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  SURVEY: How Long Have You Been Out Of The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  are you still "in"?

  have you altogether stopped attending meetings?

  for how long have you been "out"?

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  3 years, 2 months and 29 days . . . not that i'm counting!

  - CF
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  What little things used to excite you as a JW?

  by doodle-v in

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  i would get excited when i was younger and would study the watchtower and see that this weeks study only had 19 paragraphs.

  (made the study seem shorter,lol).

  when a meeting would get canceled because of snow (which was rare) and i would get to stay home and watch a cheers or the cosby show.

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  The best was when the visiting speaker for the Sunday public talk didn't show up. It would be 10:05 and you'd see the brothers scrambling trying to figure out what to do . . . flip the talk with the Watchtower Study and hope he shows up later - or get another elder to do an impromptu talk. Usually they would get another elder to fill in, but I remember once they didn't and we got to go home an hour early . . . woo hoo!!

  CF
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  "Missed you at the Meeting"

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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  how many times did you hear that before you were baptized?

  i got a little tired of it when someone called me and said that.

  this was the first sign of the control thing.

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  Great thread. Here's another angle . . . the bluffing "I've missed you" comment.

  When I was drifting, I would miss one or maybe two meetings a week, but would go, on average, at least once per week. There was another sister at the hall who would disappear for months at a time and then re-appear as Sister MegaSpiritual - trying to encourage all the lowly and down-trodden.

  So, every once in a while, she would be the one to give me the "I've missed you" remark. Finally, I realized, that she probably missed me, because she wasn't there either . . . so I called her bluff and, with my most genuine, concerned expression on my face, said, "Oh, that's right, you've been away for a little while now. Are you doing ok?". She was taken aback and didn't quite know how to respond. She said, "oh, yes. . . I'm ok". I responded with, "that's good. I hope to see you next week." and walked away with my head held quite high.

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  Cock-a-goodle-doo

  by simplesally in

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  yep, that's how she says it.

  and hamgurber.

  my niece used to say "scum-screen".

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  Here are some of the best ones from my neices and nephews (they're so cute and priceless, I actually got a little sad when they started pronouncing the words correctly):

  • breastess = breakfast
  • o-tee-mo = oatmeal
  • strawby dobby = strawberry
  • scan fran-kiss-co = san francisco
  • I'm free = I'm three
  • grill = girl
  • scum screem = sun screen (same as your neice Sally!)
  • lellow = yellow
  • wiff = with
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  Now That's HOSPITALITY! - story from a road trip

  by talesin in

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  this is just one of many stories of a particular adventure i had, and one that i have thought of many times over the years.

  i?ve been on a lot of road trips, mostly in the us.

  i have always come across friendly folk, and this is a particularly heart-warming experience that i wanted to share with y?all tonight.

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  Talesin,

  You left out the part of the story where you found out Mr. and Mrs. Terri were really Brother and Sister Terri . . . because of course - only JWs are capable of showing true love and hospitality. Certainly this didn't come from anyone in the world, right?

  Great story, thanks for sharing!

  CF
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  New BLOOD Watchtower - June 15, 2004 Issue!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. watchtower
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  the watchtower, june 15, 2004 issue, pages 14-24:.

  " for the benefit of current readers, the answer is reprinted on pages 29-31 of this magazine.

  19 near its conclusion, the reprinted answer on pages 29-31 says: "does the fact that opinions and conscientious decisions may differ mean that the issue is inconsequential?

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  Undisfellowshipped, thanks for posting these articles. I totally agree with you.

  If it is wrong to accept the four major components, then how can they say it's up to your conscience to accept a part/fraction of one of the four major components.

  I seem to remember being taught that just because something is small and seems insignificant, if it is a part of something that is wrong . . . our "christian conscience" would want no part of it! For example: a "christian" wouldn't work in a grocery store that sold cigarettes; or we wouldn't want to work for a government agency that made weapons; or we wouldn't want to accept other work in lieu of fighting in a war because it is, however seemingly unrelated, still supporting the war.

  I can't believe their reasoning and how they just write the rules to support their stories. The sad part is so many people have suffered and died from this insanity!

  CF
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  New BLOOD Watchtower - June 15, 2004 Issue!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. watchtower
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  the watchtower, june 15, 2004 issue, pages 14-24:.

  " for the benefit of current readers, the answer is reprinted on pages 29-31 of this magazine.

  19 near its conclusion, the reprinted answer on pages 29-31 says: "does the fact that opinions and conscientious decisions may differ mean that the issue is inconsequential?

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  Elsewhere, I had the same exact thought!

  If the only acceptable use for "whole" blood was to offer it as a sacrifice, then accepting fractions violates this "law" because to break the blood down into fractions requires the handling the blood in ways that are "unacceptable" to begin with:

  • the blood should not have been removed from the human's body
  • the blood should not have been stored in a medical facility
  • the blood should not have been handled and processed to separate it into the four major groups and fractions

  CF
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  things that niggle you.......Grrrrrrr........whats yours?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i'll tell you what niggles me and makes me cringe at the same time, its sitting in a boring lecture at work on a managers "away day" and having someone keep using those same tired dick-head phrases that i hate.. eg:.

  "lets think outside the box".

  "lets all network in groups".

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  carefully faded

  and to quote Carson from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy . . . "but there is an M and an E" in "team".
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  things that niggle you.......Grrrrrrr........whats yours?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i'll tell you what niggles me and makes me cringe at the same time, its sitting in a boring lecture at work on a managers "away day" and having someone keep using those same tired dick-head phrases that i hate.. eg:.

  "lets think outside the box".

  "lets all network in groups".

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  "go to the source" - used to encourage people to confirm something directly with the person who said it . . . not gossip and speculate with others

  "below the mat" - used to reference inappropriate work behavior (i.e. making racist or sexist comments is below the mat)

  "ride the wave" - adapt well to change
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  Powerful Lines from Powerful Movies

  by dh in

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  la amistad

  cinque speaking of his ancestors.

  "i will call into the past from back to the beginning of time and beg them to come and help me at the judgment.

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  "Wow, that's weird . . . not "weird" weird, but "exciting" weird" - Breakfast Club

  CF