Bruja-del-Sol

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  Your favourite WTS publication?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i realise that starting this thread may make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but was there any wts publication that you liked, or at least comfortably tolerated?.

  my memory may be deceiving me but i think the greatest man book was pretty good, leaving out the gruesome detail of the crucifixtion and wts doctrine.. also, can anyone tell me the list of books that ray franz authored/co-authored?.

  thanks.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  The songbooks. Not all the songs, but there were several songs from the purple songbook and the later brown one that I liked to play on the organ.
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  Welcome to all "lurkers" and new forum members!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems like we have had quite a few new members join up over the last few months!.

  has anyone else noticed this?.

  i guess that most of us "lurked" here for some time before we got the courage to actually join up and start as a proper forum member?

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Welcome to all newbies, and to lurkers I'd say "just join in!". It's nice to be able to tell your own stories here and have interaction with others who can relate to whatever you're going through. It's a good place to be (and indeed, it can be very addictive).
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  I'm sitting here listening to a JW try to recruit somebody

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm at starbucks .

  just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.

  my hands are shaking.. wow!.

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  Wow Terry, what a nice experience this must be for you. Helping this young lad finding the truth and hopefully gaining his freedom... You said he needed a mentor, but I think he's found himself the best mentor he could get!
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  My day

  by Hortensia in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  decided to spend the day wasting time.

  drove down to redding.

  on the way i saw the real woody woodpecker -- every time i see one of those red-headed woodpeckers i think of the cartoon character.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  My day was kind of a waste of time also, but in a good way. Slept through the morning and got up at noon. Then had 'breakfast' with my hubby (everyday the same ritual: fruit in yogurt with a hand of mixed nuts and a bit of honey... love that!).

  After that we went to a seaside resort where in the summertime literaly millions of people visit, but at the moment it's nearly a ghost town (compared to the summer). So good for us locals to be sure there's place on our favorite terrace for a cappuccino (or two, or three). Hubby and I sat there for about two hours, in the sun (nearly 25 degrees Celsius/ 77 degrees Fahrenheit, which is very nice for this time of year).

  Then I had to go to a make-up store to buy a present for my daughter, who's having her birthday next week. After that we went for something to eat at Burger King (not our usual place for a bite, but they ran out of tuna sandwiches in the previous place, and our favorite restaurant is closed for their yearly vacation after being open 7 days a week for the last seven months). Burger King happened to be the first place we ran into where they had food (or something that looks like it ).

  With our bellies filled again we went to a computer store to buy some things that hubby needed, after that to the supermarket for cat food and then we drove back home and on the go we enjoyed the sunset in the Andalusian mountains (we saw snow too, far away on the Sierra Nevada! The first snow this year!).

  The rest of the evening we had work to do, which wasn't bad at all after the lovely afternoon we had had.

  So, that was my day yesterday in sunny Spain.
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  Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

  by song19 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

  theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

  we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

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  I'm proud to be pagan! Thanks for the picture, Heaven, it's lovely.
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  Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

  i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

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  When you look up my real name and my husband's name on the internet in the Netherlands, you'll find that we're 'frauds', 'ripping off people', and using several tricks to get our hands to money... If you don't know us and have never spoken to us nor met us, you could believe it is true. It even seems to come from several different people... But people that really know us and know our stories, know and feel that none of what is on the internet about us is true. It's rumours, made up stories, by ONE envious and vindictive man trying to harm us, but using other people to spread his words.

  I'm just telling this, to make a point:

  How many people here know mr. Cosby in person? Have met him, spoken to him? I suppose none of us.

  In my opinion it's up to the police and the courts to find out what the truth is with all these allegations around mr. Cosby. Until then he's innocent until proven guilty!
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  just wanted to introduce myself

  by TheMark in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been a lurker for quite some time and enjoy the forum.

  i've reached a point in life where i don't argue ideologies anymore so i don't have much to say.

  i've been out for decades and believe i've been mostly de-cultabilized (if that's even a word).. my family is still in and i haven't had contact with them in years.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Welcome Mark, wishing you fun on the forum from sunny Spain.
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  "You have to find out her fears and exploit that. What is her worst fear?"

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  literally, a text message to my husband from one of his "friends".

  he also wrote, "it's in her hands.

  it's her move now.

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  @Cognac: thinking of you and wishing you and your children will be safe. So sorry for what you're going through right now. My heart goes out to you

  @Flipper & Mrs. Flipper: you both are wonderful for offering your help and support to people in need.
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  "Tight Pants" by Mentally Diseased - a tribute to Anthony Morris III

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  too tight pants by mentally diseased.

  (with thanks to baggy trousers by madness).

  too tight pants in kingdom halls.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Where's the 'like' button?
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  I Waited Until My Wedding Night To Lose My Virginity And I Wish I Hadn't...

  by Divergent in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i found this article interesting & just wanted to share.

  after going through my teenage years trying to be the perfect jw, i realized that trying to live up to the standards imposed on me have been for worse & not for better.

  i was feeling miserable, repressed, unfulfilled, with a great lack of self confidence & self esteem.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  I recognize a lot in the article. After my weddingday it took me six weeks to realize that I'd married the wrong guy. He was cute, he was sort of sweet (and also a real JW, so he was 'in charge' so to speak, the boss, the 'head'... yuk!) and from day one I really didn't like to have sex with him. I managed to stay with him for nearly fifteen years, but then I couldn't take it anymore. The promise of a 'blessed marriage' when you keep your virginity appeared to be a lie. But like the person in the article, it took me years to learn to enjoy sex and feel okay about it. And even now I still have times that I have to fight the old thoughts and feelings of disgust and dislike, just because I used to be so programmed to think that sex is dirty, sinful and has to be about the man's needs instead of mine...