Black Sheep

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  Goodbye JW net

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.

  i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.

  these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.

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  Black Sheep

  Thanks for spending some time with us

  Cheers

  Chris
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  Where to go from here...

  by Patrickday in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i'm new around here, but i've been browsing the site the last few days in hopes of finding the answer to the situation i've been going through, so hopefully you can help me.

  i met this girl in highschool, but never really spoke with her until about a year after i graduated.

  she's three years younger (however it's legal where i'm from, don't fret) and still a teenager.

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  Black Sheep

  Until such time as she fully understands that she was raised in an apocalyptic doomsday cult with a history of prophetic failure and nothing to offer her, and you, and her children, of any value, she is damaged goods and is not the kind of person you would choose to have raising your children if you were fully informed about her church's doctrines, rules, nature, grip and history.
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  I was 36 when I started posting here. This weekend I celebrated my 50th birthday!

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and i mean celebrated!

  it was a cracking barbecue party for around 40 good friends and neighbours as well as my 'never jw' cousins and one of my brothers and his family.. .

  drank a bit too much, embarrassed my kids with some 'dad dancing' and laughed until 2 in the morning.

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  Black Sheep

  Happy bithday Nic.

  Dad dancing is cool. There should be more of it.

  Cheers

  Chris
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  New Zealand.

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who lives here?.

  whos been here?.

  who wants to come here?.

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  Black Sheep

  Where is New Zealand?
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  Are we living in the best time in human history, and on the edge at the same time?

  by Fernando in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i believe we are.. your thoughts?.

  how will it turn out?.

  what can/should we do?.

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  Black Sheep

  My grandparents worried about the lives their grandchildren would have. Were they right to worry?
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  1914 real generation vs Watchtower "this generation".

  by tenene in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know it has been discussed a number of times on this forum, but this issue is so complicated and almost impossible to understand.

  what is a generation in real terms?

  watchtower spin doctors managed to buy this organization another 100 years of existence/business just by playing around with this word..

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  Black Sheep

  Make your JW bash every form of dishonesty that they are likely to need to use to weasel their way out of confronting your question, then ask it and use their own high standards to keep them honest.
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  Advice Needed

  by HeyThere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so my situation is changing and i am trying to figure out the best way for me to handle this.

  i am an unbaptized publisher married to a dub who was inactive when we met and when we married and during the course of our marriage, and just went back active a year and a half ago.

  he is a full believing dub.

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  Black Sheep

  Ask as many questions as you want, but don't offer your own opinions. Make them do the talking and shut up except to keep them honest and to give them guilt trips if they try bullying, lying, changing the subject, or any other trickery to avoid answering your questions.

  Remember at all times, that you must portray yourself as asking because you want to understand the Truth, not because you are Satan's minion trying to steal their salvation away from them.
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  Old WT Publications I have

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a number of older wt publications.

  due to downsizing, i would like to get rid of them.

  if some of are of value and have not being scanned, i could scan them for all to share.

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  Black Sheep

  Yes, they have. They are probably all able to be found as PDFs somewhere on the net. Search the forum first. Start a thread asking for a copy, with the name and date of a publication, and there is a good chance someone will upload a copy.
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  A precious gift to all from Jehovah (channelled via Focus)

  by Focus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some souls here may feel i was a little harsh.

  if so, i am deeply sorry.

  i was abused by a handful right from the start, presumably on the basis of the avatar picture (and 2001 vintage).. when visiting dubland, i often find that others start fights with me - for whatever reason, and i provide quite a supply of them - and when it doesn't quite go the way they expected, they cry persecution.

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  Black Sheep

  Quotes.zip

  https://www.sendspace.com/file/tw4jrr
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  Old WT Publications I have

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a number of older wt publications.

  due to downsizing, i would like to get rid of them.

  if some of are of value and have not being scanned, i could scan them for all to share.

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  Black Sheep

  That has been scanned already. Pm me if no one posts it.