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  Are Circuit Overseers Stuck in Their Jobs?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  during a recent c.o.

  visit, the latest itinerant from the society seemed a bit subdued as he talked about the difficulties.

  of his employment.

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  Evesapple

  I remember Ruben Kobos

  Blondie....why does that name sound so familiar....I think I was rather young when he was circuiting but my parents talked about him a lot....didn't he also move out CA and now serves as an elder in LA???
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  Is Rug Doctor a Witness owned business?

  by garybuss in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i rented a rug doctor carpet shampooer.

  when my son was living at home and was a recent high school graduate he pioneered and worked part time for rug doctor.

  most everybody that worked for them here were witnesses.

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  Evesapple

  Mighty Auto Parts! Yep, almost started dating a young JW who's father owned a franchise in Sun Prairie, WI....I chose the Rug Doctor man instead.....
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  Favorite Websites You Visit Everyday?

  by Yizuman in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  what is your fav sites that you frequently visit everyday?.

  here's my list..... .

  1) jwd here of course.

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  Evesapple

  The Onion very much like Fark.com

  Tastings when you want to know just what wine goes with what meal.

  Epicurious
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  Is Rug Doctor a Witness owned business?

  by garybuss in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i rented a rug doctor carpet shampooer.

  when my son was living at home and was a recent high school graduate he pioneered and worked part time for rug doctor.

  most everybody that worked for them here were witnesses.

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  Evesapple

  That is funny you say that, my ex-husband was in the Rug Doctor business his brother owns a franchise up in Wisconsin, they are JW's of course
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  Looking for some help

  by ?£âzârú§?Çhùrçh? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm not a jehovah witness but my ex-wife is and so is her family there very devoted to the "truth" and her parents run her life and tried to run mine as well as my children's.. i'm a wheelchair user and i don't live as local as i'd like.

  so far her parents have killed the marriage with pushing her to take our children to all meetings and conventions, using many excuses why she should take the children and as she is a devoted jehovah witness she listen's more to them then she ever did to me.

  not letting me look after our children while she went to the meetings and knocking on doors trying to get people to listen she'd take them saying they want to see grandad/granny or the other children.

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  Evesapple

  Get a good lawyer.....they can help set up your visitation rights. Since my cousin and his wife split, she no longer is a JW he is....he tried to keep the son away during holidays etc., (he has custody unfortuantely...long story), she finally got a good lawyer that set up 1/2 way boundries for them to meet as well as specific visitation times also, she gets him on all the holidays that he has off, specifically because her ex (my cousin-the JW) doesn't celebrate them anyway...so the judge ruled in favor of her having him on all holidays....the key is get a good lawyer that knows their stuff. What she is doing is unfair to you and to your kids....any judge will see that.

  Good luck....I hope everything turns out well for you.
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  after 6 years, maybe looking for a new church/religion..

  by orbison11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any suggestions, just thinking that my spiritual person is dying and need to feed her:).

  i am terrified of churches, etc, due to my jw time,,,so any input would be well received from my friends here.

  wendy

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  Evesapple

  Hi,

  I know how you feel, when I left, I felt discouraged about religeon, but still felt a spiritual void. I enjoyed just being outside, hiking, finding it in nature. Also, my roomate was a member of Unity and as skeptical as I was about going with her I found that I enjoyed it very much. Their concept is that God is One and there are many paths to finding him and each individual finds their own way, and no way is wrong. I never joined, there were some things that I couldn't get into there, but it got my spiritual wheels moving, gave me a little boost, helped me think and feel.

  here is their website.....http://www.unityonline.org/index.htm

  they're not real popular rather small in areas....I appreciated their concept. My husband is reformed Judaism.....now I go to temple although I never converted and do not plan too....I do enjoy going on occasions. My cousin (also a former JW) goes to a Methodist church, which she enjoys, they are quite liberal and not out to convert you...but again provides some spiritual guide.

  Hope this helps it really comes down to finding what's right for you. Good luck
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  Do your acquaintances know you?re a JW (or former witness)?

  by senselessly sane in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember deliberately not telling people when i was growing up, and cringing when my mom made an effort to tell my teachers.

  although i no longer hide it, there are still people i consider friends who do not know i grew up jw.

  sometimes it?s just that the subject of religion does not come up often, and when it does, it would be weird to say something now after i?ve known someone for years and have never mentioned it.

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  I'm not ashamed to tell anyone, in the beginning I was a little, because I wanted to feel normal, and to deny it or pretend I never was one made feel normal. As you grow you realise it is no big deal, everyone has a past...other people may be just as aprhensive to tell their story as you are to tell yours. I don't bring it up w/acquaintances because it's not ususally a topic for conversation, w/close friends, yeah, they know a lot about me, and I know a lot about them as well. Don't feel that you need to tell everyone you are in contact with because it's not important, it's something you share with people you are close to, or if it happens to surface in conversation.....it's makes for great conversation too.
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  Phoenix, AZ -- Valley of the Sun -- Any PHX people?

  by [email protected] in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  phoenix, az -- valley of the sun -- any phx people?

  lookin' for locals.

  [email protected]

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  I was DF'd from the Camelback Congregation.....I live in Chicago now, my parents and sister live in Mesa, AZ...what part of Phoenix are you from?
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  Elder visits after disassociating?

  by davidsf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard that after a jw has been disfellowshipped, elders will still periodically visit the person, once a year?, to see if his situation has changed and might be interested in studying again.

  my question is, what if a jw disassociated himself?

  some elders i have been avoiding for 10+ years discovered where i live and tried to visit me.

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  Evesapple

  yes, David, I had been....once....thankfully I wasn't home....my roomate talked to them...

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/72692/1.ashx
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  WHO'S ARE YOU???

  by ebonychristian in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello, my name is ebonychristian (ebony=caribbean {black}, christian=i am a protestant).

  i am an evangelist, and debating is my passion.

  my email address is [email protected], and please, feel free to use it.

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  Evesapple

  Franni Dahling....

  I have no religeon....the simplicity is this, be kind to others....that's all....you're right, this is the wrong place for that....