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  2nd in a series of 3 emails I got today

  by loosie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am i an active minister?.

  am i an active minister,.

  the kind that would be missed?.

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  Mysterious

  Oh the JWs outside are frightful
  But JWD is so delightful
  Don't just a submit few posts and go
  Let apostasy grow, let it grow, let it grow

  My mother doesn't show signs of a fade
  She won't do what Brooklyn's forbade
  And I've lost my spiritual glow,
  Let apostasy grow, let it grow, let it grow

  When I finally DA tonight
  How I'll hate being shunned by the friends
  But with JWD to hold me tight
  I'll meet with better ends
  
  Oh the borg is slowly dying
  And the governing body's crying
  But I know JWD loves me so,
  Let the apostasy grow, let it grow, let it grow

  Thought I'd toss this little one out there, based of course on "let it snow". :-P
  /mysterious' hand at poetry
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  "Charles Taze Russell was a 33rd Degree Freemason"

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found this site very interesting..... http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/false%20religions/jehovah%20witnesses/jw.htm.

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  Mysterious

  33rd? What the hell? How many degrees are there supposedly?
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  How Google Proves The Watchtower is Deliberately Lying

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at one time, doing deep research took a lot of time.

  you might have to visit a particular library in a .

  particular city.

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  Mysterious

  The demonization of the internet at the meetings used to always bother me as well. I know dad taunts my mom by telling her it's amazing what you can find on google tehse days with vague reference to the watchtower. My mother at least knew enough about the internet to realize that it was a tool that could be used for good as well as bad.
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  Attending meetings while on Holidays

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so how many of you actually attended meetings when you went away on holidays?

  remember, you shouldn't take a holiday from jehovah!.

  when me and my mother went to visit my uncle in 1987, we attended every stinkin' meeting, including a congregation baseball game.

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  We never did. My mom always said it was too hard because she would have to do it without my dad. I always wanted to just to see what it was like in other congregations but it's just as well I didn't waste my vacation time. She definitely made sure all the family studying got done though, I would have loved to have left all the meeting prep at home as that was nearly as bad as the actual meetings with the added issue that I couldn't daydream as much without her noticing.
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  How to get out?

  by HelpMe1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay, i'm not really sure where to start here, and i apologize in advance if this is all over the place.. i basically have come here for your help and advice.

  my husband and i got married may of this year, so it has only been 2 months!

  he was raised a jw (only by his mother, his dad has never been in the "truth").

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  Mysterious

  My advice? He will talk about it when he's ready to. In the meantime why not plan some family time just the two of you. Even more insidious find a movie that you can both agree on or a nice restaurant and plan it for a meeting night. If he doesn't object to it being a meeting night it will be a natural segway into a healthy life beyond the JWs for both of you.
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  I could have prevented this.

  by DJK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  every two weeks i take a drive to new hampshire to replenish my supply of cigarettes, 20 dollars less a carton and i buy two.

  the savings is worth the 25 minute ride.. today was the day and an early morning trip, driving north away from boston, there is light traffic.

  everyone is driving at 65 mph or more.. close to the n.h. border and a quarter mile in front of me, i spot an animal approach the guardrail from a wooded area.

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  Mysterious

  I'm failing to see how you could have prevented the accident as from your story it seems you were not even there at the time?
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  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

  by daystar in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i can't believe that with as many star wars fans we have here, that no one has posted on this that i have found:.

  lucasarts to release a sequel to star wars: jedi academy (jedi knight) called star wars: the force unleashed.. check out the trailer and then the web documentaries.

  pretty fricken awesome!

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  I read only for PS2 and some handheld and I thought lame why would they do that then I discovered it is actually going to be on Xbox360, PS2, PS3, PSP and NintendoDS, a quick respectable list of platforms. Graphics look amazing on it, something about a new technology but I didn't have a lot of time to read the specs at the moment. For the record both PSP and NintendoDS are consoles, Xbox360/PS3 are latest generation consoles, and not sure why they still released it for PS2 but it might have something to do with the unreasonable PS3 pricetag haha.
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  The Guy I Work With.....

  by purplesofa in

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  2. friends

  drove .

  nuts.

  today.

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  Mysterious

  When someone is slow at their job try to avoid watching them work as much as possible, it will only frustrate you. Also practice dubbing people with annoying voices in your head, think of it as a good way to practice your imaginary ear for accents. When it comes to innane banter, figure out what bores him and take the fight back to him. If he likes you now he'll decide you are boring and better to be avoided. :-D
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  "Carnivores were designed to eat plants!"

  by Anony-Mouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so said one of my family members recently.

  i'm pretty sure that if a lion eats grass, it will get sick.

  and if lions were designed to eat grass, why do they have teeth perfect for eating meat?

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  Mysterious

  Even humans have very clearly omniverous dental sets. I am always fond of running my tongue over my canines and declaring that a forced vegetarian supper is unatural ^_^ What exactly do JWs base this belief on anyway besides that it says in paradise the lion will eat straw just like the bull (to me a metaphor for there being peace rather than a literal dietary statement).
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  Did you get the personalized JW items?

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the bibles rebound with a reasoning book in the end.

  the special bookbags made by a jw for jws.

  the magazine holders.

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  No but I was always impressed as a kid by all the 'neat' stuff some of the pioneers had. It always baffled me how word of mouth accounted for the majority of the business for these items and services. But having an inactive father I was never really in the loop and my mother was not that social.