There were supposedly news reports backing up "The Birds" I remember hearing it from at least 2 co's and a talk on the dc once. And non stop fild service chatter! And it included all kinds of birds. And just to make it feel even more real, the crow and black bird population was exploding in the big national parks around where we were living! The black birds got so bad the National Guard, had to take steps to kill millions of them!
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Carnivorous birds before 1975
by TheFadingAlbatros inwho among you has ever heard of carnivorous birds, birds of the kind of vulture, increasing in number at lightning speed on some mystery island located on our planet ?
twice in europe before 1975, once through a co talk in a "kingdom" hall and once again by i do not exactly remember who during a jws' convention.
and all this in order to prepare jws to be as fit as a fiddle for an universal carnage orchestrated supposedly by the true god intending to very soon annihilate "worldly" people not belonging to his chosen ones.
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Why do you still give talks?
by 1tMakesNoSence inassuming you are still sitting there because of circumstances.
why do you still give/don't give talks?i ask this because i have to give talk no.
3: love and obedience bring happinessnwt p. 26 4-6 (5 min.
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DwainBowman
I stopped giving talks, when I found out what the so called appointed men had done to me 12 year's was all )ies they made up! I found out 2 years ago! I knew when it happened, I had been wrongfully dfed, but I didn't wa`t to cause trouble down the road! -
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My Story of Waking Up - in retrospect
by cappytan inso, many of y'all know bits and pieces of my story of waking up, but i thought it might be nice to have it all in one place.. i was baptized at 11, auxiliary pioneered every summer, regular pioneer at 17, ministerial servant by 19, then went to bethel for a year.. i always had minor doubts from time to time, but nothing serious.
always dismissed doubts and decided to "just have faith.".
after leaving bethel, i was never really firing on all cylinders "spiritually speaking.
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It pays to be careful, I thought I had changed up enough details and events. About 6 months later, I got a private message, from someone telling me, he thought he knew who I was. After a week or so of pulling my hair out, and worrying, he told me he had visited my congragation, but I wasn't there, then he told me who gave the talk! Then he told me my wifes daughters name. Oh it scared the crap out of me, thinking I was going to be outed! Then we had a few chats, and a phone call or two! Then I went and spent the day, with him and his family!
Well it has turned out good to have someone with the same feeling's about the borg, plus he enlightened me even more!
Then about that time a young woman came on the board, and after her telling her story, it rang a bell. I knew who she was! I wanted to reach out to her, but I kept it to myself, for I didn't want to scare her, lijllike I was! But she stopped posting after a short time!
Dwain
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Why a new "World Headquarters"?
by 4thgen ini just dont get it.
the gb moved to patterson and are conducting business from there, right?
they are not printing as much literature as they once were and they are still operating walkill for the magazines...er a ....pamphlets.
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DwainBowman
My brother in law, is always talking about how much the work is speeding up in the USA, and I just shake my head inside, and think where is it happening? Maybe building all kinds of new costly building and warehouse to stock pile building supplies, count's, then so be it, the work is speeding up! Now if they build all these new so badly needed KH's and can't fill them up, at least they are ready to be sold off, as needed!!!!!! -
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Does Bruce Jenner (Caitlyn) qualify for Baptism?
by John Aquila inim not sure if bruce had a sex operation but lets say someone did have a sex operation and then studied with the witnesses and wanted to get baptized, would he qualify in todays jw world?
could he have privileges?
the bible says the past cant be held against you, once you accept the truth.
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Amateurs Built the Ark
by enigma1863 inare you familiar with the motto "professionals built the titanic amateurs built the ark?".
i find it somewhat annoying.
i've been looking for a good analogy like amelia earhart was a professional pilot dorothy was just a girl from kansas but she got back home..
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Anybody have any experience with this?
by stillin inan elderly sister passed away recently.
family came to her memorial service from all over the country.
some of them, including grown-up, disfellowshipped children of hers, also came.
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DwainBowman
I have got to say one good thing for the congregations I am stuck around. So far when it has come to this issue, it has been like a short term pass has given. We had three sudden deaths in a very short time just a year or so back. At all three after event's, there were a number of df'ed family and friends there, and most, inculding the elders spoke to them, with compassion and kindness. The effects were positive as far as jw land was concerned, at least 2 have been reinstated since. If they had been kucked in the guts one more time, I am pretty sure, they would have never gotten them back.
This from a hanging congragation, that is know for its very harsh treatment and df'ing at the dropping of a hat!
Dwain
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WT is shorting literature orders by congregation with a problem contributing enough for literature $3500 just for mags
by oppostate inat our meeting last night there was a talk about having run out of magazines for the last three months.
it's expected this will continue to happen.
the "branch" has not sent the requested number of magazines.
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DwainBowman
If they are short shipping mag's and other items, and I don't doubt it at all! No one packing the mag's would know, the packing list are provided with the amounts listed for each item! I used to be a binder, trimmer $ and mailing line operation tech, back in the mid 70's, all of our factory was state of the art equipment for the day. Our mailing equal has the packing list programed into it, and the mags were counted out and strapped without anyone touching them, until they were stacked off at the end of the line!
Back then, I could see where the mags were heading in abvance, I kept little notes with my info and a hello note on it, with stuff going to bethell was coming, I would put my notes in them. I still have a few good friends from those notes! 2 of the are like me, stuck in, but out mentally!
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Songs to make an '80's Guy (or girl) cry.....
by avishai inanother thread inspired this one, and i'm making myself a lil' compilation.... i'll start.
"just like heaven" the cure.
"please, please let me get what i want" the smiths....
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DwainBowman
Tell me lies. Fleetwood Mac