Topics Started by justicehope

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Re-instatement - How long ex - elders?
by CaptK in
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i am a white male and was d'fed in late 2000. i started attending the sunday talk and wt for the last two years.

my old congregation was merged into a new congregation following the years that i was gone (downsizing yes) with now all the elders are another race than myself.

i wrote a re-instatement letter in mid dec...which the elders never answered till mid jan... for a committee hearing.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-5-06 WT Study (Patience)
by blondie in
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his faithful servants--only jws, not "so-called" christians.

7 a second point that we can draw from peter's words is that jehovah is patient because he desires all to attain to repentance.

"consider the patience of our lord as salvation," wrote peter to fellow christians.
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Tolerance is not enough
by Elsewhere in
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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/02/tolerance_is_no.html

originally posted: february 8, 2006. tolerance is not enough .

posted by mark silva at 2:25 pm cst.
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Comments You Will Not Hear At the 1-8-06 WT Study (Languages)
by blondie in
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2. bible
comments you will not hear at the 01-01-06 wt study (december 1, 2005 issue, pp.

22-26)(language).

"ten men out of all the languages of the nations will [say]: 'we will go with.
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I can't rid myself of my overzealous family
by Nadsam in
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i can drink, i can smoke, i can curse, steal , lie, cheat, but no matter what i do i still get the latest releases shoved in my mailbox.

my family is relentless.

i am da's, df'd, apostate you name it but still can't break free....there should be a ex-witness protection program hehehe
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Has the Internet Changed the Way You Watch Movies?
by TD in
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maybe my family is just wierd, but it's gotten to the point where someone has a laptop open almost every time we watch a movie.. typical example --- we watched cinderella man the other night..... "who's that playing braddock's manager?

"just a second...oh that's paul giamatti; you know, he was "miles" in sideways..." <snicker>.

"max baer...why does that name sound so familiar?".
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What were the reasons you would say it was "the truth"?
by DannyBloem in
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just a question, because i'm trying to find out how to bring up good arguments to people still in the borg.... a) what were the reasons when you were (or are) still a jw that you would say that "you were in the truth"?.

b) and what would you say now, that were the reasons that you thought it was the troof?.

a) 1) the prophecies come truth.
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Did you ever preach door to door on a Christmas day?
by JH in
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i don't know if it's only our congregation or every congregation was the same, but no door to door was organized on christmas day.

that was the only day of the year that the jw's in our area wouldn't go pest people.. wonder why?
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my mother
by Ellie in
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i would like to write a thread to tell you all about my mother, however it would be very long and complicated and deeply personal, exploring feelings that i don't even know if i have.

but basically, she told me the other day that shes very ill, she needs an operation but the doc has said she wouldn't survive it, this has made me feel so guilty and terribly sad.. what i'd like to ask you guys though is, do you think a child can be so naughty that as an adult its mother should continue to judge, and chastise in public?.

i understand that you don't know the full story, even i don't know the full story but i'd appreciate any comments you have to offer.
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there may be many like defd
by justicehope in
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i am a bit nervous making a reply.

i find it a bit challenging to gather my thoughts and express them in the written forum, but her goes!

i have been coming to this site for years.