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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #91

  by ozziepost in

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  how's your weekend been going?

  here in oz, today is anzac day, the national commemoration of soldiers, sailors and airmen who have fallen in war.

  mrs ozzie and i have been very conscious of the fact that the wts and jws avoid recognizing any debt to the members of the armed forces who have fought in battle to preserve the peaceful conditions that the wts benefits from in its printing operations.

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  Bushworld

  by Realist in

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  the orwellian olsens

  by maureen dowd

  published: april 25, 2004 .

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  The "What If" Game

  by copsec in

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  i ask a question, the next person answers my question and then asks their own and so on.

  so i will start off with....... .

  what if animals could talk?

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  Sheeplike behaviour?

  by boa in

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  k, i just have to relate one of the most ridiculous situations i've ever been in and it happened at bethel.. as most of you know, they have a monday night wt study.

  (this makes 3 times you study the article if you prepare for it, attend monday, then again on sunday - jeece!

  ) since in canadian bethel there isn't enough room to have everyone in the kh they have there, they put others in 'satellite' rooms and hook up with video/sound.. anyway, one night, the study had ended and we were moving on to the song when the sound kicked out but the video still worked.

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  The colour of grey

  by beaker in

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  g,day all from sydney.

  i've been dropping in to the board since being d'fd a month ago and have been very encouraged by the posts and they way everyone has been able to move on since leaving the collective.. being a 5th generation, it was always very hard for me to imagine life life outside the truman show bubble.

  having a huge extended family who are all believers means that i now have virtually nil social contacts.. soon to be divorced, the only contact i have with my past life is weekend visits from my 7 year old boy and 9 year old girl.

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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #89 (Happy Easter everybody!)

  by ozziepost in

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  so, how's this long weekend going for you?

  not too many out witnessing, eh?.

  i think most people take the opportunity of visiting family, but, of course, for some of us that's not possible thanks to the borg, so what've you been doing?.

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  How many rules are there??

  by beaker in

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  the ancient isrealites had about 600 rules in the mosaic law which they had to keep.. i reckon that jw's are expected to keep more rules than that.. what's your favourite??.

  to start off how about...... you must not have a beard.

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  Which Doctrine Convinced You That This Wasn't Right

  by ignorance is strength in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what wt doctrine convinced or made you doubt your faith in the wtbts?

  for me it was the 144,000 and the nature of christ's resurrection.

  i seriously could not believe that there were two classes of christians when it was not stated implicitly in the bible, but was expected to be believed in as absolute truth.

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  He's here! Welcome beaker to JWD!

  by ozziepost in

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  2. friends

  you may recall that a week or so ago we were sending kind thoughts to an aussie lurker who was hurting.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/69086/1.ashx those thoughtful comments were much appreciated and now it gives me the greatest pleasure to see our friend make his first introductory post.. in case you missed it, it's here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/47798/2.ashx.

  so, my friend beaker, welcome aboard.. enjoy.. cheers, ozzie

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  Why is there a High Rate of Suicide among Jehovahs Witnesses?????

  by Aikon in

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  hi guys.

  last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.

  can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.

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