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  US-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough: Obama and Castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. current

  who'd have thought it possible?

  but that's a headline this morning in the canberra times.. us-cuba diplomatic breakthrough: obama and castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange.

  date: december 18, 2014 - 5:37am.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, just watching this on the news. Apparently Obama still needs some type of approval from Congress, though not too sure about those details.
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  Wives who complain about their husbands work schedule but refuse to get a job

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i listen to one of these all time in our hall.

  she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.

  i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..

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  GrreatTeacher

  Years ago you could support a family on one income. Now you can't in most cases.
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  Many Member Just Want to Believe

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you are/were an active jw, you are now here on jwn so, for whatever your reasons, you woke up to some degree- hopefully a great degree.

  so what i am saying may not apply to you.. i know that if i had not already left, i would have stormed out on the day they studied "overlapping generation.

  " i am quite confident i couldn't have stayed for such an obvious switcharoo just to make the end seem imminent and try to explain how wts was wrong, but not entirely wrong in the past.. but i had to wonder how that change (or others) didn't cause most jw's to walk out.

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  GrreatTeacher

  This is a great comparison, OTWO. In real life, I don't know many adults who actually believe magic is real. They might go to a magic show just to be amazed at the slipperiness of the human mind or at the incapacity to see that things might be working differently than they at first seem. But, they don't believe it is actual "magic."

  Children might be fooled. They don't have enough life experience to know what they don't know. Likewise, Witnesses don't have enough exposure to the real world to realize they might have been fooled. Children grow up and gain experience, but Witnesses stay in their own world without much exposure to critical thinking.

  Like some have said, some people's minds are more predisposed to doing the critical thinking necessary to deconstruct the circular logic, and those are the ones who escape. But, those who just aren't critical thinkers and who like to be followers have a much more difficult time thinking outside of the Watchtower magic box.
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  Court Bars Kids From Jehovah's Witness Activities

  by Bangalore in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  court bars kids from jehovah's witness activities.

  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/64209712/court-bars-kids-from-jehovahs-witness-activitieshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11375208bangalore.

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  The judge found there were " further episodes of religious activities." LOL. Makes it sound like a chronic illness.
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  Graduation and Pinning

  by sooner7nc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  giving my speech.

  being pinned by my son.. .

  the best day ever.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  Many good wishes. You look extraordinarily happy, and so does your son!
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  Christmas markets - apparently fine for JW's to attend

  by FeelingFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has got me really wound up and i feel the need to post.

  our friend an ex jw has just returned from a famous christmas market in germany, now my husband mentioned this to his mum as they have connections there.

  she got all excited about how amazing the german christmas markets are there and how she would of def gone to one this year if she had the time!

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  I don't know what a Christmas Market is, but it sounds like a place I would love to check out!

  Yes, the hypocrisy is galling. A big one in the States is that JWs don't celebrate Independence Day on the fourth of July, but it sure is okay to go watch the fireworks in the evening! We had to set a study straight once when she told her children to pull down the shades so they didn't accidentally see any fireworks and "celebrate." Not necessary we told her.
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  can an unhappy married woman vent?

  by sowhatnow in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i continue to be saddened by the fact that i am married to such a selfish man.. i want to know if i am the only wife who has no say when it comes to using the house she lives in for activities including other people.. .

  let me explain.. yesterday my daugher who is 35 got a new puppy for my grandaughter who is 13. today my daughter and son in law are going to help my uncle at a job, and my granddaughter wanted to spend the day here, my daugher said shed bring her and the puppy over, i laughed and said 'your dad wont have that, ill have to go to your house'.. after all it will 'upset' the 2 cats they will hide all day [like they do anytime someone including my grandchild is in my home] .. i already knew that he would not like it if she brought the puppy over, [weve had dogs so its not like he hates them].

  he doesnt care if his grandaughter would have enjoyed playing with the puppy over grandmas house, where she likes to be for a change, and that fact that id like to see what my cats would do when they saw a dog for the first time in thier lives.. maybe id have liked to play with the puppy .. when i said to my husband that my daughter said she wanted tp bring them over he said.

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  If your name is on the deed, you own half the house. You're probably entitled to half his retirement already even if he's still working. You have more power than you realize.

  So, go to a counselor, sure. They're going to ask you what you want out of life, and if you're not getting that in your marriage, then why do you stay?

  What kind of payoff are you getting by staying? Security? Is that enough to trade for the negatives that you are dealing with?

  A counselor will help you this kind of an inventory, but the bottom line is :What do you want?

  Do you really know what you want right now?
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  Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  lindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..

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  Does anyone think this could be a suicide-by-cop type incident? Especially since he just lost in court recently?
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  Whose KH has the Blue Square jw.org on it?

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  Why just on one corner? This looks so bad to me. Wouldn't it have been better to even it up and put one on each side?

  I almost feel embarrassed for them.
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  Using New JW.ORG Merchandise to Share the Good News, t-shirts and painted JW.org toe nails!

  by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are approved methods of preaching the good news about jw.org in style!.

  caleb and his single mammy, tired of your child losing notes to his teacher, pin that note with a friendly, lively jw.org caleb and mommy button for a small fee!

  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/356206651751072594/ with our rich hertigage of mixing organization with the skills of a saleman you knew this was bound to happen.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  Thanks for bringing that up, steve. You're right. The GB aren't profiting from this.

  It's just a new attitude from individual JWs who, in the past, likely would have looked down on profiting from the Truth. At least in my experience.