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The floodgates have opened
by B_Deserter ini posted elsewhere that i decided to contact a non-witness friend i cut ties with because she spoke ill of the society.
well, through her i was contacted by another former jw friend of mine.
turns out, we both thought we hated the other person, but turns out it wasn't true on either side.
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Dutch courts consider banning JW's adopting children due to blood doctrine
by inrainbows inon wednesday the dutch radd van state (council of state) heard a case regarding the adoption of children by jehovahs witnesses.. heres a rough translation of this news item;.
http://www.volkskrantblog.nl/bericht/185201.
the hague - a couple from veenendaal that are member of the jehovahs witnesses (who are against blood transfusions) cannot adopt a foreign child.
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"Have you stopped killing your people?"
by hotspur inalledgedly, that is the question (or similar) which was asked of stalin by queen elizabeth ii when she first met him.
i thought it was so apposite to the situation jws are finding themselves today.
and what a question?
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Why do the majorityof JW's look so happy at the hall?
by JH ineach time i go, i see a bunch of happy people, young and old.
some smile more than others, but just about everyone seems happy to be there.. maybe we left because we weren't that happy, rather than finding flaws in the religion.. maybe they look happy because they aren't allowed to look sad..
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Urgency Enigma....
by hotspur inhow come an organization that is busting all out to get people through armageddon urgently is not teaching anything about survival?
any storm predicted (weather forecast) sees people scurrying around to protect themselves.
all that seems to happen in jw land is preparation for more printing.
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Argument with Mom
by crapola inwell, i faced the music so to speak with dear old mom last night.
i'm giving up my eternal life!
ha i've heard that the big a is right around the corner since i was 5 yearsold.
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More Bloodless Surgery
by kwr inhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rare_feat_surgery_minus_transfusion/articleshow/2832230.cms.
new delhi: football was usanga anikien's bread and butter.
but the 35-year-old kenyan footballer's dream was abruptly cut short when he was diagnosed with sequale of spinal tb -a crippling disease, resulting from tuberculosis of the chest.
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Help with a Wedding
by hotspur ini've been lurking here for weeks now and have found the site most informative.
but i have a problem which i'm sure has been dealt with before as most of my circumstances are not that unique.
my background is, i had been with the borg since i was 15, some 40 years ago (really, i should've realised earlier!
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Forced Seating
by Tired of the Hypocrisy inanyone else have to deal with being herded to the front of the hall before a meeting?.
i recall one cong in particular...west sacramento was notorious for this crap.
i was a large individual and today i am even larger....lol 6'2" and around 250 lbs back then.
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Shocking rules in the past/ present of society...
by cognac innot a rule anymore;.
1. you couldn't get a divorce if mate cheated on somebody of the same sex or an animal.
2. you couldn't get an organ transplant.