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  I sent off my application to study Palaeobiology (MSc) at Bristol uni and ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
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  ... they've accepted me!

  finance is already sorted - they're waiting for me to give them my new student number so that they can start paying me.

  just need to formally accept bristol's offer and sort out accommodation.. accommodation should be ok - i've been told priority is given to new students, plus i'm enrolling onto a program for a real degree as a postgraduate - i won't be studying gender studies or some crap like that.

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  Well done! Bristol is an amazing city. Have fun.
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  1980s Brochure/magazine on demon possession?

  by caves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone else remember a brochure/ magazine from the early 80s with stories of demon possessed individuals and spiritism ?

  i dont think i saw it around very long.

  it had a story about some lady having her head snapped around by a demon.

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  • This is from the WT, Dec 15, 1966:

    Enjoy!

    >>>>INVESTIGATING

    HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS<<<<

    One under demon attack should calmly, not in hysteria, investigate his house and household articles. In some few cases the house may be the cause of trouble and the best thing to do is move out. Some demons delight in haunting a place. So if you experience trouble shortly after moving into a house, investigate. Was the house unoccupied for a long time? Why? Did people frequently move in and out? Why? Does it have a history of being haunted? Neighbors usually know, though the seller of a house almost always keeps the fact concealed.

    But if a house has a clean history, instead of moving out, investigate objects in the house. If you at one time practiced black magic, witchcraft or other form of spiritism, did you burn up all articles relating to demonism upon learning of God?s truth? Get rid of every vestige of demonism. What did the early Christians in Ephesus do? On learning true Christianity they burned up all their magic books, even though their value was an astounding 50,000 pieces of silver! (Acts 19:18, 19) It would have been exceedingly dangerous to keep such works on how to perform the magical arts; in fact, to keep any appendage of demonism is perilous. One must be absolutely free of any relics of spiritism, so as to allow the demons no beachhead.

    A vital question to ask if one experiences trouble with the demons is: Have you accepted any gifts from relatives or persons who dabble in spiritism? Any kind of article from such a person can cause trouble. In some actual cases it has been a radio, a sewing machine, a pair of shoes, jewelry, a "good luck" charm, a bathrobe, a blanket, a book. One woman had her bed tipped up at night when she tried to sleep on a mattress given her by her Spiritualist mother. A young woman had a fever of 106 degrees when wearing a garment given her by a Spiritualist.

    Another Christian woman kept a handbag given her by an aunt who was a fortune-teller. Using the handbag in the ministry, she experienced powerful thoughts of "Go home!" Bad thoughts rushed into her mind almost audibly, all of them anti-kingdom. She could not understand herself, as these negative thoughts entered her mind as if by telephone, so that she complained of "hearing herself think." Only after getting rid of the handbag did she get relief.

    Sometimes keeping a letter from a spiritistic relative has brought trouble. Some persons have reported gaining relief by burning letters from relatives who dabble in spiritism. Even if an article from a spiritist is an expensive one, is keeping it worth the danger? One woman was tormented for years by the demons; finally she got rid of many household effects that came from a spiritistic relative. "The material loss," she wrote, "was worth the peaceful calm that came over our house and family."

    That objects from spiritists are implicated is clearly evident because relief almost invariably follows getting rid of them. The principle is similar to that used in sorcery, in which the demonist wishing to cast a spell will transfer an object into the possession of the intended victim.

    However, sometimes objects through which demons make contact resist burning, indicating demonic anger at efforts to destroy them. Some persons have found it difficult to burn up ouija boards or books on occultism. Others have reported experiences similar to that of the woman who had much distress at home after wearing a dress originally belonging to a witch. Learning of the source of trouble, she set out to burn it. "We poured gasoline on it, so it would burn quickly; but what amazed us very much was the fact that the dress did not want to burn." Persist in your efforts to get rid of suspicious objects and relief in some measure usually follows.

    When investigating objects, be reasonable, however. Do not burn up everything in fearful panic. Pray for Jehovah?s direction in your investigation, and he will deliver you from the wicked one.<<<<<<

    
    
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  Strange first names among jw's

  by fulano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

  i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

  can you believe it..

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  My friend John Curry named his daughter Juanita.
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  I Wonder What Tony Tightpants Morris Thought Of Prince?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. social
  2. humour

  we all know tony the turd has an obsession with boys in tight pants.

  i cant help but wonder what he thought about brother nelson (aka.

  prince) who was known to squeeze into some tight numbers from time to time?.

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  but..but..I have a very cute rear end. I don't want to waste it.
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  What JW habits do you still have?

  by Exelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since leaving the jw's after over 4 decades, i can see exactly what it is and hate everything it stands for.

  however, there are still some jw habits and traits that i can't get rid of:.

  1. i can't swear in general conversation (i'd have to be really angry).

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  Yum!

  https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/seafood-recipes/sizzling-seared-scallops/
  
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  DFed talking to other DFed

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if they do this any longer but back in the day they had a special section at an assembly sectioned off for dfed people who would have to wear a ribbon that said disfellowshipped.

  do they still do this and what was the rules on dfed talking to dfed at the assembly?

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  I remember there being a row of chairs along the back wall for DF'd persons to sit. The really eager-to-get-back -in ones would shush the other shunnees if they attempted a conversation.
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  The curious case of Oliver Cromwell's head

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  just been reading a bit about oliver cromwell on wiki, plus i watched a documentary on youtube.. cromwell fought against king charles the first and the royalists in the 17th century.

  king charles lost the civil war and was beheaded in 1649. after this, england was without a monarch and cromwell became lord protector of the commonwealth.

  cromwell died in 1658 and was embalmed and buried in westminster abbey.

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  Substitute "Brussels" in place of "King" in the above clip for yet another perspective.
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  "New Light" on "New Light"

  by new boy in

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  it’s just the “new light” is much better and brighter than the old light.

  1965: more “new light.” these men will be resurrected, for sure.. 1988: jehovah apparently changed his mind once again.

  the light gets brighter.

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  So weird..back in the early 80's, my JW momma, a nice lady, but her eyes used to glaze over when she was wearing her dubbie hat, actually took me to one side and said that now that the DF'ing for "certain sex acts" had been rescinded, would I like to apply for reinstatement? I told her that I'd been long gone before the DF'ing for "certain sex acts" had even been introduced and that I'd left simply because I didn't believe anymore. She gave me a sad smile, shook her head and said something along the lines of "Ah well...if you say so.."
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  The curious case of Oliver Cromwell's head

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  just been reading a bit about oliver cromwell on wiki, plus i watched a documentary on youtube.. cromwell fought against king charles the first and the royalists in the 17th century.

  king charles lost the civil war and was beheaded in 1649. after this, england was without a monarch and cromwell became lord protector of the commonwealth.

  cromwell died in 1658 and was embalmed and buried in westminster abbey.

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  Richard Harris as Cromwell socks it to 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cx2kkgO5_Y
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  "New Light" on "New Light"

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it’s just the “new light” is much better and brighter than the old light.

  1965: more “new light.” these men will be resurrected, for sure.. 1988: jehovah apparently changed his mind once again.

  the light gets brighter.

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  Oral sex:

  • a disfellowshipping offence 1974
  • no longer a disfellowshipping offence 1978
  • once again a disfellowshipping offence 1983 ongoing