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Did they ever make you giggle?
by bagpuss inmy son who is 20 was remembering a few of the more amusing visits to the kingdom hall.
his favourite was when a brother announced.
"the new magazines are in brothers and sisters.
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I've got a bun in the oven!!
by bagpuss inwell a cake actually - a christmas cake!.
this is the second year i've made one since leaving the borg and it's one of the main things i missed during the dark years when i pretended that christmas was humbug and i never really liked it anyway!.
what if anything did you miss most about christmas?
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The Grape Cure (Cancer) WTS
by blondie inwhen i was growing up, if a jw was diagnosed with cancer (or a non-jw family member) they would start eating grapes.
being a jw born in the 50's, i had never read anything in the publications on this (or the danger of aluminum--another story), so asked where they had read it.
if anyone has the golden age or a scan of the endorsement by fred franz, that would be nice.. http://www.premier1.net/~raines/ruthoccult.html.
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Anyone for mischief?
by bagpuss ini grew up in east yorkshire and november 4th was mischief night.
we would do all kinds of crazy things like removing peoples gates and hiding them, knocking on doors and running away - you know the kind of thing!
the great thing was we never got into trouble, after all everyone knew it was mischief night and expected to get up next day and find their garden gnomes missing!!!.
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"Witness Humor" *or* "Jehovah Jollies"
by GetBusyLiving indid you guys ever find that dub's laugh their heads off at the corniest stuff?
sometimes during the meetings they would all just burst out laughing at the lamest jokes or comments.
for the life of me i could not understand what they found humorous.
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I quit smoking, wish me luck
by dedpoet inyesterday i quit smoking.
its something i have been thinking of trying for a while, and i finally got round to it.
it was a tough day and a sleepless night, i probably had a couple of hours, and i am under no illusions about today being any easier.
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Urgent scan request! Imperial Bible Dictionary!
by ithinkisee inmy wife was appalled by the misquote in the reasoning book under cross - where the society quotes the imperial bible dictionary.. more information regarding this misquote is located here:.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/7831/cross.html.
she is not convinced though - because she does not have an actual scan of the actual page to look at.. (yes, i have already tried contacting the author of that website - to no avail.).
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How would you answer?
by bagpuss ini have just started reading 'reasoning from the scriptures with jehovahs witnesses' by ron rhodes.. one of the suggested questions to ask a jw is,.
if jehovahs witnesses are the only true witnesses for god,and if the witnesses as an organization came into being late in the 19th century,does this mean that god was without a witness forover 18 centuries of church history?.
can anyone remember the 'official' line on this and if you had been asked this as a jw how would you have responded?
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What have you gained?
by bagpuss inits two years since i last attended a meeting or thought of myself as a jw.
despite the prophesys of doom and gloom for those who leave the org i have gained lots and lost nothing.. i have much more time to spend with my husband which has led to our relationship improving fantastically.. i have a better relationship with my children who stopped going to meetings when they were teenagers.. i have become much closer to my family (i've just returned from yorkshire from my great nephews 1st birthday party.
my confidence has grown dramatically as i no longer view myself as worthless.. the guilt of not doing enough has gone.. i now have real friends.. the list goes on, but i really would like to hear what you've gained or hope to gain by leaving the borg.