Maverick
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Why I believe my baptism was not valid. (welcome comments)
by thebeliever inwhen i was 11 or 12, my best friend (who's father was also an elder) suggested i get some of my mom's cigarettes for us to smoke.
sounded like a good idea, so i did and we tried it.
i thought it was horrible, but she had done it before and whatever.
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How the board has helped.
by Paradise Found inas an artist i try to create emotional responses through abstruct paintings.
sometimes an element of pain or hurt i felt is represented on canvas and the pain or hurt is then gone from inside me forever, but remains for ever on the canvas and i hope is felt and understood by the viewer.. i wish i could do the same with the written word so that i could really make myself understood to the reader.
the same was true when i started painting, what i painted was oftern poor but because i was always encouraged by people who never mocked my terrible efforts but concentrated on the positives i developed emotionally as well as an artist.. i think the same is true of many on this forum they have been hurt by the w.t.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 8-24-03 WT Study
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 8-24-03 wt study
wt article quotes are in
yes in their day 1914, 1925, 1975 were also "now so near" and it is 28 years after 1975.. wait with "holy acts of conduct".
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Computer Nitwit
by Vivamus ini am a computer nitwit.
i have no shame in admitting it, i am a computer nitwit.
now, my computer is pretty old, and every now and then some part of it breaks down, or is in desperate need for replacement.
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question..
by fried ini have a question.
i am not a jw but i was in a jw chat room earlier today and had something in my profile regarding a dying angel.
a few people asked me if i understood the significance of a dead angel and before i could say no, i was kicked out of the room.. i didn't know angels could even die... in any religion.
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Why should I be Happy?
by Maverick ini had a good day today.
i love my job, still some days are just great, and today was one of those days!
all day i was in a great mood and working like a bi-polar in a manic state.
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What did you lose or give up to break free of the Borg?
by shotgun infor all of you who made a conscious decision to leave the organization.. what was the price you had to pay or what was you willing to give up in order to be true to yourself.
( wife, children, extended family, friends, jobs...etc).
and how have you coped?
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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I am going to try hanging out with you people
by CruithneLaLuna inhello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.
recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.
well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.
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The new children's book.
by l3gi0n ini was reading through the new kids book released at the assembly, and couldn't help but notice the chapter on birthdays.
it went on to explain that people were beheaded at birthdays, and that god never said to celebrate them.
it then quoted the catholic encyclopedia as stating "only sinners... make great rejoicings over the day on which they were born" .