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Any luck kicking the bottle?
by Ignoranceisbliss in
1. jw
2. friends
as i continue my sllllooooooowwwwwww fade one of the things that i want to do is better myself as a person.

one of my biggest pitfalls has always been drinking.

i don't think i am an alcoholic but at the same time i've never been a very good drinker.
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WT Elders school: Look how cute that kindly old elder is! Too bad the Talmud says we have to stone our victim anyway
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
more haphazard thougths on the recently concluded elder school..... a big chunk of time was spent on a video which traced a judicial case, all the way from the confession to the elders through the decision to disfellowship the guy.. here is a very brief synopsis of the video:.

tearful late-teen or early-20's publisher confesses to 2 elders that he committed fornication with a "worldly girl" who is now preganant and wants to marry him.

the elders give him some "homework" to do prior to his judcial committee - read psalm 51 and an old wt article.
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Good News - Jerry Sanduski Effectively Put Away for Life
by Yan Bibiyan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
hot off the wire:.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/09/14315772-jerry-sandusky-gets-30-to-60-years-for-child-sex-abuse?lite&gt1=43001.

methinks the wt shudav held off on that 10/01 boe letter re: reporting child abuse and "we decide who is a predator".
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Apostasy Trial - Part 6 It's finally all online...
by RayPublisher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the entire saga, all 3 hours are now online.

this last one took hours and hours to edit and i am so glad it is done.

(although i still have the behind the scenes footage to put up on how i did the hidden camera lol!
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Question about confession and the two witness rule
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i need clarification on whether a person can confess, say to fornication with an unknown worldly person, and be disfellowshipped, despite the two witness rule not being fulfilled?.

how about if a person confesses to fornication, but the other person is a brother and denies it.

can either be disfellowshipped, since there is only one witness?.
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The Way Things are, Not How You'd Like Them To Be
by AllTimeJeff in
1. jw
2. friends
at 37 years of age, i'm much to young for feeling this damn old, so apologies for sounding less than idealistic, but...... we need people who will be honest and true to themselves.

having offered jws the entire decade of my 20's while they tried to suck out my soul, i have come to appreciate how little of a desire these days i have to change the world.

which was sad at first.
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Newbie
by SophieG in
1. jw
2. friends
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Well ladies. What say you about the latest public tower
by therevealer in
1. social
2. entertainment
is this statement on page 5 "though the surgeon performs the actual operation, is he more important?

it is hard to say.".

meant to be translated "is the guy more important to the gal?
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Greetings! My first post
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello all at jwn!

i have been a lurker here the last few months and have been going through the process of researching both sides of the story of jehovahs witnesses.

i was raised in the borg, got married and now have a young child.. my wife is very much dedicated to the organization and will justify anything the "slave" does putting it off on the borgs imperfection.
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Hear ye!hear ye!!!!Take notice
by mouthy in
1. jw
2. friends
tomorrow the 22nd i will be 85 years old .

good wishes only please,remember if you say something nasty i will cry.

and my mum told me it is a sin to cry on your birthday .