens fast.

  breakfast at 6:30am, dinner at 10:15 am (i'm hungry) supper at 3:30 pm (still hungry).

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  I can't think of a one and that's quite upsetting too. No oneder I feel so out of place around here.
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  Little Known Fact

  by Francois in

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  from frank's compendium of little-known and useless information:.

  there are no empty tabasco sauce bottles...anywhere in the world.

  got your own little known facts?

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  I've never once seen an empty thread on a board. ( I mean devoid of comments not necessarily non-devoid of value) (??what??)

  ps this seems as good a place as any to mention that I always submit posts WITHOUT reading the guidelines. Fact. (flaunting the system)
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  What are the specs of your computer?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  so many threads on pictures, and desktops, how about telling us a few specs of your computer.

  my computer is 3.5 years old.

  -20 gig hard disc "maxtor".

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  DFWnonJW

  specks on my computer? I think it's spit from laughing at some of these threads.

  ohhhh, specs....
  emachine 466id 466 intel celery processor & maxed out w/ 256 RAM - 8xCDRW 40g HD

  time for me to upgrade I see.
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  How did you find this site?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how did you find this site?

  did you make a search in google for jw's, or did someone tell you about this forum?.

  how did you end up here?

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  DFWnonJW

  Can't remember how I got here and don't know how to delete the account so I guess y'all'r stuck with me. (now watch Simon boot me for sarchasm)