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  Things You'll Never Hear a JW Say ...

  by sacolton in

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  check out the responses:.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Thank you, Jesus
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  so were do I go now that ive left the kingdom hall?

  by arimatthewdavies in

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  many people for one reason or other have quit going to the kingdom hall me included!

  i dont object to the people for they are clean well dressed human beings, i object to the way a prefabricated doctorine is distributed, useing hugh amounts of books magazines and media to attempt to study the bible,i feel obligated to say i agree with that method and under pressure to promote it, theirfore i stoped going because pretending to agree with this method and rendering lip service to it in order to keep from being disfellowshiped is a lie,and liers go to the lake of fire, .

  so now that we have left the hall were do we go?

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde and I wondered where we would go, but it didn't take long to realize we didn't want another religion. Besides we knew that even attending a church could put us in jeopardy with the local congregation because we were long-time witnesses. We don't want to be DF'd.

  Then we discovered that there was a local Moose lodge. We joined along with our two sons and their wives. We spend time assisting with their fund-raising dinners and events and occasionally donate to their homes for orphaned children and the elderly. Clyde is now a prelate and I'm a Woman of the Moose. At our twice monthly women's meetings they offer a couple of prayers and that's about as religious as they get. The only criteria for membership that I can remember is that you're not a terrorist and believe in God (no problem there).

  I don't think any witnesses in the area even realize we are members, but my guess is that it wouldn't cause much of a problem if they did because I don't think they even know anything about their activities.

  Talking to my daughter-in-law last night, we both agreed that this has filled a vacuum in our lives. We are helping others who are less fortunate and at the same time getting to know our neighbors better. It's also a family-oriented organization so the kids have games and activities to keep them occupied.

  Another option would have been the Elks or the Eagles--very similar organizations.
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  Ladies: were you often left to deal with the children at assemblies/meetings?

  by JimmyPage in

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  especially those of you married to servants and elders?

  how did you feel about that?

  did you wish the society would make more accomodations for dealing with children?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Yes, I remember the problems I was having with my son when he had just started walking and I had an older toddler. It was a struggle keeping him in check even between sessions. Clyde was working in accounts at the time. Bless his heart! He decided after that it was more important to help with the children and declined any more "volunteer" work at assemblies. But I felt sorry for the other mothers.

  They never had mother's rooms when my children were little. We had to find a way to change diapers in the regular restrooms. Sometimes this was so hard that I remember changing diapers right at my seat--even a dirty one. I had all the equipment with me including a pad to lay on the concrete floor and plastic bags and washcloths.

  I also thought nothing of breast feeding right at my seat. Nobody ever gave me a problem. I just laid a light-weight blanket or towel over my shoulder so the baby was out of sight (sort of) , and it was generally content.
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  Why do I have to keep logging in?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  lately i've noticed that i don't enter this forum as bonnie_clyde but as a visitor and i have to log in.

  when i give them my password, i see an error message.

  then i hit the back button and enter everything again, then one of those silly validation words.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Lately I've noticed that I don't enter this forum as Bonnie_Clyde but as a visitor and I have to log in. When I give them my password, I see an error message. Then I hit the back button and enter everything again, then one of those silly validation words. This happened occasionally in the past and I thought maybe it was because I wasn't posting often enough. But now it's happening even if it's been less than a day since I've posted.

  I don't mind it too much, but I do think I'd post more often if I didn't have to always log in.

  Bonnie
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  Need Awake! article on UN

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  this may have been ten years ago.

  it was about volunteering, and it kept adulating the un.

  that was before everything was exposed.. i tried to do a search on the wt cd, but must not be very good at it..

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Thanks! I remember getting that magazine in the mail and being surprised at all the favorable references to the UN.
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  Need Awake! article on UN

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  this may have been ten years ago.

  it was about volunteering, and it kept adulating the un.

  that was before everything was exposed.. i tried to do a search on the wt cd, but must not be very good at it..

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  This may have been ten years ago. It was about volunteering, and it kept adulating the UN. That was before everything was exposed.

  I tried to do a search on the WT CD, but must not be very good at it.
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  JW woman dies in car accident out in the "work"--where was the holy spirit?

  by blondie in

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  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/traffic/mazda-crushed-by-truck-friday-carried-four-women-938492.html.

  mazda crushed by truck friday carried four women headed out to share word as jehovah's witnesses; one diedbysonja isgerpalm beach post staff writer.

  updated: 6:57 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. posted: 1:33 p.m. sunday, sept. 26, 2010. .

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  We've heard plenty of JW urban legends like where angels protected that sister who called on a guy who had just murdered the Avon lady. This gives the impression that Jehovah will protect you while out in Service.

  These are not just JW urban legends. I got an email the other day from a non-jw friend with the story about a little girl walking home from her friends house--decided to take a shortcut through an alley. Then she saw a man standing at the end of the alley as if he was waiting for her. She became uneasy and started to pray for God to protect her. When she arrived at the end of the alley, she walked right past the man and arrived home safely.

  The following day she read in the newspaer that a young girl had been raped in the same alley just twenty minutes after she had been there. She decided to go to the police station, and they asked if she would be willing to look at a lineup to see if she could recognize the man and identify him. She was able to point to the man and identify him. The man then broke down and confessed. The police asked him why he had not attacked this little girl. He answered, "Because she wasn't alone. There were two tall men walking on either side of her."

  My friend who sent the email said this story gave her goose bumps. I don't know if I have the heart to tell her that I've heard several versions of this story over the last 50 years, and it wasn't always from the JW's.

  Bonnie

  The following day, she read in the
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  Today's WT quotes

  by AnonJW in

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  “When the time comes to clarify a spiritual matter in our day, holy spirit helps responsible representatives of the faithful and discreet slave at world headquarters to discern deep truths that were not previously understood”.

  This is really more brazen than usual. They used to say the faithful and discreet slave discerns the truth. Now it's the "responsible representatives of the FDS at world headquarters" who discern the truth. It's their way of distancing themselves from those in the congregations who are partaking and who just might be faking it.
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  Beth-sarim, my dear

  by jambon1 in

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  what an absolute scandal.. does some recent wt publication not have some half arsed explanation of this glorified drinking den?.

  discuss..

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  "Brother Rutherford had a severe case of pneumonia after his release from unjust imprisonment in 1919. Thereafter, he had only one good lung. In the 1920’s, under a doctor’s treatment, he went to San Diego, California, and the doctor urged him to spend as much time as possible there."

  How much truth is there in this? Was his "unjust" imprisonment really the reason he had only one good lung?
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  Baby(ies) Died From Heat At Convention?

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i recall reading from one source how babies were overcome by the heat at a jw convention, with at least one death.. if i'm not mistaken, this was in houston, texas, at the astrodome.. the story goes that doctors at the convention wanted an advisory about the heat read from the platform, but convention officials refused, stating that only wt related material was to be read.. it was stated that the doctors became so upset at this that they quit the wt on the spot!.

  has anyone else heard or read that story?.

  syl.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  A relative told me about one of the conventions held in Toledo, Ohio, in 2006. On Friday the air conditioning went out in the auditorium, but this didn't stop the convention. The temperature went well into the 90's. One of the brothers my relative knew, who was in his early 50's, had to go to the emergency room. I'm sure there must have been others as well.