Topics Started by mikeypants

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A powerful JC recording from 1984!
by Island Man in
1. jw
2. experiences
this jc from 1984 features a brother and his wife, who were evidently about to be df'd for apostasy.

but the brother knew his ttatt well.

the elders really couldn't muster any half-way convincing arguments to refute the damning facts on 607 and 1914. even 1975 was touched on.
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JW window cleaner dies in accident
by Magnum in
1. jw
2. friends
i just happened to hear about this through a long chain of communication.

i didn't know whether to believe it so i googled it and found the obituary notice.. philip blaylock.

posted yesterday november 21st, 2014. it is a sad day for all.
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Hello!
by mikeypants in
1. jw
2. friends
wanted to say hello to you all.

i am new to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself.

i was raised a witness, never baptized (yay) and am married to a lovely baptized witness of jehovah.. i had been trying to get back into it due to both our families being j dbs but just never could get it into my heart.
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Family Gathering ( or the day also known as Thanksgiving)
by Theredeemer in
1. jw
2. friends
every year on a certain thursday in november my family and close witness friends would get together, eat menudo ( hispanic stew) and other foods, watch football and then get dressed to go to the meeting.. sister so and so would bring her famous pie, bro and sister so and so would bring their gross punch and bro and sis so and so would bring mexican sweet bread.

sometimes we would go to "worldy" aunt's and pick up plates of turkey and fixins.. this was every year on a certain date, on a certain thursday in november.. this continued until my mom got alzheimers.

by that time i was married and had my own house.
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10 hour basic pioneer provision question
by Letts Party in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember hearing about this rumor around the time of the annual meeting.

did this really happen?

i haven't heard anything about it at my meeting yet.
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What is the biggest regret or source of resentment because of being a Jehovahs Witness?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure we could all write long paragraphs about this question, but in a few words, what is your biggest regret, or frustration in life due to being a witness?.

what missed opportunities did it cost you?

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Governing Bodies Secret Elder's training video on suicide leaked
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
watchtower minions have pulled down jwsurveys links .

here's another one .. the gb should be held liable for this crap.

http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.
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What Was Your "Status" Within The Organization?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
were you a sought after associate?.

were you often invisible?.

did other witnesses view you as "exemplary"?.
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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs
by Lady Lee in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.
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Your most memorable Kingdom Hall meeting disruptions!
by easyreader1970 in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember about twenty years ago some teenagers were caught fornicating in one of the additional schools.

the schools were downstairs, essentially separated from the rest of the kh.

they weren't just happened upon, though.