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  Your thoughts on Halloween , yes, no or maybe ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  well its that time again when the ghouls come out to play.

  i personally think halloween is a bit irresponsible and inappropriate from a sociological perspective.. there's something about the intent of frightening young impressionable children minds with frightening objests.

  and feeding them candy which most likely cause tooth decay and stomachs is irresponsible activity conducted by adults.

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  carla

  Funny, I just remembered as a kid we went to a door and the whole house was dark. There was a note on the door that they don't do Halloween, I think it might have even said they were jw's. Our little gang of suburban kids had never heard of them and that house/family was forever deemed 'weirdos' live there. Hey, we were little kids and pc was not a thing yet. Just sharing from the other side of things.
  
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  Your thoughts on Halloween , yes, no or maybe ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well its that time again when the ghouls come out to play.

  i personally think halloween is a bit irresponsible and inappropriate from a sociological perspective.. there's something about the intent of frightening young impressionable children minds with frightening objests.

  and feeding them candy which most likely cause tooth decay and stomachs is irresponsible activity conducted by adults.

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  carla

  What Simon said!

  As a non jw I can tell you most people do not give a thought to the historical beginnings of Halloween. When I was a kid we went at night and our parents never came with us. How weird would that have been? would have spoiled all our fun in our minds. As soon as it got dark we hit the neighborhood, the boys would even go as far as the next subdivision and would get home late. I think it officially ended at 10.

  When my kids were little trick or treat was in the day time and all the parents went with the kids. Later they returned it to night time. Our school had a dress up 'book character' day (they had to read the book & report on it) right before Halloween so that was usually the kids Halloween costume as well. Not sure what the jw kids did for book character day as the jw's were not on my radar at that time. I wonder if the jw kids got to dress up for book character day? I think they probably started it because of jw's come to think of it, sounds pc enough.

  Many families around here do a smaller area of trick or treat and go back to someone's house for kids party & food and adult beverages for the parents. Nice way to meet all the kids parents.
  

  As for so much candy, the parent still has control of how much a kid can eat at any one time. Around here a dentist is offering kids 1.00 per pound of candy and will be sending it overseas to Military.

  The costumes; I agree some are overtly sexual in some cases. I always made my kids costumes as did my mom. Old bridesmaids dresses did indeed get a second wearing in my house! lol
  
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  Something interesting!

  by John Aquila in

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  i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

  we both served as elders for years.

  he is in his late 70s.

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  carla

  Great news! Hope the trend continues with all age groups.
  
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  Full 2015 Annual Meeting Program

  by wifibandit in

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  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plrw9u-n1z2m8peenfmbdxmvbdkum0ce1n.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppgsfl6o5k.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9j8ivkmkvk.

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  carla

  I have a strict rule of not clicking on anything jw so as not to give it any ranking with google (if things still work that way) besides, I can't stomach anything from the wt. I broke my own rule and watched a few seconds of the first video. Is it my imagination or is nearly the entire audience a bit elderly?
  
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  My First Birthday.....

  by The Marvster in

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  i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

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  carla

  Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day!

  ps-what kind of weird birds?
  
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  Jehovah's Witness grandparents ordered to keep faith to themselves

  by OrphanCrow in

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  british columbia, canada.

  jehovah's witness grandparents ordered to keep faith to themselves.

  a pair of devout jehovah's witnesses have been ordered by a b.c.

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  carla

  Great news for that innocent child!
  
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  reponse letter to JW-fleshly-brother about my leaving the WT

  by AhHah in

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  dear (jw-brother), .

  i was pleased and pleasantly surprised to receive your thoughtful letter.

  thank you for your concern and for taking the time to write.

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  carla

  Outstanding letter!
  
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  UPDATE on moving in with 4 guys

  by Terry in

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  living with 4 other guys.

  "good morning, richard!

  richard is almost never in the house.

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  carla

  Very entertaining! Perhaps they will give you some new writing material for a book!
  
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  I had a melt down with my Father over my Mom and Sister not coming to my daughter's Birthday Party.

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  last year my daughter had her first birthday and all my wife's family and friends were there.

  my family didn't attend.

  my mother and sister still believe in the jw teachings even though they are both considered inactive.

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  carla

  Mad Irishman, I wonder if your family would have a different view than you do about their being 'hurt' or not?

  My jw, the only jw any of us know on either side of the family and I can tell you the family is deeply hurt that he won't go to family events (holidays,birthdays) yet expects people to come to an event (get together) we may host or may have been his idea in the first place. I can't tell you how many times people joke with me (non jw) that they may not be able to come because it is 'against their religion' that day. Yes, they come, because that is what families do, they get together.

  Only cults deny the natural family bond.
  
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  My mom passed away yesterday....

  by minimus in

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  thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

  finally, she is at peace.

  i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

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  carla

  My deepest sympathies Min, glad you were there for her in the end. In my thoughts, carla