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  I've Disassociated. It's getting announced tomorrow.

  by Heathen Dan in

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  this is my first post to this site, im pale.emperor's brother:).

  first of all, i've left being a jw in june.

  since then my family have tried to convince me it's "the truth" and force me to go back even though it's my own decision.

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  stan livedeath

  hi Dan--welcome to the site.

  as regards your former carer intending to sue you----for money ? have you got any ? best go to citizens advice and report this to them. have you had anything in writing ?
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  Crisis of Conscience where to find?

  by Jules Saturn in

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  2. bible

  does anyone know where i can get a pdf version of this book?

  i’ve always wanted a physical copy but those seem really hard to come by, and if you look online they’re super expensive.

  thank you.. -jules.

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  who in their right mind would pay £500 for one of Ray Franz' books ?? i bought C of C about 8 years back--new--i think less than £10---and gave it to another member on here when i was done with it..

  as for window cleaning--i speak from experience here. the reason why pioneers do it is--you can earn a weeks wages in 2 days. i did..
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  "Wondrous expansion is now taking place!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".

  i can share the following from my part of the world too!.

  in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!

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  negative expansion.
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  What do I do ?

  by jdash in

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  2. experiences

  hey guys, this is my first time posting on here but lets get started.. so i'm a 17 year old boy who currently attends meetings at a congregation in indianapolis.

  i live with my grandparents, on my father's side, because my mother died in 2010. i been attending meetings since i was 10. my mother got into the religion but then got disfellowshiped.

  my dad is on and off, he currently just got reinstated.

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  stan livedeath

  hi J-Dash, its great to have you join us.....in fact we have had a number of new teenage members in recent weeks. hope fully some will respond on this thread.

  come to think of it----it would be good if this site could become more user friendly for young members. you are the future, old fogeys like me are just history.
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  Can I get my JW report card using Freedom of Information requests? (UK)

  by truthseeker in

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  has anyone tried to get their jw report cards and any other info using a freedom of information request?

  would london bethel have all this information?.

  truthseeker.

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  stan livedeath

  when i cleared my fathers house out i found a large cardboard box of paperwork--all sorts--of stuff from his congregation. that--and 50 years worth of magazines and books all went to the tip.
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  Fade..... or this?

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are four ways to leave the 'truth'...... alive............you can be disfellowshiped...... then shunned, you can formally disassociate yourself and be shunned........ you can fade.

  the first two words belong to the society, fade on the other hand is defined as 'to gradually grow faint and disappear.

  ' 'walking away' has it's own negative connotation about one's commitments and relationships.. i think some folks feel uncomfortable with these words.

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  i resigned.
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  I want to understand British references to your countries.

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

  of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

  i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

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  stan livedeath

  the biggest nonsense is where the new watchtower has been erected--warwick...pronounced in the US as WAR_WICK.

  FFS its WORRICK--the county town of the county of Warwickshire--in England.. Famous for Shakespeare..and a lot older than the USA.
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  I want to understand British references to your countries.

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

  of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

  i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

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  stan livedeath

  i live on the Isle of Wight--an island just offshore from southern England---not far from Portsmouth and Southampton. Portsmouth is known as Pompey. Sothampton is scumamton.

  but i was born in Birmingham, UK pronounced burbigubb. try it--just hold your nose as you say it. also abbreviated to B'ham.
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  I want to understand British references to your countries.

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

  of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

  i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

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  stan livedeath

  in Oz they speak Strine
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  My childhood home, 60 years later. What about yours?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, former children:.

  i really miss my childhood home, which we left in 1960. dad sold it for some 12,000 dollars; it recently sold for somewhere under 1.5 million.

  it's only a tiny bungalow but in a prosperous bay area town, not too far from san francisco, california.. the art and literature that are so important to me -- and for many others of us -- got their start in my heart and mind here in the california mountains.

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  stan livedeath

  i was born- (1948 )-and grew up--in Balsall Heath---in Birmingham UK. this area was pretty well flattened by bombing in the 2nd world war. i used to play in " bomb sites"--holes in the ground where houses used to be.

  the house my dad rented had no hot water: a weekly bath was endured in a galvanised bath tub in the kitchen.

  the only lavatory was outside the house--in a brick closet shared by all sorts of demons--big spiders--and a couple of caged ferrets with red eyes. definitely no place for a young child to ease nature. i think i hold the world record for constipation.

  the lavatory was also--informally-- shared by a number of workers in a factory at the rear of the premises--who climbed the tall brick wall to use the facility as there was none in the factory..

  toilet paper was unheard of. if you were lucky--a piece of soft blue tissue paper formerly wrapped around an orange--otherwise crumpled damp newspaper..

  post war great britain was a land of real opportunity. i'm told.