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  OBVES and Reductio ad Absurdum

  by Farkel in

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  obves,.

  given that 1 = 0, i can prove that i am jesus.

  add 1 to both sides of the equation: then we have 2 = 1. .

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  Emma

  I was mathophobic until I joined this forum. Now I understand it all; hell, I am Math.
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  Shock at the Doctor's office...

  by Odrade in

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  2. medical

  i had a routine doctor visit this morning with a primary care.

  she happens to be someone i saw once about 9 years ago during a brief swap in insurance providers.

  shortly after that visit, our insurance changed and the doctor was no longer on the "approved" list.

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  It can pop up in old computer records. I was surprised once, as you were. Every year or so I ask the clerk at the doctor's office to check to make sure I'm not listed as a jw.
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  How long did you blame yourself before you realised.......

  by jambon1 in

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  .....that it simply wasn't the truth?.

  i never really felt spiritual as a jw.

  i knew that i should feel like a spiritual person, but couldn't work out why i never did.. .

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  A very long time. Getting out was a process of many years. Even after finding this site it took reading "Crisis of Conscience" to finally learn the truth and let go.
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  When You Left The "Truth" Did You Have Any 2nd Thoughts?

  by minimus in

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  were you 100% sure that your decision was correct?.

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  Emma

  Welcome UU. Me, too.

  Emma
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  Boy who Refused Blood Dies

  by liquidsky in

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  http://www.komotv.com/news/local/11909366.html.

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  What a waste of a life. Would the judge think other adult decisions would have been OK? What about marriage? He may have been mature for his age, but this judge seems entirely short sighted.
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  Be honest, Do you really Enjoy Christmas?

  by BluesBrother in

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  dansk's christmas tree thread got me to thinking .. in this house we do not celebrate since my wife is still a die hard dub.

  i have no complaints about that, it was our joint choice for decades and i an the one that changed .but as witnesses we were always given the negative view of the holiday time :-.

  "people feel that they just have to do it although they do not really want to".

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  I really do like it; I wish the season lasted longer. The j-dubs are wrong.
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  Burrfukk!

  by bigwilly in

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  it's too damn cold for my liking!

  all the people that have real winters will laugh, but mid 30's to lower 40's is despicably cold by oregon standards .

  to make things that much better, the furnace in the house where i live died on monday.

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  Well, it's dark, rainy, and cool here in south-east Michigan. On the upside, just over four more weeks until the days begin getting longer! Garden planning begins in January! Actually, my most difficult cold months are February and March. They are soooooo looooooong....

  Hope your heat gets fixed soon. I'd keep calling her, middle of the cold night, too, until it's fixed.
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  Secret Santa Ideas thread

  by Angharad in

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  if everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .

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  Darkuncle, if I get your name I can send you some terrific G-F baked goods. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 3 1/2 years ago and have developed some good recipies.
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  Secret Santa Ideas thread

  by Angharad in

  1. jw
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  if everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .

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  I'd love a work-out CD, burned from your favorite music. I also like tea, coffee, dark chocolate, but I'm also off gluten and can't enjoy most home made goodies.

  Heirloom seeds would be terrific (keep my climate in mind, though!) I've just finished my second year in my new organic garden and love being a city farmer.

  Or just surprise me. I posted this just in case Nos got my name - I don't want no stinking wts lit!
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  How Have You Gone About Making Friends Since Leaving the Witnesses ?

  by flipper in

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  i've noticed lately that some on our board, or perhaps for many of us, that's why i'm writing this , have had a challenge making new friends after leaving the jehovah's witnesses religion.

  it has been a mixed bag for me.

  i have met some through my wife, who is not a witness.

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  As my kids remind me, there's no one I won't talk to. I strike up conversations waiting in line at the grocery store. Though I haven't really made friends that way, I think the one thing that does help me is being non-judgmental. No one is perfect and there won't be many perfect matches for friends. But looking past some foibles helps. Not everyone has to be a best friend, either. I did join a Unitarian Church (bring your own beliefs) and that helped. Some have stuck as friends and others not. I guess I just try to be open and not overly expectant.