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  Ok...so then here is my 'proper' intro ;)

  by Rubyvixen in

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  i actually have been reading these forums for about two years now and just decided to finally register.

  where does one go to make a proper intro post?

  edit: alrighty then, i guess i will do my little intro here.

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  not dfd but no-one speaks to me

  by dedpoet in

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  i am ex pioneer, ex ministerial serpent not been near a kh in 6 years, smoke, drink had a live in gf until recently, but not dfd, so much for keeping the cong clean!

  still, none of my "brothers" with a couple of exceptions, speaks to me now, their way of trying to win me back perhaps?

  not that it'd work - i am happy now after 10 years of bs from people who ought to know better but don't

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  Phone Witnessing...

  by RichieRich in

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  in my congregation, there is a well established group that does phone witnessing every thursday.

  the society actually encourages us to try other avenues of ministry, however it seems like phone witnessing is hurting more than its helping.... even i, the covert apostate, don't mind phone witnessing.

  i mean whats not to love?air conditioningfoodsitting around and talkinggirlsdid i mention food?.

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  Welcome ANEWME

  by Crumpet in

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  i couldn't see a welcome thread for our new ex-elderette posting as anewme and wanted to say hi and ask what prompted her departure from dubdom.. welcome anewme!

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  What is a "Sheldon"?

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  a turtle?

  income tax consultant?

  messed up ex-cultist?

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  Hi everybody

  by Cellist in

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  we "faded" more than a decade ago.

  at least, we began to fade.

  it took a few years before they gave up on us.

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  35 Yrs ago today - We rocked!

  by Amazing1914 in

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  does this sound like the jw organization you know today?

  yes, on july 17th, 1970, my wife and i were baptized as jws at the "men of good will" district assembly (convention today), at the oakland, california coliseum - where the raiders play.

  nearly 70,000 attended, and over 750 were baptized ... and it all made the news in the san francisco chronicle & examiner and other newspapers and radio stations.

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  What made your whole congregation laugh during a meeting?????????

  by cindykp in

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  i only have one that comes to mind.

  a sister was visiting our hall from another congregation and was sitting in the back of the hall.

  she raised her hand to answer a question, but only had one finger in the air.

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  Elder arrested for beating daughter

  by ezekiel3 in

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  2. child-abuse

  elder david nesler was arrested in jackson california for striking his teen-age daughter (also a jw) in front of a high school.

  he is currently released and an active jw member who is allowed to participate in meetings, although his status as an elder is unknown.. this was not alleged to be sexual abuse, but it does certainly call into question the discretion of this elder.

  if this is what he does in public...?.

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  WOULD YOU BE AN ACTIVE WITNESS IF????

  by minimus in

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  would you be an active witness or even an inactive one if you could change a few things?

  for example: let's say the blood issue could be resolved, would you stay?

  or if 1914 doctrine was dissolved or the disfellowshipping/ shunning view changed?

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