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  I'm Fascinated With Lighthouses

  by snowbird in

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  how about you?.

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  middle bay lighthouse on mobile bay.. syl.

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  Hi Snowbird

  Have you read a book called "The Snow Goose" by Paul Gallico? (1) It is about a selfless and somewhat mystical snowbird (like yourself) and (2) it is set in a lonely lighthouse.

  What more could you possibly want?

  Eyeslice
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  Did you read the literature?

  by WuzLovesDubs in

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  initially i suppose i did.

  i know i over studied the articles for the wt study because i thought my enthusiasm as a study would make me more accepted.

  but after awhile i didnt read the awakes at all except for a cursory glance because i was giving them to people.

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  eyeslice

  Yes I read most of the literature, Watchtower, Awake and all of the publications, though I didn't care that much for the yearbook.

  I still skim read the Watchtower and Awake as my wife still attends. There's not a lot new though and they still use those aweful cheesy pictures in the Awake. I always though they were old fashioned even when I was a kid over forty years ago.
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  I'm going to the Netherlands!

  by Emma in

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  eyeslice

  The Van Gough museum in Amsterdam is well worth a visit.
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  Does Anyone Miss Being In The Jehovah's Witness Cult?

  by minimus in

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  i saw 6 jw zombies walking up a hill near where i live the other day.

  they all were dressed nicely.

  they walked together in twos.

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  eyeslice

  Yes - I miss some aspects of being a Witness. Like many here, I spent the majority of my life being totally absorbed in this religion. WHat it gave in return was a large circle of like mined friends. And, it is true that you can travel almost anywhere in the world (I know from personal experience having) and immediately find new friends who share the same values as yourself.

  So for me me it is not a quesion of what I am missing, but rather one of are the gains in terms of freedom and self respect great than the loss?
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  Does the JW Cult Rob People of Their Humanity!

  by LittleSister in

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  well for those of you who many not know i gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on the 31st jan, however our joy soon turned to concern when it was discovered our son had breathing problems.

  this concern later turned to fear as we learned that he had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) and that he would need an operation asap.. basically our baby had a hole in his diaphragm and most of his digestive system now resided in his left chest cavity compressing his heart and lungs into the remain space in the right cavity.

  this is a very serious condition and much of the information we were given made very bleak reading.

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  eyeslice

  Hi Little Sister

  Congratulations and best wishes on the birth of your son. I am so glad he is now doing well.

  Does the JW Cult Rob People of Their Humanity?

  I am not sure that it does really - there are many many caring and loving JWs out there, and I say that now as a total outsider.

  What this religion does is makes the rank and file frightened, unsure and unable to respond to situations such as yours. I am sure that many elders have been moved by the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake but they won't publically pray for the victims in the meetings. Why not - because of fear of seeming to be out of line with unscriptural and unwritten JW convention. I have rarely heard anyone pray for individuals in the congregation. Again, the reason is that this does not appear to be 'the done thing'. Because they are so ingrained with the notion that God only cares about JWs, they cannot bring themselves to see the humanity in others.

  Many of us who have left the religion have been humbled by the realisation that God probably sees all of us humans in much the same way, regardless of religion, race, gender or sexual preference.

  Best wishes

  Eyeslice
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  How many of you have tried "Vegemite"????? Whatdoya think?

  by Witness 007 in

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  a black aussie spread that is made from yeast and has a very strange yet nice flavour.

  hard to discribe....alittle salty and bitter.....tried it?.

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  eyeslice

  I have tried both Vegemite (lived in Aus for a few years) and Marmite.

  I eat Marmite most days because as a vegetarian it is a good source of vitamin B12.
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  Which book ,studied at the Book Study, you Hated or loved more????

  by deep-blue-sea in

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  during my life as jw i have studied many, many books of the wt at the weekly book study.. here you will find some of the books considered during the years with their publishing date:.

  1955 new heavens, new hearth.

  1961 from lost paradise to..... 1962 let your will be done on earth.

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  eyeslice

  Deep-Blue-Sea - we must be about the same age. I just about remember studying the New Heavens and new Earth book when I was just a kid.
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  The appropriateness of "Namaste" to me

  by AK - Jeff in

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  http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/namaste.

  this wonderful article explores the greeting from many angles.. a quote i enjoyed:.

  "at its most general namaste is a social transaction.

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  eyeslice

  I lived in India for a year or so. I would say Namesta to people at the same time bringing my hands together in a prayer like position.

  I never heard anyone in the congregation say it wasn't appropriate - it's a standard form of greeting in India.
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  when is the memorial this year? and will you be going?

  by highdose in

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  i won't be going if i can help it, but id like a heads up about it, just to be forewarned.

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  I go to support my wife. It is the one and only time I ever go to our local Kingdom Hall.

  I have even managed to be on holiday for the memorial so at least we get to go to different congregation where I don't know if they are just as hypocritical as the cong I was in.
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  did you feel guilty ,when ignoring disfellowshipped ones ?

  by looloo in

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  i was having an affair with a pioneer at the time and a girl who was disfellowshipped was in the loo at the hall (she actually had not done aything scriptually wrong (but the elders thought she had ) i tried to smile at her as i felt i was not in a position to judge anyone as guilt was destroying me but she just looked down at the floor , 14 years later we are good friends and both "free".

  when you were "in" and ignored disfellowshipped did you ever think "im not in a position to judge anyone " ?.

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  eyeslice

  As an elder I followed the Society's general guidance but at the same time as an elder you had some leeway to check to see if they wanted to return.

  After I stepped down, I made it a point to always speak to disfellowshipped ones, even to the point of taking them out for a few beers. It amazing what you find out.

  Disfellowshipping and the subsequent shunning is a way of getting rid of people and then making sure they never get to tell their side of the story.