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  Been in South Portland, Maine all week - what should I eat tonight????

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, i'm bored.

  been in a hotel all week going to a cisco school.

  i've eaten at outback steakhouse, uno and olive garden.

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  OK, I'm bored. Been in a hotel all week going to a Cisco school. I've eaten at Outback Steakhouse, UNO and Olive Garden.
  
  Where / What should I eat tonight? Perhaps Mexican.
  
  I wish someone were here that I knew.
  
  Cheers
  ~Confusedjw
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  Is there a God that CARES ?

  by JH in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was born with believeing parents, so automatically, i assumed that there was a god because my parents told me so.. when i was young, i prayed before going to bed and said thank-you for all that i had.. later in life, i realized that what i had came from my parents, not necessarily god.. today, i still believe in god, but i wonder if he cares.. there is something worse than no god.

  it's a god that doesn't care and doesn't answer prayers.. when you look at the world as a whole, and see all the suffereing and injustice, you don't ask yourself if there is a god, you just wonder if he cares.. .

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  Of course there is not a god who cares.
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  MORE INSANE DRIVEL FROM THE NOV 15th WT STUDY

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here's another article showing how loving jehovah's only channel in the universe is towards their fellow man.

  on page 26 of the november 15th craptower study, there's a lovely study article called always accept jehovah's discipline.

  in reality, we all know it's really saying "never question the governing body'sdiscipline".. it's starts out with the predicable "no discipline seems for the present to be joyous but grievous", blah, blah, blah.

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  Mary you should have been a lawyer (if you aren't) or in my field troubleshooting problems.

  Good mind you have.
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  Are Faders "better" than DF'd or DA'd?

  by ESTEE in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is something i've been mulling over.

  just would like to hear opinions as to whether faders, or inactive ones think they are superior to disfellowshipped or disassociated ones?

  what is your experience with this?

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  As an ex-elder and current fader I don't feel superior on either front. Do you think faders come across as superior?
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  Mass? Maine?

  by Juniper in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anyone out there from massachusetts or maine?

  i'm looking for old friends that may have left!

  i'm not too keen on saying where i'm from yet (family doesn't realize i'm officially "not coming back").

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  confusedjw

  Maine for me. Can you PM me some folks you knew or area you were in? I'm a fader of 3 years now so I don't get very public about myself either.
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  Read this

  by mouthy in

  1. social
  2. humour

  new supermarket near my house has an automatic water mister to keep the .

  produce fresh.

  just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder .

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  What about feminine products?
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  Let's just get something straight about 1975.

  by WTFBBQPWNT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  nobody ever said that the end was coming in 1975.. all the hype about this date that has continued all the way down through today came from a talk in the early 70's by fred franz.

  in this talk, franz pointed out the significance of the 7 creative days and how they correspond with 1,000-year time intervals.. he then said, "could the end come in 1975?

  there's so much wrong with jehovah's witnesses from their rigid legalism to their faux love, but let's call a spade a spade about the 1975 thing..

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  To the original point:
  
  Then why did the Society finally 'apologize' for presenting the 1975 date as "more of a probability than a possibility"?
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  SHOCKING!

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just managed to see the last 15 minutes or so of the 'tonight with trevor mcdonald' programme on british tv.

  it concerned young children under 12 who had their blood tested and it was found they all had (at least those i saw) high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood.

  one family ate organic produce and were generally the "healthy" type and yet their daughter had the highest levels of certain chemicals than others in the study.. a toxicologist said that although the chemicals were high we shouldn't worry too much as they are twice as high in the usa!!!.

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  Ian said: "Perhaps nothing will work and it's just my time to die. In the meantime, I'll give it my best shot"
  
  I really hope not Ian. I really really hope something starts working. I found the tv show you were referencing very disturbing especially now that I've had a tussle with cancer.
  
  But what about my kids? What's happening to them?
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  I think I need a new Handle - Suggestions?

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i've outgrown confusedjw since i'm out three years now in fade.

  (a while ago a mod asked me if i would like to change it and that got me thinking recently).

  of course i could switch to confused or confusedexjw.

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  The Magnificent is just too much. Hank Hill, amazingly I didn't think of that. Then again it took me how many years to realize I was in a cult? I wonder if UnConfused is taken?
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  I think I need a new Handle - Suggestions?

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i've outgrown confusedjw since i'm out three years now in fade.

  (a while ago a mod asked me if i would like to change it and that got me thinking recently).

  of course i could switch to confused or confusedexjw.

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  I think I've outgrown ConfusedJW since I'm out three years now in fade. (a while ago a mod asked me if I would like to change it and that got me thinking recently)

  Of course I could switch to Confused or ConfusedExJW

  Or maybe the The Magnificent Bastard ®

  Not that it's important, but just for fun do you have a suggestion?

  Thanks
  ConfusedJW - for now.