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  Still as lost and confused as ever..

  by berylblue in

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  ...and i can't believe i posted such an ugly photo of myself...that's not my real hair...it's a perm i got to grow out a spiked do..... anyway, i've missed you all.

  got an email from the jw i wrote a long time ago..she basically said, "satan is much smarter than you, and he has you fooled.

  this is jehovah's organization....i hope you enjoy your new friends, they will not be around in a few years.

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  nowisee

  well i was wondering where you were.....

  glad to see you back.

  i'm sorry about that note....but it is so typical of jw tactics....they always use fear to manipulate.

  God is love. think about it.

  best wishes -- take care -- nowisee
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  WooHoo I won!

  by Lady Lee in

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  when my contract was not renewed for my job i was a tad upset.

  actually i was very upset.

  not that they didn't renew the contract because the working conditions had become impossible but because of some of the crap that was going on.they didn't want to give me my termination notice (aka pink slip/record of employment) which i needed to be able to get unemployment insurance.

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  nowisee

  well good for you! i'm so proud of you.

  some years back i won a lawsuit over a wrongful termination. it was a scary time for me as i was set adrift with no income, knowing i did not want to continue what i had been doing.....

  well i won't get into all of the details, but know this, it was all a springboard into a brand new much better life for me.

  sometimes when things like this happen it is really exciting....a way to know that something better is absolutely coming your way....

  GRAB THE BRASS RING!!

  very best wishes, nowisee
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  So I quit smoking today..

  by Aztec in

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  ...and i'm feeling pretty good right now.

  i quit, cold turkey, this morning.

  it's been almost 24 hours since my last cigarette.

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  nowisee

  ~aztec, you go! more power too you and i will be sending you encouraging thoughts.

  don't forget to come back here any time you need positive reinforcement.

  love, nowisee
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  Stereotypical Witnesses

  by tazmaniac in

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  ok....we all had them...perhaps we were one of them....stereotypical witnesses.

  there were many stereotypes that proved to be in congregation after congregation.

  what stereotypical witnesses do you remember.

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  nowisee

  brother inactive scholar -- never goes out in service but knows every word the society has ever printed, and thoroughly versed in worldly criticism, inactivity tolerated because he is son of one of the anointed and because he comments so much with such authority. has such a love affair with the written word that he spends every meeting with an open watchtower right under his nose so he can keep sniffing the fresh printers' ink. clicks his teeth constantly.

  brother badhigen - sits in the third row with at least 5 seats between him and anyone else. he is like a little island -- because he smells!! he has caked on dirt on the back of his neck, obvious that his hair has an aversion to shampoo. though no one goes up to him, he is oblivious, and friendly to all.

  brother ethnic - answers regularly at every meeting, greets all, very friendly. everyone just says uh-huh, uh-huh because no one understands him.

  sister judgemental - the first in the cong. to know about a df/da. self-righteously shuns each and every one. gladly informs all who don't know the whole story.
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  Questions from Readers! Blood

  by Beans in

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  enjoy this tidbit!.

  *** w58 8/1 478 questions from readers ***.

  questions from readers.

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  nowisee

  say WHAT?????

  unbelievable.
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  How often are you here on JWD?

  by JH in

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  how many hours a week do you spend on this forum?

  it does add up, when you calculate the hours.. .

  i must spend about 15 hours a week here, how about you?

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  nowisee

  shamus, well the volume and extent of your contributions is truly amazing.

  i thought I was addicted.....

  as for me, i usually come on at the end of the evening, between 9-12 pm, but if i have a dialogue going with someone i may come on in the mornings (always i resolve just l0 or l5 minutes, but it always goes into hours -- i can't stop myself). if i go on in the morning i am in trouble because then i just can't stop checking in at intervals all day..... and then there are the weekends.....

  well, i am on a lot. if i am not posting i am reading. i have come to care about so many here. and i find the whole experience to be validating and healing.

  and i really do find that there is genuine concern and love here.

  best wishes, nowisee
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  Why God Calls Them "Bastards"

  by metatron in

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  again and again, we see individuals try to appeal to whatever is left of the watchtower's collective conscience.. appeals are made to stop killing innocent naive people on the blood issue.

  appeals are made to try to change their.

  sick defense of child molesters.

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  nowisee

  another excellent post, metatron. thank you for contributing this with such insight.

  nowisee
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  It's Arrived!

  by Wolfgirl in

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  my copy of crisis of conscience arrived today.

  i can barely put it down.

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  nowisee

  makes you realize that you're not the one who is crazy, doesn't it!!!

  enjoy.

  nowisee
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  One year ago this week I left the JWs...

  by logansrun in

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  well, it's my anniversary.

  one year ago this week i left the organization and have only been to one meeting --a funeral for a dear friend.

  i didn't get disfellowshipped or write the letter announcing my apostacy, just a complete vanishing act from the crummy religion which was mine the first twenty-five years of my life.

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  nowisee

  thank you, aztec. i think it is truly amazing how in so many tiny ways we find ways to validate each other on this board.

  best wishes, nowisee
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  To: nowisee..CHILDREN and meetings

  by somebody in

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  i was wrong about the year that separate meetings ( or classes ) for children at their level of comprehension.

  rutherford put a stop to it in 1936( not in the 40's or 50s as i had thought, and it was shortlived), and the reasons are stated in the procalimers book.

  here is a little info from the procalimers book:.

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  nowisee

  hi somebody/gwen --

  well here it is almost 1 a.m. and i am still playing catchup with the forum. just came across your message to me. well i knew i wasn't THAT old!! i am impressed that you had all of that information right at your fingertips. thanks so much.

  yes, it was great meeting you and zev and everyone else yesterday.

  best wishes, nowisee