Topics Started by JW83
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Who here gives to the homeless?
by JW83 ini'm interested in how many here give to the homeless, or any kind of charity, since that was not a part of the witness experience.
i have to admit that my heart is hard ...
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I Hate Downunder!
by JW83 ini hate downunder because when i post a thread at 10.10pm - nobody else is up to respond & i get bored & go to bed & by the time i log on tomorrow - my thread will have been forgotten ...
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Have a whinge!
by JW83 infollowing on from some other threads, i thought i'd start a whinge thread.
there are some rules, though.
only one whinge per person!
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Just finished uni after 4 1/2 years!!!
by JW83 ini started uni doing a ba the year after i left the dubs.
then i got pregnant & married, & still continued ... i have just finished my honours year in history - i did a thesis on why the dubs were banned in australia during ww2.
talk about full circle!
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The Goddess Within
by JW83 ini came across this quote today & thought it was good enough to share:
in the past four thousand years the profound mystery of life-giving, the potential of the female to re-create herself in her own image, has been denigrated to such a degree that now, at the apex of western civilization, control over all aspects of the birthing process is mostly in the hands of a group of elite males.
we depend on government legislation to provide us with authorization over the functions of our own bodies; we count on representatives of male gods to guide our spiritual lives, and we rely on the prototypical male medical establishment?s techniques for the supervision & resolution of pregnancy & birth ?
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Quickbuilds
by JW83 inthere is a quickbuild going on in our area this weekend.
i drove past today & it made me sad - they were the best part of being a dub.
i used to go with friends, & it was cruzey - checking out guys & socialising & working hard.
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Help - elder just called!
by JW83 inhi guys, an elder who just moved into my local (slack) cong just called to find out how i was going spiritually!
i haven't been to meetings for a year and no one else has ever cared, even though i was aux pio'ing at the time i stopped.
he is coming over with his wife one day, he said.
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War Bonds WW2 Australia
by JW83 inthis information is taken from thesis by peter strawhan, 1984, re jws in australia in ww2.
rees was head of jws in australia, who were banned 1941-43.
jws contributed 10,000 to war bonds from cash accumulated during ban, reported to knorr july 1943. rees: ?of course the fact that we took out the bonds has not been publicized, but we have seen to it that the government officials such as security, army, manpower, etc, know of it.