pennycandy
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Don't give up
by pennycandy ini have read so many posts relating conversations or correspondance with jw's who you think just don't "get it".
after presenting what you're sure is hard evidence against their organization, they roll their eyes and shoo you away, and you walk away thinking that they're so brainwashed they'll never see reality.. i don't remember every petty negative comment i ever heard about the org, but i'm pretty sure i remember every issue of substance i came across.
a householder at the door explaining john 1:1, a whispered conversation about the content of c of c, an inactive person saying they'll never come back because they discovered the "truth" wasn't the truth, seeing for myself changing doctrine.
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Why aren't you guys working?
by pennycandy in.
as a stay-at-home mom, i can occasionally find a few minutes every few days to play on the computer, but the amount of activity on this forum during us working hours is pretty surprising.
folks from other parts of the world notwithstanding, how are you american members able to post during work hours?.
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I'm a new churchgoer, communion question
by pennycandy ini've only in the last month started attending a non-denominational church.
i was absolutely shocked by what i experienced, and not because of the lightening i thought might strike me down as i crossed the threshhold.
while many were attentive and friendly, no one pried into my religious history, or tried to railroad me into coming back.
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Let's say "Bob" is the guy at Bethel who . . .
by pennycandy inopens and sorts the incoming mail.
having done this in past jobs, i know you can learn a lot about a company by its mail.
i imagine bob makes a stack of bills, a stack of personal correspondance, a stack of literature orders, questions from readers, etc.
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Two for two failed in G of Eden, not good odds
by pennycandy inreading recent posts about the creation account, i remembered a thought i had as a teenager.
jehovah created two perfect people, sat them down in a custom-designed garden, tended to their every need, and told them to fill the earth with more perfect people.
given the explanation of free will, i suppose odds would dictate that a certain percentage of earth's inhabitants would stray and be cut off.
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Anybody remember the Tree of Life board game?
by pennycandy ini'm sure it was probably from stoops.
sort of like a trivial pursuit of wt doctrine.
guess this bible character from these clues to advance your little man, or maybe it was to collect fruits of the spirit on the big tree on the board, hard to remember.
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Gov Body Celebrities
by pennycandy inthe recent mentions about grant suiter brought back the memory of an old jw boyfriend.
he was named after bro.
suiter (middle name).
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Pick a church . . . Eenee Meenee Minee Mo
by pennycandy inafter enjoying the spiritual freedom of being "out" for a few years, i now feel the need for more christian fellowship.
however, never having gone to any church, i'm at a loss at what to try.. since there's such a variety of spiritual beliefs here, and i know churches vary greatly even in the same religion, maybe some of you can give me suggestions.
1. no dramatic rituals or costumes (incense or big hats).
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Still guilty after all these years
by pennycandy inan interesting thing happened when i visited my jw family a couple weeks ago.
now, i consider myself a pretty well-adjusted person.
i spent the first 30 years of my life in the org., but now i have a wonderful life with my husband and children.
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What does your name mean?
by pennycandy ini gave my intro and then disappeared for a month.
just not enough time these days.. anyway .
.. some of your names are self-explanatory, but some definitely have to be explained to be understood.. i'll start.