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Did people DONATE for the literature when you went out in service?
by BonaFide ini think i got a donation maybe once or twice here in the states.
most of the friends don't ask for a donation.
in south america, more people donated, but i think it's because it was phrased differently, we used to say, "you can give whatever you want for this magazine.
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Keeping the congregation clean- from the wickedness of the retarded
by JimmyPage inwell i saw my parents again.
and i just had to bring up this subject.
a certain person i grew up with named "megan" is disfellowshipped.. "mom," i asked, "isn't megan mentally challenged?
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How Would You/Do You Help JWs Think About Possibly Getting Out?
by minimus inif you sensed that a jw might be unhappy, how might you get think thinking??
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For those that were/are SINGLE in the ORGANIZATION, did anyone encourage you to marry a WEIRD JW?
by BonaFide inbizzybee's comment about the elders encouraging her at 19 to marry the 40+ yr old widow with 4 kids made me remember similar stuff.. the elders encouraged me as a young brother to stay single.
some of the younger sisters seemed to like me, but the friends in the congregations i visited always wanted me to marry the weird ones.
they called them "spiritual.
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My experience at the District Convention today - Appreciate your comments
by BonaFide ini know i am the one to constantly harp on this board how the organization has lost its "swagger" and the baptism and attendance is going down, and people are waking up.. not so fast.. the audience cried, i mean a lot of people cried when they played some of the songs from the new songbook.
some had bethel singers who sounded pretty good singing them.
so many after the program were saying how touched they were.. then the new release of the book showing how the book of acts prefigures the organization today.
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District Convention Requests
by nbernat ini'm going to be invading the international convention in sd this week if anyone has any requests, i'll be glad to do my best to meet them.
books, recordings, video, notes on talks, pictures, etc.
it'll give me something to do..
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My son is going to get married!!!!!
by StAnn inmy ds26 told me that he's getting his girlfriend an engagement ring for christmas.
how am i supposed to pretend until christmas that i don't know?
btw, yes, i'm sure she will say yes.
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How long will the WTBTS survive?
by Megachusen ingive it your best educated guess.
how long do you guys think it has left?.
personally, i think it has about 10 years before the org's leadership disolves and the religion splinters into hundreds of adorable little jw-like cults..