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  Trend of Fewer Baptisms Continues: Latest JW Conventions in New Zealand

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the round of "international" conventions that started in the middle of last year in the states "wrapped" up last weekend in new zealand.

  there was some media converage (from which i derived the information that follows).

  (someone who knows how to copy links may be able to provide the relevant media links?).

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  What is the current JW stance on blood - for nursing assignment..

  by coldfish in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi, i'm an ex-jw, i left about 10 years ago, and my memory is getting blurry on some jw detail these days.

  sorry i'm sure there are stacks of discussions on blood already but i don't have too much time for reading through hundreds of pages.

  i'm a nursing student and our topic for the week is blood.

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  Baptism - a question for genuine Christians

  by coldfish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a follow on from the post recently about someone feeling their baptism is null and void.. i was baptised in 1983 when i was 13, so before the change of wording.. regardless of the exact wording, i've seriously been wondering about my baptism status?.

  after leaving the jw 18 months back, about 6 months ago i became a christian, by christian i mean that i have accepted the importance of jesus and he is my lord and savior.

  i feel closer to god than i ever have, and i'm actively involved with church.

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  Some old JW friends coming to visit tonight

  by coldfish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apart from 3 weeks back when i mentioned here that i ran into an elder at a cafe and told him that i was going to church etc, i haven't seen any jws since leaving the wt about 15 months ago.. curiosity got the better of me yesterday as to what my standing is in the congregation, since admitting to going to another church to an elder i thought they may take some action.

  so i emailed my once good friend in the jws to ask if i was disfellowshipped.. she said that no announcements or anything had been made (perhaps they're all too lazy and apathetic to take action?)..

  so i emailed back that i had become a christian and that it's been so long since i've seen her and her husband that i'd love to see them one day and see their wedding photos (they got married after i left).

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  Are Dubs warned about JWD at Meetings?

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i havn't been to a meeting in years.

  i was just wondering if this site is talked about @ meetings, and/or in the publicatons.

  i'm sure reproof or disfellowshipping would be instant if a dub was found looking into such "apostacy".

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  seeking help

  by stopthepain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never sought out proffesional help.i guess the way i am is part of that stubborn old school mentality of"i don't need any help".i think i can fight through alot of my feelings.as a raised,insecure,unhappy,negative ex jw child,do members on this forum think someone such as myself should seek psycological help(even if yes,why?

  )why can't i fully move on?does just vocalizing these issues help?.

  i know the answer,but i'm afraid to deal with it.i guess i'm just having a bad day.i'm glad i have this meesage board .youve all been great,sorry to bother with my pitifull emotions,.

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  Was that really necessary?

  by The JellyBaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was just relating an experience to my kids about times i felt embarrassed as a youngster.. i gave them a story about the time i was going to the meetings.

  we had a congregational outing to a zoo.

  a time for team building and all that!!

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  Anyone Tried Online Dating Sites?

  by eljefe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading this thread, i started wondering whether online dating sites work well.

  has anyone had any success with dating sites?

  if so, which one?

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  Watchtower Observer Website Gone!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  went to the watchtower observer site and got this message:.

  the server is currently disabled.. i thought kent said that we had until the end of the month before the site was removed?.

  now how are we going to save the files we wanted to save?.

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  JW girls and me

  by Dustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i still might have a complex.

  so i'm gonna tell my story so you can all laugh at me.

  dustin

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