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  did you ever miss the memorial?

  by freelife in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  did any of you ever miss the memorial while you were in?

  i missed 2 of them.

  once i had a very serious staff infection in my leg and i could not wear any pants or shorts because it ran all the way up my thigh.

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  Hilarious 'Christian' Kids Site...

  by cypher50 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you thought growing up as a witness was bad,

  at least you didn't put up with self-righteous cartoon characters.

  i particularly like how they portray eastern religions with that elephant named hadu?in case this has been posted before, my bad....

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  Blood donor, recipient die of mad cow disease

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  2. medical
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  Not giving the org a bad name

  by seattleniceguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been out of the org in mind for three months (formally for only two weeks) but i find that i often feel that old familiar impulse to supress myself if i start to say something that could be construed as negative to the organizaton.

  do you still feel that?

  like, i might hesitate to tell my neighbor that i didn't associate with my dad for six years because of the df/da policy.

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  Some Highlights,page 9,2004 yb."Our Children.......

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  during the talk "our children-----a precious inheritance,"the speaker released the beautifully illustrated 256-page book learn from the great teacher.parents who deeply appreciate this divine inheritance will enjoy studying this fine new publication with their little ones.

  "children" says the book,"need moral guidance,principles by which to live.and they need these from their tender years on.heart-breaking things can and do happen when childern do not receive help until it is too late.".

  learn from the great teacher includes over 230 picture----almost double the number found in the bible stories book.every picture and group of pictures has a caption,most in the form of a question.the answers can be found on the same page.these and the many other questions throughout the book can be a find stimulus for conversation,allowing children to express themselves from the heart.for example,the caption on page 101 reads:"why is it important to remember to say thank you?

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  Throwing out Old Watchtowers

  by Okram in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you were a jw,.

  did u feel guilty about throwing out old copies of the watchtower even if you had the yearly bound volumes?

  my mom won't do it.

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  Just received Crisis of Conscience!!

  by acsot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've already exited the jws in mind and heart, and have read many comments from everyone about the book, so didn't really see the need to buy it for myself.

  however, after reading something here on the forum, i decided to order it (and the tao of pooh and siddhartha.

  ) a super-dub sits two desks away from (she and her husband knew ray and his wife, had tea with them in their room when he was on the gb, etc.

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  Awake on taxes asleep on chronology.

  by shotgun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if you have a copy of the december awake magazine dealing with taxes note the first page of the article.. the wt uses two quotes to show taxes have been a concern for thousands of years.. the first quote is from a babylonian artifact dated to 2300 bce.

  the problem that presents is that only 69 years previous the world had been destroyed by a global flood according to wt chronology.

  which means that in a mere 69 years noah and his three sons have produced a nation with sufficient infrastructure to require taxation.

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  How much of the bible do JW's really use?

  by blindfool in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've noticed over the last several weeks how often the same scriptures are used in meetings at the kingdom hall.. anytime galatians is mentioned you can just about be sure you are going to look up chapter 5 ver.

  19.. 2 timothy is going to be 3: 16. i can't remember considering any addional text to get the context of the verse, just reading the same verses over and over.

  i'm sure most of you can name lots more scriptures used by jw's.. i think i'm going to start taking notes at meetings and listing which verses are used, then i can look from week to week and see how often the same old verses are considered.

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  Did You Ever Celebrate Birthdays Or Holidays As A Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i knew some that secretly celebrated thanksgiving, the 4th of july, christmas (the day after) new year's eve, and birthdays.

  my family always had a turkey on thanksgiving and we might invite only close friends that we knew would not get stumbled.

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