Topics Started by Thoughtless

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Just Sent in My DA Letter!
by Thoughtless in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey, this thread is nothing new so i don't wanna get too personal but i'm happy to announce that i am apart of the 33% club!!

i sent in my da letter this past wednesday (again actually, i sent it in the week before but i got hit with the old 'return to sender') and i sent the letter up to the hq instead.

i did courteously mark it as re: disassociation for whatever lackey got it, but i did request in the letter not be contacted.
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New Marriage Arrangement Rumor?
by Thoughtless in
1. jw
2. friends
so, i haven't lurked here in a long while however, i have been checking up more frequently and i saw that there is a rumor going around about getting barred from marriage if the brother not appointed by the time he is 23. is that true?

if it is, i am so screwed haha.

proud fader present within college.
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I did it !!!!
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
7 years ago i started on a path i had long ago given up on as impossible.

i met with my elders and told them i could not justify carrying on as a jw.

i went and got my high school qualifications and my higher education diploma (a levels with distinction) in just 12 months.
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What is with the WT obsession with King David??
by BU2B in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it seems like at least once a month he is brought up as a good example in the study wt.

it seems like he is given more praise than jesus.

have you noticed this?
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edx-Course --> Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul
by fastJehu in
1. watchtower
2. bible
link to the course: https://www.edx.org/course/harvardx/harvardx-hds1544-1x-early-christianity-927.

intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rj3nxoyt7k.

it's my first time for a edx-course and i will try "early christianity: the letters of paul".
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Are You Embarrassed Because You Were A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not.

everyone makes mistakes..
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A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting
by confusedandalone in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.

i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.

the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.
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Disciplinary Actions
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
during a disciplinary procedure, what would the response be if you wanted representation?

an advocate?.

why don't they have a group of unbiased men, a prosecutor to present the case against you and an advocate that would represent the accused?
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Uhoh: Human hand bone dating back 1.4 mill years closes evo gap
by DS211 in
1. jw
2. friends
discovery of 1.4 million-year-old fossil human hand bone closes human evolution gapdec.

16, 2013 humans have a distinctive hand anatomy that allows them to make and use tools.

apes and other nonhuman primates do not have these distinctive anatomical features in their hands, and the point in time at which these features first appeared in human evolution is unknown.
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scum bag elder
by Crazyguy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so last night i had a family meeting and told my kids that i was quitting as a jw and then gave my wife my da letter to give to the one elder i like at the hall tonight.

so this morning i see a text from the co elder the one that met with me and is gunning to get me out and had already tried to get me to a jc meeting this week.

so the text reads "your wife has informed me of your letter and its sad to hear, would like to meet one last time not as a jc, to be sure this is what you want.".