Topics Started by Balsam
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Family members shun us.....
by Balsam ini ran across a dear abby letter in the newpaper today that made me think about our situation.
i thought the suggestion was good that dear abby gave the woman.
the reader was a white gal who marred a black man and was very happy.
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I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing.......
by Balsam inyou've got to get this book called "i'm perfect, you're doomed: tales from a jehovah's witness upbringing......by kyria abrahams had my son and i laughing right from the first pages.
its a wonderfully funny book about the struggles of a kid raised in a cult mentality of jehovah's witnesses.
her humor is just great and we love it.
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Faithful & Discreet Slave?
by Balsam ini was doing some research on just how we had understood the faithful discreet slave class when we were jw's.
you'll notice it also speaks about the evil slave.
i thought of drunkard rutherford who was president and how he really started beating his fellow slaves.
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Attending Memorial
by Balsam inwell a friend who studying with the witness and i are going to attend a memorial next tuesday night.
this is a congregation i've never been too and they won't know me since i'm not from the area we're attending.
my friend has been studying with the witnesses about a year, i have been giving her the real information on them.
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5/3/06 LOST TV show
by Balsam injust watched lost, did anyone pick up on the hanso foundation advertisement during the commercials?
http://www.bigspaceship.com/archive/hanso/activeproject.html.
move mouse over the last item where it says active project there is a hidden link.
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Book "JEHOVAH UNMASKED"
by Balsam inhave any of you read this book.
i got it and am into the 13th chapter.
fasinating thoughts.
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How many EX-JW or Inactive JW's
by Balsam ini just wondered if anyone has done a head count of ex-witnesses?
or a rough estimate?
i figure over a period of say 30 years there are as many who are out as there are in, do you think that is way off?
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Baptism Nullification Letter
by Balsam ini have heard of one witness who was baptized at 13 getting their baptism nullified.
have any of you tried this and has it worked?
i created a letter for my 19 year old son after the elders of our old congregation kept harassing him, and want him to meet with the judical committee.
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Philosophy Professor Dr. Anthony Flew & JW's
by Balsam inthis famous atheist turned religious made this comment recently in an interview with him:
flew: i think its very unlikely, due to the problem of evil.
but, if it did happen, i think it would be in some eccentric fit and doubtfully orthodox form: regular religious practice perhaps but without belief.
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"KNOCKING" MOVIE
by Balsam inknocking update january 2010. www.knocking.org.
knocking subject needs second bloodless liver transplant.
seth thomas, the young man whose "bloodless" liver transplant was featured in the documentary film knocking, must receive another organ.