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  I'm going to the Netherlands!

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  Dang; don't know what I hit and now I can't edit.

  Anyway, it's my first visit. My daughter lives in Amsterdam and I'll be visiting for a week; can hardly wait!
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  I'm going to the Netherlands!

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  Raising Chickens!

  by jgnat in

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  i had another great idea the other day; raise chickens!

  in this rapidly changing recessionary world, i cast my mind back to stories of the depression.

  farmers fared better than urban dwellers.

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  I'd like to try keeping chickens for the eggs. I couldn't kill them myself and it's illegal to "slaughter" in our area. Have you seen the Eglu?

  http://www.omlet.us/products_services/products_services.php?view=Chickens
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  Explain My Weird Dream---The Watchtower Was Using The Word "Minimusize"

  by minimus in

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  i remember seeing the wt.

  magazine's frequent use of the word "minimusize" in a positive light.

  and there was the sound and smell of ground coffee that was in the background.

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  Coffee will become the WTS sacrament.

  Coffee and biscotti to replace wine and crackers.
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  who knew a wife who was in a domestic violence situation while a jw

  by looloo in

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  i knew a girl who got married at 19 despite objections from the elders , they got disfellowshipped and reinstated after 18 months , he chose her clothes and would not allow her any money , he insisted on doing the food shopping with her , he hit her if tea was not on the table when he returned from work , he broke her nose once when she was holding her 2 year old child , when she approached the elders , onesaid to her "what are you complaining about ,he hasnt broke every bone in your body , there are sisters who put up with much worse !

  if a jw man is not supposed to be violent why would they not give him a telling off ?.

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  My sister. Her first husband (a "brother") not only hit her but would push her out of the car late at night even in bad neighborhoods. She'd call my parents to come and get her then he'd call the next morning demanding she submissively come back. He'd pull in front of the house, beep the horn, and she'd go back. She didn't have any of her own money, had to give him the grocery receipt and change when she shopped. He gave orders for dinner, would change his mind at the drop of a hat and she had to fix something else. If he wanted pie in the evening, she'd have to make one. It was insane. The elders finally gave her permission to leave because her life was in danger. He finally admitted fornication and was disfellowshiped. I can't believe my parents could let her go back to him.
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  Have you Been Shunned Even Though Just Considered " Inactive " ?

  by flipper in

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  many of us here on the board are " inactive" , myself included.

  have not attended meetings or gone out in service for years.

  i haven't now for 6 years + .

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  Immediately and actively shunned when family realized I wasn't going to meeting and wasn't going to talk about it. Cong had already effectively shunned us just because. It was the coldest, most judgemental and divisive congregation I'd ever been in. That was the reason I was finally able to escape. My family let all my oldest friends know I needed to be shunned.
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  New to this site....

  by TanCatLuvr in

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  i am so thrilled to find this forum.

  it is such a relief to know that all of us 'apostates' are normal people who had the nerve to question what has been crammed down our throats.. i am 4th generation ex-jw with family members at bethel, doing missionary work, and pioneering.

  even though i have been out for almost 20+ years, i still had guilt admitting to myself that this was a cult-like organization until just recently.

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  You'll find many not in any religion, or with entirely different beliefs. Some are athiest, others agnostic, some born-again, etc. All are welcome here!
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  don't laugh

  by John Doe in

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  i'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian for a month, just to see what it feels like.

  my concerns are.

  costconveniencenutritionflavormy question is thus, is there a vegetarian diet that will meet these criteria?

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  Fish and fowl are not vegetables! That's just cutting out red meat. That would be pescatarian or... fowlatarian!
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  don't laugh

  by John Doe in

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  i'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian for a month, just to see what it feels like.

  my concerns are.

  costconveniencenutritionflavormy question is thus, is there a vegetarian diet that will meet these criteria?

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  I think going vegan would be a bit much to begin with. Try a good cookbook like one of the Moosewood cookbooks or Laurel's Kitchen.
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  email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  i received this crap from my jw mom today.

  i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .

  you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.

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  I wonder if this started our as an illustration, as in getting a "G" for illustrations in the ministry school. Ich - I really don't like remembering all that!