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Holidays - How do you feel?
by pratt1 inas holiday time approaches, many of us ex dubs have mixed feeling going on in our head.. are you happy and excited because now you can celebrate the holidays with family (maybe) and friends, or are you depressed or just ambivialent about the whole thing?.
it took my a few years just to feel comfortable wishing someone a happy holiday, and a few more years before i actually celebrated a holiday.. now i celebrate every holiday, and i am always excited about the event, although i don't place any spiritually/religious meaning towards the event and i just enjoy the chance to socialize with family and friends.. what about you?.
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Men: do you dye your hair?
by pratt1 inmen, do you dye your hair to hide the gray?.
women: do you prefer your men to dye their hair or do you prerfer them to let nature take its course and let the gray grow in?.
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Wash clothe or just your hand and soap?
by pratt1 indo you a wash clothe when you bathe or shower, or just your hand and soap?.
i use just my hand - no clothe..
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Relationships with on believing relatives
by pratt1 ini was wondering how many of you feel that your relationships with your unbelieving relatives has suffered because of the influence the believing relatives have within the family?.
in my case, my dad and i are very subdued about celebrating holidays including his birthday and fathers day, because it upset my super pioneer mother.. we always seem to give in to her wishes, although we discreetly exchange gifts and spend time together out of her sight.. my gut is to ignore her, but my dad has to live in the same house with her, and i know that she takes out her anger on him more than me, because she blames him for my not still being a dub.. do you have any similar family dynamics?.
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Question about Sept. 11th
by pratt1 ini spoke to a friend of mine yesterday who is a active dub although his actions and decisions in most things would indicate that he is not a believer of the "troof".. we spoke about 9/11 and how horrific the event was for everyone.. one of the things we spoke about was how terrible it must be for the people who made the decision to jump out of the windows because of the intense fire, heat and smoke in the tower.. he commented that an elder in his hall mentioned that this act is still considered suicide and those persons would not be part of the resurrection.. how ridculous is that?
do they just make up the rules on a whim?.
does anyone know what the "offical postion" on this would be with the borg?.
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You chance to be heard!
by pratt1 inhere's the scenrio:.
you have the captive audience of all the witlesses that you have associated with and loved in the past (including family members) but now shun you, for 5 minutes.. you most chose one and only one topic to proved that their religion is false and not based on love.. 1. who would you pick to be part of this audience?.
2. what topic would you choose to discuss?
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I went to the Kingdum Hall last night....
by pratt1 inas some of you may know, i have a close friend who is still a dub that i am the "godfather" of his son.
i mean this in the most literal sense, since it is in his and his wife's will, that if anything should happen to them, i would become their child's legal and custodial guardian.
anyway, i wento hear his second minsistry school talk last night and i have a few observations about the meeting.. 1. i was not aware that the #2 talk is now just a bible reading without an introduction or conclusion by the speaker.
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Why did you get married?
by pratt1 inas a young dub in the 80's me along with many of my friends got married, either in our teens or early 20's.. in my area, if you were over 25 and not married, it was percieved that something was wrong with you or you were probably engaging in sex with a "worldly" person.. by why did so many of us feel the need to get married so young?.
i believe it was because of one of three reasons.. 1. you wanted to get out of your parets home.. 2. you had already gone "too far" with you girlfriend or boyfriend.. 3. you were just an average normal teenager and you knew this was the only way you could legally have sex.. .
was this true in your area?.