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  Two JW`s called at my door today

  by smiddy3 in

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  the wife and i were expecting a health worker to call at our door 10:30 this morning and about 10;35 two women appeared at our door so i opened up thinking they were who i expected ,so i was take back a bit being caught off guard when they identified themselves as doing a bible work.. this is just the gist of what took place & not a word for word conversation.. a woman about in her fifties her companion about her twenties.the older woman did most of the talking as she read to me the scripture from her phone " in the last days critical times hard to deal with...etc.etc.and she went back and emphasised that we were living in the last days because of what that scripture said.. i made the comment that the scripture just about sums up human history in any given time.then i went on to say that this day and age is the best time in human history overall given the advances in technology ,medical procedures ,the overall standard of living being higher and so on .but they insisted on we were living in the last days.then i said different religions have been claiming that for the past couple hundred years.. then to throw them a curve ball i asked if they were mormons ?

  oh no we are jehovah`s witnesses.had i been prepared for them and not caught out unawares i would have taken a different tact.i then asked the older woman how long she has been a witness and she said 36 years so i then said to her you must have seen a lot of changes in your religion during that time which she agreed with.

  ( the light gets brighter).

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  stan livedeath

  Smid3:

  "I did ask the older lay"
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  Finished posting on jehovah-witness.com forum

  by Nathan R. Koppe in

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  well i thought i give it a try, sharing my info.. obviously, not getting the hang of posting here.. you know where to find me on fb.. can somebody please explain how delete topics?.

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  ask Simon nicely and he might delete you
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  Long prayers

  by fulano in

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  did you have one or two brother with way too long prayers in your congregation?

  when i was a child we had a brother who would go on and on after the watchtower study for at least five minutes.

  many elderly sisters just sat down and a lot were complaining after the long desired amen..

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  stan livedeath

  did anyone else hear the story about a thing at the UK headquarters--in the 60's. if my memory is right--it was told to me by Bevan Vigo ( are you reading this Bev ?) ;

  meal time--everyone is ready to start--up gets the bro who was assigned to say " grace ". on and on he went--with his eyes closed. when he finally said amen--he opened his eyes--and saw everyone else had finished their meal.
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  Long prayers

  by fulano in

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  did you have one or two brother with way too long prayers in your congregation?

  when i was a child we had a brother who would go on and on after the watchtower study for at least five minutes.

  many elderly sisters just sat down and a lot were complaining after the long desired amen..

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  stan livedeath

  the funniest thing i saw was...

  not a prayer--but a short talk in the ministry school thing.

  one particular afro-caribbean bro was very fond of over-running any talks he was given.

  so--this particular evening--at the end of his 5 minutes--the bell sounded--but he carried on regardless, so--2 bell rings--still he carried on. at this point 2 bros got up on the stage--either side of him--took an arm each and frog marched him off the stage ( this had been pre arranged of course---but the bro and the audience weren't in on it )

  yet--he still carried on with his delivery ! the audience were in stitches.

  fortunately--the bro took it in good part. in fact--he was a truly lovely guy.

  all this was 50 years ago.
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  30 years after leaving utterly unrecognisable

  by Number 6 in

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  this is the first time i have posted on here in many years..... i seldom visit now although this forum was instrumental to me in gaining my sanity in the early 2000's and recovering from the watchtower religion.. by chance tonight i was on youtube and caught a jw.org video which out of curiosity prompted me to look at the official website and amongst other things i looked up the music section.. why that i hear you ask?

  music is my passion and nothing reminds me more or evokes more memories than the kingdom songs i grew up listening to.. i am 49 years old and my mother was baptised in 1974. i grew up in the era of pink songbooks and green bibles.

  of the theology of fred franz and types and anti-types.

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  Yep..thats the only song i remember
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  16.000 JWs rebel against Bethel and GB

  by Edison Trent in

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  some hot news:.

  last weekend was a convention in frankfurt, germany and 11 other locations.

  all were connected to the international convention in berlin.. in sum about 94.000 attended.

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  it looks like the areas of empty seats is deliberate--maybe to segregate different nationalities attending, just in case a war breaks out again.
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  JWs just called at my daughter's house and said the end is near because .....

  by Xanthippe in

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  the world is getting worse, for example children are getting more cheeky!.

  proof positive!

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  jehovahs long term solution to all the worlds problems. kill everybody ! i like his thinking.
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  Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah

  by Sour Grapes in

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  my pimi wife listens to a lot of the meetings on the phone with the speaker on.

  when i am watching tv i hear the meetings in the background.

  i just cringe with how a witless can't give a comment without having said jehovah at least two times.

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  Sour Grapes...who pays the phone bill ?
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  What Do You Think About The Police?

  by minimus in

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  some people are very suspicious of the police.

  some folks value policemen and women.

  i’ve had experience with some.

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  stan livedeath

  Here in the UK we have some of the finest police men money can buy.
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  Family drama... a personal share.

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  hi guys.

  i was an active member of this forum many years ago and it played an integral part of my awakening and making peace with my decision to leave.

  it’s been a while since i posted here.

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  stan livedeath

  this shunning business is now the watchtower cult's main control method. i simply cant believe many dubs still believe armageddon will happen any time soon--so they will die sooner or later. hence that is no real and immediate threat. but losing family / friends is.