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  Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?

  by Simon in

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  this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

  there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

  'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.

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  paris is village girl---? FFS

  how about a rule--if any new member has been on before---they HAVE TO declare it upfront--in their opening thread---or face banning if it comes out later.
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  shunning within the family.

  by bigmac in

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  i'm giving 3 examples of this practice--that i know of personally.. .

  my first wife--born in--divorced me over 30 years ago.

  she totally shuns our son--now 38--d/f'd and now happily married and enjoying life to the max.. my pioneer partner--from the mid 60's-----he totally shuns his daughter---to the point of even ignoring her in the street.. a close friend of mine--in the 60's and 70's-----i was best man at his wedding.

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  how many more lovely familes are going to be torn apart by this disgusting cult?

  i wish i could live long enough to see it collapse.
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  shunning within the family.

  by bigmac in

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  i'm giving 3 examples of this practice--that i know of personally.. .

  my first wife--born in--divorced me over 30 years ago.

  she totally shuns our son--now 38--d/f'd and now happily married and enjoying life to the max.. my pioneer partner--from the mid 60's-----he totally shuns his daughter---to the point of even ignoring her in the street.. a close friend of mine--in the 60's and 70's-----i was best man at his wedding.

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  i'm giving 3 examples of this practice--that i know of personally.

  my first wife--born in--divorced me over 30 years ago. she totally shuns our son--now 38--d/f'd and now happily married and enjoying life to the max.

  my pioneer partner--from the mid 60's-----he totally shuns his daughter---to the point of even ignoring her in the street.

  a close friend of mine--in the 60's and 70's-----i was best man at his wedding. they waited many years before starting a family. but he shunned his daughter---and she then emigrated from the UK to australia.

  which raises the point---given the high percentage of born in jw kids that quit the cult---------is it really worth staunch dub-couples having kids in the first place ?
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  Letter of Reinstatement

  by kayanow in

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  2. experiences

  i'm new to this website and i thought i'd create a profile.

  i was disfellowshipped in july of 2013 in another city.

  i since moved and starting going to meeting about 6 months ago in my new city.

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  Kayanow- what are you even thinking posting this on this website when replies you would get would only be from apostates and ones who hate the organisation. What a ridiculous thing to do!!!!!!!!!

  its easy to blunder into this site thinking its an official watchtower website---i did. it was only after talking to cantleave--on another site--he put me wise. i doubt we will see the OP again. pity.
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  An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness

  by Sparks in

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  2. friends

  hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!

  i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.

  i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.

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  Help! Help! Help! I'm Sparky and the OP poster is sparks

  NO-----I'M SPARKACUS

  
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  I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE

  by LennaB in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.

  (astrology, racism, ect.

  ) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.

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  i like what backformore said. i wish a lot more would go that way.
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  What is the best advise you have ever been given?

  by new hope and happiness in

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  2. friends

  awhile a go i was uptight about a matter i can't remember now and my friend said to me " give the other side the victory".

  a while ago my little boy was getting uptight and argumentative with his mum i asked him " to let it go" in effect i suppose " giving the other side the victory".

  anyway i am sure our life exsperiences have allowed us both receive and give good advice.

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  Awhile ago whilst watching T.V my wife started vacuming i suggested she by a broom.

  ha ha-----youre damn lucky you didnt end up wearing that broom------you could then sweep up behind you.
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  Anybody on here from Manchester?

  by will-be-apostate in

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  i haven't posted for a while, i had a busy summer.. is there anyone here living in manchester, uk?

  i didn't want to say this but it looks like i'm facing a big decision.. i need to talk to persons living in manchester, uk, in pm if possible.

  if you don't feel comfortable revealing your location, that's ok too, i totally get that..

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  hi will be apostate---heres a link to others in the uk---but few would admit to being from manchester

  with you on football lol

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/197364/12/ex-jw-uk#.VADczPldX8Y
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  Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

  by Fe2O3Girl in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

  a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

  we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

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  yes --its been the main story on the ITV meridian news. the presenter said they are JW's. one has to ponder if they had been church of england members whether their religion would have been mentioned.
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  Hey There, so...what have I missed in the last couple of years?

  by PSacramento in

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  2. friends

  hi everyone,.

  so...what have i missed in the last couple of years?.

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  bigmac

  i dont want to re-hash the AAWA story--its all on here. even a handbags at dawn tiff between 2 lady members the other week.