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  48th ANNIVERSARY of me GOING TO PRISON

  by Terry in

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  i was twenty years old.. as a jehovah's witness, i had no career path ahead of me, no college to attend, and no prospect for my future other than.

  knocking on people's doors and scanning the horizon for signs of armageddon:).

  i was engaged to a 17-year-old witness girl i had met at the mineral wells assembly.. what was our future together?

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  Terry I had about the same experience as you, know one cared. This organ has no love in it.
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  48th ANNIVERSARY of me GOING TO PRISON

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was twenty years old.. as a jehovah's witness, i had no career path ahead of me, no college to attend, and no prospect for my future other than.

  knocking on people's doors and scanning the horizon for signs of armageddon:).

  i was engaged to a 17-year-old witness girl i had met at the mineral wells assembly.. what was our future together?

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  Blondie There were no anointed in the group of people I was with. Over the years I have met a lot people who said they were of that class, especial was that true in the early years when I was 1'st baptized I had no trouble believing them. In the later times I just though my hands up and though, who know. As a elder we would talk about it after the memorial did you see any one partake. I don't believe we every talk to anyone about it. At this point let me say how much I enjoy your comments .You always bring a good viewpoint to the topic. I have never heard you say what your thought are. Are they in line with the quotes you make or what? It's hard sometime time, on this website to express a view point. Some things or topic become like a feeding frizzle I almost never joined because of that.
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  48th ANNIVERSARY of me GOING TO PRISON

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was twenty years old.. as a jehovah's witness, i had no career path ahead of me, no college to attend, and no prospect for my future other than.

  knocking on people's doors and scanning the horizon for signs of armageddon:).

  i was engaged to a 17-year-old witness girl i had met at the mineral wells assembly.. what was our future together?

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  Stuck in the middle37

  That is a interesting topic. It was in the early 60's, I had been married about two years We were living in the bay area of northern California, when two Federal Marshals knocked on the door and arrested me. I knew it was coming but not when. I had turned down two or three letters with alternate job offers.They had my trial in San Fransico. I spent a month there and was then transported to the federal prison in Tucson Ariz. It was about 17 miles outside of town and 1/2 up Mt.Lemon. The drive there was interesting there was two federal marshals in front and three of us in the back, chained up and handcuffed that's the way we walked into the restaurants to eat, you should have seen the people stare I was the only jw the other two were criminals.

  There about 12 witnesses when I got there and almost 27 when I left We had all the meeting I was the school servant while I was there. The city servant from Tucson came once a month,the only thing we couldn't have was wine for the memorial. Most of the witnesses were from California North and south. I knew some of the ones from southern calif. and almost all from the north. My wife moved to Tucson they had visits every weekend she was an amazing girl then only 18 yrs. old I was able to sell some land to support her while she was there.

  There a lot more I could write but you get the idea. I remember having a big reunite at the Rose Bowl assemble that next summer at lest the ones that were out by then. I must say there were some witnesses in there that were real jerks but I've found that to be true in every congregation I've been in. I thought I would never forget names of those guy but I have.The lives of some them didn't turn out good. I still have the same girl with me. We live down in the Phoenix area now, I've gone back to the camp a few times its been torn down now for many years. Looking back at that time I most say the organization had little to do with it. It was between me and God (I don't use the word Jehovah any more). About 8 or 9 years ago I didn't like what I seen happening to the organization so I gave up what responsibility I had and quit no meeting no service nothing. I was a little nervous about my wife. So far everything is working out.
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  Jehovah's people are the happiest people on earth!

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so this afternoon my roommate and i decided to go grab some dinner from the local chipotle and, as we live only a short distance from the franchise, we decided it was a good idea to walk.

  little did i know that the j-dubs district convention here in sacramento was just getting out (the auditorium is literally smack in the middle of downtown and its attendees have to park in garages scattered a couple blocks away in every direction) so men in cheap suits and women in unflattering dress' were walking all over the place as though someone had antagonized their ungodly ant hill.

  and, for sacramento, this of course is the complete opposite of the normative - that is to say, our streets are usually filled with well dressed, immaculately groomed, 'i know exactly where i'm going' government officials that monopolize the state capitol m-f. .

