Topics Started by garyneal

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My goodness! Fourteen years since I began posting here...
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not sure if anyone remembers me since i do not post here much anymore.

i sometimes pop in around christmas time to see if anyone is interested in exchanging christmas cards like we used to back when i first posted on this site.

speaking of which, the holiday season will soon be upon us.. if you recall, i was married to a jehovah's witness and i had a daughter i spoke of a lot.
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The Great "Dumbing Down"?
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

what examples can you think of from over the years?

(i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).
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2021 CHRISTMAS CARD EXCHANGE
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. friends
since blondie is not here anymore to do this, i will volunteer to coordinate this for this year.. if you would like a card sent to you or send a card, pm me your mailing address and a name the post office will deliver to.. i was thinking that the cut off date should be december 10 (or the 15th at the latest).. do you want it pm'd or e-mailed?

(if emailed send your email address instead of, or in addition to, your snail mail).. i know that cards going overseas can take longer.. i will start sending out the list on the 10th to everyone via pm..
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Christmas Cards 2021
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. friends
hello,.

long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

she normally does this.. thanks.
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to be continues I'm a female Japanese who seeks to find a female roommate who love the Bible.
by littleyohane in
1. jw
2. friends
on the last topic, i informed my hope to find a female single roommate who loves the bible and wants to explore bible truth.. at the last comment among the reponses, i found that a female american japanese says she may be able to become a roommate for me.. if she is interested in my offer, please send an e-mail to my address.. it's daughter-of-zion1029ing〇ch 〇＝@protonmail.. but , if possible, i'd like to find a younger female roommate than me.

because i'd like to train and help next christian generation.

and i'd like to leave faith inheritance after i die.
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I'd like to find a single female bible lover to read the Bible with me.
by littleyohane in
1. jw
2. friends
but i believe in jehovah god, and i read the bible every day.. i believe the bible is god's word.

and i pray to god every day.. it's somewhat off topic.

but i'd like to find a friend who loves the bible and want to read and find the truth of the bible together with me.. i live in japan and i am a japanese.
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Jesus H Christ's Custody Battle
by garyneal in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's been a while since i posted here but i ran across a youtuber who is going through a custody battle against his wife who is in a religious cult.

he did not mention the name but it sounds like the jehovah's witnesses.

i've researched this in the past myself but was wondering if anyone here has had any knowledge or prior experience with situations like this.. the fact that his own parents have sided with her over this due to him being out is disgusting.
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Do Circuit Overseers outrank Elders? Why can't they talk to disfellowshipped people?
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. friends
last sunday, our family went to the kingdom hall and i realized that this was the week that the circuit overseer was in town.

when we sat down, i noticed he came over and talked to her then he walked away i guess to talk to others.

a few minutes later, he returned to tell her that he could not talk to her because he was informed that she was disfelloshipped.
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Boyfriend force me to study the bible or no marriage
by MuslimWoman in
1. social
2. relationships
my boyfriend, who is a disfellowshipped jehova's witness, asks me to study the bible for 3 months or he won't marry me (i'm a muslim woman).

he loves me and really wants to marry me but he is doing a passive blackmailing: if i don't study for 3 months, 1 time per week, in my home country, and without him, there will be no marriage... as a muslim, i believe the bible is god's word so i look at the bible from time to time and would be happy to study with him.

but the fact that he is kind of saying "study the bible or bye bye no marriage" is really hurtful.
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Is Satan Real ?
by jdash in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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do you guys believe satan is real?