DannyBear
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Time to get on with it
by onacruse inif you do the "work", there comes a "time.".
there is so much i could say, and feel yet the need to say "what can i say"?.
it's so hard, and yet so simple, to "get on" with our exjw life.. damn that religion me all the more if i let them continue to influence my life.. it's over.. from now on, as far as my participation on jwd, it will be only and simply to cut the guts out of that pathetic sociopathological antisocial mind-controlling cult.. i hate what that religion has done to me, to my marriages, to my family, to my life.. i hate the wts, and i hate those that defend them.
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FDS Sends Convention Delegates Packin'
by ezekiel3 injehovah's witness across north america are being sternly counseled at this week's service meeting that they should pack lunches during the 2004 dictrict convention instead of leaving the site to eat elsewere or return with food.
in a letter read during the announcements, members are told this is a "serious problem".
reportedly jws have been banned from some convention locations because the venues want concession stand business if jws insist on bringing carry-out meals into the facility.
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Factions Within the Watchtower
by metatron inanother poster alluded to a reality within bethel's walls - factions.. of course, open disputes are impossible within this secretive cult - so such disagreements are more discreet.. the watchtower allows for college - but the service dept ( i.e.
ted jaracz) sez forget about it.. this is nothing new, the same thing happened with regard to the society's reaction to "multiple personality disorders".
the writing dept.
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BREAKING NEWS FROM GOVERNING BODY
by wannaexit inrecently the local congregation had the visit of the c.o.
the local needs talk he usually gives was replaced by a talk he said will be given to many congregations around the world.. this talk is targeting th very young.
kids are being strongly encouraged not to put off baptism and that children as young as 10 can make an informed decision to get baptized.
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Going under "the knife" in about 6 and a half hours.
by gumby inwell, it's time.
monday morning the 17th at 6 am i go in for ye ol' hernia operation.
i asked to be put "out" as i had the option for staying partially awake.
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Freedom to Choose God
by UnDisfellowshipped income to the wedding.
' for i say to you that god is able to raise up children to abraham from these stones.
' for i say to you that god is able to raise up children to abraham from these stones.
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What 'exactly' changed in Adam when he sinned?
by gumby inaccording to the dubs, and other faiths, adam was created with no defects of any kind.
he was created with no sin.
then adam sinned.
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I need advice quick...and a hug.
by dmouse ini'm in a bit of a state at the moment, my wife has just left me about 30 mins ago and took the kids...i don't know where.... ok, some of you long-timers may remember the problems i had with my son ben, who decided that the jw religion wasn't for him about a year ago.
i supported him as best i could through that and he's developed into a fine young man with a more healthy spiritual attitude, investigationg a number of christian churches in the area and finally settled on church of england, which he really likes now.. although no longer a christian myself i have no objection to them pursuing whatever religious path they choose (obviously within reason).
that has been the case with all of my children: ben, 15, charlotte, 14 and chloe, 12. i have never attempted to stop my wife taking them to the meetings although i have voiced to them privately my concerns about the religion.
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My two week consulting trip to Bethel (the beginning of the end) Part 5
by seven006 ini knew i had a bright mind, i had been told that my whole life.
she hated going out in service but since i hated it myself we didn't go do the door to door work much.
i look back now and i can't believe how controlling and un-loving that religion had made me.
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JW 'urban legends'
by Steve Lowry ini was thinking about some of the old jw urban legends that we grew up with and believed in as jws.
most of the ones i remember revolved around stories about demons, and jws being "attacked" when they would do something wrong.
some of these legends scared the crap outta me when i was little.