LucidSky
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fear of death
by DanTheMan inwhen i was a teenager, i got into heavy metal music in a big, big way.
black sabbath, iron maiden, and metallica were my faves, especially metallica.
i lived on their music, listening to their albums literally hundreds of times, often while under the influence of mood-altering substances.
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Protecting Children From Sex
by LucidSky inwith controversy surrounding a soon-to-be-published book entitled harmful to minors: the perils of protecting children from sex ( http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/childsex_book020405.html), it is apparent that attitudes may indeed be changing in our society in regard to sex among youths.
instead of being totally avoided, they may be given encouragement to practice sex (obviously within safe limits) with other youths or even adults.
some cultures already encourage something like this.. socially, it seemed that boys were given subtle encouragement to "score", while girls were always viewed as the innocent victims to be protected from such lustful young men.
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my story... still unfolding
by LyinEyes ini will try to be to the point with this and make it as short and sweet as possible.
my hubby is wild turkey and we have not been to a meeting since may of last year.
he was the one who started having doubts and shared them with me, i hit the roof and told him he was gonna bring demons in our home!
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American Counterparts, please help!
by VioletAnai inwhat the hell is a p.b & a or p.p & a?.
it was a joke!
and you fell for it like the fascists you are!
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Do JWs have Deacons?
by badboy inthere is a lot of talk about elders, but i don't seem to have seen anything about deacons,they are mentioned in the nt.. do jws have deacons as instructed by paul
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What I Have Learned
by Sunflower1982 inthis is my first post here, so i guess i should introduce myself j i'm a 19-year-old college student in baltimore, maryland.
i was involved with jws on and off for about 4 years and, after being baptized for a little over a year, i stopped attending meetings.
although my time as a jw was very brief (compared to the decades many people have spent in the organization) it is amazing how much my experience as a jw has affected my life.
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Did You Ever Read ????????
by YYHWH indid you ever read any of the following completley cover to cover ?.
watchtower.
awake.
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Restrictive vs Permissive
by LucidSky inhardcore dubs can be quite restrictive on their kids.
they are simply following organization rules but try to impose them on their children: no school sports or activities for you and absolutely no parties with those evil, worldly corruptibles in your class.
oh, and you must never, ever be alone with someone of the opposite sex because the instant you are, you'll just be ripping each other's clothes off... i'm not sure if it was because they were in the spotlight more, but it seemed to me that the kids with the hardcore parents were the ones getting baptized early and then getting disfellowshiped or reproved a couple years later.. jw parents have huge issues of mistrust and they close the channel of communication because their children fear reproof.
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Complete reversal: from Witness to atheist
by Ephanyminitas ini'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
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How embarrassing!
by RR inok, so today.
i'm going over a discussion in my head i had with a jw online, at the same time, i'm on line waitring to have my order taken at the mcdonald's, "can i take your order?
" she says, and i say, "can i have a watchtower meal.