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  Christmas Cards 2021

  by garyneal in

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  hello,.

  long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

  she normally does this.. thanks.

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  smiddy3

  I`m glad to hear/see that your on the right side of the ground and not pushing up daisies yet BS .

  Feel free to give us an update on your life if you feel inclined ,pm me if you want ,I`ve missed you on here.

  Take care
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  Disfellowship

  by justice34 in

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  i'm dealing right now with veru extreme situations that most of us have been in this sect.. i've talk to the elders because i was smoking cigarettes and i stopped for a couple of weeks.

  the reason i did that because mamy things are going on right now in my life.

  i'm out, i don't attend meetings i don't want to do anything with them anymore but i live in a small community so i want to go out without giving attention to anybody.. the reason i told them what i'm doing because my wife is still one of them and other people learn of some other things i have been doing and i had to tell something for obvious reasons.. the elsers tho the haven't answer to me back in 2 weeks almost and today one of them called me to give me some information.

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  I've talk to the elders because i was smoking cigarettes and I stopped for a couple of weeks.

  I`m afraid that was a big mistake and you will have a hard if not impossible task of undoing it.

  But I think your goose is cooked ,sorry about that.

  I wish you well ,and prove me wrong.
  
  
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  2/2022 WT: a repeated request & more doubletalk

  by neat blue dog in

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  we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

  " well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.

  "during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .

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  smiddy3

  Haven`t the GB read the Bible story of Exodus where all the faithful had to do was in reality put a sign on the doorposts so they could be spared ?

  Instead of having "bunkers" ,just a sign on your dwelling and the Angels should be able to protect you from any danger from police or military personal.

  Simple as that.
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  BBC interview about 1975 - never heard this before..

  by defender of truth in

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  for any lurkers who don't believe the watchtower taught that the world would end in 1975... rare jehovah's witnesses 1968 interview "armageddon and 1975" london watchtower rep speaks to bbc.

  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npmt-ml-m-g. --------.

  but where will this system of things be by that time?

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  Apparently there is one born every minute , and I must have been one of them because I became a JW in 1960.

  And it took me another 18 years after `75 to see the light and wake up.
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  Selena Gomez talks about Mental Health

  by Iamallcool in

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  she was raised as a jw.

  i don’t know her current status as a jw.

  i think her mom is still a jw but i am not sure.

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  A case of mistaken identity ?
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  No Time to die.

  by mickbobcat in

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  i watched the movie by streaming it off line.

  i don't pay to watch woke movies ever.

  the film had great cinematography.

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  007 Being a female ? whatever the color of her skin ,no way.That would be like Snow White being played by a colored girl .It just wouldn`t gel.
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | November 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. .

  13. how did prayer help one family who were unjustly treated?.

  13 consider the experience of a sister named vero, who lives in the democratic republic of the congo.

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  A religious reporter was asking an elderly devout Jewish man who has been going to the wailing wall in Jerusalem everyday for over sixty years and asked him what he was praying for and he replied "that all mankind should love and be in peace with one another including Jews and Arabs and we could all live together in harmony."

  And the reporter said : And what do you think ?

  The Elderly devout Jewish man said, " Sometimes I think I`m just talking to a brick wall "
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  Christmas Cards 2021

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello,.

  long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

  she normally does this.. thanks.

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  smiddy3

  I have committed myself to send Xmas cards this year to those addresses I have from a previous couple of years ago.

  Nobody needs to feel obligated to send one back if they don`t want too.

  I have misplaced a couple of cards but still have the envelopes they came in ,but with no indication who sent them.

  One was from Berlin Germany and the other was from Milwaukee USA.

  If anybody else wants to chime in your very welcome.

  ,Just pm me with your user name and address.

  smiddy3

  PS , They will be cheap cards ,it is the thought that counts right ?
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  Christmas Cards 2021

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello,.

  long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

  she normally does this.. thanks.

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  smiddy3

  Hi Garyneal,

  Maybe your having a seniors moment my friend LOL ,I have a Xmas , no sorry Happy Holidays card from you in 2019.and I think I sent you a pm on the 11/12/19 according to the card I have in front of me.

  Take care mate ,

  Blondie told me then she is taking a hiatus,and I`m thinking of sending a Xmas card to all that responded to me back then.

  smiddy3
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  King Richard the movie

  by smiddy3 in

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  i thought this needed to be said here.. ok ,i watched this movie today and really enjoyed it .it focuses on richard and venus rise to fame mainly and is not backward in showing richard as a bit of an egotistical asshole who pushes and drives his kids to what they became.many times you got the feeling it was all about richard doing it for himself.

  the girls played a good part and will smith does a fine job as richard.. i think that only jw`s and ex-jw`s would pick up from the movie that they were jehovah`s witnesses as it was really only alluded too in a couple of scenes.. one where richard gives a mealtime prayer and mentions the name jehovah ( the only time it is mentioned in the movie ) and when a coach is berating him for taking the girls away from practice to go to" church" as he called it and mentioned the" hall" which would go over most peoples head.. if only 50% of this movie was fact it is well worth watching,i recommend it..

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  I thought this needed to be said here.

  OK ,I watched this movie today and really enjoyed it .It focuses on Richard and Venus rise to fame mainly and is not backward in showing Richard as a bit of an egotistical asshole who pushes and drives his kids to what they became.Many times you got the feeling it was all about Richard doing it for himself. The girls played a good part and Will Smith does a fine job as Richard.

  I think that only JW`s and ex-JW`s would pick up from the movie that they were Jehovah`s Witnesses as it was really only alluded too in a couple of scenes.

  One where Richard gives a mealtime prayer and mentions the name Jehovah ( the only time it is mentioned in the movie ) and when a coach is berating him for taking the girls away from practice to go to" church" as he called it and mentioned the" Hall" which would go over most peoples head.

  If only 50% of this movie was fact it is well worth watching,I recommend it.