Posts by Open mind

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Anyone have the outline for the 2012 'Special Talk'

by Lore in

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the sunday after every memorial they intruduce a new talk, which is the 'special talk'.. this year it's called: "is it later than you think".

anyone able to provide me the outline?.

Open mind

yknot, your undercover activities are always appreciated.

For your sake I hope you'll be able to come out in the open someday, but for now, thanks for all you do.

om

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Do You Ever Feel Invisible?

by Broken Promises in

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i'm walking around the street or shopping mall.

people almost walk into me.

umm, can't you see that a person is only inches away from your body?.

Open mind

Did somebody start a thread here?

I've definitely felt like the "invisible man" at the mall. But I've also ignored plenty of people while existing blithely in my own bubble.

FWIW, I enjoy your posts and am glad you're here.

om

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Is my marriage worth saving?

by sacdfan in

long story - will make it short - i was a jw for 4 years.

hy husband took to it straigt away and has been a jw for 20 years - we were both converted by one of his workmates.

our 4 kids were all baptised jws and thankfully 3 escaped (2 disfellowshipped, one fading) - so my eldest son is still in with his dad.

Open mind

Tell him the gist of what you just wrote. Make sure it's at a time when neither of you are tired or cranky.

Then ask if he's willing to talk to a marriage counselor. (Not JW elders either.)

Just a thought.

om

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Does bethel monitor this site?

by 2tone in

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i dont want to stir up conspiracy theories.

is there any strong evidence out there that would suggest that bethel monitors this site?.

Open mind

One big thing they watch for is copyright infringement.

When the new elder's secret decoder manual came out, people started posting links to scanned copies of it.

Simon got hit with a legal notice to get rid of the offending threads.

om

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Jehovah's Witnesses magazines banned in Russia.

by koolaid-man in

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after their comments in the july 15-2012 watchtower, stating apostates are mentally diseased, their magazines should be banned around the world.. http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=9010.

26 january 2012, 14:59. arbitration court confirms the ban on spreadingjehovah's witnesses magazines in russia .

moscow, january 26, interfax - the 9th arbitration appeal court confirmed the russian supervisory agency for communications ban on spreading in russia magazines of jehovah's witnesses, the novye izvestia paper reports on thursday.. .

Open mind

Sorry to hear about this infringement on freedom of expression.

(No matter how much you may dislike the expression.)

om

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Blueblades

by Mall Cop in

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Open mind

Hey there Blueblades/Mall Cop.

Nice to see you again.

If you're using the latest version of Internet Explorer, it doesn't work too well on here.

Firefox (what I use) and Chrome are supposed to work pretty well on this site.

om

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Nothing More To Say

by Farkel in

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i really have nothing much more to say, except to say thank you to all the people who have contributed to me in my threads and all the people whom i battled over the years.

the battles have been most entertaining and enlightening.

i've learned a great deal from them, and i've laughed a great deal from the idiotic attempts of fools to make a coherent argument (think "dubs").. it's been a roller-coaster ride for me over a decade and it has consumed a huge amount of my time.