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  It's not just the weather that's cooler in Canada

  by Skeptic in

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  i wish i knew the original source of this article.

  it appears to be written by an american.

  thought i would share it, as i am proud of canada.. it's not just the weather that's cooler in canada.

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  Did anyone here see the movie "Bowling for Columbine"? They talk about Canada, and how more than half (my memory may serve me wrong ) of the citizens there own guns ( less than in America ), but how there are hardly any deaths by guns. In America, we have over 11,000 gun deaths every year, but in Canada, it was less than 100. Also, many people in Canada don't bother locking their doors, like we do here. Violence in America is staggering, yet other countries have the same movies, video games, etc., that we do here, yet aren't half as violent as we are. All I can say is, America's doing something wrong, and Canada's doing something right. If America didn't think it was so great, it could learn a thing or two from other countries.

  Just my two cents ( which is probably all it's worth )
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  Do A Number of Jehovah's Witnesses Have A Drinking Problem???

  by minimus in

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  jw's can't do this.

  they can't do that.

  restrictions abound.

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  I remember when I was a young teen, my sister had a crush on a bethelite ( he's DF now ), and one night he called her on the phone, and he was so drunk you couldn't understand half of what he said. I was shocked, because after all he was at Bethel, he was supposed to be an example.

  When I got married, we paid extra to have the bar closed so we wouldn't have to deal with the drinking issue. The first time I went to a worldly wedding I was surprised at how tame the people were....I was expecting to see people drinking too much, letting loose, and doing the Electric Slide, like at all the JW receptions I ever went too!

  Apparantly drinking too much is a problem at the local KH in my area. My mom said there was a local needs part on it last week ( but with funny skits to push the point home ). Some things never change.
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  I'm going to be a father

  by Trauma_Hound in

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  my girlfriend is pregnent, found this out when we were down in reno over the weekend.

  then confirmed it today, should be about may 31st for the due date.

  but will find out for sure, after the ob/gyn appointment.

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  awwwww......that's great news...Congratulations!!!!!
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  It's not just the weather that's cooler in Canada

  by Skeptic in

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  i wish i knew the original source of this article.

  it appears to be written by an american.

  thought i would share it, as i am proud of canada.. it's not just the weather that's cooler in canada.

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  < thinks about moving to Canada.........
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  Odd, Rocky Mountain-type JWs in the News

  by Funchback in

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  don't know if this was posted or not but after reading this story the moral is that we should always have a chaperone with us wherever we go!

  http://www.trib.com/ap/wire_detail.php?wire_num=176272 and.

  http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,drmn_15_2226589,00.html.

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  I find it interesting that they are even considering taking legal action against he Sheriffs department. Ok....two grown people get lost in a cave and it's the Sheriff's fault?! Give me a freakin break!

  This definately sounds like they are trying to cover their arses in the local congo and not get in trouble for their actions.
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  Hi, my introduction.....finally.

  by MonkeyPrincess in

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  i have been reading posts for a while, but everytime i try and post my intro, i dont know what to say, so i suppose i will just write what comes to me.

  lets see, i was born and raised in the "truth", i have never known anything else my whole life, so this is weird for me to think differently.

  i was df'd about 4 years ago when i met my "worldly" husband, i have tried for the past 2 years to be reinstated, but i guess that i have not tried hard enough, according to the elders (who btw have not been very nice or loving toward me).

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  (((((((MonkeyPrincess)))))) Welcome!
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  Celebs you look like

  by berylblue in

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  okay, so i got annoyed yesterday when someone told me i looked like debra winger.

  i find her most unfeminine and unattractive.

  but it doesn't piss me off half as much as when i'm told i look like liza minelli.

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  When I was a teenager everyone told me I looked like Ally Sheedy. Other than that, I always get the " you look like someone, but I just can't put my finger on it" comment. Maybe they are scared to tell me!
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  Womenz & Menz....Your Worst Date Ever!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  your worst dating experience ever....with the exception of any encounter involving sexual violence........just your "abby normal" dating experiences..... mine was a double blind date with a skinny, butt-ugly guy that was too old for me and had infected gums...(blek) i was only 17....my best friend and her b/friend had "fixed" him up....with me!...it was totally boring.... frannie b

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  Date? I grew up a JW, never went on one. I go married instead.
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  Anyone lost or nearly lost a loved one because of the WTS's blood rules?

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  the reason i ask this question is because when i became a jw i had 3 little children who relied on me for everything, including making the right medical decisions for them.. it really terrifies me when i think back to that time because i was so committed (i should have been actually) that i use to send my kids to school with the 'no blood' card hanging around their necks...........omg.

  i also filled in all their medical forms with 'no blood' in the 'special instructions' box.. well, since then, many bad things have happened to me and my family at the hands of the borg and individual dubs.

  also, many other things have come to light (not their light) that has proven the wts wrong and dangerous.

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  My former step-fathers first wife died after giving birth because she wouldn't take a blood transfusion.Of course all the witnesses say she would have died anyway, but the doctors said differently.It was big news in the town for years.

  My little sister ( step, but to me my real sis ) will never know her real mother, and my step brothers lost a person that meant the whole world to them. So very sad.
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  Do family/relatives still hound you about going back? what do they/you say?

  by run dont walk in

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  no lie 10 years after i left, my family still thinks i'm coming back one day, get a grip, the last conversation i had, i kinda lost it a bit with my mom, and more or less said why would i go back, when russell/rutherford made everything up as they went along.

  well that was a conversation stopper, and my brother/sister called alittle while back, i mentioned the un thing, child abuse scandals, and a few other things, i am not kidding, they pretended that they new nothing and that these things probaly never happened, just the media making up stories, how do you reason with that ???

  i said :" well don't take their word for it, investigate yourself so you know, and read the entire watchtower history 1879-2003, read it yourself, if you are not willing to then shut up !

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  My brother in law ( an elder ) always tries to get me to go to the Memorial ( esp. if he is giving the talk ) every year. I usually make an excuse like I'm working or something ( which I usually am ). My husband gave up a long time ago. My sister doesn't even broach the subject ( I think she's afraid to ).

  My mom asked me a few months ago if I was planning on going back to meetings soon. I said I was never going back, that I didn't believe in the religion. I thought she was going to freak out, but she didn't, she just accepted it. Of course as far as my family knows, I don't do anything bad, so they don't shun me. Now if they found out that I am a registered voter, that I celebrate holidays, etc., they might change their minds. What they don't know doesn't hurt me.