Marcos
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What were you like in high school?
by Aztec ini'm sick of talking about george bush and iraq and war so.... what were you like in high school?.
i was an orchestra geek.
i played violin and took all the math classes i could.
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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.
by Icansaylucky ini would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.
here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.
my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.
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Do we come here to "convince" ourselves?
by bittersweet in.
ok...so the other day my husband(he is still an active witness) starts questioning me about why i come to x-jw sites.. he said the reason people come to these types of sites,is to convince themselves that they made the right decision to leave the"truth".i told him i come here to get support from others who feel they were tricked into believing something that wasn't true.he knows i feel my life has been taken away from me because i wasted so many years following their doctrines.i told him it helps me to know i am not alone in my feelings.he is still convinced that people are afraid they are wrong,and just come here to keep finding reasons to stay away from the "truth".he doesn't understand that we know what the real truth is.. i was just curious what everyone else thought about this.do you feel we are "convincing" ourselves that we made the right decision to leave?
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I am so depressed
by Sadie5 inmy hubby and i are closing our business.
2002 was a terrible year.
we've been in business for 10 years and in 2002 we earned only 60% of our average.
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Spanish Site, With Apologies to Simon
by Marcos ini recently found an interesting ex-jw board in spanish.
the address is: .
http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/testigos/.
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Should I tell her?
by Nosferatu inwell, i really don't know how to exactly explain this one, or how to ask this question, but i'll do my best.
first, some background information:.
me and my mother got into a religious discussion - something i really enjoy doing.
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What is Race?
by Marcos in.
is race really a valid concept or is it more of an arbitrary distinction based more on skin tone and/or culture?
marcos (open to learning)
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Congruency and Self-Justification
by Marcos ini made a mistake in the previous version of this post.
i presented too much information at the beginning!
if anyone is interested in my opinion, i will re-post it below.
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Did you ever want to 'cross your heart' as a kid?
by Beck_Melbourne inwhat are some of things you were deprived of as a jw kid that were not all that bad??
i remember when other kids would say 'cross your heart or hope to die' as an act of truthfulness.
i don't know the origin...but it seemed harmless enough.