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  Fiance's Mother is a JW

  by Theseus in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i am not a jehovah's witness and my fiance is a former jw.

  i was also raised as a [insert generic ideological confine here], however, i managed to break away and started thinking freely, emancipated my emotions etc... suffice it to say, i understand the hardships of rebelling against an oppressive ideology against serious emotional and physical odds.

  my fiance's struggle was just as difficult.

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  Quentin

  Good points TF.......welcome Theseus, there's sound advice being given, hope you take heed.
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  Struggling

  by anniegirl76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been df-ed for almost 9 years.

  just out of curiosity, has anyone decided to find another religion or belief after being jw?

  i struggle with my feelings, my mom and brother, aunt, cousins are all jw.

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  Quentin

  But how do you change/write your Bio.?
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  POSITIVE POST TIME!! We just want to know 3 things you are FOR.

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on this topic we don't care what you are against.. let's be positive and tell three things we are for which are meaningful to us.. .

  1.music lessons for kids.

  learning to read music and play an instrument.. 2.memory training and math strategies in schools.

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  Quentin

  Nice, engaging lucid conversation with other's.....houshold peace(like tha's going to happen).....learning, especcialy something I didn't know.....
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  What Draws You to a Poster?

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, it's warmth and compassion, being approachable, and not looking down on anyone.. also, taking the time to acknowledge and interact with newbies.. i love those type of posters.. syl.

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  Quentin

  I'm with all of you. Civil, honest, ones are the best.
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  How do we test our OWN philosophy or world view?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic is about the difference between how we see the world and how it really is.. we each have our own way.. some of us try to be mostly rational.. others, prefer a more religious, spiritual or mystical approach.. i'd say most ordinary people (non-specialists) mix the two.. .

  with that premise in mind, i say the following:.

  dropping an egg on the floor tests the integrity of the egg well-enough as measured against gravity :).

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  Quentin

  Frist it is to understand that all thinking is abstract. That which exst in the mind rather than what exist in the external world. From this comes subjective reason and objective reason. The two can co-exist in harmony until one form attempts to overpower the other, becoming an age old conflict.

  How do we test our world view, our philosophy of life? Be open minded, recognize the other's world view, do not become ridged to the point of snapping into. Think outside the box, be prepared to SEE all sides of an opinion. You cannot test your world view with ridged, unbending subjective, or objective reason. No matter how much you extort objective reason it continues to be subjective to what you experince and the knowledge you have, same applies to mystic thinking. Expand your knowledge base, do not lean on one form of thinking. Science is as much enslaved to the abstract as is the mystic.

  As you expand your knowledge base you will find solid views from both forms, subjective and objective. Testing is continuous, don't fall asleep at the wheel.....
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  Struggling

  by anniegirl76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been df-ed for almost 9 years.

  just out of curiosity, has anyone decided to find another religion or belief after being jw?

  i struggle with my feelings, my mom and brother, aunt, cousins are all jw.

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  Quentin

  Beats me, someone knows how.....
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  How (not) to destroy a thread and turn it into a battleground

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are adults here and don't want jwn to reflect a hostile enviornment for lurkers who may.

  wish to learn about the watchtower.

  many first timers might be very curious to discover whether.

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  Quentin

  I like butter, salt and pepper with my ad hominem.....ummmm, wait that's homeny. Don't think we can ever get away from battleground threads. It's like trench warfare of WWI. Whitsles blow, over the top comes the attackers. Machine guns blaze away, bodies drop, cannons boom, more bodies fall, attakers are beatin back, retreating to the safty of their trenchs. Lick their wounds.

  Off in the distance bugles blare and here comes the swarm of the other side. Repeate, repeat, over and over. Your points are admimrable, but too many folks enjoy, with glee and gleem in their eyes, the trench warfare mentality of battleground threads. Nope, that's the nature of discussion boards no matter what they were created for.

  I do think though we should make more use of PMs between posters in an attempt to keep a thread on topic.
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  Struggling

  by anniegirl76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been df-ed for almost 9 years.

  just out of curiosity, has anyone decided to find another religion or belief after being jw?

  i struggle with my feelings, my mom and brother, aunt, cousins are all jw.

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  Quentin

  I'm sorry Anniegril the forum changed format several years ago and I can't find a way to get back to my own profile. I know it can be done because some folks have changed their avatars. Can anyone help Annie with this?
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  JWN Is Not The Same Place It Was Years Ago . . .

  by PublishingCult in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  td made the following statement over in another thread, and so i thought it would make a good topic of its own.. jwn is not the same place it was years ago and years from now, it won't be the same place as it is today.. how has jwn changed over the years, old timers?

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  Quentin

  Came here six years ago. Never noticed any changes, except some have moved on, or gone elsewhere. As cyber said a place frozen in time. Same questions get asked, same answers are given. Trolls come and go, People who claim to be, or claim to have been have been jw's post. Some posters suprise you when they suddenly drop into a thread.
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  Does your personal NEED or WEAKNESS give you the right to demand?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let's start at the old desert island, shall we?.

  a group of survivors (just like the tv show!

  ) are marooned on an island with no way off.they are all sorts of people with various strengths and weaknesses.. the strongest among them do the hardest work.

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  Quentin

  Well, lets see, on the island in my present pysical condition I'd have to do something that was low key, low stress. What could a weakling such as I contribute to the common weal?

  Tend the fire at night, make sure it doesen't go out. Get it cranked up at sunrise by stoking and have it ready for morning meal. Gather small loads of firewood, sort them for building said fire. Stire the food pot, make sure it doesen't boil over. Baby sit any kids that may have survived, in order to free those with stronger abilities to do the grunt work, on and on, and on. In otherwords somehow, someway make myself usefull in order to have a place at the table. That's called having a work ethic.

  What does a parisite do? Nothing, but they make themselves seem they are doing. Using any kind of deception in their tool box. Some parisites hide out. When the dinner gong bangs their they are elbowing their seat at the table.

  To me it's not the strong verses the weak, it's rather those who are willing to contrbute whatever they can verses the true parisite.