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  Hi! I'm new here

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  thought i am gonna introduce myself.

  i am a girl from a country in europe, and not an english speaking one, so if i am writing strange or something, you know why.

  anyway, have been reading here for a while now, the other day i thought it was time to register as a member.

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  berrygerry

  factfinder: I love your old skit references.

  i have many memories of skits in the 70's that made meetings tolerable.

  Power girl - I love your bravity.

  I have a daughter, awake, who is your age.

  Rock on!
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  JW.borg permanent booths in flea markets

  by EndofMysteries in

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  i have seen in my local area and while traveling a foreign country jw.borg booths at flea markets.

  i remember about 8 or 9 years ago seeing a russellite table at a flea market, and a jw with me said how they were from russells time when those apostates left and the only preaching they do is setting up stands like that.

  now jw's are doing the same thing.

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  berrygerry

  If the postcards in Mike and Kim's videos take hold, then that's what will be left for witnessing.
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  Public defiance against blood transfusions. Will this guy be disfellowshipped?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ashya-kings-father-says-hell-4256798.

  we've been following this story.

  how can someone openly defy the governing body and yet avoid being disfellowshipped?

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  berrygerry

  Interesting post.

  No idea of the Mirror's credibility - but the story seems straightforward enough.

  As one cannot be DF'd for accepting blood, but may be DA'd if not repentant - this makes for an interesting JW theological challenge when allowing your child to accept blood.
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  How much meaning are the rank and file putting on October 2014?

  by JimmyPage in

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  it's definitely on their minds.

  i attended a funeral recently and a jw told me that the person who died almost made it to the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the kingdom.. curious what comments like this you've heard in your area?.

  (and can't wait for november!).

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  berrygerry

  Sorry, but did the Kingdom not originally begin ruling in 1799?

  Hence, are we not celebrating 215 years?
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  THE ULTIMATE statement which addresses the cult of death: Armageddon obsession

  by Terry in

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  2. bible

  this, in my opinion, is one of christopher hitchens' most concise statements about obsession with armageddon.. i'd love to have a transcript of this and just sit and memorize it:).

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj2lehsa1dk.

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  berrygerry

  Thanks for the post.

  Cult of death - too true.
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  How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

  as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

  surely education should come first.

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  berrygerry

  This, to me, (barring suicides and family disorders) is one of the saddest threads.

  The absolute destruction of someone's life to pioneer for x number of years is irreprehensible.

  It is vile to the n'th degree.
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  My fave movie - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nurse Ratched = WTS, Billy = The Members

  by berrygerry in

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  the most powerful and meaningful movie i've watched.. wts prefers suicides or deaths of dissidents.. absolute diabolical beings (not human beings - sub-humans).. .

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  berrygerry

  The most powerful and meaningful movie I've watched.

  WTS prefers suicides or deaths of dissidents.

  Absolute diabolical beings (not human beings - sub-humans).
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  w14 12/15-E Study Edition

  by wifibandit in

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  click "premium download".

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  pdf: http://bayfiles.net/file/1kv2k/uaqn2y/w_e20141215.pdf.

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  berrygerry

  Vitreous PUKE!

  (Do You Appreciate What you Have Received)

  Your father loves you and DETESTS your 999 siblings BECAUSE you think a corporation is your Father's secret will for you all!
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  My evening at the pub - how many ex-JW's do you think there are?

  by berrygerry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i'm having a pint and talking to the owner and his gf.. she's talking about her line of work - leads to my family history - and that my wife is in a strange religion.. the owner snorts, and says very disdainfully that his ex was a jehovah's witness.

  i said bingo.. then the barmaid pipes in about her grandma and all of her aunts and uncles were witnesses, and were all out.

  but the grandma has witness siblings, so went back after 20 years.

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  berrygerry

  That's a good chart.

  Can you imagine comparing WTS to another corporation?

  The churn rate is pretty high, and the customer acquisition cost is skyrocketing.

  Time for new management!
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  My evening at the pub - how many ex-JW's do you think there are?

  by berrygerry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i'm having a pint and talking to the owner and his gf.. she's talking about her line of work - leads to my family history - and that my wife is in a strange religion.. the owner snorts, and says very disdainfully that his ex was a jehovah's witness.

  i said bingo.. then the barmaid pipes in about her grandma and all of her aunts and uncles were witnesses, and were all out.

  but the grandma has witness siblings, so went back after 20 years.

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  berrygerry

  So I'm having a pint and talking to the owner and his GF.

  She's talking about her line of work - leads to my family history - and that my wife is in a strange religion.

  The owner snorts, and says very disdainfully that his ex was a Jehovah's Witness. I said Bingo.

  Then the barmaid pipes in about her grandma and all of her aunts and uncles were Witnesses, and were all out. But the grandma has Witness siblings, so went back after 20 years. Her kids were upset that she went back.

  As the barmaid didn't know much about being a JW, she was fascinated and asked question after question.

  Anyways, it got me thinking that there must be multi-millions who have left.