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So an old friend from the hall called me today....
by shakyground in
1. jw
2. experiences
he said he wanted to know how i was doing and what was going on with me.

i knew that it was only a matter of time before he started asking about me not being to the hall in like 3 months and him trying to bring me back into the fold.

and in about less than a minute he started telling me about how everyone at the hall misses me and asks about me.
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Did you have anybody stay at your house?
by d in
1. jw
2. experiences
in 2000-2001 we had 2 witness stay at our house because they were building a new kh.

the experience was strange to see the least but the people were nice.today the jw's are not as nice.. does anybody have similar experiences..
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Children not raised as JWs - an 'out of the mouths of Babe's moment
by skeeter1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a 10 year old.

been to the kh once, at about 3 years old, for a relative's funeral.

lately, my 10 year old and her bff are talking on the phone alot.
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Has anybody ever reported you to the elders?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. experiences
53
My guitar was in that wheel barrel.
by Quarterback in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i may be overeacting....i may be sensitive.....it may be sad....it may be the silly comments heard at the wt meeting.

however, there it was in the study article ...a picture of some sad looking, unhappy runners (the kind of look that the org inflicts on us) .

for the first time i looked at that guy with the wheel barrel.
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4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.
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It's Time to Stop Saying...
by zengalileo in
1. watchtower
2. medical
it's time to stop saying that jehovah's witnesses do not accept blood transfusions.

it just isn't true any longer.

i have posted documentary evidence of jws world wide accepting whole platelets , whole plasma, whole white blood cells, their own whole blood after it being stored up to six hours, and evidence of them saying they are "very happy" that the courts ordered the transfusion of their children saving their lives.
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What is the most embarassing moment you've had while still a JW?
by african GB Member in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember having to preach to my girlfriend/classmate while i was still at school.

i was with one of the elders and it was my 'house' to preach.. wished i could vanish from the surface of the earth..
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What was your most DISTURBING event as an elder ? (Per T.O.S. no full names please).
by Balaamsass in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'll start the ball rolling.

dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.

i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.
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Acts 15:29 & Revelation 2:14,20
by allyouneedislove in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have heard the assertion that acts 15:29 saying: "keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood" was a decree set forth as a recommendation to keep christian gentiles from stumbing christian jews.

the same assertion says that 1 corinthians 8 makes it clear that it is a conscience matter to "keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols".

however, revelation 2:14,20 seems to show that eating things sacrificed to idols is much more serious of a grievance.. .