Welcome to the forum, loosie. I've only been to SC twice, so I won't be much help, but welcome anyway.
fairchild
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Looking for Old Friends
by loosie inthis is my first time posting on this board.
i hope i am doing this right.. i am looking for some of old friends that would have gone to former sunflower cong or alona cong or park cong.
in southern california.
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Well....the wife and I are going back to the Kingdom Hall.
by jimbob inbefore i explain why, i've never really given anyone a background on myself, even though i've been a member here for 2 1/2 years.
so i'll try and make this quick.. i was raised a jw my whole life.
i know many jw's in the seattle area and eastside.
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fairchild
Jimbob,
It is horrible to lose a friend. (I know). Obviously, the sadness of it all is that your friend was stuck in a religion which did not allow a divorce, even when abuse was written all over the menu of this marriage. You are doing a big thing by 'going back there', out of respect for your friend. Makes me think that you were indeed a true friend, and true friends are hard to find. May God bless you and your wife.
Chris
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Welcome Stealyourface
by kls in.
hi i saw your first answer to a post and thought i would say ,,,,,,,,,,,,hi and welcome to this place.. .
the part about your left boob,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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fairchild
Welcome to the board, stealyourface.
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Trying to get to know people on the JWD
by cindykp ini havent been here that long, and just trying to get to know a little more about the people im chatting with.
i know some dont want to share too much info, which i understand.
so.............im divorced, have 3 kids, lived in florida for 15 years, now back home in wi.
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fairchild
I could get with that dream .... throw in a few pigs though (must have my bacon). Oh yeah, and a few Chippendale stripper types to do the heavy lifting (and one or two other odd jobs), and I'd be one happy rustic homo.
Darn, Taylor, and you're right around my age as well. I'll agree on the pigs, they are lovely and friendly creatures, and I don't mind the smell one bit.
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re: holly
by A Paduan ini've posted this in a thread above, but i wanted to highlight it with the name.
holly - here intermittently for one month & 9 days
personally i think her (his?
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fairchild
.............one single detail can be sufficient to make someone choose one side or the other.
Exactly and this illustrates my point. She could not have researched the WTS in any depth at all if their interpretation of one scripture sent her in their direction.True enough, and perhaps this will turn out to be in her favor in the long run. Once she DOES research more, she might still come to understand that the WBTS is not from God.
People have repeatedly urged her to read CoC, and I don't think she did. 'Research' is a rather subjective concept. I do quite a bit of research for my work as a writer. Read: I usually 'research' a certain topic until I have enough information to get me by. As soon as I have found what I was looking for, I stop looking into the matter. For example, just this morning I needed to know how and if a piece of canvas can reach from the foremast to the mizzenmast of a vessel. As soon as I found what I was looking for, I stopped reading, and did not engage in further 'research' regarding a vessel's structure. You know what I mean? Holly probably found the stronghold she was looking for (the raft which will keep her floating), and she stopped her research, thinking she had searched sufficiently.
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question about 4th edition of CoC
by Goldminer in.
i was wondering if anyone here has read the 4th edition(2002) of crisis of conscience.i am very curious to know if there is a new chapter on the un scandal.i have the 3rd edition(1999) and there is nothing on that subject in it.. thank you,.
goldminer
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fairchild
I have the 4th edition, not quite finished reading it yet, I'm on page 265.
Those are the chapters listed in the 4th edition..
1. price of conscience
2. credentials and cause
3. governing body
4. internal upheaval and restructure
5. tradition and legalism
6. double standards
7. predictions and presumptions
8. justification and intimidation
9. 1975 the appropriate time for God to act
10. 1914 and this generation
11. point of decision
12. aftermath
13. perspective
appendix
index
ps. The UN is mentioned in the chapter 'double standards'
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Sitting or Standing?
by LittleToe ina recent thread brought this to mind:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/86271/1.ashx.
i had a male friend, when i was a jw, who was taught by his mother to always sit when he pee'd.
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fairchild
(Heatmiser) Man I miss living out in the country. I hardly ever used the toilet to pee. Now I live in the city and I don't think my neighbors would like it to much
Hahaha, sorry to hear. I live in the boonies, and hardly ever use the indoor facilities (only in wintertime). I actually pee around my garden to keep the animals at a distance, it really works.
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Sitting or Standing?
by LittleToe ina recent thread brought this to mind:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/86271/1.ashx.
i had a male friend, when i was a jw, who was taught by his mother to always sit when he pee'd.
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fairchild
"Peek Slot"???
please elaborate....
Lol. Well, you know.. when you go to most public restrooms here in the US, there is a gap between the door and the wall, like as if the door is too small for the doorway, and everyone can see you sitting there, doing your thing.
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re: holly
by A Paduan ini've posted this in a thread above, but i wanted to highlight it with the name.
holly - here intermittently for one month & 9 days
personally i think her (his?
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fairchild
(Hillary step) She believes that she has researched her way *into* the WTS not out of it. This is not possible unless a person is either living in profound denial, or is deceiving themselves as to the depth of their research.
I really think that she stumbled on the scripture in Matthew where it says that the good news will be preached all over the world, and then the end will come. She seemed to think that this was a certain sign that the JW's were right. Sometimes, one single detail can be sufficient to make someone choose one side or the other.
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Sitting or Standing?
by LittleToe ina recent thread brought this to mind:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/86271/1.ashx.
i had a male friend, when i was a jw, who was taught by his mother to always sit when he pee'd.
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fairchild
Don't you just hate it going to a bathroom with a huge line going out the door and having to pee when someone is standing right in front of your door waiting for you to be done?
Being European, I had never seen doors with peek-slots in public restrooms. First time I saw them was in America, I was disgusted, and to this day, I avoid using them, unless the need to pee becomes extremely urgent.
And here's a killer. It is a true story and I'm a bit embarrassed to tell it. One day I arrived at Logan airport in Boston, on a flight from Amsterdam. I had been up for 20 hours, had already been on two different filghts that day, and had to wait 4 hours for a connecting flight to New York City. I was dead tired and started to look around for a quiet place to take a nap. Lo and behold, I found this neat sign, saying 'restrooms'. (I hardly spoke English at the time). So, I followed the signs, and opening the door to the 'restroom', I found a place with toilets, sinks and mirrors. (It is called either toilet or WC (Water Closet) in Europe. In my best English, which wasn't so good, I asked a lady "Where is the restroom?" She looked at me a bit strangely, and told me that I was in the restroom. However, I kept insisting. Nonono, I am looking for the REST room. After I had repeated my question 3 times, she got the heck out of there, away from me, and I was left all puzzled and confused.