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  Calling all Elders - Help me fill in the blanks, public talks

  by jgnat in

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  here's the list of public talks i've gleaned from google.

  there are gaps.

  can you help me with the blanks, their number and their name?

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  alamb

  Ew....memories.

  If anyone has any reason to hear "Evidence of God in the World Around Us", that one is burning up some of my much-needed grey matter and I would love to purge it.
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  Pioneer Sister's "No Blood Keyrings"

  by Clam in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  here's a product on ebay.

  it's a keyring to hang off your minsistry bag.

  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jehovahs-witness-no-blood-keyring_w0qqitemz6613386991qqcategoryz3628qqsspagenamezwdvwqqrdz1qqcmdzviewitem.

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  alamb

  You can get one if you send for info. from Circuit Leasing. You also get a little calendar.
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  Laundry Question: Suede

  by AudeSapere in

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  i *know* someone here must know the answer this question.... how do you get butter out of suede (without paying $40 to the dry cleaners)???.

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  alamb

  There is some cool stuff called "Thoro" in the grocery store that's only about a buck a bottle and it's like dry cleaning fluid. Read the bottle though. I haven't taken anything to the dry cleaner in years after finding this stuff.

  I once had a can of pop spill on a suede purse and out of desperation threw it in the washer on cold. It worked fine. It looked better than before and I just brushed it with a toothbrush a little to pep it up.

  After that I washed a suede skirt I have that I wear to Rendevous (Cowboy, Indian, authentic dress camp outs) and it turned out alright too.

  Good Luck! If all else fails drink the vodka and you'll forget about the stain.
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  Please list all your favorite xjw online resources

  by IP_SEC in

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  2. friends

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  can i get a listing of xjw sites?

  please include any foreign language sites you know of.

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  alamb

  http://www.jwfiles.com/ alot of stuff here! *my basement is full if anyone needs specific scans including Organization book and Pioneer book, I may have them*
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  HOW MANY THOUGHT THEY WOULD SURVIVE

  by beezknees in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sure this will have been discussed before..but i am new here, so i was wondering how many of you when you where active jw's actually beleived you were going to survive armageddon.

  i personally being brought up in the 'truth' used to lie in bed frightened of it coming or world events always thinking i was too bad a person to survive, and even as an adult i always felt i was never doing enough or good enough to be 'chosen' for survival when the end came u were always made to feel like you should be doing more as though you could earn your salvation.

  i have talked to someone else who i know has left and they felt the same, i was wondering how many of you guys actually beleived you would make it through armageddon

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  alamb

  I was certain I would not. Due to abuse as a 5 year old, I was sure if Jehovah didn't protect me from the people INSIDE the JW's then; he had no reason to protect me at Armageddon. I conducted Bible studies only because I believed that I would be able to help someone else and that would be my legacy, sort of speak.
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  Anyone from UKIAH, CA???

  by Kudra in

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  2. friends

  hey, .

  just checking if anyone in here is from ukiah.

  i'm still hopefull about getting to talk to someone i knew while in the "truth" who is now out-n-free... .

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  Anyone know Lawrence Eugene Foster? He was from there before he moved to our hall. If you did, please pm me. I know he had a daughter and I would like to contact her at least. He has passed away.

  Thanks!
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  I was kinda down and out today....

  by IronClaw in

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  2. friends

  so i went for a ride and stopped by this scenic overlook not to far from my house.

  i sat on the bench there just looking at the mohawk valley at its best.

  i started thinking what a waste life is when you don't have anyone to share beautiful moments like this with.

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  Are You Truly "HAPPY" Now That You're Out Of The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i've seen how some (not me) are still bewildered and still searching for "the truth" and are unhappy.

  what's your status?

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  alamb

  I posted this awhile back but it sums life up for me: As a loyal JW, I was ready for my whole world to come to an earth-shattering halt and for life as I knew it to be gone...at the hand of my loving God. I would sit in school in my mental bubble and numb myself to the world around me. I grew older and entered the adult world and was aloof in my thoughts that I could not attach myself to any workmates or neighbors and put out my hand in friendship as they could be dead tomorrow and I would have to be OK with that. I only remember a life of grey, shades of grey punctuated by flashes of color and emotion which I quickly prayed to get through and to not be tempted by the colors I had seen. I viewed these as a sign of spiritual weakness and dove back into studying and praying and a living death I called "spiritual paradise".

  After leaving that life behind I now find myself in an exploding rush of emotion and passion and life. Life the people around me think nothing of but it is almost too painful and beautiful and wonderful to endure. I am touched to the soul at the sight of people holding hands, and cry when babies laugh, and am intoxicated by the beauty around me. I am exhausted at the end of each day with the emotions I now can almost taste and the tuggings and longings I now feel to my bones. I want to see it all. I want to feel everything. I want to thank everyone who had a hand in dragging me from the lifeless shell I was in while I fought them off and never forget that gratitude.

  Thank you to the posters here for extending your hands and hearts, the lurkers for your curious spirits ( you aren't seen or heard but are very much felt), and the friends I have made for being the voice on the other end of the phone pointing the way for me, and to the friends I have yet to meet (may we walk this journey together). Life is good.
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  Did you know any JW's elder that committed Aldutery and was not removed?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you know of any jw's elder that committed adultery but still remained as an elder?

  do you think that the other elders swept it under the carpet?

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  alamb

  A MS (who later was an elder) approached me and was setting himself up for the New System. He said if he was faithful to his wife in this system, he figured Jehovah would let him have anyone he wanted in the New System for a reward. He asked if I was interested! He wanted me to be the New System Honey. There's an offer I could refuse. He's still in.
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  Another brochure ~ The Draft?

  by alamb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking to a friend yesterday and he mentioned in the late 60's following the instructions given in a brochure printed by the wtbts as an aid to avoiding being drafted.

  he followed it to the letter and when he got to the end, it pretty much said, "oh, and if you do all this and get in trouble with the law, we didn't tell you any of this.".

  anyone have one of these little gems?

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  alamb

  I'll call the guy.

  He said it had something to do with Jehovah's Witnesses and military service/conscientious objections, etc. I hadn't heard of it. There has got to be one in somebody's library. I have alot of the small brochures but this isn't one of them. He remembers it though. When I handed him the custody brochure, it made him remember this one.

  It is another example of bending/breaking the law at the direction of the governing body.