Topics Started by Nocturne

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JV's super fantastic Oct 1st education article review!!!!!! (LONG!!)
by JV in
1. jw
2. friends
where to start?

first off i want to say that i actually took notes with my really cool 4 colour pen, and i colour coded my comments accordingly.

green = vomit inducing, red = furious, blue = makes me sad, and black = makes me want to die, lets just say that my article was really green .
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The real reason why young people get baptized
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
the real reason why young people get baptized .... to make their parents happy and proud.

to be able to get married (which is some cases, is to get away from parents).

... okay, okay, i know it depends on how young we are talking.
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Well....it's that time of year again.
by Nocturne in
1. jw
2. friends
that's right, we're in district convention season, and of course that means it's been a year now since i left the dubs .

at the second funeral, it was for a relative of mine who also went to my old congregation but it was held at a funeral home.

alot of dubs from my old hall showed up, and of course the most embarassing moment was when this older sister in my congregation came up to me and started saying out loud: "oh my son, why did you leave, why did you leave?
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Just finished uni after 4 1/2 years!!!
by JW83 in
1. jw
2. friends
i started uni doing a ba the year after i left the dubs.

then i got pregnant & married, & still continued ... i have just finished my honours year in history - i did a thesis on why the dubs were banned in australia during ww2.

talk about full circle!
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At what speed are you comfortable driving on the highway?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
here in canada, it's maximum 100 km/h or 62 mph.

thats not fast enough for us quebecers.

we like driving atlest at 120km/h or 75 mph when the conditions are perfect.
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ARE JW SISTERS ALLOWED TO CARRY COFFINS?
by steve2 in
1. jw
2. friends
recently i was amazed to read in another thread that jw females are not even allowed to walk up and down the aisles counting those in attendance.

the poster said jw women literally "don't count" - a brilliant play on words.

i guess i had never thought about it before, but it got me wondering about all the behind-the-scene work jw females do, but their invisibility in the public arena.
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So I'm at the meeting tonight.............
by JV in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm looking through the new awake magazine (great article on shoplifiting by the way) and this older sister comes and sits beside me.

she started talking to me about this great little piece in the magazine about fish or something that should be on my dinner plate, something that i don't really care about, then she turns to me and said and i quote " where else but jehovah's organization can we learn such things?

i sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face thinking " are you kidding me?
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The Dateline piece...
by OldSoul in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i just saw the dateline piece.

i have been trying to avoid watching it because i already knew how hard proof of the allegations is to come by, and knew just as well what kinds of emotions it would bring up in me.. .

if any jw has not seen it, try to find a copy to view.
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Thought from tonight's meeting
by jula71 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a thought from tonight's bible reading that kinda hit in a funny way.

in all my years i've never heard this scripture used like this.

*** rbi8 1 samuel 21:12-13 ***
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calling all young single men
by devinsmom in
1. jw
2. friends
wew, well my divorce is finally...final, as of today and what a long hard road it has been, and unfortunatly more hardships are to come, since we have a child together.

my ex tried to delay it just yesterday by faxing a sloppy handwritten note to the judge, to tell him he couldnt make it because he doesnt have a license,(suspended for dwi) and hasnt attended any of the hearings at all.

he owes me over $5,000 for child support (deadbeat dad).