Topics Started by Nicolas

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How big is Bethel in New York?
by Nicolas in
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2. friends
just asking out of curiosity... i always heard about it through the wbts publications so i assume what they were saying wasn't exactly like the real thing.

i remember how it was supposed to be a perfect place to work and everything was supposed to be in harmony with each others.

i even dreamed of going to that place, when i was young.
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Growing up as a JW?
by Nicolas in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, just wanted to share a bit of my experience, especially in my childhood.

i've been a lurker for a while here.

dunno if my experience is unique (probably not), i've been in the jw for almost all of my childhood, then i became inactive around the age of 12 because i followed my parents when they decided to become inactive.
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Soon, you'll be able to live eternally...
by Nicolas in
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2. friends
sorry for the misleading title.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/end-of-aging.html.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4003063.stm.
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Armagheddon....
by Country Girl in
1. jw
2. friends
i know it's old for us, but for me i never stop being scared.. remember the old paradise book, how a little kid and a bicycle were going down a big crack in the earth?

remember the picture of satan on fire?

i never forgot that stuff.
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songs that help you cry....
by wings in
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2. friends
no matter how much you want to avoid it...crying is necessary sometimes.

for me, i need help with it....too many distractions in my life.

i almost have to plan crying....so for me music aides in releasing emotion, helps me just be me for an interval of time.
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The End is Near
by joelbear69 in
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2. friends
i swear i heard a crow meow at me outside a publix supermarket this morning.

the end is near.

post your own reasons for believing the end is near.
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JEHOVAH'S ON YOUTUBE
by badboy in
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2. friends
1350 mentions come up if you put jehovah's in the search box.
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Sad story I saw on a site
by Nicolas in
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2. experiences
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=510457&in_page_id=1879
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Death is a Terrible thing...
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
has it sunk in for you people that your going to die yet?

i'm still avoiding the thought but it lurks in the back of my mind, i'm aware someday i've got to address it - like many here i didnt expect to live this far in this system, so i haven't any plan for life as of yet.. death frightens me.

i cannot sometimes watch a film with death of a character in a tragic way - there one moment with family/friends and a life and then not...i read the story about challenger the rocket that exploded and how the crew onboard that shuttle may well of been aware they were going to die.
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Suicide
by Nicolas in
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2. friends
i know it's a touchy subject, but anyone here has ever thought of suicide while they were still in the organization?

it seem to me that jehovah's witnesses have a much higher rate of suicide than the rest of the population.

i contemplated suicide myself when i was struggling to get piece of my life back together after being raised as a "perfect little jw" when i was young.