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Main now Friends?
by Outaservice ini noticed the 'main' part of the board is now called 'friends'.. didn't the witnesses use to refer to each other as 'the friends'?.
maybe we ought to change it to 'ren.dez.vous brothers and sisters'?.
just a thought!.
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Single at 40 .JW virgins.
by sleepy income on admit it, if you were brought up a witness you were dead scared that you were going to end up like the men you saw prowling the assembles and congregations looking for wives.. there would always be men and women in there 30's and 40 who had never had a boy or girl friend.. i used to know quite a few.. the horror of their lives shocks me.. now i not dissing anyone who has chosen not to marry that is their choice.but these people i know want to meet someone and get married.. but the bad news is that the older they get the harder it is to find a wife .what makes it worse is that the choice is so limited.. many of these grown men are even affraid of women .
why?.
because they are taught that even to look at a woman is to commit imorality let alone talk to one.. i knew a brother who had never had a girl friend , he was about 26 at the time.now a sister asks to go out with him so he accepts.quite soon she wants to hold his hand.. this brother now tells her off, for in the family book it says holding hands is only for people who are going to get married.. he doesn't go out with such a spiritually weak sister again.. what has the socity done to these peoples lives.. many people who were once happy teenagers hoping to meet the wife or husband of their dreams are now approaching 40 or even older and have never even had a girlfriend.theri only hope is the new system and i don't want to breack the news to them but its not coming.
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Mind Control & Urban Legends
by freeman inwitness urban legends.
you know what they are; we have all heard them before.
the stories that somehow show the witnesses or their teachings in a good light but always seem to contain elements that would seem preposterous to most people.
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Part 14: The Last Shepherding Visit
by Amazing inwhile i have you on the phone, elder c and i want to come by on a shepherding visit with you and your family.
brother amazing, we just want to visit with you and your family anyway.
the jc with brother k was over.
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Victory...the reward for patience!
by dmouse inmany years ago when i first came upon boards like this i wanted to know how to cope with my new status as an exjw.. in particular i was concerned with how to handle my still devout jw wife and three children.. i was given a lot of advice some potentially harmful, like leave your wife but many recommended patience.. that was ten years ago.
over the next decade i allowed my wife to take our children to all the meetings and inculcate them however she wished.
i knew it was a risk but i did not want to appear to be the stereotypical opposing mate and reinforce jw propaganda.. my plan was this:.
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Six Priests Suspended After Claims of Sex Abuse
by Nassau insix catholic priests suspended after claims of sex abuse.
the roman catholic archdiocese of boston said that it had.
suspended six more priests because of accusations of past.
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Part 10: The Last CO Visit & Demise of Elder A
by Amazing inpart 10: the last co visit & demise of elder a. .
the phone rings its elder a: brother amazing, the co is visiting, and will be out on shepherding calls.
when we left the room, elder a walked up and asked what our meeting was about.
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Average age of apostates survey.
by sleepy ini thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.
1.age you left the watchtower.
(or age you found out it was wrong).
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"O A S H E The Book of Jehova"????
by Hairy Harr ini need a little help on finding a book...but first, the rest of the story.
back some time ago when i was affiliated i stopped at a used bookstore.
i loved searching thru them and making little discoveries.