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  Back again, after all these years...

  by veronica_mars in

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  wow.

  wow.

  i used to post here lifetimes ago, and i just recently came back and read some of my old posts.

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  Welcome back. I wasn't here then either.
  
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  building commitee

  by logic in

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  is anyone familiar with the building commitee?

  it appears that alot of hanky panky is going on here.

  for instance, i know for a fact that some contractors have arrangements to be paid.

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  There were a few JWs (well connected) that we knew in the 80s who did quite well economically because of the quick builds. Even though the area was in an economic downturn.
  
  The one that really got me scratching my head was the "interior decorator" who was paid very well. All of his "projects" looked about the same to me.
  
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  Introduction

  by White Dove in

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  i might have posted an intro in the wrong place so i will try again.

  i have two kids, a girl and a boy, and am in college full time studying sociology (at least that is what i'm supposed to be doing instead of talking to you.

  i prefer talking to you).

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  Hi Chenoa. Welcome to the board.
  
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  My Dad died on Friday

  by littlemike in

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  i dont often post on here but lurk everday.

  i was an elder for 11 years, raised as a witness from birth and eventually left in 2002 aged 42.. my dad died on friday aged 87. he was a witness baptized in 1940. he was congregation servant and then elder in hull, england.. we were arranging his funeral tonight with my 2 brothers who are still witness elders.

  all they were interested in was what he had done in the "truth".

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  I'm sorry to hear about your Dad.
  
  I'm with the majority here. Hold off on sending it. Especially since your kids don't want you to. They'll be affected by it as well. People will still believe what they want to believe.
  
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  What a great witness

  by Raven1963 in

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  sorry if this has already been posted.

  http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23389711-details/sadistic+foster+mother's+19-year+reign+of+terror/article.do.

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  Welcome to the board, Raven.
  
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  Are JWs Christians

  by JesusIsKing in

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  if so i would like to know your reasoning.

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  I've just remembered a scripture that absolutely proves that JWs are Christians. :) From Jesus' own mouth:
  
  Matthew 10:34-36 NWT; 'Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword. For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a young wife against her mother-in-law. Indeed, a man's enemies will be persons of his own household.'
  
  They're fulfilling this sign, of being a follower of Christ, very well.
  
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  Howdy

  by j0s0r in

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  2. friends

  just a quick post to say lo.

  male 33 from the good ole uk.

  come across this site via google.

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  Hello. Welcome to the board. True love sounds like a very good reason to be an ex. True love was sort of why I joined. lol
  
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  DOES YOUR HUSBAND WATCH TOO MUCH TV?

  by juni in

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  i mean almost all the time?

  a lot of all day tv watching?.

  how do you feel about it?.

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  No, my husband watches very little TV. Which is just a little more than I do.
  
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  WHy is King David Always held up as a great guy?

  by zack in

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  some of blondie's comments on her wt review makes me post this question.

  the wt always holds up david as a great.

  they love him.

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  alotlikemay,
  Why is this subject bothering you so much? The question isn't "is there any hope for flawed people?", it's "why is King David held up as a great guy?" So, why does it worry you that some of us have the opinion that he wasn't a great guy? He isn't someone that I think should be held up as an example to be followed. As a warning example, yes. But not, an example of good behaviour. So he's sorry when he gets caught. So what, I'm sorry when I get caught too. But I don't think I'm some sort of righteous example because of that.
  
  This is in no way a judgement on people who make mistakes. We all make them. And, the whole point is; David is not a shining beacon of righteousness. He's an ordinary, flawed person like you and I. The fact that I dislike the character portrayed in the stories is besides the point.
  
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  Did you stop singing the songs BEFORE you stopped going to meetings?

  by zack in

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  after i found out the truth abouth the troof, i could not--- i mean physically could not---- sing a note of a jw song at a meeting.. this was way before i decided to make a plan and a final break.

  this happen to anyone?.

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  DJK, I don't know if they are now using CDs, but they were using tapes and had a new song when we quit. I thought I read somewhere that they were getting another new song book. But I can't be sure on that.
  
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