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  How Many People Are Less Stressed Since Leaving The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  do you feel better----emotionally and mentally since stopping meetings and living under the rules of the witnesses?

  i've heard reports of better physical and mental health since persons have left the organization.

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  Confucious

  Min,
  
  WAY less stressed.
  
  Look WAY better physically.
  
  People used to comment how tired I looked before.
  
  Scully,
  
  I'm still on anti-depressants - Paxil.
  
  I'm not depressed anymore, but I'm afraid to get off.
  
  What was it like for you when you got off...
  
  Con
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  What Is The Kindest Thing That Someone Has Ever Done For You?

  by codeblue in

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  i have been thinking about this a lot lately.........kindness shouldn't go unnoticed or not appreciated.

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  This is a pretty good thing...
  
  My Dad is real understanding knowing that it's hard to remember Birthdays and all.
  
  So...
  
  The other day, my dad calls me up on his Cell Phone.
  
  "Did your remember your mom's birthday???"
  
  I didn't.
  
  "Call her."
  
  And then he hangs up.
  
  So I call my mom on their land line.
  
  My dad answers like he's TOTALLY SURPRISED THAT I CALLED.
  
  Then he hands the phone to my mom.
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  Ahhhh!!! Sunday Mornings....

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  nothing in particular to rant about this morning.

  just wanted to shout out to you guys this... .

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  Confucious

  See it.
  
  I'm fully convinced, that if the "do-more syndrome" was more relaxed, I would still be in "The Truth." tm
  
  Part of the reason, is that I got so exhausted and frustrated that I started going on the Internet.
  
  Anyway, See it...
  
  I think it would be so much more reasonable if they even ENCOURAGED one day of rest.
  
  Maybe get rid of the the Service Meeting (which is a total Amway Sales Metting).
  
  Then have an encouraging bookstudy on like Wed.
  
  On Saturday, have an early morning meeting and then encourage field service on Saturday Afternoon.
  
  I mean, we're not debating their theocracy here...
  
  But wouldn't people be so more willing to WANT to do more, if they could reason... "Hey, Saturday Afternoon talk and then sharing what we learned right after. But then you were actually encouraged to rest on Sunday."
  
  To me, it's just human nature to want a day to recharge.
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  Ahhhh!!! Sunday Mornings....

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  nothing in particular to rant about this morning.

  just wanted to shout out to you guys this... .

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  Confucious

  Special.
  
  That's what I mean. Isn't it nice??
  
  You need one day a week to recharge.
  
  con
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  Ahhhh!!! Sunday Mornings....

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, .

  nothing in particular to rant about this morning.

  just wanted to shout out to you guys this... .

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  Confucious

  Hey Guys,
  
  Nothing in particular to Rant about this morning.
  
  Just wanted to shout out to you guys this...
  
  Isn't it just GREAT to relax on a Sunday Morning???
  
  I mean... like normal people.
  
  No guilt. Nothing to do.
  
  Just relaxing. Playing with the puppies. Triming the plants outside.
  
  Right before I stopped going and I was still a MS, our Hall was switching their meeting times around.
  
  There were other options availalbe, but the head elder. (and yes trollers, you and I know very well there is an head elder.)
  
  Anyway, he opted to have the Theo School on FRIDAY NIGHT and the Watchtower on SUNDAY AT 4 PM.
  
  Which, you all know, is the most inconvenient time you can ask for.
  
  So...
  
  I felt like I was begging the Head Pharasee Chief... And I told him to the effect, "Please make the load a little lighter for the friends. This is not a convenient schedule."
  
  And I kid you not, his response was... "The meetings aren't here to be convenient for the friends."
  
  Thanks.
  
  Going out for coffee in a little...
  
  Confucious
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  Going to buy Cigars tomorrow...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  me and simplesally have been talking about homes.

  disasters and triumps... .

  right now, i'm finishing my libary/chill out room.

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  I'm slowly becoming a afficianado of cigars...
  
  For you smokers...
  
  Cubans were real good, but a little overrated. Probably good if you bought them straight from a humidor. But most cigars shipped lose a little on the shipping.
  
  I found that the Ashtons are the best. Followed by CAO (an Italian Cigar smoked on the Sopranos).
  
  I didn't like the Romeo Juliets.
  
  I also found the the corrona size is good.
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  My Dog is living a Double Life...

  by Confucious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my neighbor came up to me today with my dog.

  i was shocked since he is allowed to walk the yard - but it's all fenced in.

  when i talked with my neighbor - he said, "yeah, your dog has been wandering around the neighborhood for weeks.

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  My neighbor came up to me today with my dog.
  
  I was shocked since he is allowed to walk the yard - but it's all fenced in.
  
  When I talked with my neighbor - he said, "Yeah, your dog has been wandering around the neighborhood for weeks. I just didn't know it was yours."
  
  Turns out that my dog has been escaping through a hole in the fence every day. And returning before I got home.
  
  CRIMONY!!!!
  
  My dog is living a double life...
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  The Glory Days Are Over

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is no doubt in my mind that the glory days of jehovah's witnesses are over.

  from my knowledge and experience with wt history, i would define the glory days as the decades of the 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's.

  with knorr's great expansionary vision and discipline, dubs in the 1950's became a "somebody" in the 1950's.

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  Confucious

  bttt
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  Pack your bags - we're going on a GUILT TRIP!

  by Scully in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35901&site=3 .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35828&site=3 .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35861&site=3 .

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  Confucious

  This is one I heard recently...
  
  "How would you like it if three days a week, a friend made you dinner at his house and you didn't go."
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  is it wrong to say god bless you?

  by candidlynuts in

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  i got fussed at once for writing " may god bless you in your new marriage" on a wedding card.. got funny looks when i said once " god really has blessed us" when talking about my daughter to someone.. seems the jw's took gods blessings away from me.

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  Confucious

  RR,
  
  It goes back to that...
  
  "Don't say you're lucky... But it's ok to say your fortunate."
  
  It's the same damn thing.
  
  Con