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  Question for Tina

  by Maximus in

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  skimming earlier, i noticed the name satir.. i had occasion to work with a very special older woman who was an absolute delight.

  she had trained with virginia satir, who is now long dead, and vs had invited her to be part of her peace group.

  (starts with an a?

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  Heroin Overdose=Daughter=HELP!

  by patio34 in

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  i'm having a crisis in my family and really need some advice and even (((())))!.

  background:.

  daughter is 28-yrs-old.

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  When do you move on?

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  i was talking to my brother last night on the phone who walked away from the borg in the mid 1980's.

  i asked him if he ever checked out any ex-witness sites.

  his reply was basically, no, since he's moved on past his time served in the borg.

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  Just leave us alone!

  by HoChiMin in

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  has anyone ever heard of or used the angle against the wt that a minor never actually made their own choice to join the cult?

  ( has not attended for 5 years since the age of 18) the reason i'm looking into it is i recently had a visit by a snake elder.

  he came to my home at 7:10am as my friend (ha) to encourage me to return to the meetings.

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  Regarding the JULY 1 2001 Watchtower Article

  by AngelofMuZiC in

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  watchtower-july 1, 2001 article "do not let doubt destroy your faith".

  this article is stunning!!!

  the "spiritual gems" found in this article are in my opinion priceless.

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  What do you make of this?

  by Copernicus in

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  i was wondering what some of you might make of this.

  a friend of mine who is still somewhat active just told me about something interesting that happened in his congregation a week or two ago during the wt study.

  a publisher raised his hand to comment and related an experience he had while doing magazine work in a parking lot (ugggghhhh!!!

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  A funny thing happened at the book store

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  i recently ordered another copy of "in search of christian freedom" as i got rid of my first one (long story) and since it had been a couple of years since i read it, i decided to get another one.. since i live in a fairly small town, i decided to give a fake name, in case someone worked at the book store that might be a jw.

  it was saturday morning (a time when all good little jw's should be in field service) so i felt it safe to go pick up my book.

  i walk into the store and headed for the counter but was stopped in my tracks by an elder and his family.

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  Escaped with my life!

  by truman in

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  i wanted to give an update to all those who kindly offered suggestions on how to deal with my jw son's ultimatum' "go tell the elders, or i will".. these last few days have been an intense crash course in life for me.

  having experienced my firstborn son, whom i gave birth to, wiped his behind, dried his tears, and helped to grow to adulthood with loving support, threaten to turn me over to the "authorities" (elders) for wrong thinking and wrong speech, has been a deeply disturbing experience.

  learning the truth about the "truth" was shocking, but this is just a crying tragedy.. after he found a short email from a board friend, which inadvertantly got into our regular email box instead of my private one, i was given a week to go to the elders.

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  A nice bit of skirt on WOL

  by expatbrit in

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  i certainly hope all the independent thinking jezebels pay good attention to this one: http://www.witnessesonline.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/witnessesonline/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=000030.

  suggestion to simon: before allowing the women to login on the new site, they should submit a pictures showing that their skirts are of approved length, i.e.

  9 inches above the knee.. expatbrit

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  Don't watch 'Survivor'?

  by philo in

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  possible reasons for a jw not watching 'survivor' .

  ritualism.

  occasional 'sexual' content.

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