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Elders killed my cat
by spike inin the late 70's, i began experiencing health problems.
the elders wanted to know if i purchased anything new, thinking i was under demon attack.
the only thing new in our household was a kitten.
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homophobia is a mis-nomer
by sawthelight insince phobia means "afraid of", i think the term homophobia should be clarified.
to most people i would be considered homophobic, howeve, i'm not afraid of homos, i just don't like them.
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Apostates at assemblies...
by TheApostleAK inanyone here got any stories about apostates going on the rampage at any meetings, assemblies, conventions.. i haven't seen any but a young witness told me that his previous cong.
called the police to a meeting cos a df person went apesh*t once.. also, all aussie jw's should know about the riot at a glenelg convention in adelaide in the 1940's where apostates rushed to the sound equipment and some jw stood in there way and kinghit one of them.
(see 1983 yearbook).. from the apostle ak
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Prevalence of JW Suicides - Real or Imagined?
by AMNESIAN inin one or two recent threads i've seen reference to the possibility of a rising number of jw suicides being another of the organization's very dark realities about which it is vigilant in keeping concealed from its pub populace.
is there anyone reasonably informed regarding this?
is there reason to suppose the incidence ratio among jws is any higher than among any peoples/religion?
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An open letter to Dr. Laura, ROFLMAO
by seedy3 incheck this link out on the watchtower observer sight, i'm still laughing.. > http://watchtower.observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?avis=wo&dato=20010607&kategori=jwandsociety6&lopenr=10607009&ref=ar
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? for elders and former elders...
by somebody inafter reading thirdson's post on sin and mercy... the watchtower way, i was wondering how a disfellowshipped person is able to prove to the elders that they are repentant.
considering that it's not a biblical command to confess out sins to elders, nor to have to prove to them we are repentant, but rather it's a command of the wbts to it's followers, i was appauled to read the following in the flock "book of rules" written by the wbts for the elders to follow.. .
"how funeral arrangements for a disfellowshipped person .
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Were You Really HAPPY in the borg.???
by Latte inwhen you were in the borg.
in all honesty, could you say that you were h.a.p.p.y?
i mean really happy.
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Please Respond To Survey! 25 more needed please.
by Big Jim init seems like to me the majority of people who are in the truth, are were in the truth was a result of either a family member are a friend witnessing to them and not many seem to have been found in the door to door work.. from my years of associating with the borg i cannot recall many coming in the truth from the door to door work.. how were you sucked in?
for me it was my aunt who has now even though i am not disfellowshipped decided to write me out of her will to the tune of about $150,000.00 (maybe i should hang around a couple more years)dont think i will.. please respond .
thanks.
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gay JW's
by staronbrdway ini would love it if any other gay witnesses would e-mail [email protected]'m new to this whole discussion group thing so don't make fun of m :-p but um, i have a lot to say about the whole being a gay jw thing....but don't want to say it here, lol so just e-mail me.. hope to talk to you soon.. sod
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Coming Out Experiences
by Preston inhi, this is my first post so i would like to get some things off of my chest.
i recently had to leave my congregation after five years after deciding to take a proactive stance regarding my beliefs and the fact that i found it necessary to come out to the congregation regarding my queerness (i usually try to stay away from labels like straight or bi since i think they are deceptive).
i was very active in my congregation: i was a ministerial servant, i handled the accounts, and i performed a lot of other duties.