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  I am sooo screwed

  by Yondaime in

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  2. experiences

  so last night i was talking to my sister about how i admired president obama's speech to the u.n that happened earlier that day.. i then compared the extremism of isis to how much of a fanatic my jw bil is.. at the end of the statement , my mom walked in to the kitchen.

  she was standing in the living room and she heard everything i said.. she called the elders that night to tell them what i said so they can counsel me.. i'm going to meet with them after the meeting on sunday!.

  what do i do?!!!!!.

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  Any update?
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  My best friend died yesterday

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes people make special connections to animals.

  sometimes they bond very deeply and are real friends.

  yesterday was the end of such a friendship that lasted ten wonderful years.

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  So sorry for your sadness. I had a best-friend dog who was arthritic and feeble at 17 and I had to have him put to sleep. I think I cried harder that day than I ever had before. Hugs to you.
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  Anthony Anderson tells Jimmy Kimmel about being friends with Prince

  by darkspilver in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stsalhfuc54.

  that's all folks!.

  dark spliver.

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  That was a weird comment about trying to convert him to JWs...
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  2014 AGM announcement rumour

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from barbara anderson, former watchtower headquarters researcher and writer, on another recent thread:.

  it is expected that at the 2014 annual meeting, usually held the first saturday in october, will serve watchtower leaders well to cover-up all the 100-years of prophetic nonsense.

  rumor has it they are going to celebrate their 100-years of announcing the kingdom in an adroit way by featuring a move of "great" significance to do with the expansion of the governing body to an "apostolic" 12 or some other fantasy idea.. .

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  Darth...you had me at clergy hoedown!
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  Am I the youngest one on here?

  by Capstone in

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  2. friends

  i finally registered on here after reading on the forum for almost two years on and off (more often the last year).

  to give you some background on who i am i can say that i'm a girl in my late teens and live in western europe.

  my mom is a jw and my dad is not.

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  Welcome! Very happy that you are strong enough to think for yourself and that you have the courage to stop living a double-life.

  Can you get any support from your siblings?
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  Plastic buckets in Paradise

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember one picture of a pretty little girl holding a plastic bucket in paradise next to a tame lion.. i asked my wife if there is going to be polution in paradise?

  of course the answer is no!!!!!..

  i asked her where did the plastic bucket come from?

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  And don't forget that he will magically destroy all the nuclear materials, too!
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  Love all the people...

  by new hope and happiness in

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  2. current

  there are a lot of topics about religiouse hatred, so on a personal level why do you find it difficult to love or like individuals?.

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  I think there's a huge difference between "hating" a person and disliking their actions. Love comes in at the level of trying to understand what motivates a person to act disagreeably. You don't need to be friends with those you dislike but you also don't need to label them and push them away. Allow them to be, and get on with your life without needing to react to their actions.

  A little kindness goes a very long way.
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  is it possible to raise good kids with out religious morals?

  by Princess Ashe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  making up my mind on how to teach my son values in life seems to be an on going struggle of what is right and wrong.

  being raised in a sheltered jw life until after leaving high school seems like going from one extreme to another of being over restrictive or under.

  trying to find that balance.

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  Ashe, don't feel bad about your question. As jdubs we were taught to follow The Rules and told that Everyone in The World was morally depraved, so it's a transition to step out of the jdub box and make your own decisions.

  Obviously you have great moral sense as you saved your children from a life of lies by leaving!

  Teach your children to be kind, to have empathy, and to think for themselves. Everything will work out just fine with you leading by example.

  Hugs!!!
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  Do the Governing Body believe their own teachings or know it's a lie? Are they atheists?

  by BucketShopBill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new young blood gb member, you think he really thinks this is the truth or is he protecting his financial interest like all the older gb members who enjoy basking in glory of men?

  do you think they believe in the "over-lapping generation" or was that a mistake done by barr?.

  how much of the watchtower and the bible do the governing body know, ray franz jr. said he was not impressed with their bible knowledge and their lack of knowledge of the watchtower cannon.

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  There is no way they believe their own bs, otherwise they wouldn't need to have the disfellowshipping whip ever at the ready. They teach fear, not love, so of course they don't believe in the nonsense they shovel.
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  Lurker no more

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks:.

  i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).

  i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.

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  Welcome and congratulations on your new life!