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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

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  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  No Facebook?

  by lavendar in

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  are jws not allowed to join fb?

  if so, what is the reason that the wts gives them??

  and also if so, what is the real reason??.

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  WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems

  by JW GoneBad in

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  2. child-abuse

  i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

  in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

  the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.

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  BOE LTR Dec 26, 2010 "Increased Activity April 2011"....Transcript....

  by yknot in

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  2. beliefs

  in an effort to increase the praise and honor to jehovah and jesus christ at the time of the memorial, the governing body has arranged for a special period of increased activity during april 2011.

  you will be pleased to learn that during april 2011, publishers who wish to serve as auxiliary pioneers may indicate on the application whether they will be working toward a 30-hour or 50-hour requirement for the month.

  this is a special arrangement for the month of april 2011 only.

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  Comment on Loneliness

  by jgnat in

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  one of the great lessons this board gave me is the cruelty of shunning by the jehovah's witnesses.

  it is inhuman.

  the toll it takes on a person cannot be underestimated.

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  Outcast & Rejected

  by Drewmeister in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wanted to interduce myself an give an quick synopsis.. i was a happy an healthy(ish) young man back in march 08. i was cornnered by a (didn't know it @ the time) jw who talked to me alot about "the truth" and why the world is like it is.

  he is a window cleaner in town, hence i didn't know as he wasn't in his suit.

  everything he said made sense to me @ the time, but thinking back i wasn't @ my healthiest or strongest so he got me @ my weakest point.

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  TRESPASSING

  by blondie in

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  woman wins trespassing judgment against jehovah's witness.

  miscellaneous news.

  source: foxnews.

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  Did you Exit the Witnesses Gradually - Or Exit Suddenly - Your Reasons ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  i thought it would be good to discuss it to understand what caused some of us to exit suddenly, or some to exit gradually .. myself , i had been in 44 years , had mentally had doubts for years before exiting - but injustices by the elders and my doubts about the " generation " doctrine led me to exit suddenly one night before a meeting.

  the elders pissed me off , i went to my seat, picked my books up and walked out - never going back.

  so what is your story and reasons ?

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  I spoke to Ray Franz for the first time today

  by recovering in

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  2. friends

  i have been feeling very blue and hopeless lately.

  i miss my family and needed some affirmation that i am right in my characterization of the jws.

  i called ray to hear it from the someone in the know, as to what really goes on in the gb meetings and if they really believe what they say.

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  What can I say to JW's about Michael Jackson's life and death?

  by BonaFide in

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  2. friends

  as an active witness, i am still in association with witnesses in field service, meetings, and occasionally at get-togethers.

  we usually go to eat at a restaurant after the sunday meeting.. so tomorrow i am sure we will be talking about michael jackson.

  i live in southern california, and i know one sister in our usual group has met mj's mother, and is very supportive of her.

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