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  I had the baby

  by Iforget in

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  a little girl!

  all is well and we are trying to get some sleep.

  you guess how well that going based upon the time of this post .

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  CONGRATULATIONS!
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  Why is it so hard to have meaningful conversation at the Kingdom Hall?

  by truthseeker in

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  did any of you stuggle for have good conversations with the friends, before and after meetings?

  i know i did.. by meaningful conversations, i mean in-depth discussions about events, news, beliefs.

  it seems that jw's .

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  I had conversations with just about everyone when I first went to meetings, they all wanted to talk, trying to hook me I guess.

  Once I was baptised, however, the conversations kind of dried up a little

  The last two years, the elders were the only ones who really wanted to talk to me, and their conversation was more confontational than meaningful. I used to leave immediately most of the time to avoid those type of conversations.
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  WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONFESS?

  by stillAwitness in

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  o.k i confess: sometimes i still wish i was in high school where i was tucked away safely away from the real world.

  oh yeah, and i pick my nose sometimes.

  what are your confessions?

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  I quit smoking about 6 weeks ago, but I must confess that I had a couple of cigarettes while I was on holiday, after a few beers.

  I haven't had one since coming back, but I sure do want one
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  If you don't think that the dead come back to life....

  by Legolas in

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  you should see this place at quitting time!

  i seen this on a sign!

  and i laughed my ass off!.

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  Acouple of signs in my local pub:

  Message to smokers: Please feed the ashtrays, the floor has already eaten

  Credit will be given to any custome over 80 if accompanied by both parents
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  The story of my life (part 7- Bethel, the end)

  by onacruse in

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  ya know, it's odd how the "big" things just sometimes seem to bounce off your forehead, rather like seeing the trees instead of the forest.

  well, fwiw, that was the state of mind (if you can call it that) i was in, after less than a year at bethel.

  i was reassigned to the night-shift janitorial crew.

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  It's been a great story onacruse, thanks for sharing it with us.
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  Not everyone left the JW Org for the same reason...Why did you leave?

  by JH in

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  some left because they couldn't follow the pace.

  some left because they knew they were living a double life.. some left because they rathered live a life of sin.. and some left because they considered it a cult.. i stopped going because i was unable to keep up with all their demands and expectations, and i found them too controling.

  also because they cover their past and give false hope for the near future.. why did you leave?.

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  l stopped attending meetings because of the unloving way I was being treated, though I still believed most of it at the time.

  I da'd a few years later because I didn't believe any of it any more, and didn't want to even slightly connected with the wts
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  whyamihere is back home from her LONG surgery!

  by HadEnuf in

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  just wanted to let everyone know that brookie is home recuperating from her surgery on monday.

  it was over 6 hours long and now she has stiches and staples in both legs...as they had to take a vein from her good leg to repair the aneurism...so she is cut up pretty bad.

  stop by and wish her well...poor baby.

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  GET WELL SOON
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  Don't you sometimes just want to STOP talking about it?

  by nicolaou in

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  there's some real nasty stuff going on in my family right now - many of my worst fears about being shunned are coming true and i fear for my mum's health because of all the stress she's under - seriously!.

  but i just cannot bring myself to discuss it.

  i'm just so sick and tired of the whole thing...

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  Nic,

  So sorry to hear that you are having problems, I hope they reslove themselves soon and everything gets better for you. Take care

  Theresmoretocome,

  Hello and welcome to the board

  dedpoet
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  JWs picking and choosing which rules to follow

  by kristyann in

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  does anyone else find that many, many jehovah's witnesses pick and choose which rules they want to follow?

  my boyfriend's parents are jws and i have many, many examples to share with you!

  i'd love to hear if any of you have known of similar type things, or if you know any other rules that jws commonly break.

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  Welcome krystyann

  That's quite a list, I am left wondering if there are any rules they actually do obey?

  At least they never "made a disciple", so they haven't got that on their conscience
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  WHY DID YOU'S LEAVE THE WTS

  by mormon 4 life in

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  that's sumthi_k ive alway's wa__ted to _o..............why you left

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  Because the whole religion is total bullshit, a complete lie, a bit like the LDS really