anglise
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YES I'M A JEHOVAHS WITNESS
by goo inbut it's not as if i've got two heads or anything!!!.
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goo.
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WHATS GOING ON?
by anglise inin the last 24 hours i have heard of two instances where the jw parents of disfellowshipped children have been willing and seemingly happy to have association with them ie having them visit and for meals.
both say that there were topics to be avoided during conversation but that it was a major improvement on the way things had been.. in both of these situations the adult children are married to non believers.. is this just a coincidence?.
has there been 'new light'?.
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Rainy Days & Monday Mornings
by Outaservice inmost normal people i know, and am around look forward to the weekend and nice weather.
even though i have not been a publisher for many years now, i still assoicate week-ends with taking the group out in service and baby sitting a lot of the kids from the hall.
what a pleasure monday mornings were when i could go back to work!.
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Urban Legends!
by ISP inits amazing the extent these circulate in the wt world.
i am not so sure, but it develops a powerful folklore amongst jws....often with a moral at the end!
typically these circulate as experiences given in talks and are then adopted by the masses as truth.. for example, anyone hear the ul about the married couple where the wife had to have a routine blood check.
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Freudian householder
by anglise inok hands up.
who really enjoyed playing the part of the irate or definately unbelieving householder on the school or demo items?.
i know i really did and its only recently struck me that maybe for years deep down these where my true feelings shouting to get out.. shame i didnt listen to them sooner.
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Is he brainwashed or....?
by chrisauld inhi everyone, i'd like to tell about my dad's reasons for staying a jw!!.
firstly, does he believe the world was created?, yes.. secondly, does he believe in god?, yes.. what is the only book written, claiming to be the word of god?
the bible.. so here we have a man who believes in god and the bible.. so, taking the advice and information from the bible, it tells him that there will be a 'faithful and discreet slave class', by the way 'class' is a word i think was invented by jw's, but that's a different story.. 'they will be separate from the world', o.k, jw's, fine.. 'they will use the lords name-jehovah', o.k, jw's, again.. he also believes that they offer the best interpretation of revelations, that's opinion.. 'they will preach to all the inhabited earth', jw's mainly, i think, or at least , he thinks.. also, whenever he has fallen away and been really low, he has prayed, and he swears that both times, a jw has been at the door, even if they haven't been for months.. he knows they have made mistakes, but he thinks they are too close to what the bible says are the 'chosen ones', that he is willing to stick with them.. or is he brainwashed?.
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Invasion of privacy not appreciated
by orbison ina letter to the editor of local paper, april 24, 01 (vancouver, bc).
thought you might enjoy.
i am writing this to inform the people of chilliwack of a plague that seems to affect well-groomed, articulate individuals living in our fair city.. many months ago we posted a sign on our front door that says "no soliciting' due to the fact that the sanctity of our home was constantly being invaded by individuals seeking to save us, sell us something or wanting money or some kind of donation.
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Hair today, gone tomorrow...
by Carmel ini note since i've been on various jw chat groups that having a beard in some places is a df'ing offense.
i don't recall this being the case when i was a dubby.
when did it become such and is there something written in the witchtower declaring it so?.
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Protection Money
by anglise incan anybody shed any light on whether the org pays protection money or similar in s america to the local gangs etc.. a few years ago a brother who had been to gilead came back with this info but said that it was very hush hush.