problemaddict
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I just noticed this tactic
by problemaddict inin reading terrys latest post, if made me think of something that exists and many of us have experienced but i have not really put into a logical thoughts process before.
in terrys 4 facts everyone should know about jw's, the second one referrs to the walsh trial where unity is said to be more important than truth, in no uncertain terms.. this made me think about how one would bring up this fact.
my mind wandered to the beginning of my fade, when inevitably, many of us open up our mouths and say too much.
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Pondering Noah account
by problemaddict ini see my wife being pulled into the org a little again, by some good people and kindness.
she grew up a very happy jw, and to leave is very hard for her.
but she has opened the pandoras box of her brain and can't shut it.. we were discussing blood a couple days ago.
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A friend gets his last check from a JW company.....
by problemaddict inso basically he is a subcontractor for a company that owes him money, and has been paying him very poorly for his service.
(industry wide problem).
so he e mails them a venting e mail, saying he will no longer take work, giving them a date he expects the pay to be cut or he leins properties etc.... he gets a response, they go back and forth, and the last response they send the check and at the bottom post a scripture (he didn't remember which one) with the phrase "and we will continue to serve our god jehovah".
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Yahoo Answers
by problemaddict inso i went over there for the first time ever just to kind of check it out.
i am shocked by the large amount of jw's on there.
(i am less shocked that they are copying and pasting the jw.org website and refferencing it, without ever answering any questions).. my thought is this.....is the new attention to jw.org going to embolden jw's to start preaching via the web?
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Governing Body member Sam Heard at our Assembly
by problemaddict innice enough gentleman.
the parts were pretty watered down.
mom asks him if he is ready.....did he clean off all the dirt?
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What ever happened too.....
by problemaddict in...the real jw apologists?
not the ones that pop on here and have a go with the athiests, but the ones that defended their posision at least with some form of scholarly notion and education.
you know.... greg stafford (last seen being clearly an apostate....but not getting disfellowshipped for starting another religion.....odd) site abandon for months.. jehovah.to - the haven for the learned with such heavies as hal flemmings, solomon landers, and heinz schmidt.
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Stands For True Worship - Blood
by problemaddict inhello sftw,.
when you have a moment.
why not have a respectful conversation about the societies blood doctrine, the evolution of that doctrine, and the implications of that doctrine.
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Wife update
by problemaddict inif you want the short version, scroll down to "short version".. .
so i am at 1200 posts or so (only about 6 were probably of note), and i still havenlt told my story and probably won't for some time.
basically, i was a born in who has served in other countries, as an ms, and given talks etc... my wife and i were in foreign language, have co's we have counted as close family friends, and were basically the golden boy and girl of their respective areas.
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REACTION from my neck of the woods...
by problemaddict inas some of you may know i am in the midst of a fade, working on the family coming along (new thread to update there).
most mf my close friends are still jw's to varying degrees.
i would say most are couples that are around our age (25-35), and they attend maybe 90% of the meetings, go in service on sat, pioneer in april, and have a couple bible studies etc... in general the good kind.
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Funny demon conversation
by problemaddict inminimus inspired me to recall a crazy conversation i had with a houseguest at my home while i was one of jw's and even serving.
i had a houseguest say that she couldn't sleep all night, and then she found a birthday card in her friends room that someone at work gave her innocently enough.
she burned it and said she could finally sleep.. i asked her if she knew how long ago her friends birthday was?