Topics Started by pajaha

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the Service Meetings didn't prepare me for this
by stillin in
1. jw
2. experiences
naked ladies at the door!

various stages of undress, including absolutely nothing on.

my response was to be cool, go into my presentation and sneak a peek when i thought it wouldn't be noticed.
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Should pranksters be held responsible for results of their pranks?
by Satanus in
1. jw
2. friends
two djs, posing as the queen and prince, prank a nurse into divulging info on kate.

nurse is later found dead, apparently suicide.. -----------.

'jacintha saldanha, the receptionist who was duped by two australian djs who were pretending to be queen elizabeth and prince charles in order to get information on the duchess of cambridge's pregnancy, has been found dead.. the woman's body was found at an address close to king edward vii hospital in london, where the duchess was being treated, according to the u.k.'s daily mail.
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I have become a return visit!
by pajaha in
1. jw
2. experiences
just for background, i da'd 12 years ago and i'm now an atheist/agnostic.. i normally avoid answering to the jws (i can usually tell it's them because i hear two sets of incredibly moving footsteps coming up the stairs to my flat) or they do a quick "magazine presentation" and then they're off.

on one occasion a few weeks ago i answered and the guy seemed up for a discussion.

i said i was an atheist, a lengthy discussion ensued and he "placed" a creation /evolution leaflet with me.. i was expecting a call and, after avoiding them a few times, i finally answered.
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"newbie" post - after eight years registered
by pajaha in
1. jw
2. experiences
actually, this is my second post as i replied to a thread a few moments ago, but it turns out i originally registered eight years ago but had never posted.. i left in 2000 (from a newport, s wales, congregation) having been brought up in it from about the age of three.

initially, i was obsessed with research and posting to forums but got over it after a few years and just rediscovered this site a couple of days ago.

i just thought it would be worth posting my account of leaving in case it helped others.. i always considered myself to be "strong in the truth" and genuinely believed it,, but i suppose the amount of suppressed doubts had been mounting up and i think it was the summer of 1999 when i first thought of leaving.
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Disfellowshipping/dissassociating vs. fading?
by lostinthought in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, advise needed my friends!

the idea of fading sounds really nice to me and i would love to do it, but i'm just a big "chicken" and can't bring myself to stop all the jw nonsense.

i continue going to meetings and service out of some sort of fear, i know if i start missing too many people will be bothering me with phone calls and visits and such and they will sucker me into toing back.
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11,824 Memorial Partakers in 2011
by FrankWTower in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there were 11,202 partakers in 2010. and 11,824 partakers in 2011.. there was an increase of 622 or 5.5% in one year.. your thoughts?.

source: 2012 yearbook (in spanish).
406
ex-jw-uk
by bigmac in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..
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What will you do to celebrate Oct 2 2014?
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
like most people reading this, i was convinced that by 2014 the new system would 'definitely' have been operating for at least a decade.

now that i know this is not going to be the case i am going to have to think of some way to recognise 100 years of wts let downs and failed predictions.

there is no point fretting over the past so i think it will be a good time to celebrate.
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Was There Ever A Circuit Overseer That You Couldn't Stand?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know this has been discussed before but i think a fresh thread on this will be enjoyable.
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UK & IRELAND MAP
by ballistic in
1. jw
2. friends
i had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).

(and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).

anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.