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  Double Jeopardy!

  by mapleaf18 in

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  has anyone ever gotten a speeding/traffic ticket on the way to the congo or convention?.

  now your auto insurance rate goes up and you pay a hefty fine all in the name of getting to the borg on time.

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  Has anyone ever gotten a SPEEDING/TRAFFIC ticket on the way to the congo or convention?

  Now your auto insurance rate goes up and you pay a hefty fine all in the name of getting to the borg on time. . .
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  Why don't Jehovah's Witneses offer childrens activities?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  2. beliefs

  i have always wondered why the jw's don't have a playroom/area or offer kids activities during the meetings.

  i would imagine it's been brought to the societys attention at some point.

  it just makes so much sense to offer a place where kids and go and play, where they can be read to, have them sing, color pages on bible related stories etc..... .

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  i remember one of the more "reasonable" families in the congo, and the mom got chewed out because the 5 year old was wearing suede "hush puppies" and not the black faux leather dress shoes that were the norm of the kiddie footwear in dubbie land. apparently they resembled tennis shoes a little too much for mr. high and mighty elder's tastes. . .
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  Why don't Jehovah's Witneses offer childrens activities?

  by Dragonlady76 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have always wondered why the jw's don't have a playroom/area or offer kids activities during the meetings.

  i would imagine it's been brought to the societys attention at some point.

  it just makes so much sense to offer a place where kids and go and play, where they can be read to, have them sing, color pages on bible related stories etc..... .

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  let's also not forget that the children need to be dressed to the nines on all occassions to be as uncomfortable as possible. what a difference at my boyfriend's children's church. they allow kids to wear <insert audible gasp> SHORTS and SNEAKERS and JEANS!!!

  the women are dressed in culottes or comfortable khakis; you see a few skirts here and there but no JW stepford wife attire. . .
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  Explosions London Buses & Trains

  by Crumpet in

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  i can';t get through to any of my friends at liverpool street including my ex.

  am really worried!

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  IRAQ is an islamo-facist regime. Even communist regimes know that the way to conquer is to infiltrate trojan horse style

  "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock
  of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down.
  Give us the tools and we will finish the job." -- Winston Churchill, 1941
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  Explosions London Buses & Trains

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
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  i can';t get through to any of my friends at liverpool street including my ex.

  am really worried!

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  "we STARTED the war!!"

  Really? i thought driving planes into towers and killing 3000+ people started the war. . .
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  Would you help a dub?

  by greendawn in

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  if a dub needed your help as in a medical emergency or in getting employment/job contract or in getting your support in a dispute with someone on a non religious issue or in some other way such as in a car break down would you help them?

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  especially if it would "rake (sic?) firey coals upon their head"
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  What did you do over the weekend?

  by ButtLight in

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  i was bad!

  we went to our cabin friday night till sunday.

  i went through 3 cases of buttlight!

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  gardening, painting, ice cream w/ boyfriend and stepkids, margaritas
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  Being a JW mother, I really don't understand how these women do it.

  by Dragonlady76 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  while reading through some threads, i sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if i had stayed a jw and had kids.

  i now have a 23 month old son, that's very active, i can not begin to imagine what torture it would be for both of us to attend meetings or go out in field service.

  i would be expected to keep him still the whole time without toys, snacks, books or any sort of distraction at all, except maybe the my book of bible stories.

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  hell, my mom and dad had a full BRIDLE on mine. none of this cute little wrist to wrist thing. you could literally pull the kid off the floor; it was a harness contraption. my dad, being the sadistic little super-dub that he is had a laughter fit from it and thought it was an incredibly good thing.
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  Does ANYONE exercise control like the Dubs?

  by upside/down in

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  2. beliefs

  think about it...in what area of life does anyone do what they do...?

  i'm talking meddling in your "personal" matters, inviting you to the "backroom" (wtf?

  ), discussing how you've "stumbled" someone, tell you you're not doing enough, dictate your clothes, your speech, want to know "why" you weren't at the meeting or fs, need to know the "intimacies" of marriage...to keep the congo clean..., label everyone either "weak" or "a pillar", want to know if you "beat your meat"...(but beating your kids is ok)..., have you been having impure thoughts, help you choose a "spiritual" (ugly) mate, why you bought a (gasp) 2-door car, whether you attended the meetings while on "vacation", turned down that scholarship to "pioneer"...actually got us to sell everything and move to timbuktu and stay.... .

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  gag!

  i just got off the phone with my father and he was going on and on about the DISCIPLINE it takes to be a dub (pardon me while i paint the walls with gutteral essence)
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  Being a JW mother, I really don't understand how these women do it.

  by Dragonlady76 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  while reading through some threads, i sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if i had stayed a jw and had kids.

  i now have a 23 month old son, that's very active, i can not begin to imagine what torture it would be for both of us to attend meetings or go out in field service.

  i would be expected to keep him still the whole time without toys, snacks, books or any sort of distraction at all, except maybe the my book of bible stories.

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  LOL my parents used a leash on me and that was back in the early sixties!

  I can't IMAGINE my boyfriend's kids sitting still for like 2 minutes never mind 2 hours. they attend lutheran church services with their mother but it is all geared toward kids (cut and paste, colouring, cookie baking, etc. to hold kids interest). they have vacation bible school and there are a lot of activities planned which i think is very nice.

  of course, when you are a dub kid, you really are never a "child;" you're expected to act like a full-grown adult from infancy.