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  Ireland Bethel up for sale

  by Mattieu in

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  http://www.wicklowpeople.ie/news/jehovahs-witnesses-hq-goes-on-market-2910987.html.

  whenever a new branch or k/hall is built, its always proof that supposedly j is blessing his people and speeding up the work.

  does that mean when they have to close a bethel branch it means he is pissed off with "his people"????.

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  2 year old in China run over-people just walk by

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  when i saw this article on the news it really disturbed me.

  the callousness of the 'people' walking by this poor, sweet baby as she lay writhing in pain and all alone, was horrific to say the least.

  my blood truly felt like it ran cold and i've been thinking about this little girl all night.

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  Sky News emailed about UK charitable status

  by cedars in

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  2. scandals

  following the recent breakthrough i have just sent the following email to sky news, expanding on the issue of the "mentally diseased" article to incorporate the issue of uk charitable status.

  i feel this is a good angle to go at, because sky news tends to focus on uk economic policy issues quite extensively.

  5 million per year in government gift aid being frittered away on a charity that condones breaking-up families and blocking medical treatment seems to me to be a newsworthy item.. here is the email.

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  Rugby World Cup 2011

  by dm6 in

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  21 days to go!.

  whos looking forward to it?.

  any kiwis here on this board?.

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  Did you ever do something for this religion that now makes you shudder ?

  by man in black in

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  2. friends

  back in the early 80's right after i was married the main driving point i kept hearing at the meetings was "do more,,, pioneer ".. well being the young impressionable jw couple that we were, .

  my wife is a speech therapist, so working pt was no problem, but i ended up working construction, cleaning carpets, and shoveling snow at all hours with the brothers, and i worked like a d*** fool at all hours.. funny how there was so much support for me to work with the witnesses, but once the decision was made work could be very iffy at times.. and the main thing that just causes me to cringe now is how so many of the witnesses in charge of the congregation thought that we did not need insurance, my wife had a policy with her school district, but my son and i did not.

  granted medical expenses were not as bad then, but just the idea of thinking that we did not need it that god would watch over us just embarasses me to no end now.

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  To DF'd people: have you gotten your yearly visit? Ever?

  by daringhart13 in

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  i'm really curious how many of those df'd have ever received a yearly visit........ .

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  A riddle my brother gave me today

  by bohm in

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  a man has 2 children.

  he tells you one is a boy born on a tuesday.

  what is the probability the other is a boy to?.

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  Louisiana Prays For Gulf Spill End

  by CrimsonAshes in

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  2. current

  call for peace and security?.

  or maybe once they see religion couldn't stop it, that they ban religion?.

  http://www.cnn.com/2010/us/06/20/gulf.oil.spill/index.html.

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  Local Needs

  by EmptyInside in

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  this week for the service meeting is a local needs part.

  i just wondered, for those that are fading, what was your congregations local needs for this week?

  and for those who have been out awhile, what were some of the problems uncovered during local needs?.

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  Did leaving the WT build greater appreciation for or kill your reading of the Bible?

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. friends

  i am really on the fence on this issue right now and would love some opinions.. i find that i dont sit down and read the bible for long periods since becoming inactive, but on the other hand, individual scriptures mean much more to me now.. i will sit down and look up some favorite passages from time to time and feel like its the first time i really "got it" - without the jw goggles on.

  i love matthew chapter 23, since i think it describes to a tee the situation in jw congregations.

  i think if jesus returned today, he would blast the elders and "leaders" of the borg in a similar fashion (along with most religious leaders) .matthew 24 is actually more interesting to me now, simply because my whole life was waiting for the 1914 generation to end sometime during the reagan era!

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