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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #9

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, it's time to put the sunday papers down and get in some serious polling.

  we've gotta be quick, because we don't want to miss any of the world cup final!

  so, here's this week's topic (it's a long one!!

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  Disfellowshipment

  by larc in

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  2. friends

  on the subject of disfellowshipping, there is something i don't understand.

  many here have told their stories as to what happened to them.

  i have to ask this question.

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  I Just Can't Do It!

  by Sentinel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was rather surprised to see this subject in the forum, and so it peeked my curiousity.. when i was floundering in the borg, i really slowed down to a snails pace as far as reading any of the wt literature.. when i decided to walk away, (at the time with guilt and self doubt), i got rid of all the literature.

  i had not renewed my wt subscribtion, and was not getting any other literature in the mail.

  so, there was nothing coming in.

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  What is Faith?

  by Mackin in

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  2. friends

  when i was a 'dub, i beleived that faith was the hebrews 11 thing, but since i have put aside that way of thinking and no longer believe god or believe the bible to be anything more than a collection of human history and philosophy, i tend to think in terms of faith being no more than the dictionary definition: .

  1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions.

  2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to god (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust.

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  Looking for fellow Aussies

  by signgirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hullo people, well its my first time here so, i wanted to say hi and if any of you guys who pop in here happen to be from australia or even new zealand, please contact me, well if you want, because i know there are heaps of us around who have had the big df and i know a few in the brisbane area, so if you by chance find this note, yes its me and maybe we could get together.

  see ya all.

  soldier on :)

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  Kinky details to JW boys death

  by Kep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this boys disappearance was big news in nz.. searches were done a number of times in the area.. finally his body was found.. this article has just appeared with some rather unusual details surrounding his disappearance.. http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1159345a11,ff.html.

  you might have to key in the full address to open the article, but i've pasted it as well.. teen went missing after prank .

  07 april 2002 .

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  Any kiwi bethren left the fold??

  by Beck_Melbourne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering if there are any other kiwis out there that i may have known over the years...i grew up in the rotorua north congregation...which eventually became the kawaha cong, however i knew most of the younger ones in the district.. anyone from the following congregations, please drop me an email:.

  murupara.

  kawaha.

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  My Story

  by Kep in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mother and grandmother are dubs, so it was a part of my life from the start.

  both my dad and grandfather weren't, so it was what they call a divided household.. that sucked coz, after the meeting we were hurried off home to please the unbelieving mate.. so i never got to have real friends at the meetings and never had any activities outside of school.. as i got older i began to fit in with the school mates but felt restrained as we always had meetings to go to.. to cut a long story short, i got baptised when i was 18, had trouble keeping on top of meetings and witnessing etc.... i went weak, then inactive, found myself a girlfriend, non-witness, talked her thru the issues and problems i was going thru and so she decided to study.. we got married, she was baptised and things were going good.. as they were always pushing at assemblies to pioneer we felt we had to do that.. so as our circumstances allowed, she began pioneering.. you know, i look back and can say there was so much pressure put on couples who didn't have a family to seek first the kingdom.. as i had a checkered past according to some in the congo, it was a battle to attain privilidges.

  but i worked at it, i would auxillary pioneer each year and use my vacation time to do it, brown nose the co each time he visited, and bend over backwards to do anything the elders wanted done.. and as time passed i became a ministerial servant.. then in order for me to become an elder i had to really work my ass off.. so i did, i sorted things out so i could also become a regular pioneer.. after 18 months of doing that plus continually working hard for the org i was appointed elder.. my family was stoked.. i had a sister whose husband had also been appointed elder, my other sister was a regular pioneer and my brother was living with me and doing as much as he could.

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  for those who "grew up in the borg"

  by zev in

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  2. friends

  at this late, middle stage of my life, i've started wondering, now that i know what i know, about the things in my life that i "lived" with.

  having been raised all my life in the "borg" i have known nothing else.

  when questions began forming years ago, it started me thinking.

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