brinjen
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Did it ever occur you were defiling your body too?
by NotaNess in"no smoking".... it defiles your body and goes against scripture.. so as a witness, when pushing this train of thought, did it ever occur to anyone that when ever you dug in to those fried eggs, bacon cheeseburgers, and gallons of icecream, you were doing the same exact thing?.
smoking over a long period of time can kill you.
eating artery congesting foods over a long period of time can kill you.
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How does one prepare themself to leave
by BFD inwhat are ways one can prepare themself once the decision is made to leave the borg knowing full well the consequenses will be losing all family and friends due to the shunning policy?.
i remember the emotions i went through when i first started to be shunned.
it was rough but, i was not left all alone in the turmoil, i had 4 siblings to lean on and at the time my dad was still alive.
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Crazy things you were "forced" to do in the Borg
by RR inwere you ever told to do things that had no bearing on the scriptures or even policies of the watchtower?.
we had one co who upon inspection insisted that the body of elders and servants be cleaven shaven, cut their hair and remove their sideburns.. i use to have a patch of hair under my bottom lip.
the co pointing to it asked, "what's that?
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Email from my niece
by Mystery ini cry everytime i read this and i thought you might enjoy .
reading it.
if you already have it just delete it.. love you!.
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TV Shows...which ones didn't you get to watch?
by TheCoolerKing inwhat tv shows didn't you get to watch when you were a jw?
either because you had to attend one of the five meetings a week or had to go out in field service on the weekend?.
i remember being pissed off as a kid every saturday morning, because we always had to go out in field service.
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What Expressions, Words or Beliefs Are Clearly JW?
by minimus in"in the truth" is one.
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"disfellowshipping" is another.. believing in the "faithful & discreet slave" is another..
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What do we really know about Jehovah?
by PopeOfEruke ini started making a list of what we really know about jehovah from the bible.
see if you can add to the list.. 1. likes to take afternoon walks, especially when it's breezy.. 2. likes the smell of roasting animals.. 3. likes dancing and singing but doesn't necessarily dance and sing himself.. 4. can write a little bit, though only with one finger.
usually gets humans to write for him instead.. 5. seems to like cheap magic tricks, like talking donkeys and magic burning bushes.. 6. always resorts to violence to solve problems instead of dialogue or diplomacy.. 7. he can reproduce asexually.. 8. he likes to be called father and he has sons, but his "wife" is a group of sexless spirits, who are also his sons.. any more??.
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I never would've made it (and social reinforcement for self-consistency)
by IP_SEC ini look back at my life as a jw and you know what?
i know i never would have made it through armageddon any way.. i realized for a long time i was just a walking meat sack to jehovah.
only thing i didn't understand was why he would allow me to be in his organization?
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Earthquake in Southern England and some facts to refute the "last days"
by BluesBrother inbbc news has this story of a significant but not catastrophic earthquake.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6602677.stm.
consider this information to see it in context.
from a respected uk newspaper after a previous minor quake in the uk .
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We've done the girls now lets do our favorite male singers!
by restrangled ini'm currently listening to john mayer, ....what a voice!
also love seal, cat stevens, crosby, stills, nash & young.. i love many of the many new male voices but can't remember them...... tell me who you love!.
r..