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  We are planning a trip to Upper Peninsula of Michigan ,any tips ?

  by troubled mind in

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  we plan on going next month .

  first time to that area ,any suggestions on must see/do in that area ..?

  i just made reservations for the first two nights in a resort motel near porcupine mountains state park..

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  Emma

  Tahquamenon Falls

  http://www.exploringthenorth.com/tahqua/tahqua.html

  Lighthouses

  http://www.exploringthenorth.com/lights/lights.html
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  Adults with imaginary friends are stupid.

  by alice.in.wonderland in

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  here on jehovahs-witness.net i have come across theists, atheists and those that are agnostic that all claim to be friends because they're ex-witnesses like it is all that is needed for religious unity.. .

  why isn't this on the ad?.

  because every atheist i've talked to believes jehovah's witnesses are just another organization of stupid adults with imaginary friends, just a splinter of mainstream christianity a lot like the branch davidians.

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  "sooner7nc, I remember you claimed to be an anti-theist by stating you disregard everything in the Bible as a bunch of non-sense. Maybe you're a deist. I think you completely grasp and comprehend what I've posted. If Jehovah's Witnesses are a weed that needs to be pulled, what about "the religion of peace:" Islam? Jehovah's Witnesses may have directly affected some people's lives, but many people feel religion in general is a threat to society: 21st century thinking compared to the bronze age."

  OK, I rarely log on but having only gotten as far as the above quote and being pleasantly amused by the thread, I have to say I can't follow what one sentence above has to do with the next. I guess I'm too far from the jw line/style of "reasoning."
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  Do Y'all Like My House?

  by snowbird in

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  <----------------------------------------.

  if so, you might like the other pictures, also.. http://www.bbaaghs.org/photos/snowhillinstitute/.

  syl.

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  Emma

  Is this why you're known as Snowbird?

  I googled it and can see why you would have enjoyed going there. It looks like a wonderful place!
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  Setting up trust – any suggestions on how to handle our JW daughter?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  we set up a trust a few years ago but have an appointment with our attorney later this month to make sure it is current and make any changes necessary.

  originally we had our daughter and our two sons to share equally.

  now i feel that it should not be equal.

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  I would ask myself what the chances are of the money left to this daughter ending up in the hands of the organization.
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  Have you hit your 50's? Are you feeling it, or do you still feel young?

  by restrangled in

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  i'm curious, because in my 40's i felt like a million dollars.

  i am starting to feel it,....i just don't have the stamina of working in the yard all day, coming in making dinner and getting the laundry done at the same time, or working full time.. i see the years in my face when i don't get enough sleep, and no amount of makeup makes a difference.

  my eyes seem to always look tired.

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  I hit 60 last year; it was the only difficult number I've had. Most of the time I feel great, don't think about age and still feel young. Once in a while it hits me like a cold blast; I'm more than half-way through life! I guess I just take it one day, one year at a time.
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  Pets and the rapture

  by Emma in

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  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_08/b4167070046047.htm?chan=rss_topstories_ssi_5.

  i don't know how to post the article....

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  Emma

  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_08/b4167070046047.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

  I don't know how to post the article...
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  Has anyone tried to prevent ex-spouse from training the kids as JWs?

  by Michelle365 in

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  i am at the point in my custody battle where i need to decide if i'm gonna "go for the gold" and bring religion into the fight.

  my lawyer thinks i have a chance based on the parental alienation aspect of the religion.

  i'm df'd and my kids are being raised to turn against me.

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  Michelle, do you share them equally, time wise? He can do a lot of damage in that way. I think you should listen to your attorney and at least come up with some strategies if he gets really bad. And it's TERRIBLE for children that age to be made to feel guilty. It's so totally bad for them to feel that way. Do you have a child/family therapist? I strongly recommend you and they see someone; that person can always go to bat for you in front of the court. jw's are high control, an evil cult, and will stop at nothing to steal your kids emotionally and mentally given a chance. Your husband does not sound reasonable; please try to have some strategy to combat what he's telling your kids.
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  Health Care to "Control The People"

  by Yizuman in

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  rep. john dingell (d-mi), the dean of the house of representatives for being the longest serving member of the body (he was first elected in 1955, succeeding his father, rep. john dingell, sr.), made an amazing admission during a live telephone interview with detroit wjr news/talk 760 radio talk show host paul w. smith on smith's show monday morning, march 22, 2010. the night before, dingell had been a featured speaker at the democrat congressional leadership victory press conference after obamacare passed the house.. in response to a question posed by smith, dingell said:.

  quote:let me remind you this [americans allegedly dying because of lack of universal health care] has been going on for years.

  we are bringing it to a halt.

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  Me, too, Elsewhere. I'd like to see the context; he may have been talking about the need to control the insurance industry.
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  Healthcare reform has passed and is signed into law... this is a Big F*cking Deal!

  by Elsewhere in

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  just ask our vice president joe biden.

  once again, he has put his foot in his mouth by dropping the f-bomb when he shakes obama's hand.. granted... i'll take biden's "this is a big f*cking deal" over dick cheney's "go f*ck yourself" any day.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqenikp1rj8.

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  Ditto all the above!
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  how long in truth,,,what was the final "straw"

  by peaches in

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  i was in for 30 years.....my ex was an elder...."holy spirit appointed" he tortured me....i was married 33+ years....you know,,,marriage is sacred...you can leave,,,i know,,,,if abuse is intolerable....but that starts a series of events...etc etc etc....i finally left everything...and moved far away.....people actually believe "holy spirit" appoints people,,,my ex would not pray unless there was an audience...you know,,,,people invited over for supper kind of thing,,,you get the point..... my best friend had a mental breakdown,,,,she basically became psychotic.....had to be hospitalized....she took up smoking,,,got disfellowshipped...and lost all emotional support....to this day,,,,as far as i know,,,she is still disfellowshipped...needs to be hospitialized every so often....she is on complete disability.....and still trying to get back into the org....her mother does support some what,,,,even though she is a witness herself,,,,,takes her to assemblies,,,,memorial,,,etc,,,,this has gone on for years.....she cannot mentally handle the organization,,,nor can she mentally handle not being a witness...lost everything....guilt....etc..... did not mean to ramble on so much......i have mental scars that will not go away....because i stayed in a "mess" for god,,,,i could write page after page of things like the above....as being my "last straw".......curious about you here on the board....any specific "breaking point" or a collection of many things..... thanks for your in put...peaches.

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  I had grown tired of running on the JW treadmill.

  Me, too, Jeff. And then there were a few last straws for me. One was the super-pompous hall we'd begun attending; I'd never experienced anything like it in all my years in the borg. Then, I stopped believing that 99% of the world was bad enough to be slaughtered and that most of those in the org were not. When I cried tears of saddness when my oldest got baptized I knew I was seriously on the way out.

  I was raised from almost a baby in the org, got baptized in 1966 (OK, giving away my age) and left in about 1993. I honestly can't remember the year but it was sort of gradual.