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Wilmington, VT Congregation Being Dissolved!
by Seeker4 ini just heard this week that the wilmington, vt congregation is being dissolved.
it is here in southern vermont, and i can remember when it was formed, probably about 30 years ago.. the congregation was always troubled, it seems, and there were so many personality conflicts in it that people who lived next to the kingdom hall would travel to the brattleboro, vt congregation to attend meetings!
a good percentage of witnesses that lived in that territory refused to go there and attended other congregations.. it seems that attendance has dwindled down to 20 or so, and so it is being disbanded.
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I Asked Help of an Old JW Friend, He Refused to Reply - My E-mail to Him
by Seeker4 ina few weeks ago i sent an e-mail to an old friend.
he and i served for many years together as elders in the same congregation.
he is still a jw, but he stepped down as an elder many years ago, went back to college (he began studying when he was in college and quit college to pioneer!
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Happy 200th, Charles Darwin!
by Seeker4 ini know that darwin wasn't alone in discovering evolution and natual selection, but i think he was a remarkable man, and i'm glad he's being so fondly remembered.. i also love all the attention evolution is getting in the media, what with darwin's 200th and the origin of species' 150th this year.. thank you mr. darwin, and all the other scientists who have contributed to this wonderful explanation of our world!.
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Hey, Can We Finally Let Illowy Back In? Please!!
by Seeker4 inillowy, a jw friend and former (very recent) elder that i have known for many, many years, was banned from jwd after a run-in with ozziepost, it seems, over a discussion about the satanic ritual abuse person who appeared on the ex-jw radio program.
a lot of us had serious issues with her statements and general mental health, and questioned her being the subject of a serious interview as a former jw.
illowy, it seems, suffered most for his opinions about it.. since then illowy was able to post briefly on this new site, but can no longer post on here.
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What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?
by Seeker4 inwhere there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?
i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .
read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.
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NY Times: "Bad times are good for churches." Why so little JW growth?
by Seeker4 inin today's ny times there is an article on this topic, and here are two quotes:.
"bad times are good for evangelical churches.
'its a wonderful time, a great evangelistic opportunity for us,' said the rev.
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"Scams" on Oprah Today - Insight on Why People Still Become JWs
by Seeker4 inoprah today had a program on scams, things like the mega-millionaire stuck in nigeria that needs your bank account numbers to get his money out of the country, and for that he'll split the millions with you; you've just won the australian, irish etc lottery, just send money to pay the taxes, etc.
those kinds of things.. well, everyday people are still falling for that stuff.
there are some tremendously gullible folks around who won't take a few minutes to research the authenticity of these too-good-to-be-true scams on the internet.. and for these same reasons, people are still becoming jws.
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Just remembered: Oct. 26, 1963, I was baptized. I was 11!!
by Seeker4 inwow.
it was 45 years ago yesterday that i was baptized a jw.
back when you weren't baptized to an organization.. i was 11. went to a circuit assembly in massachusetts with another jw family (circuit ma #3 at the time), and honest to god, we stayed at the pioneer motel!.
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Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright & writer David Foster Wallace Dead
by Seeker4 intwo sad notes - just heard that pink floyd founder and keyboardist richard wright has died of cancer at 65. .
also, a remarkable writer, david foster wallace, hung himself last friday.
he was 46, gifted, and had long battled depression.
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Got Some Encouraging "Bad" JW News
by Seeker4 inan active jw was in touch with me yesterday, and we were catching up on a few things.
i found out that a witness i was friends with just daed.
he went to college and i'd always wondered if he has as much trouble with the jws as i thought he might.