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  What happens after you get the registered letter?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. beliefs

  my friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.

  she's in her early 20's.

  she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.

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  Is Russell currently considered part of the FDS?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. beliefs

  forgive me, i know this must have been discussed many times but i'm still confused about what the current teaching is.

  who do they say russell was now?.

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  Interview with Paul from Cleveland

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i live with my partner in cleveland, ohio.

  i'm the third of 6 children.. were you a born in or a convert?.

  my mother converted when i was very young, about 7 or 8 years old.. are your parents / family jws?.

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  The new translation of John 17:3 seems like a major shift.

  by paul from cleveland in

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  up until now, everlasting life was dependent on "taking in knowledge".

  it was a perfect fit for a publishing house to interpret that scripture that way.

  if we didn't keep up with the endless stream of publications from the watchtower our salvation would be in jeopardy.

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  I still believe in the paradise earth.

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. friends

  i still believe it's coming.

  i think if god is real, it has to come.

  it only makes sense.

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  What I've found here

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i originally came here to find proof that the witnesses don't have the truth.

  i was so afraid of being destroyed at armagedon.. i didn't really find the convincing proof i was looking for.. what i did find, however, is the love and total acceptance that i hadn't felt before.

  to me, that's more important..

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  What are the most piercing questions I can ask?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. friends

  my sister is getting baptized soon.

  she's still talking to me but i'm sure it won't be for much longer.

  i've already asked her the following questions:.

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  thank you

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. friends

  i've received calls from people around the world last night.

  the love among the people here is amazing to me..

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  The only thing I don't like about this place.

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grow attached to some of the people here and then they just disappear.

  i actually like it when they have a goodbye thread, like psacramento.

  i get to say goodbye.

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  I miss Mouthy.

  by paul from cleveland in

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