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  Secret Letters and files

  by simplesally in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it still bothers me very much that they are allowed to keep files on us and that we have no right to see the contents.

  they can choose to look at them or destroy them, whatever they wish, but our wishes about a file with our name on it, about our lives is not unavailable.

  when you change halls a letter is written about you to the next group of men in black.

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  My Experience Today with My Brother

  by Reborn2002 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, my brother and his wife came over to my parent's house to visit today while i was home.. to make a long story short, while my brother and his wife were chatting with my mother in the living room, my 1 and a half year old nephew reilly walked into the kitchen where i was making a caesar salad.. he walked over towards me and was smiling, how can any normal adult resist the innocent smile of a child who is your relative?

  i picked him up and gave him a huge hug, and told him i loved him.. as i was holding my nephew in my arms, my brother walked into the room.

  he was smack dab in the middle of an in-depth conversation about jehovah with my mother and his wife, and i admit i was rolling my eyes listening to him spew about the "truth" and "the only means for salvation in the last days of this wicked system" even though when i confronted him with info on the un, blood, russell gravesite, rape changes, exclusivity, etc, he had no response for me because he was dumbfounded and lost for words.

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  6/15 WT Re: Revealing Confidential Matters

  by SumnerSloan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  p. 31 - a time to reveal a confidential matter - three little paragraphs about how the "appointed shepherds" sometimes choose not to reveal certain matters to the cong.

  for a time ...).

  ??

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  Need a laugh?? (more)

  by closer2fine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=866419376 .

  closer .

  solid stone is just sand and water, baby.

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  Elderette Stories

  by SumnerSloan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  simplesally's mention of the "elderette" making her own rules for streetwork, got me thinking: does anyone have any amusing (or more likely, totally obnoxious!

  ) elderette stories to share?

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  CO talk

  by Fatal Error in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we had our second co talk yesterday, the topic of which was loyalty, thinly veiled as to one another, but dripping with threats toward those who might go against the society.. after the usual drivel about the society being god's organisation, and appreciating their junk food (as an aside, has anyone actually vomitted up any of this "food"??

  just wondering...), i was rudely dragged out of my slumber by the co's harsh declaration that we should shun all those who slipped away from the thruth, as they inactivity is a bad influence.

  he went on to heap the blame on them, "if they feel this way, then they should expect their due", "they bring shunning onto themselves" etc.... has it always been this way?

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  Thoughts about Depression and Anxiety

  by flower in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is mostly directed to others that were born/raised in the cult.

  more specifically those raised in the cult who also suffered from severe depression and/or social anxiety disorder or any other mental illness (other than the normal probs that come with being in the borg).

  sometimes i wonder if its just me that doesnt feel like a person now.

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  Thoughts....

  by somebody in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good evening all, .

  this is just some more "stuff" printed in the kingdom ministry by the jesus-led incorporated printing business, for all the publishers who work for them and contribute to making them worth multi-millions to read and follow before attending an assembly/convention.. 5/99/ km.

  lately, building managers and food vendors in the facilities where our conventions are held have observed some brothers leaving the auditorium to purchase food from street vendors and fast-food establishments nearby.

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  Mark my words.....Time is short.....

  by LDH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the society will not and can not allow current levels of defection without sanction.

  shunning is their hallmark and what allows members to live in their hypnotic dream-like state, away from the evil informative apostates.. soon they will have to either change their baptism questions again, with the phrasing something like &"only by doing all the things jw in good standing do can we be considered as jw" blah blah blah.

  they will then use that as a springboard to da or df members who don't attend meetings.. either that, or they will adopt another one of their stunning resolutions [8>]like they've resolved in the past.

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  Anatomy of a JW Prayer...

  by Mister Biggs in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw's always teach that our prayers should not be repetitive.. however, for those that are still "active" (and for those who still remember), i present to you typical words or phrases that make up a jw prayer.. feel free to add to the list!.

  -"dear heavenly father, jehovah" or "jehovah god".

  -"bowed heads and humble hearts".

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