I went to hear a band play outside my favorite wine bar, with a couple friends. Then, I accepted a last minute invitation to my first halloween party and the hostess gave me some gear so I was a pirate wench. Had a blast and my teen daughter laughed about the pics I sent her (She went to her first Halloween party Saturday night).
Gypsy Sam
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Anyone Celebrating Halloween this Year???
by cognac ini started yesterday.
took the kids (they were both princesses) and my nephew to 3 different events.
got tons of candy and the kids had a blast.. .
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JW MECCA!!!! ANY THOUGHTS?!?!
by DATA-DOG inso...the wife wants to go to new york.
she wants to visit the holy land and see the new bible museum.
( sorry, trying not to vomit..) do you have any idea what it costs to fly to ny and get a room?
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Gypsy Sam
Oh, and bethel could make a compilation coloring book of all their disturbing, horrific images, for children, starting with Lot's wife in wide eyed fright.
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JW MECCA!!!! ANY THOUGHTS?!?!
by DATA-DOG inso...the wife wants to go to new york.
she wants to visit the holy land and see the new bible museum.
( sorry, trying not to vomit..) do you have any idea what it costs to fly to ny and get a room?
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Gypsy Sam
I took my teen a couple years ago. It was so boring and not at all how I remembered going as a teen. Completely mundane visit and quite the hassle to change into skirts and shoes in the ladies room.
Now when we visit NYC we just have a ball. No guilt and enjoy all the wonders of the city. JetBlue and VrBo.com or airbnb have been great for deals on the upper west side (my favorite between 66th and 89th).
So many kind, wonderful people of all races ready to help you with any questions. May help open your wife's mind.
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Maybe I'm the bad guy after all
by braincleaned inmaybe i'm the bad guy after all.
my mom and sis love me and still talk to me, although i'm clearly an apostate.
their loophole?
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I enjoy your posts. Take a break. Set timer limits for online activities if you need to. If I feel I'm getting too absorbed in this forum or Facebook, I step up my volunteer activities or exercise more. Joining a book club has been a huge help, too. Yoga and tea help. :)
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An interesting conversation with JW´s today in town....
by Mr Fool in.
i guess the conversation was meanless, they are probably lost cases anyway.... .
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You never now...I had so many issues with little things. I often wondered if just one persona had made a valid point or asked me a thinking question, where it would have led. I was 36 before I really had an authentic conversation with an intelligent person that raised valid questions. After a few months of intense online fact checking, I realized JW is manmade. Maybe the young one will have some questions.
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How Many Here Are On Facebook & How Often Do You Frequent The Site?
by minimus ini'm on it every couple of days and it's usually to see pics of my grandkids or to get the 411 onwhat's going on..
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Doc,
There are many faithful witnesses on Facebook. The majority of the elders wives in my old hall are on it. Pioneers use it, too. Last year, about 90 percent of my Facebook friends were JW. Now it's the opposite.
There are also many JW Facebook groups. The largest one I've seen, which has ministerial servants and pioneers I personally know "liking" the page is the Jehovah's Witnesses News page, with 69,000 followers.
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Did having kids make your decision to leave easier or harder?
by Comatose ini was thinking about a few things confusedandalone said the other day.
i mirrored his thinking identically.
for me it was having kids that made my decision to leave an easier one.. if i had no children, i might still be in and just going through the motions.
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Gypsy Sam
My teen helped me reevaluate the religion and now we are both out. Paying for private school has really paid off in an unexpected way :)
The game changer was the day she dressed in a professional, modest pantsuit for the meeting and I couldn't find a sensible reason for her to change. That was the last regular meeting I had her attend. We went to the memorial, in case family asked, and haven't been back to date.
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What Would a Country Run by Evangelical Christianity Look Like?
by cofty inon an earlier thread i made the statement that, "an evangelical christian government would look a lot like the taliban".. laika asked me incredulously, "do you really think your friends from your old church would govern like the taliban!?".
i thought it was a really interesting question and might work as a separate thread.. the people i worshipped with were mostly a nice bunch of people, but the thought of them having secular power would make me shudder.. christianity is mostly harmless because it lacks power.
christian politicians are restrained by secular laws and constitutions.
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Gypsy Sam
Frightening.
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Latest Cable News Updates on Killer Jonathan Holt And The Murdered Young Oregon Barista Whitney Heichel
by Scott77 in.
"...jonathan holt, 24, a neighbor of heichel and a member of the same jehovah's witness church, appeared via closed-circuit television in clackamas county court wearing a suicide smock..." read cable news report of full story complete with photographs.
very excellent investigation.. http://abcnews.go.com/us/murdered-barista-whitney-heichel-raped-shot-times/story?id=17534209#.ujvk-w-hk8b
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Gypsy Sam
Hard to believe this happened a year ago. Someone commented in the news report I read, about the Candace Conti case...and here I am...fully faded.
This was a case with some awful details and my heart goes out to Whitney's husband and family.
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What are you NOT allowed to say as a Jehovahs Witness?
by The Quiet One in"one of the bible study was listening and singing the song by jason mraz titled lucky with the chorus going like this;.
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'i'm lucky i'm in love with my best friend.. lucky to have been where i have been.. lucky to be coming home again.. lucky we're in love in every way.. lucky to have stayed where we have stayed.. lucky to be coming home someday..'.
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I still haven't been able to bring myself to say "bless you" when coworkers sneeze. Probably more to do with the fact that I'm closer to atheist now than anything else and can't stand supporting any superstition, especially the knocking on wood one.