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  I've attended many conventions in Sacramento over the yrs. Even met Fred Franz there at one of the conventions. Glad I'm not one of the happy people any more.
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  Ganged up via Telephone

  by vinman in

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  i've been fading for about 9 months.

  the elders know exactly why.

  i received a phone call a couple of days ago.

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  I like what you said and did. Proud of YOU.
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

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  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  I had almost the same experience many yrs. ago, while in high school.They had a program then of going out in service an hour before book study .One evening I ran into a big party of kids from high school, they thought I had come to the party. I don't know what I said or how I got away from the door but it was a bad experience .We were living in a small town in central California then, I knew it going to happen sooner or later.
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  these books, want any? if not they go in the trash

  by sowhatnow in

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  worldwide security under the prince of peacegods eternal purpose now triumphinglife does have a purpose babylon the great has fallen gods kingdom rulesyou can live forever on a paradise earththe secret to family happinessdid man get here by evolution of creationlet your kingdom comechoosing the best way of lifecommentary on the letter of jamesi have one of each.. the bible gods word or mansis the bible really the word of godsurvival into a new earthknowledge that leads to everlasting lifereasoningunited in worshipholy spirit the force behind the coming new orderthe two babylon'sparadise lost originalyou can live forever on a paradise earth first large print edition 1982 revelation book 1988 large print.

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  I have most of the books listed here. I Am in the Phoenix area if your close by you're welcome to which ever one you want. I throw most of mine away when we moved.
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  John 21:23 a new argument for JW's regarding false prophecy promoted being OK

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i want as many minds put into this as possible.. there is a new argument among the extreme jw apologists, saying that even the disciples promoted mistakes.

  they base themselves on john 21:23. keep in mind, i am not a believer but i want the answer from a believer's standpoint, please.. .

  nwt:.

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  The Mormons still believe in a literal reading of that text. They believe in a 2,000 yr. old man that is still alive somewhere. I had a discussion with them on that subject (text) about a yr. ago.
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  Being lied to by parents

  by What is Truth? in

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  i mean pretty much all parents lie to their children at some point about something and usually it was to protect them or just wasn't something important and it normally doesn't affect the relationship between them and their child.

  but how does a person reconcile and recover their appreciation for their parents after finding out almost everything they taught them was an evil lie?

  i don't mean going back to the same relationship as i know that is gone, especially if the parents are still deceived.

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  Stuck in the middle37

  About 7 or 8 yrs. ago when I began to wake up to what the organ. was doing and saying. I began planning to leave. I tried to talk to one of my sons about what I was learning. He said do you mean you've been lying to me all these yrs. I said, I guess so, they lied to me and I lied to you. I'm now trying to change that. We haven't talk for the last 3yrs.
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  To My Generation: Jehovah's Witnesses of the Vietnam War Era

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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  to my generation: jehovah's witnesses of the vietnam war era .

  if you were a young brother in the late 60's you then remember the burden of the draft and the prospect of going to jail for refusing on religious grounds to be called up.

  in those days we were taught that to do community service was conscientiously the same as joining the military and so we were told to refuse such exemptions.

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  I lived though most of what you wrote about. In the early 60's I spent time in Tucson fed. prison got out in 1963 I thought I was doing it to show GOD (I don't use the word Jehovah any more) how much I loved him. We lived in the bay area in cal. then. In 1958 our family went to International convention In New York .That was a great event. In 1975 we were living in northern Cal. We heard the instructions about not studying past 6 month, but we did it anyway Our studies were baptized at one of the Oakland assembles. About 6 or 7 yrs. ago while we were living in Las Vegas, I thought to myself that it . They (WT) can keep lying if they want to, but there not, going to lie to me anymore and I quit. No more meeting No service . Nothing, I have never heard from them since. I have not left GOD or his son Jesus I have left the WTS.