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  Need Scan of Watchtower 1971 December 15 p.749

  by ackack in

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  i'm looking for that wonderful organization chart.

  was hoping that someone could supply a decent scan of it.

  (its a cool chart anyways, would make some great t-shirts out of it) .

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  lilybird

  Its really nauseating lookiing at that chart. It really points out how pomous and self-important the Borg has made itself. To make a claim that God deals only with governing body and elders out of all religions and organizations in the world.. IT makes me REALLY happy I escaped the mind control .*shudder*
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  Strip Clubs

  by pratt1 in

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  2. friends

  would you approve of your significant other going (and enjoying) a strip club?.

  as an aside, do you know of any active dubs who go to strip clubs?.

  i know of and has seen several enjoying the festivities.

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  lilybird

  Yes, my husband has gone to strip clubs but I also went to watch the male strippers. So we are both happy. I know of a few of my husbands friends who would go secretly because their wives wouldn't allow them.Neither one of us have gone been for a few years now, because been there ,done that...lol
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  Have you a POSITIVE JW experience??

  by ScoobySnax in

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  ok sometimes i feel it's good to maybe not redress the balance, but at least can you say something positive that you gained from your jw experience.

  so thats what i want you to do, if you so feel inclined.

  can you say or mention something that had a positive effect on you when you were a witness?

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  lilybird

  I was a JW teen in the late 1970's. In our area, we were allowed to have house parties and met lots of JW friends this way. We also went out in groups to discos (hmm,now I feel really old lol). We partied and went rollerblading and didn't get involved in drugs, smoking or sex. I had a lot of fun as a teen witness with lots of good friends and married a guy from our group eventually. So I guess i would say I had a positive experience as a teen, it was after my husband and I were married and joined the real world of grown-ups and having children that we realized a lot of the hippocracy of the Borg. Also lost all the friends I made as they are required to shun us...oh well.. met lots of really great "worldly friends" after we left.
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  Awake = College Education, % of brain usage, where are these?

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard that this is somewhere in the magazines, but i have no clue where.

  also, does anybody know where (or even if) the watchtower ever fed off the idea that we only use a fraction of our brains, an idea that has proven to be false?

  i heard so many people talk about this in discussion, but have been unable to locate it in a publication.

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  lilybird

  Well, as most Awake articles seem to discuss topics like "how chocolate is made" or the "fascinating life of the corn beetle",or for the younger crowd "how slow dancing leads to fornication",,, it is easy to see why most Dubs need only 10% of the their brains to absorb the mundane stuff the WT spits out.
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  who.............

  by lola28 in

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  2. friends

  is here this morning?

  i am at home in bed and was just wondering who was on the board today, come talk to me!.

  lola

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  lilybird

  Hi lola, Sorry to hear you are still suffering in bed with your sore back...See your doctor soon ok?? Life is too short to waste in bed.. unless your having fun that is...LOL
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  blame your kids for the prozac!! LOL

  by kid-A in

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  2. medical

  does having kids lead to long-term depression?

  lol.. -kid-a (of the no-kids but wants a puppy class)got the blues?

  blame the kids.

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  lilybird

  Well, I can certainly relate to that artice. I am happy you posted it, so I know others are experiencing the same childrearing pains that my husband and I am. My son who is now 23 is amazing. He is living his life and attending university and doing all the things I missed while stuck in the borg.. Just what I hoped for my kids. My daughter is another story. She constantly causes me worry, which is so upsetting because I know how bad her life could have been if I had kept her in the witless way of life I had growing up. I guess it just proves that you raise your kids the same, but it all comes down to different personalities as to how they turn out.. I am desperatly longing for the day when I will have the "empy-nest" part of my life... just had to vent a little bit...lol
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  any of you............

  by lola28 in

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  ever get really bad back pain?

  i am in bed right now because my neck and back are killing me!

  this pain comes and goes the last time it got this bad it was in late november, it starts on the right side of my neck and then it just spreads to my whole back.

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  lilybird

  Hi lola, not sure if this will work for you,,as it depends on what is causing your backpain, I was dealing with ciatic nerve pain that went down into my leg and I couldn't sit or walk much for a few weeks. I went for massage therapy and that has helped. I am pretty much back to normal. My son has dealt with back pain from sport injury and he cured it with accupuncture. Sorry I can't tell you much for imediate relief other than try a heating pad or if there is inflammation use a cold pack.and advil is good for pain relief.Your doctor should be able to help you though.
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  Are Winter Olympics Boring?

  by Oroborus21 in

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  is it just me or are the winter olympics boring?.

  i dunno, maybe ice hockey sometimes is interesting and a few of the short speed skating events...but ice skating, all the skiing events, even snowboarding....it all seems pretty boring to me.

  and i like to ski but watching it on tv - boring.. the summer games are so much more interesting.. -eduardo

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  lilybird

  I love to watch the ice skating competitions. I heard tonite that Michele Kwan might not compete due to a groin injury, Hopefully she can , I believe this will be her last chance to compete in the olympics.It was sad for her in the last olympics when she fell in the competition and lost her chance at the gold.
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  Pioneer Sister is Even Confused about The Annointed...Now I'm Confused!

  by stillAwitness in

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  2. relationships

  ok, this time i wasn't snooping around but i was eavesdropping in a conversation the co was having with the freeloader pioneer sister who has been staying with us:

  apparently she was a bit confused as to what will happen during the 'new system" between her and her husband.

  this is where it gets confusing and i need help understanding this: (i could only get in a few tidbits of the convo here and there: ya'll don't know how hard it is to have your ear pressed to a door fro 30 minutes!

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  lilybird

  Its really sad how much time they have wasted on their pointless witness lives...If she is an older sister who will find it devastating to know how she has been mislead.then probably it is better she lives on her life in ignorance.Its truly amazing how the elders and others in position of "power" can use the standard "new light" BS to satisfy every question from the masses.Probably ..they tell so many stories they don't know the difference between fantasy and truth anyways..
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  Just read article on watchtower.org that convinced me they have the truth

  by joelbear in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2005/3/22/article_01.htm

  clearly they are god's organization

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  lilybird

  Also clearly shows how reading their literature is "equal" to attending 4 years of college...