My Snoopy with the shades and leaning against the wall is my way of saying "So what! It won't matter in a month from now." Snoopy has always been the adventurer and not afraid to do new things.
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What does your Avi mean to you and why have you chosen it?
by FreedomFrog ini'm sure this has been posted before but i think many have changed their avi's.
my avi:.
the frog i have now has a gavel...i liked it because to me, it's giving the impression of being released from bondage (as in a prisoners case).
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I feel bad for someone who died from whatever cause..............but what is your point RR?
Are you that callous the you would want to connect this death with the JW's?
People die every day in various circumstances and just because this particular body is found behind a JW owned building....is that supposed to be an omen?
Nah..........you're just looking for attention........either for yourself or to point another whacko finger at the JW's. Get a life RR and do what you are good at................proclaiming Charles Taze Russell as the Laodicean Messenger and stop the BS posts.
You are very good in your element with the Bible Students. Please don't discredit yourself with assinine assumptions.
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American tax rebate: How will you spend yours? Will it help the economy?
by Gopher init appears that both political parties and economists are agreeing on the need for a tax rebate.
the white house has a proposal in mind, and the democrats seem to be in line.. so will this help head off a recession?
and will you "do your part" .
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If I actually do get a rebate from GWB, then I will use it as a deposit on more Income Tax that I have to pay for 2007, Pa Income Tax that I owe for 2007, and my Local Income Tax that I will owe for 2007.
So what did/do I get?
A T-Man coming to my door and saying........."Hi......Ben Dover here......I want to help you".
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1000 asked to leave bethel complexes
by atpeace ini just heard this - anyone else?
i was curious as to the reason people were given for this.
and i can't help but think of those that will be trying to get a job in this economy, with few skills and probably no college education.
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My guess is that eventually there will be some who come upon JWD and start posting here as disgruntled JW's or they will wind up being full blown "apostates" like the rest of us who have been set free.
I can't wait to hear some of the inside story. Maybe......just maybe......there will be someone......who is higher up will realize they've been hoodwinked for decades and write another expose of the WT.
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Three years on JWD. What I have learned.
by wanderlustguy init's almost impossible for anything someone does to be about anything except them...not necessarily bad, but true.
we can only truly see things from our point of view...period.. being broke is better when you are with friends.. there are real people here.
know that at all times.. sometimes you have to be there for someone when it isn't convenient...do it anyway.. frostbite hurts...bad.. pay attention at all times...this thing (life) moves really fast and a little screw up can turn into the mother of all clusterf*cks in a split second.. i don't know sh*t.. .
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Thanks WLG.
This old coot still learns good things from all you young whippersnappers.
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What did you learn as a JW that helps you in your work today
by Lady Lee innote: if you are cautious about being outted then be very careful what you post.. the biggest thing i learned was sign language.
after i left i had a few jobs interpreting.. public speaking - didn't help me at all - that could be because speaking to someone else on the platform doesn't gives women an opportunity to address the audience.
i took a intro course in public speaking that was far better than 22 years of the ministry school.. i'm thinking .
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In the mid 1980's when the steel mills here in Western PA were shutting down I got interested in sales work but wasn't sure if I could do it. An older brother who I was real close to told me that I would be very successful at sales. He said........"after all, going door to door presenting literature is just like selling". And I was pretty good at sales until I quit when a job in industry came my way.
Then too.......I always applied the scripture that said "a worker is worthy of his wage" and "giving a days work for a days wage". My good work ethic helped me get jobs when the going got rough.
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2nd AA meeting. Would value opinions
by digderidoo ini went to my 2nd aa meeting last night and came away with doubts as to whether this would work for me, so would value peoples opinion especially those who attend aa.. there were one or two there that were quite evangelical, which obviously works for them.
also within the program there is alot of emphasis on god or a higher power.
for many this higher power is the group itself, yet for some it is god.. i spoke to someone sitting by me about this who said that to make sobriety sometimes you have to fake it and go along with the god thing.. at the end of meetings there is a short prayer which i do not want to take part in.
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I started attending AA meetings in 1989 and am still going even though it is sporadic these days. At first it bothered me about the higher power, the Serenity Prayer and the Our Father at the end of the meeting. You have to remember, I was a JW elder when I started attending and we didn't believe the same as those "religious crazies"....remember!
But it worked for me and I have some really great friends in AA. The praying doesn't bother me at all now because I am still a believer but now I call myself a Christian. But lets get away from the Christian aspect and talk!
One thing that bothers me about....not AA itself...but a lot of people in AA who make it as bad as a cult......saying if you don't attend all the meetings, you will fail. NOT TRUE! As I said, I only go to a meeting now and then these days, but a lot of my friends still go to a lot of meetings.
Now if you want to look into something other than AA, I would suggest Rational Recovery. It works too! Nothing at all said about God or a higher power. It is a great alternative for a lot of people.
I have their book and it is great.
Good luck on you road to sobriety.
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New Video From WNFJ Convention in PA 2007
by XJwFree2BMeWJC inyoutube - former jehovah's witnesses proclaim: i'm not who i was!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbwwe0nn1i.
i didn't see where anyone had posted this.
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That was just awesome and I love the song. I recognize some of the people in the video.
Wish I would have gone this past October.
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My daughter moved from Pittsburgh to Fort Myers in 2001 and she LOVES it there. I have gone there many times to visit her, but the only way I could live in Florida is if I had about 3 times the income I have now. Unless I could live right by the Gulf and enjoy the "good life", Florida is not for me. There are way too many people there and from October to April, the Gerotol Generation do nothing but clog the highways and cause far too many accidents. Florida has more drivers over the age of 90 than any other state. Then there is the summer heat and humidity. If you don't mind being cooped up in air conditioning 24 hours a day, you can deal with it. Personally I like my windows open and being outside. I'll stick to the seasons and my hills here in Western Pennsylvania and ocassionally go to Florida to see my daughter. If she didn't live there, I would never go to Florida again.
Cost of living is higher too! Real Estate costs are ridiculous. The same house I can buy in the Pittsburgh area for $85,000 will cost about $185,000 in Fort Myers and about $225,000 in Naples.
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Have you come to grips with your mortality? Do Jw's ever?
by AK - Jeff inin post-jw life, it seems to me that acceptance of this basic fact of life, the reality that we will die, is a healthy thing to do.
yet, i believe that most jw's cling to a hope that armageddon will spare them death, even when they see death at the doors.
they have never prepared themselves for the reality, and when it becomes inevitable, the pain of that realization must be intense for some of them.
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I have within the past year or so. I never had a mid-life crisis (at least I don't think I did). Turning 30.......40.......50......didn't bother me too much. But turning 60 really jolted me. Now I really have to watch my thinking because so many times I wonder how many good years do I have left?
My feelings are still in line with the adage that.......age is just a number.......and........your're only as old as you feel.That's why I limit my time looking into the mirror.
My health is still reasonable though I really need to lose weight. I'm going to be 61 at the end of January and there is still so much that I want to do.
You get to a certain point that you can laugh at the idea of not buying green bananas because you might be gone before they can be eaten!
I got my first tattoo this past May and I wonder if it was some sub-conscious idea that made me get this one called "End Of The Trail." Sometimes I just feel that I'm done but I'm really not. As I said, there is still a lot that I want to do. I'm planning on another trip the the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence seaway this coming summer and camp, just like I did this past July.
Like someone said.........we have to live our lives to the fullest.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/135081/1.ashx
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