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  New here

  by Stimorol in

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  i've been lurking this board the past few days and reading a lot.. i'm a 30 year old male from an unnamed european country, i was brought up "in the faith" by my jw-parents (my father is an elder and was even the "head elder" (i guess that's not the proper english term, english isn't my mother language) for a while, although i believe he stepped down when i faded away, but was reinstated as an elder later.

  i never really had any interest in religion or god, not even as a child, even with my perfect jw upbringing.

  it always felt like a chore and i did my jw duties, but just the bare minimum i could get away with, living at home with jw parents (attending the 3 meetings every week, and going to do field work 1 hours on saturdays).. at around age 15-16 i got baptized, i was not directly pressured to do it but some hints were made by parents/elders.

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  goldensky

  Hello and welcome, Stimorol, from another fellow European (Madrid, Spain)!

  You sound more than ready to set yourself free once and for all! Where did I read lately something like: "10.000 undeniable proofs won't work with somebody who is not ready to face the truth, whereas 10 words will suffice to somebody who is"? In my case, two or three days of research illuminated me like lightning after 45 years loving my religion. You seem to be just as ready.

  You are going to love all these wonderful people on board! They cheer me up every day!
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  Did You Know A Lot Of "Very Intelligent" JWs?

  by minimus in

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  in my lifetime of knowing jehovah's witnesses, i recognized very few as being extremely intelligent.

  most seemed to just go along with the program.. i noticed we have a number of "very intelligent" exjws here..

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  Minimus, just as you said: in my 45 years in, I've met very few witnesses whose intelligence made me open my eyes in amazement, whereas all I do nowadays is open them very big at the many bright minds on this board.

  The question is: Why? Most of them, if not all, were witnesses before, and for sure just as clever. Or does intelligence "grow" after you leave and begin to think freely? What do you think?
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  One Final Trip to Town

  by snowbird in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/184605/1/i-am-going-to-town.

  the wal-mart is opening a new supercenter over on forgotten river road.. "town" as we know it will be no more.. i'm taking orders; this time i'll be going in the wagon because i'll be hauling in spring planting supplies.. any takers?.

  sylvia.

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  You are a sweetheart, Sylvia. Maybe some day...
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  I Want To Order Some Books ...

  by snowbird in

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  ... from amazon.com.. i don't know how.

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  please, and thanks.. sylvia.

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  I had never heard of it, but I've just googled it and it sounds really interesting. Would you recommend the book or the film? I can either buy the book from Amazon or download the film today.
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  One Final Trip to Town

  by snowbird in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/184605/1/i-am-going-to-town.

  the wal-mart is opening a new supercenter over on forgotten river road.. "town" as we know it will be no more.. i'm taking orders; this time i'll be going in the wagon because i'll be hauling in spring planting supplies.. any takers?.

  sylvia.

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  goldensky

  Hey! You get all sorts of fancy candy over there! I'm jealous...
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  I Want To Order Some Books ...

  by snowbird in

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  ... from amazon.com.. i don't know how.

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  please, and thanks.. sylvia.

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  Dear Snowbird, thank you very much for your recommendation. I'll definitely look into it. Although yesterday I began to watch "Amazing grace" with my husband and my heart began to shrink... I'll try to watch the last half of the film tonight. Yes, those tragic life stories definitely make me weep...

  Good luck with your orders, and don't worry: I've paid with a bank card, giving all the information on it, the digits, expiration date and everything and haven't had any trouble whatsoever. I don't know whether this works in USA too, but I used Paypal, which apparently makes it safer (they may have charged me 1 euro for it). Just in case, the bank account I let them draw the money from has little money in it. You never know. But they seem to be very reliable.
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  I Want To Order Some Books ...

  by snowbird in

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  ... from amazon.com.. i don't know how.

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  please, and thanks.. sylvia.

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  Dear Snowbird, my world has known a new dimension since I realized I, too, could order books from Amazon all the way to Spain! I was SO jealous of you, Americans, and it turns out they send them probably anywhere. I started ordering only around 6 weeks ago and it worked wonderfully. Now my shelf is full of great reading material I can't wait to give attention to: "Releasing the bonds", "God is not great" (just began and I'm loving it), "Captives of a concept" (already read), "Good without God" (I read it through along last weekend: dealing with humanism, interesting), "Letters to a nation", "The case for God" (didn't like at all, I found it boring and I'm passing it to a friend), "In search of Christian Freedom"... And at such a good price!

  Come on, Sylvia, if I managed, you can too! What a source of entertainment!

  By the way, do you have any recommendations for me?

  Love you, OLGA.
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  This Time Last Friday

  by snowbird in

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  i was sitting in an enclosure at the emergency room awaiting word of mr. snowbird's condition.. what a difference a week makes!.

  i'm thankful to everyone who helped him pull through.. thanks to y'all for listening.. sylvia.

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  Dear Snowbird, I had no idea your husband had been sick. I must have missed your thread. Glad he's doing better now.
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  I'm Out

  by Cthulhu in

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  wednesday night i recieved a call from both the coeb and the kingdom hall.

  i didn't answer.

  yesterday i called him back and i was informed that unless i wanted to talk to the brothers they had determined that my actions spoke for themselves and that i had by those actions disassociated myself.

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  goldensky

  Cthulhu, I don't know how affected you are by your new "status", but, as we say in Spanish, "I accompany you in your feelings", if that makes any sense.

  Robdar, I totally agree with you.
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  This good news of the kingdom

  by sd-7 in

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  if you'll open your 'benefit from theocratic ministry school education' books to page 279, you'll notice that it says, "the message jesus said would be preached in our time goes beyond what was preached in the first century.

  " if you actually opened your books, i'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty close to the actual quote.. i remembered this quote from sometime ago, but couldn't understand how people overlooked this obvious violation of galatians 1:8: "even though we or an angel out of heaven should declare to you as good news something beyond what we preached, let him be accursed.".

  of course, the answer is obvious: many jws don't pay attention to what they read.

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  goldensky

  HELLO, SD-7!!!!!!!!!