Topics Started by hirotaka

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Melita Jaracz
by hirotaka in
1. jw
2. friends
don't read or post here very often anymore.

have moved on from all things jw from my former life it seems.. just an announcement to whomever it may concern that melita jaracz, surviving wife of form governing body member theodore jaracz, has finished her earthy course passing away yesterday.. simon, i don't know if you're still involved, but this site was invaluable to me when i was leaving the org.

some years back.. thank you and all the others who have me guidance that i needed at the time.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Street recruiting thwarted by "Apostates"
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fylyfc_0we.
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There may be hope yet Sun Capital may purchase Hostess and preserve jobs
by wha happened? in
1. social
2. entertainment
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/19/hostess-sun-buyout/?iid=lead.
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When You Were Sitting During The Meetings What Were You Really Thinkng About?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i used to listen to all the stupid comments and wonder if i could sneak out of there and scram!

even after i resigned as an elder, i went for a while and eventually began missing more and more meetings.

but while i was there, i'd listen to comments, chuckle to myself how dumb it all was and then go home with the knowledge that my days were numbered there..
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose in
1. jw
2. friends
our friend, oompa, has passed away.

just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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Do you know the oldest Kingdom Hall personally that still exist today?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
this kingdom hall was built in the 1960's and they still meet there.

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IT'S HALLOWE'EN ,,, what's your best scary movie ....EVER???? and WHY?
by talesin in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a 3-way tie,,,.

nightmare on elm street series - especially in noes2, when the gurl is running from freddie in the basement, and her feet are in goo,,, and just when he's about to catch her,,, she gets traction --- that's real nightmare action!.

rosemary's baby - no special effects,,, just the creepiest freakin' neighbours in the world ... chilling!.
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BORN-INS: If you could go back and Change this.
by hirotaka in
1. jw
2. friends
a question primarily derected to born-ins....doesn't matter if you're still in or out.. if you could go back in time, let's say to the time you were a teenager, before being baptised.. do you regret not telling your jw parents that you just couldn't do the jw thing anymore and that you wanted out?

i think about this often that it may have worked out much better not to get baptized, married to a jw, and have to tow that line for decades, feaful to loose family and friends.. in the end that's what happened to me anyway, five years ago and now i have the life i should have had my whole life.. what are your thoughts and feelings on this?.

cheers.
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Should There be a Petition Asking the Watchtower Society to Retract its "Mentally Diseased" Statements?
by DT in
1. jw
2. friends
of course, i would be very surprised if the watchtower society ever retracted or apologised for anything.

still, it could gain a lot of publicity and put pressure on them to curb their hate speech.

if they refuse to apologise, it could demonstrate that those statements were intentional and not just a slip of the printing press.
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of the mags that get placed, how many get read?
by highdose in
1. jw
2. friends
another magazine question.

of the magazines that actualy get placed by the jw's.

once the door is closed, how many house holders do you think will actualy read them?