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  I'm a father first!

  by FatherFirst in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys, this is my first post; i thought i should introduce myself.

  i was raised and spent most of my life a jw before i was disassociated, because i refused to stop seeing a non witness girl.

  i must say their decision to cut me off from my family and friends although initially traumatic ended up being the biggest blessing in disguise of my life.

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  Nice story! My 2nd time reading it - read it first on the Yuku Ex-JW board =)
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  CO kept mispronouncing "debt"

  by Red Piller in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, this happened a while ago - but i never posted on it.

  during a co visit, he gave a talk relating to jesus ransom (i think) and the "debt" that was owed by sin, etc.... he kept saying "debt" and he kept pronouncing the "b".

  so it sounded like "deb-t".

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  There were a few giggles in the audience, but most didn't even seem to notice! And the study conductor didn't even bother to correct him...
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  CO kept mispronouncing "debt"

  by Red Piller in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, this happened a while ago - but i never posted on it.

  during a co visit, he gave a talk relating to jesus ransom (i think) and the "debt" that was owed by sin, etc.... he kept saying "debt" and he kept pronouncing the "b".

  so it sounded like "deb-t".

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  Divergent

  Happens all the time! During a recent WT study I attended, the magazine reader kept mispronouncing "heirs" as "hairs"!!! Unbelievable!!!
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  Send In The Clowns

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as i sat through another mind numbing sermon this morning i could not help thinking that the speaker was a total clown.. lime green suit, white shirt, yellow tie, blue socks barely higher than his ankle, brown shoes, and an orange cast.

  all that was missing was a big red rubber nose!

  and of course everyone remarked what a wonderful talk he gave.

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  Divergent

  Stephen Lett would make a great clown! ;)
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  Shorter meetings for field service

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  march kingdom ministry insert is about how the field service meetings will be shortened from 10 to 15 minutes down to 5 to 7 minutes.

  they want the publishers to report more hours.

  in my experience the problem isn't the length of the meeting for service but pioneers and publishers dogging it after the service arrangement.

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  Divergent

  OnTheWayOut: "Just let the pedophile pair up with the pre-teen..."

  
  

  LOL!!! Can't stop laughing!!!

  
  
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  new photos of the stupidity ^%$#@ WTF is this %^$#

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sure you've seen these, just in case you haven't.

  https://instagram.com/p/zorhhuhis5/.

  https://instagram.com/p/zba9rlhivl/.

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  Divergent

  As I know, bow ties are considered to be presentable attire, not something that you would be counselled for wearing... but from my observations, those who wear them always seem to be somewhat eccentric or peculiar...
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  What backlash could you expect by telling everyone you 'hate the Caleb cartoons'?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what kind of response could you expect if you let everyone in your congregation know that.

  "... i hate those stupid caleb cartoons.

  i hate his crazy mother.

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  Divergent

  How could you not love them??? They're sooooo cuuute!!!
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  Shorter meetings for field service

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  march kingdom ministry insert is about how the field service meetings will be shortened from 10 to 15 minutes down to 5 to 7 minutes.

  they want the publishers to report more hours.

  in my experience the problem isn't the length of the meeting for service but pioneers and publishers dogging it after the service arrangement.

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  If field service was made optional for JW's, monthly reports are abolished, & the pioneer titles discontinued, I wonder how many would turn up... ;)
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  Looking for examples of Witnesses physically harmed during field service

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am looking for any examples, preferably with independent news sources of any witnesses that have ever been:.

  mugged.

  raped.

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  Divergent

  This is not d2d, but anyway...

  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-ministers-die-in-tennessee-plane-crash/
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  jw.org cart days numbered?

  by jookbeard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reading a report of an elder in a friends cong has been hiding and spying on the pioneers who seem to have a practise of dumping the cart and finding a local coffee shop, i've noticed that they do this in my local high street as well but this week they seemed to be all huddled around the cart, they've clearly been warned, a vast percentage of the time i see they seem to be more interested in fiddling with their mobile phones and gossiping, is just seems these carts are a means for the pioneers to turn in "easy time" i wonder what sort of figures show how much literature is being taken by the public?

  i bet its very minimal.

  naturally the gb would say they are a phenomenal success , we clearly know they are not.

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  Those who engage in cart / trolley witnessing in my area are always the same old people over & over again. Usually they are middle-aged sisters & sometimes the occasional brother. There is a glaring lack of young ones participating in this form of preaching. I don't blame them! =)