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  Worst Album in Your Collection

  by Nosferatu in

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  so, what is the worst album you have in your collection?

  here's the ones i have (from memory):.

  pat boone - in a metal mood.

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  The Sound of Music....... oh dear oh dear oh dear!

  Mine is Spiritualized- 'Ladies and gentlemen...'
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  Champions League Football, Liverpool vs AC Milan

  by PaulJ in

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  2. physical

  im a liverpool fan and am currently beside myself with exitement.

  this is by far the biggest game we have played in 20 years and im getting so jittery i fear i may pass out.

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  Gordy! How lucky are you?? I wish I could, I hope to get up to Anfield and see it tho.
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  Smoking

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why do we continue to do it even tho we know its bad for us?????

  i gave up bout a year ago but still have one occasionally i dont even know if i enjoy it all that much but i still do it.

  ive seen three of my family members die as a result of smoking and yet i light another one up!

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  I dont smoke and I never have. Just doesnt appeal to me... just seems to be a horrible horrible habit... and smelly too.
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  Not wasting your time on people

  by Markfromcali in

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  2. friends

  just a really simple point here, have you ever noticed maybe after a particular conversation (or series of them) that looking back, it was a total waste of time?

  like no matter what effort you make you just couldn't get through to actually communicate with the person you are talking to.

  it may be easier to let it go for people you are not so close to, but probably a bit harder if say you have family in as jws.

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  Completley agree. My ex for a start. Now I try and avoid people like this, at all costs. Im quite sccessful, maybe its a sixth sense....
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  who can you trust

  by joelbear in

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  you must first build a strong sense of trust in yourself.

  sparingly trust what you read and what is said to you.

  test it over and over again.

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  me and my wife explicitly, few other people ie family in different ways tho.
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  What did you want to be when you grew up?

  by whyamihere in

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  as a child, what did you want to be, when you became an adult?

  if you could, would you want to go back in time, and become what you wanted to be in the first place?.

  as a child, i wanted to be a florist.

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  Either a footballer or a fireman.
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  Have you a POSITIVE JW experience??

  by ScoobySnax in

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  ok sometimes i feel it's good to maybe not redress the balance, but at least can you say something positive that you gained from your jw experience.

  so thats what i want you to do, if you so feel inclined.

  can you say or mention something that had a positive effect on you when you were a witness?

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  I had lots of friends, and enjoyed giving talks and answering up- i guess this gave me a lot of confidence. It was a good feeling taking in spiritual food at times- especially when I was doing it for myself. I was encouraged to read at an earlier age as well.
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  Why do you post here?

  by seattleniceguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, it's mainly the money and the women, i suppose.. no, but seriously, i was thinking the other day about why i post here.

  in september it will be two years since i left the organization.

  i don't much care for doctrinal debates anymore, and i usually pass on threads that are concerned with he-said-she-said kind of stuff inside the organization.

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  Because its hear from people who know exactly what its like. I agree with GBL- it is a unique commonality and bond that we share. Other than family I dont know any other ex-Jw's, so to come on here a find so many people with the same experiences- its great. I feel at home here. I havent been on JWD long but I intend to stay, and learn and understand- cos I still feel such a gap in my life.

  Thank you all.

  Paul
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  What's The Most Unreasonable Thing You Did As A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  looking back at all the sacrifices that you had to make to be a jehovah's witness, which one was the most unreasonable??

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  Turning down the opportunity to play professional football (soccer)... got dunked instead.
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  Explain you religion/beliefs in a nutshell

  by devinsmom in

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  lately i have been pondering my lack of a belief system.

  i think that being a jw really turned me off to believing in anything since it was all crammed down my throat.. i have been feeling a need to believe in something.

  i think i believe that something created us but not sure if it was one god or many.

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  Thats such a good question. I dont know if I kow yet. Im still finding my way. What I no longer believe in is the organisation of religion. the relationship should be betwen you and God (or what or whoever you believe in) mankind shouldnt get in the way. I want to believe the bible, but maybe it is open to interpretation.