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Remembering Halloween As A JW Kid . . .
by Corvin ini remember my mom and my aunt making us kids open the door to the trick-or-treators and instead of giving them candy, we had to put wt and awake!
magazines (back issues) in their bags.
how embarrassing.. anyone else have the same experience?.
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What's ABBA song(s) you like ?
by jwsons infor me, it is "the day before you come" and sometimes when i am very lonely "fernando.
" what's yours ?
jwsons
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My wife has joined me in leaving the Watchtower!!!
by AlmostAtheist ini had posted a few times since my awakening asking how best to talk to my wife about my new take on things.
i was very afraid of handilng it poorly and chasing her deeper into the organization.
instead, she basically said, 'i've been feeling the same way!
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Jacques Derrida is dead
by Narkissos infrench philosopher jacques derrida died yesterday in paris, at the age of 74. .
he was a very original and profound thinker, widely known for his "deconstruction" theory which brought about some pretty fresh outlooks on philosophy, language and literature.
i unfortunately discovered his works much too late, but he was very helpful to me in my post-religious ramblings in the past few years.
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Today's JW Is Yesterday's Failure!!!
by minimus inthe typical jehovah's witness no longer is the strong, spiritual giant.
lately, i hear more and more "very inactive" jws that haven't gone to a congregation meeting in years, still consider themselves good jws.
they are like "home baptists".
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Still prejudiced towards Halloween
by Snapdragon ini was just reading the thread on how to pick the proper pumpkin.
(thanks xandria) it got me thinking how i still have this recoil factor when it comes to halloween.
it was always "satan's holiday" that i still tell my friends that i probably won't participate in the festivities when i decide to have children.. what do you guys do about this issue?
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What's with 16 year old girls and male singers?
by gumby inbeing the old bastard that i am, i like the oldies as far as music goes.
yesterday, i was working and singing out loud like i do alot and i was singing "16 candles.
" as i was singing it, i remembered something i've thought about before...........why are many songs from the oldies about 16 year old girls?
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What are the long term effects of having your life turn out to be a lie?
by sleepy inwhat do you believe are the long term effects of having your life turn out to be a lie?.
can a person really be brough up a jehovahs witness and live that life for 20,30,40 or more years and walk away unaffected?.
are the effects similair to say a person who doesn't know they have been adopted and finds out only as an adult their "parents" are not their real ones?.
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What's the first worldly thing you did when you left?
by Nosferatu inafter you left the jws, what was the first worldly thing you did?
the day after my last meeting, i got really really drunk.
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Do JW's disfellowship or reprove JW's for celebrating Holidays and birthday
by booker-t ini remember when i was growing up in the 70's and 80's the thought of even looking at a birthday card was thought to be satanic.
now i hear that jw's are alittle lax on celebrating holidays.
my niece who is not a jw but lives with my mom who is a devout jw had christmas lights in her room and the elders came over to my mom's house and did not raise cain and abel.