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living in a bubble
by inbetween inlast weekend we were invited at a family of jw.. they are some decent people, reasonable, realistic, balanced, having good jobs and a house, certianly took care of their future pension, and will give their child a good education.. you can discuss with them many different topics, and they are not blind to mistakes of brothers or even the leaders.... however, they are dubs, both being raised in the "truth", they dont know anything else really..... we have quit a number of friends like that, being down to earth, not extreme, have a good life, and still "strong" in their faith.... the other day, we also did a congregation-trip, and while you find everywhere some selfrighteous puffed-up "pioneer", "wannabe-elders" or real"elders" or "elderettes", most of the folk was fine, no worry about anybody behaving badly, getting drunk or something like that.. i was thinking, it wouldnt be so bad to be a witness, if...... yes, its the "if" that makes one worry., the mind-control thing of the gb.. anybody going through similar thoughts ?.
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Anyone here from S.A.??
by TheApostleAK inanyone here from south australia??.
email me at [email protected]
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LaToya Jackson on the view and JW's
by exwhyzee indidn't know the other host of the view was also a former witness.. http://www.jw-tube.com/videos/38/abc-the-view-latoya-jackson-jws.
judge rutheford...never heard his voice before.
http://www.jw-tube.com/videos/106/the-photodrama-of-creation-intro.-to-part-i.
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Non-profit law changes in New Zealand - anyone know what happened?
by 10p ini'm in aussie now - but i remember a little while ago the gov in nz changed the rules for non-profits.
i saw a programme on tv the other night that said the scientologists reported income dropped from multi-millions to about 300k after the change.. i wondered if anyone knew what happened to the watch tower society's reported income after the law change?.
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Local needs
by yellow ini recently d/a and wrote a letter concerning my views at the same time.
a few weeks prior a bro was d/f, now i know they normally have local needs talks shortly after these announcements which speak about the sin without naming the person.
what alarms me is that they are having a series of these talks.
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Planned Giving Department
by xelder inits amazing how i was too blind to see through things for so long.
a friend of mine worked high up in accounting at bethel and said that the donation arrangement had really hurt cash flow.
in 1996, just a few years after the donation arrangement for literature started, and the generation change, the co discreetly asked a few of us to a meeting with the planned giving department brothers who were visiting in our area.
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Veterans Day
by bobld in"wars are stupid" no two independent democracies have ever gone to war against each other.this suggest if every country adopted democracy there would be no more wars.this is what the wtbs likes to say.than it begs the question?why does the wbts disfellowship members from their congregations.they say we don't go to war to kill a brother from a different country.you (wtbs) will not think twice of disfellowshipping (killing) your brother because he speaks out against the gb because they are wrong on--un,blood,pedophiles.generation,etc.. the sacrifices made by veterans:not for money or fame or personal advancement,but in the name of freedom and for the well-being of humankind.i want to thank you for sacrificing your life so we could live in freedom.a terrible price paid for freedom.there will always be wars.so is the desire for peace.even if we don't agree with the impulse to do either we can't stop it.. bob.
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Full circle
by wha happened? inback in 1987 i bought my 1st new car.
a 1987 hyundi excel.
no air conditioning, door locks, cruise control.
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Useful information on cults for those wanting to leave jw / undecided
by CrazyBlonde inhttp://www.factnet.org/rancho1.htm.
http://www.factnet.org/headlines/destructive_cult_warning_signs.html.
i found this information useful.
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Welcome Pack for Newbies!
by tigeress infollowing on from a thread by dissed the other day about how the jw's are offering a "come back to us" pack.
i wondered if we should have a thread decicated to welcoming newbies and telling them all the things they might need to know.. eg.
we all know about the un, 1975, j rutherford etc etc etc etc etc etc but they don't.