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  What do you feel is your greatest achievement?

  by avidbiblereader in

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  something simple as raising your kids?.

  schooling?

  leaving the witnesses and breaking tradition?

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  Those are good examples, abr. Mine is a actually a combination of all of those. I'm proud of all of the things that I have accomplished in spite of the JW influence in my life.

  I'm glad that I had the gumption to not just passively accept all of the JW propaganda that had been shoved down my throat since birth. Along those same lines, I'm glad I had the common sense to realize the value of a college education, despite all of the admonitions to the contrary.

  The strict rules and constant nitpicking of the JWs breeds doubt and self-consciousness in those that grew up in the "truth". Applying to and actually getting accepted into law school was a huge accomplishment for me, because for the first time, I saw a real manifestation of my potential.

  My biggest achievement, once it is realized, will be instilling the same sense of confidence and self-worth in my daughter, so that she grows up knowing her potential and believing that she is capable of achieving whatever she sets her mind to.
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  QUOTE OF THE DAY: IT'S OK TO CRY

  by nvrgnbk in

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  crying doesnt make me any less of a man, said the 1-12 commander, lt. col. morris goins, who tears up as he recounts how one of his soldiers drowned in a canal, trapped in his bradley fighting vehicle.

  to not show emotion, youre an idiot, or youre living a pipe dream.

  if someone were to tell me not to show emotion, id hit them in the lip..

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  This is an interesting thread. One of the few things that I dislike about being a woman is my inability to control my crying. Most fathers condition their little boys to "suck it up" and hide their emotions. I don't know how this affects men otherwise, but I know that whenever I've had the urge to cry at work, I certainly wish I had whatever mechanism you guys use to shut off the waterworks!! I've cried in front of one of my bosses before, and I absolutely hated that I wasn't able to control it. Of course I've been called a cyborg by one of my exes, so I may just have an unnatural aversion to showing emotion in general...
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  Just thought I'd say hello

  by TinyDancer124 in

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  i've been a lurker for awhile.

  thought i'd finally introduce myself.

  my boyfriend is agnostic and hates jws (or "johos," as he calls them) and i just feel so torn.

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  Hello and Welcome! LOL at the shout out to your dad.

  We look forward to hearing more from you (and Dad).
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  I just wanted to say I love you all and this is the love thread

  by needproof in

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  for a bit of sunday fluff, i wanted to post that i love every single one of you guys and girls.

  please feel free to join me in sending love to all on jwd :)

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  EnlightenedMind

  Thanks to everyone who has warmly welcomed me to this site. What a great bunch of guys and gals!
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  I'm PREGNANT!!!!!!!!.............just took the test.

  by whyamihere in

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  suckers!.

  ok, time to piss other people off this morning!...lol.

  brooke.

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  Damn you! I was just about to congratulate you! lol

  And this is the third one I've fallen for on JWD... I'm so gullible!
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  WILDFIRE IS BACK IN THE SADDLE...

  by wildfire in

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  hi gang , its good to be back ...........i have gone through 2 years of captivity ,,i have been out of the jws since 2002, i moved to austin ,,texas in 2004.. i even had the priviledge of attending a true dallas apostofest,which i will never forget..met alot of great apostates..

  but for 2years i have been in a tailspin..last april my 20yr old jehovah witness daughter got married in minnesota.

  oh ya i was invited, only to the wedding which was not held in a kingdom hall (because of me iam sure)..my son who was never baptized came allthe way from florida to his little sisters wedding, only to be treated like he was da or df..we were not allowed at the reception and the only pictures i got were from my other daughter who (she was studying at the time so she was allowed to stay for all the festivities..) so me and my son decided to do what any out cast would do...went drinking and checking out the quaint little town that night...had a blast...they had not won ,,i was down but not out...haha

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  Welcome Wildfire! I suffered a wedding fiasco at my jw brother's wedding. But it sounds like you handled everything well by bringing the party to you!

  I look forward to hearing more from you.
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  Hi

  by rosiegurl in

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  my name is rosie.

  i'm 36, have 3 kids and was raised in the 'truth'.. since i was about 18 i realized that things weren't quite 'right' but stuck around mostly because my family is so much a part of it that if i left i'd have nobody.

  i've been df'd 2 times...got reinstated the last time with the intention to just drift away after so that i could stay around my family and do my own thing.

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  Hello and Welcome Rosie! It's great that you have such a good relationship with your son. He will thank you one day.

  I wish you all the best on your spiritual quest. We all look forward to hearing more from you.
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  The series "Lost"

  by free2beme in

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  i don't get to watch this series on it's scheduled night, but i do keep up by watching it on the internet.

  this year a lot has been revealed, but like always, a lot has not.

  basically it seems the island has some special powers, a box that gives you what ever you want, and people see this ben guy as a leader.

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  Here is The Big Secret: There is no big secret!! The writers make it all up mere hours before they shoot it.
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  A Morning on Mulberry Street (pro-JW cartoon)

  by indoubt in

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  not sure if this was previously posted here... it was sent to me by a regular jw and this person thought it was the best thing ever.... so sad... .

  http://mediaphil.free.fr/fun/jw/3dpreach/flvplayer.html.

  (since i don't post often here): my current status is that i am "inactive" and happier than ever... i have not been to a meeting in 3+ years..

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  Urban Legends in the JWs

  by Country Girl in

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  what was your favorite urban legend whilst you were in the jws that you now know to be just a buncha hullaballoo?

  my favorite one was when a child brought a smurf doll to the kingdom hall and that thing just got up and went screaming out of the kingdom hall on its' own two feet.

  i cracked up on that one.. .

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  Oh wow! I guess I was too young to hear the origins of the smurf story, but I do remember that smurfs were considered "demonized" and that we were not to watch the television program under any circumstances. So that's the story, huh? ... Well, it all makes sense now!