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Favorite posts: Hillary Step

by BizzyBee in

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here's mine from january '08:.

so let us analyse this thread shall we.. a person under the influence of drink starts a thread on an international discussion board in which he talks suicide and despair.. some people {{{{{{{{hug}}}}}}}} him.

some tell him to pull himself together, get some professional help and stop piling anxieties on people who are not in a position to do anything about his misery.

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Review of the 2008 Guided by Gods Spirit District Convention

by Olin Moyles Ghost in

i attended the guided by gods spirit district convention this summer.

out of an abundance of caution (some may say paranoia), i will not elaborate further on when and where i feasted at jehovahs table.

my observations on the program are below.

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My theory about the behavior and obsession of some ex-JWs

by Simon in

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i've had this theory for some time and alluded to it occassionally but have never explored it in detail.. it is of course a huge generalisation so no, not everyone will fit into the boxes and i'd like people's opinion.

i don't know everyone's circumstances so it's based on a small sample of some of those i do know something about.

it could be completely wrong, it's just an idea.. basically, i have seen a difference between some of those ex-jws who walked out vs those who were kicked out.. the most bitter and obsessive seem to be the kicked out and, i must add, those who were legitimately kicked out.

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Danish Movie "To Verdener" about a JW girl now in English on DVD!

by GermanXJW in

the danish movie about the life of a jw girl is being releases soon in english on dvd:.

http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=2969017&subcat=region2.

(not sure about the region 2 thing but dvd player can overcome this).

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just a typical marital counseling session?????

by oompa in

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so how did it go some have asked?

at some point the lady therapist asked me what was probably my number one concern....it just came out...."i don't know if i can stay married to a jw"...wife burst into tears...and never let up...not even on the way back to drop me off at work...i also said in session i would prefer an open minded wife, and i don't think wife would pick me now either...not an unbeliever, not an overdrinker, and that marriage to me meant being able to share pretty much everything with one another, my feelings, my friends, my concerns, and that i did not like living a double life...and explained what that was too......she of course said she would stay in the marriage, and mentioned the adultery only rule...so i said it sounds like she feels she is stuck with me...she said it sounds like our marriage is already over....the lady says she does know for a fact that jw's do indeed get divorced without sex sins...cause she has counseled more that one couple like us...one in, one out....that ended with divorce.

i did say nice things about her...said the things i love.....and vice verse...and we both said we wanted the marriage to work....so at least a good basis for continuing the sessions.....the lady wants us to find common ground and just ignore the religious difference for now...i said great but how can we do that when the religion is all encompassing to my wife...it is everything....i will be glad to go to the ground if she can find it....but she never got a chance to find it yet...we ran out of time.

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Being a JW Certainly Helped to Screw this Guy Up!

by jamiebowers in

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4618008a10.html.

murder accused: 'i was the chosen one'by kim ruscoe - fairfax media | monday, 14 july 2008. email a friend | printable view | have your sayrelated linkssubscribe to archivestuff.

latest: samurai swordsman antonie dixon has told a high court jury he was raped and sodomised by his jehovahs witness elders and chained to a clothesline by his mother.. .

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Jeremiah and the 70 years. Jewish exile or Babylonian rule?

by digderidoo in

i have never until a few days ago been able to reconcile the 70 year prophecy with the 587/6 bce date for jerusalems destruction.

although a post was about this in a previous thread by a@g , i would like to explore this more.. when the 70 years are applied to babylonian rule, rather than the jewish exile everything seems to make sense.. to ellaborate for those who haven't come across it, this is how 587/6 does match the 70 year prophecy.. i hope a@g doesn't mind but i have cut and paste his post:-.

the 587 date does match the bible.... (jeremiah 25:11) 11 and all this land must become a devastated place, an object of astonishment, and these nations will have to serve the king of babylon seventy years.".