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  JWs in a frenzy!

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else get the distinct impression that jws are being worked up into a frenzy with all the changes and activity nowadays?

  by the end of august, there will have been four campaigns inside of a year.

  one last november, a memorial campaign, a convention campaign and an advertise jw.org campaign.. then there's the conventions with all the hooplah around that with all the video, and the aggrandizement of synchronized gb talks.

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  berrygerry

  What's your speculation about 144, 000?
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  How many remember the 15 min break Between the Public Tlk and WT Study?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  as kid i remember a break of 15 minutes between the public talk and the wt study.

  all the new ones and "weak" ones ran out to smoke.

  loved to see the attendant round them up to come back in when the droning began again.

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  berrygerry

  Lots of threads for me to catch up.

  I remember the smoke-break after the talk. But it didn't add extra time, so it was a welcome break.

  Another oddity back then was the WT study - the paragraph was Q and A'd, and after the Q & A's, then the paragraph was read by the reader.

  It seemed weird when it was switched to read before the Q & A's.
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  Scared I'll Never be Happy Again

  by Stumbeline in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so it's' been 8 months since i was disfellowshiped.

  i moved out of my mothers house accross the country to room with a friend.

  things have been going ok, it's just strange to be so far away from everything that felt familiar, even the meetings.

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  berrygerry

  Do you have any friends from your old hall that still supported you?

  Initially, I was surprised at the number of youths that lead "double-lives" (I.e. they're human, not drones).

  They've made a huge difference in my child keeping sane.
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  The zoolander experiment.

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you think romantic relationships work better in the long run if both partners are roughly intellectual equals?.

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  berrygerry

  There are way too many variables for a definitive answer.

  The sad thing is that most in their youth do not know what they will want when they're older.
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  Society money grab tonight

  by Red Piller in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wow.

  you read about it here.

  but, it still doesn't prepare you.. our hall passed a resolution to give about 15,000 to the wt.

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  berrygerry

  How much was the monthly amount?
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  Great Crowd Survivors will be Maimed, Lame, and have one eye

  by Quarterback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's official.

  the saturday convention program has a talk.

  it is titled arrive maimed, lame, and with one eye.

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  berrygerry

  Looks like some elders will finally be able to start meting out Mosaic law justice.
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  My Successful Fade

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's been a while since i've posted anything about myself.

  i've been on jwn for a couple of years.

  my leaving the organization was not because i lost my faith, but i left because of my faith.

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  berrygerry

  It feels like a twin life to mine, only you're farther up the road than me.

  "The worse fear was that she and I would survive Armageddon and then I'd be stuck with her for all eternity! If that had happened, I was going to be the first suicide in paradise!"

  Always loved Meatloaf - for a few years now, the lyrics have a lot more meaning.

  Thanks for the post.
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  We'd Like to KILL the apostates, but we can't....

  by betweenworlds in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read this quote at tom's site (thanks tom!

  ) and then looked it up for myself on the wt cd.

  this is truly disturbing and shows their true mindset....this is from the nov. !5th 1952 question from readers.

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  berrygerry

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpp0ZdmpC-w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  He should have read the red parts in court.

  Interesting that the elder said that it's okay to say Hi! at the supermarket.
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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  berrygerry

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  Help With Legal Project - Children in Judicial Meetings

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  an acquaintance in canada is making a serious attempt at ending children being forced, or coerced, to attend a judicial meeting.. are there any here who had to attend such a meeting, and would be willing to contribute their feelings?.

  likewise, any who were baptized as minors, but felt later that at the time of their baptism, they were not old enough to have made that decision..

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  The walkout is already happening, a young JW I've known since birth just left her parents when they were out of town.

  She was the last person that I would have expected.

  The concern is the amount of mental/emotional damage that is being done, whether they eventually leave or not.