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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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  2. beliefs

  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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  2. friends

  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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  2. experiences

  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
  
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  Blog Post (Not Mine)

  by allyouneedislove in

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  http://sweetpotatopeachtree.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-truth-is.html

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  carla

  Worth the read! even if it has been played out here time and time again. The public needs to see more stories like this.
  
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  THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) JANUARY 2016

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pdf .

  this issue contains the study articles for february 29 to april 3, 2016.. what about the number of those partaking at the memorial?12, 13. why should we not worry about the number of those who eat the bread and drink the wine at the memorial?12 in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christs death.

  that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

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  carla

  I know we are not supposed to 'mark' threads anymore but I hope Simon will forgive me this one! marking for future reference
  
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  Speculation on future donation arrangements

  by respectful_observer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the aftermath of this year's annual meeting and the recent tremors of cash shortfalls within the organization, i began thinking "what could they do next to bring in more $$$.".

  many here have speculated that we're seeing incremental moves toward "tithing" (of course they would never call it that).

  a recent thread (can't find it right now) highlighted that they recently raised the "suggested per publisher donation" at the circuit assembly significantly (tripled it?)..

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  carla

  Why don't they have a video about r & f giving up their donuts & cof during fs and giving that to the wt? what no break?! perish the thought!
  
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  My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

  by Perry in

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  none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

  just found out this morning.

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  carla

  I am so sorry Perry, how heartless. In my thoughts and prayers, carla