It has been about five years since I was in and I still get such a thrill to sleep in on sunday morning, or watch TV on those dreaded thursday nights. I wonder if it will ever get old. Its thrilling.
yumbby
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Missing The Good Old Days!
by Outaservice inlets see now......... .
monday night: prepare for the tuesday night book study i will conduct.
also, have the family monday night watchtower study preparation.
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Yahoo Article
by Wordly Andre inamerica's unfaithful faithful .
by david van biema 2 hours, 20 minutes ago .
a major new survey presents perhaps the most detailed picture we've yet had of which religious groups americans belong to.
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yumbby
This is the part specifically i thought was interesting:
For some groups, their relatively steady number of adherents over the years hides a remarkable amount of coming and going. Simply counting Catholics since 1972,for example, you would get the impression that its population had remained fairly static - at about 25% of adult Americans (the current number is 23.9%). But the Pew report shows that of all those raised Catholic, a third have left the church. (That means that roughly one out of every 10 people in America is a former Catholic, and that ex-Catholics are almost as numerous as the America's second biggest religious group, Southern Baptists.) But Catholicism has made up for the losses by adding converts (2.6% of the population) and, more significantly, enjoying an influx of new immigratns, mostly Hispanic.
An even more extreme example of what might be called "masked churn" is the relatively tiny Jehovah's Witnesses, with a turnover rate of about two-thirds. That means that two-thirds of the people who told Pew they were raised Jehovah's Witnesses no longer are - yet the group attracts roughly the same number of converts. Notes Lugo, "No wonder they have to keep on knocking on doors."
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Do you ever miss it? Ever?
by AK - Jeff infor me - rarely would be the correct word.
i don't miss the indoctrination.
i don't miss the wasted time in service.
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yumbby
I never was accepted even when I was a witness, I never could figure out why, so no. I NEVER miss it. Not anything about it.
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Hello, Newbie here
by disillusionedandscared ingoodevening all.
i am new here and thought i would introduce myself.
this is my official first post on this board.
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yumbby
Welcome :) Take your time and read up on some of the old posts. A wealth of information.
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While You Were A Witness, Did You Ever "Do" Drugs?
by minimus inwas it ever a temptation, especially if you did it before?
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yumbby
I had such a huge rod up my ass as a witness, I never did anything. Wouldn't have had the first clue to go about it either.
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~~~~A kiss is, just a kiss~~~
by YoursChelbie indo you know where this quote comes from?.
it's from a favorite movie to many: casablanca.
what is your favorite "quote" from a movie?
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yumbby
I see there is another Serenity fan here. I can almost repeat the movie word for word with it.
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TV progams that must be not be viewed at all costs
by TooBad TooSad inthe elder giving the public talk a couple of weeks ago told the congregation that there are more and more.
movies and tv programs, like charmed, or books and movies like harry potter that must be avoided at all costs.
because they are a direct link to demonism and spiritism.
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yumbby
My mom was convinced that demons were lurking around every corner. We couldn't watch Smurfs, bewitched, I dream of Jennie.. I could go on and on. The funniest thing was she thought pentecostal people were demonized, so if we were at a Garage Sale and realized it was ran by Pentecostals, we had a code word to put everything back and leave. She was totally paranoid about it.
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Poll - Is this the best example of a picture that shows lovebombing?
by truthseeker inis this picture a good example of love bombing?
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yumbby
sorry, I was trying to post a picture
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Poll - Is this the best example of a picture that shows lovebombing?
by truthseeker inis this picture a good example of love bombing?
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yumbby
<a href="http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/yumbby/?action=view¤t=puking.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/yumbby/puking.jpg" border="0" alt="puking dog"></a>
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Long Time Lurker....Posting 1st time..Thank you....
by 1144 inolah.... .
this is my story if you care to read...thank you.....all make my long story short.
ive always been a beer drinking pot smoking fool...w/occasional trip or 10.. .
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yumbby
I"ve never heard of this "prodigal son" in this context. You can't be baptized twice to my understanding. I remember a talk at a District Convention saying some wanted to get rebaptized after disfellowshipping and it was not to be done..... I dont' know.