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  Just me???

  by FMZ in

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  is it just me, or does anyone else sit at their desk, and keep hitting "refresh" on the active topics page?.

  lonely futher mucker

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  pudd

  I will post a pic of myself this weekend... I may even change my avatar...

  FMZ

  Yes please! I can't even look at that pic, I would have nightmares!

  Too scary for me!
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  Strange picture in this week's Watchtower on porneia?

  by eyeslice in

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  link to picture: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/7d83e711-da29-44aa-bde7-f74f9a3d79bd.ashx.

  the following caption appeared opposite the paragraph porneia (quote: "porneia includes such acts as oral sex, anal sex, and masterbating another person") what can happen if we ignore warnings?.

  now is it just me, but isn't the picture of the little boy trying to rescue his ball from out of a pond just a little weird?

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  pudd

  "paedophiles like pictures of little boys reaching for balls...."

  [Choked on my bacon laughing]

  Sorry, but I don't find that at all amusing.

  I agree with the original point about not letting a young child near water, but I think the jokes about child abuse are sick!
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  Most commun cars in your congregation

  by JH in

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  in your former congregation, what models of cars were the most commun?.

  in my congregation, there was a time in the late 80's, that just about everybody had a dodge aries.

  it seemed to be an inexpensive decent size car for the service, then a few years later, many had volkswagen jettas, a little more expensive.... i was the type to get a red, 2 door car.

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  lilacia, did you and i go to the same hall?!

  that is just as it was in my first congregation. as a very poor pioneer i used to feel very uncomfable around all that money.

  as a very poor pioneer

  i mean i had no money , not that i wasn't very good at it!
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  what do i say?

  by pudd in

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  2. medical

  i got a phone call last night from an old j.w.

  friend.

  she was very close at one time and is one of a very few who did not turn on me when i left.

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  sassy,

  just got off the phone.

  the lady that has cancer is apparently holding things together quite well, she has a strong witness faith but and is not afraid of dying. the only thing that bothers her is that in the ressurection there is apparently no marrage or child birth. she has remained single waiting for the right brother to come along all this time and now she believes she will never fulfill her greatest desire.

  my friend however, the one who phoned me sees things a little differently. she is beside herself with grief and blames god. (yes she too is a witness) so it is hard to know what to say.

  thanks again everyone for your support. I guess it is one of those situatons where I need to play it by hear.
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  what do i say?

  by pudd in

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  i got a phone call last night from an old j.w.

  friend.

  she was very close at one time and is one of a very few who did not turn on me when i left.

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  Thanks every one,

  I guess I was just so shocked when I heared that I didn't think I could deal with it.

  ((reboot)) you are right that this person is some distance away about 200 miles. so the phone is about the only way I can regularly be there for her.

  I really care about my friend a lot and the trouble is I know we will both get very emotional. I know I have to be the strong one, and I am not sure I can.

  well, thanks for your support. I am just going to ring her now.

  pudd xxx
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  How have you changed since finding this forum?

  by happehanna in

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  my friends and daughters say that i am more relaxed and i seem happier in my own skin.

  which is just great, but when i first started reading stuff here i was a quivering mess, i was in shock, but spending more time researching things are now slotting into place.. .

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  I had already decided it was not "the truth" before I found this site, but I was crippled with guilt and uncertainty.

  Finding this site was such a relief as I realized I was not alone. In the last six months or so I have learnt to trust my instincts, and have enjoyed finding new friends who truly understand the difficulties of leaving in a way that nobody in the "world" or in the "truth" could really comprehend.

  Without wanting to sound cheesy, I really don't know how I would have got though this time with out this board.

  Thank-you Simon!!!

  Pudd xxx
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  what do i say?

  by pudd in

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  2. medical

  i got a phone call last night from an old j.w.

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  she was very close at one time and is one of a very few who did not turn on me when i left.

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  I got a phone call last night from an old J.W. friend. She was very close at one time and is one of a very few who did not turn on me when I left.

  I was not available to take her call so I rang back this morning. Her husband answered the phone and said she was not in but told me why she phoned me: her best friend has cancer (which I knew) but she has just been told that she is going to die, there is nothing the doctors can do.

  The woman is only in her thirties, and was desperate to get married and have kids and lead a normal happy life. I am devastative myself as I knew her too, but my friend will be falling apart. I need to phone her today and I have no idea what to say.

  I feel so helpless and guilty this is just not fair.
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  Jesus versus Judas. (May cause offence)

  by Englishman in

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  jesus was a ransom sacrifice for many.

  according to scripture, he died to save the world and carried the sins of the world with him as he died.

  he actually suffered an horrendous death, dying 3 hours after being crucified.

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  Compare this with the unknown soldier that stays behind to delay the advancing army and allow more of his comrades to escape or who otherwise sacrifices himself with the knowledge that no one may even know of his sacrifice and he's giving up the only life he has.

  THAT is sacrifice.

  Amen!
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  UnDisfellowshipped is back in the house!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  long time no see!.

  i apologize for not posting the last 6 months -- i have been very busy working a new job i got to support myself and my family.. i really have missed everyone, even the people who didn't like me.. i've been preparing some threads (with wt quotes from newer articles), and i will hopefully post them soon.. may the lord jesus christ bless you all!

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  hello undisfellowshiped

  im rather new here but look forward to reading your posts and getting to know who you are!

  welcome back!
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  Do you have a favorite piece of music?

  by MorpheuzX in

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  i don't know if this thread has been covered before; do you have a favorite song or piece of music or performer?

  i know the question seems juvenile.

  but, i'm curious.. mine, i think, is a tie between wladyslaw szpilman's performance of chopin's nocturne in c-sharp minor and angela hewitt's version of bach's goldberg variations -- the aria is divine!.

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  everything by BJORK. fantastic artist. favorite probably "play dead" of the debut album.