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  Armageddons coming.

  by Peppermint in

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  i remember coming home from a meeting one evening in a spiritually heightened mood and seeing all these lights dancing around in the sky.

  strangest thing i ever saw.

  i said to my wife ?quick inside?

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  franklin J

  ...I was baptised at 13 years old in 1969...and remember talking to my parents about the "persecution" ; and should we be hiding and stockpiling food. I took it all so very seriously.....could I withstand the persecution ? ( what the hell ever it was; I had to survive it)

  My older sister was "addicted" to neo senefrin nose spray and could not breathe without it. She began fretting; thinking that at the persecution she might be tied up and have her mouth duct taped and would not be able to breath! this caused her to stockpile extra bottles of the stuff.

  in hindsite ...this is too funny; you can't make this stuff up!

  Well, the persecution NEVER came; am I surpised? What a bunch of nutcases we sounded like....
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  if you were raised a jdub, what was the first thing that was asked...

  by in a new york bethel minute in

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  from your parents when you got home from service?

  for me it was, "did you place today?

  " pretty much sums up what service is about for most witnesses... i always prefered a good conversation, even at a young age... but the pat on the back always came from making placements... especially if it was a book!.

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  yes I remember my first BOOK; and the first BIBLE placement and of course the first real SUBSCRIPTION ( which I believe was $5 for a year way back then)

  Also,I remember the big hoopla when I landed my first real BIBLE STUDY;

  WOW, I had ARRIVED.....
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  We Should Encourage "Lurkers" To Post Here!

  by minimus in

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  i would like to say that any of you that read this board are more than welcomed to be a part of this group.

  i know some of you are afraid.

  some of you are unsure.

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  franklin J

  welcome to the forum, zero day and holly,

  you are among friends...

  frank
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  Disfellowshiped for reading Crisis of Conscience?

  by Blueblades in

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  is it true?

  can you be disfellowshiped for reading crisis of conscience?

  is that why some have read it in the library out of sight of other witnesses and elders themselves read it in secrecy?.

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  ...I have been away from this way of thinking for 20 years...and I understand ( more importantly remember) the fear of doing something which would be misunderstood by the ELDERS....

  But listen to what the question is ( and I apologize for responding off topic)

  ...someone is afraid to read a book....

  Look at what this religion has reduced us to....

  to answer the question, I do not know or have heard if reading this book is a disfellowshipping offense...
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  Official WT Policy Breaks Up Families

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  gumby posted a comment about wt's disfellowshipping policy.

  i checked with him where it was from, and this is the source reference:

  baptized persons who have not associated for some time.

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  ...they like to use the scripture from the new testament which says something to the effect " I came as a two edge sword ..." blah blah

  they will never admit to it but they are homewreckers to those who are not strongminded and the next thing you know they will be asking their followers to drink kool aid.....and we will all meet in the new world....
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  Describle a JW in the fewest words possible

  by JH in

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  clean cut indoctrinated gullible follower

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  franklin J

  ...ignorance by choice.....
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  Young People Ask: Where do I go from here?

  by truthseeker in

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  if you're a young practising jw, maybe you've read the glossy brochure released in 2002 entitled, "youths - what will you do with your life?

  did the idea of a full-time career in "jehovah's service" as a bethelite, ministerial servant, or international quick-build volunteer appeal to you?

  or maybe you had other interests - maybe you were already at college or studying for a degree.

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  this is an excellent post for any JW teenagers that might have visited the site.

  I was one of those teenagers 30 years ago thinking those same questions. Being from a very theocratic family I hade to make a decision. I chose full time pioneering; and after 4 years of that asked myself ..." where do I go from here....Gilead? No. Bethel? No; not for me. What do I want.?"

  What I wanted; and did; was to make the decsion on my own to attend college to study Architecture. Fortunately for me; my college educated Elder father thought this was great and actually encouraged me to pursue an education....Thank you, dad

  ...Needless to say, this was the beginning of the end of our JW way of life....
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  So How Does The New Avatar Grab you?

  by Englishman in

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  <----------------------- it has a certain je ne sais croix to it, does it not?.

  englishman, speaker of franglais and execrable deutsch.

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  ...well, as described; I guess IT IS you after all, mike...
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  So How Does The New Avatar Grab you?

  by Englishman in

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  <----------------------- it has a certain je ne sais croix to it, does it not?.

  englishman, speaker of franglais and execrable deutsch.

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  ..Mike ; The Barrister.....

  honestly; I do not imagine you to be quite that pretentious...it looks like a member of the Queens Court.
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  Is this the mother of all anti-jw discussion boards?

  by truth_about_the_truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've seen a few other ones but this one seems to be the most active.

  by far the most interesting and diverse.. there's another one out there on e-watchman but found that one to be quite cheezy.

  everyone overuses emoticons for some reason over there.

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  franklin J

  this is the only board i post with; having discovered it accidently a year ago and it has kept my interest. I have developed a certain "camaradie" with some of the posters on this forum and look forward to hearing from them. I am not looking for other posting sites.

  Also, we have our very own "Simon" on this forum; I doubt the others can make that boast. We intend to keep it that way!