Topics Started by Ray
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Internation Ex-Jehovah's Witness MEETUP Day
by Ray inhttp://exjw.meetup.com
visit the web page link above" .
edited by - ray on 9 august 2002 14:58:58edited by - ray on 9 august 2002 15:3:25.
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field service when df'd?
by teejay infrom what i've read (and heard) over the years, the society says you can.
you can even go up to the literature and magazine counter and get your weekly allotment and the brothers at the counter will treat you like everybody else.. i hafta say... when i was df'd, i never did.
the thought never occurred to me.
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Who are the 144,000?
by EXJWBrit ini swallowed and believed such much shit when i was a jw that i have a few more questions to ask anyone who has the answers.
the 144,000 is a big gripe of mine........ right, i was told that the 144,000 found out they were one of the anointed when they had a flash of "revelation" at some point and truly believed it or they had known since they were a child.
what a load of shit!
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Dui Driver Kills JW in wreck
by Kenneson inanother senseless tragedy caused by drinking.
story appears in the augusta, georgia chronicle under the heading: "driver charged in wreck had prior dui conviction".
http://augustachronicle.com/stories/080102/met_174-7358.000shtml
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Should I go??????
by SpiceItUp inok---a bit of background first.
there is this older lady that has been in my parents congregation ever since we moved to fl (14 yrs ago).
she was the sweetest, funniest, quirkiest woman ever.
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Story: Sound Dept. (at Assembly)
by Jim_TX inwhen i was a jw - many moons ago, i hung around the 'sound department' at assemblies.. they finally put me to work - and let me do things like string wire for speakers, install speakers, etc.. i eventually learned how to adjust the amplifiers for proper volume, too.. good experience and training, that i don't use to this day.. anyway - i also was allowed to adjust the microphones for the 'speaker' who would be giving the next talk.. this usually involved following the feller out to the podium, and raising, or lowering the microphone to the proper height fer picking up the words from the fellers' mouth.. some required very little adjustment, whilst others required major raising - or lowering.. this one time, i recall going out there, and they had used a new microphone stand - one that had a ring, or collar arrangement that you just squeezed, or rotated and lifted, to move the microphone up or down, as opposed to the older type that required one to unscrew a locking collar, and then raise or lower the microphone.. i had not tested this previously - and only seen others work it, but it looked easy enough.. so, i follow this 'big-wig' out there, stand there, grab the upper section of the microphone stand with one hand, and then with the other i am attempting to <grunt> <grunt> get it... to ... release.. it wouldn't budge!!!
i was there, for what seemed like an eternity, trying to work this thing, then finally reached up and adjusted the horizontal arm - in a vain attempt to adjust the mic (it also refused to cooperate, and i think i only adjusted the microphone a total of 1/8").. the 'big-wig' speaker musta noticed my total and complete embarrassment (i usually turned beet-red in the face), and nodded that it was adjusted properly - so he could git on with his part.. i skeedadled off that stage - and made a mental note to figure out how to adjust that new type of microphone stand - later..
sheesh!!!
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Locks on Bethel Doors: True?
by Room 215 ini recall that it's been mentioned in passing here on a few threads that there are locks on the bethel rooms.
this to me is significant, since when i was there in the sixties, there were none, and this wasa source of considerable pride in some circles.. can someone confirm, please?.
during my day, they caught one bethel thief, a guy whose dad was a prominent circuit overseer who served in nyc at the time.
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Corrupt congregations
by Insider indo corrupt congregations exist?
some feel they do.
others would categorically deny it.
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Warrant to search the Kingdom Hall
by roybatty inback in the late 1980s, i recall being at one of my first elders/servants meeting with the circuit overseer.
at this meeting the co read a letter from brooklyn regarding the records kept at the kingdom hall and what to do if the police/sheriff showed up with a warrant to remove them.
if i remember correctly, we were told not to cooperate with them, to stall them and to contact the societys lawyers.