Congrats man....we clocked up out 20th Anniversary nearly a month ago, and it's nearly a year since we stopped attending too.
We enjoy the free time, to "spend" as we wish. All the best to you and your wife.
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We celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary this week.
by nicolaou inlike most of you we never did the birthday or christmas thing and so over the years anniversary celebrations were grabbed as a real chance to wrap presents, get festive and party.
this habit has carried on and there's a small mountain of shiny gifts all waiting to be torn open on april 5th.
okay, the kids are bit older now (18, 16 & 12) but we all still make a fuss of this one day.. we'll be going out for a slap up meal tomorrow night, just the 5 of us at our favourite curry house.
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I found this VERY offensive. What about you?
by Gill inwatchtower, may 15th 2006.
(back page).
the value of 'a weaker vessel'.
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What the article is "really" saying is that the writer aint gettin any and he is skewering his wife with a WT statement. He can then go back home and highlight an interesting article he read in the latest WT [doesn't tell her he wrote it] and says "see what the faithful slave is telling us?" and she has to roll over!!
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Ridiculous New System Ideas
by sass_my_frass in... that i've noticed, generated by wbts, include that:.
- everybody's living room has a view to the distant snow-capped mountains, uninhibited by the neighbour's ugly tudor that he knocked together at least forty five millennia ago and wouldn't you think he'd have painted the gables by now?.
- they all visit their friends walking over the unfenced meadows carrying baskets of fruit.
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Actually, I wonder why Lions eat grass, when their digestive tract is set up to be a carnivor? They have 10 times as much hydrochloric acid as a human, and very short small and large intestines to speed up the transit time. Did god change them after the flood? and is he gonna change em back after the big A?
I loved the book "the day of the triffids". Sought of reminded me what life would be like after the big A. Not that I have a fetish for blind women! But the soughting through supermarkets and shops and shopping malls and peoples houses seemed like a great idea, finding all the good stuff, handing in to the temple of elder princes and of course giving all the gold and diamonds to the princesses.....[sorry getting off topic, I'll go now] -
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Does the Memorial generate BIG $ for the WTS?
by Scully ini'd never before thought of this angle for the memorial.
it makes sense though: they get people who have become inactive making an extra effort to show up and maybe donating some "guilt money" to make up for having missed a few months' worth of meetings.
they invite worldly people who perhaps take it for granted that when you go to "church" you drop something in the collection plate, and just automatically drop an offering in the contribution box.
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Good point scully.
In all the time I went, i never noticed how many people went near the box. Guilt payments greatly accepted [not greatly appreciated].
Yep, take extra care to count the partakers, and all the attendees, but not too many would count the money, but why wouldn't there be a little extra in the www on that night. -
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What are the "legal loophole" ?
by chasson inin http://www.silentlambs.org/berryarticle.htm .
silentlambs said: .
" in this case the avoidance of recognizing that the elders due to mind control forced sara into silence caused the judges to rule in dismissing the case.
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So the question begs to be asked: Does the Watchtower Society and The Congreagations [Elders especially] care for the children? Do they really abhor child abuse as the thrust down the throats of many blind follwers?
They say they do, but when it comes down to the line they deny their duty of care.
Hiding behind legal eagles. These Judges do not know the extent of the control that each member bestows upon elders and how that control is exercised, by elders and the gb [notice lower case] unless you have lived in that society, you can not understand the awe and respect for man's opinions that must be shown.
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Another LIE Stated in the Watchtower....with proof!
by gumby inthe society has always been cleaver enough with wording to skate around many things.
they use gramatical trickery which makes for many ' written skapegoats' they've used to protect ther validity as jehovahs mouthpiece.. i found a quote by them when researching for something on another thread and thought it was interesting.. below is an article in a 1993 awake!
march 22, pages 3-4.
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Deputy Dog wrote: "However, Jehovah did not let the people of Christendom, as led by the clergy, go without being warned that the League was a counterfeit substitute for the real kingdom of God. He had a "prophet" to warn them. This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah’s Christian witnesses. They are still proclaiming a warning, and have been joined and assisted in their commissioned work by hundreds of thousands of persons who have listened to their message with belief."
Question related to this WT quote by DD.
Is the rank and File JW not a christian? to enable them to be called "Jehovah's Christain Witnesses", by they are rather plain garden variety "Jehovah's Witnesses"?
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My Epiphany
by geevee insorry, i hope this doesn't sound full of sh#t, but i just had this thought rush.
the life of joseph [as in the bible, not rutherford].
he said things that his family didn't understand and didn't like.
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Thank you all for your kind comments. I certainly do hope to keep moving on with life, but at the same time would like to one day be heard by family and friends as a friend and not an enemy. There are not many JW's, family or friends that are prepared to stay in touch [as we all experience] but for those that do, both my wife and I try to be as normal as possible. Letting them see that we are not stressed or stuggling and that as a family we are remaining together [children NOT off the rails]. This in itself confuses the hell out of most.
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CO visit: God is in 5th dimension
by DannyBloem inwe had the special exiting visit of the co this week, a real spiritual feast!
we are so happy and blessed!.
he told us in his talk about were is god residence that god's residence is in the extra phsical dimension, and this is the place he and all spirit creatures lives.
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They have been watching too much Stargate SG1. Working hand in hand with Samantha Carter.
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My Epiphany
by geevee insorry, i hope this doesn't sound full of sh#t, but i just had this thought rush.
the life of joseph [as in the bible, not rutherford].
he said things that his family didn't understand and didn't like.
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Sorry, I hope this doesn't sound full of Sh#t, but I just had this thought rush.
The life of Joseph [as in the bible, not Rutherford].
He said things that his family didn't understand and didn't like. His brothers hated him, in fact so much that they bashed him and told their father he was dead. The sold him.
Joseph must have wondered why. I tell them things for their own good, yet they hate me. Why did they caste me out into the world? What is God's plan for me? Why am I here and not with my friends and family?
Then while in the world, as a slave, no contact with his family he makes his way. He is cut off from everything that was familiar. But he ends up, after some terrible things happening to him making good. Infact second in charge of the land. He learns to understands the world and benefits from it. Still, he must wonder why, what does God have in store for me?
Jump a few years into the future........
Famine hits God's chosen people. What will they do? Where will they go? How will the eat? What will they eat?
Jacob sends his sons out into the "world" to find food and where do they end up?
My epiphany: Are we like Joseph? [sorry if this sounds watchtowerish] I truly felt like God showed me that there is another way. What is happening among and in the world of JW's isn't right. We all know that it isn't the "truth", and we may not be able to figure out what the heck we are supposed to be doing. I just seem to be living life, making our way in the world [perhaps that is it] but is there a greater purpose as to why we chose to be out [yes in the world] at this time? Will there come a time when our families will be "starving" and need to find us and benefit from us, from the lives that we carve out for ourselves from this point forward? -
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Quick survey for apostates - please everyone just yes or no answer
by slimboyfat indo the other witnesses with whom you associate/once associated in general know that you are an apostate or have apostate inclinations?
the reason for the phrase "in general" is that it may be the case that one or two close friends know how you feel, but others in general do not.
in my own case, one other witness knows, but no one else, so i would answer the survey question with a "no".
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In the main, NO. We keep to ourselves and most of the dubs I know steer clear of us.
Only a few know we do not agree with the whole GB/FDS thing.