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"Uh-Huh" is Not "You're Welcome"
by XJW4EVR in
1. jw
2. friends
last weekend my son told me about the the training he is getting for his new job.

he said that he is required to watch customer service videos, and in one of the videos there was a segment that told people to say, "you're welcome," and not, "uh-huh.".

this made me realize just how bad mannered some people have become, especially in the customer service realm.
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congregations disbanded
by Fleshybirdfodder in
1. jw
2. friends
not sure if it is the correct terminology, but i've heard of a few instances where the society had to step in and completely "delete" a congregation because of issues with incompetent elders and out of control publishers.

i've never heard specifics.

does this actually happen?
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UPDATE! 'Local Needs' Part on Apostates!
by drew sagan in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not kidding.

it has been less than two weeks since i discussed with an elder some of the problems i had about the wts.

one discussion.
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The WTS Most Awesome Tool of Indoctrination?
by watson in
1. jw
2. experiences
i say it's "examining the scriptures daily.

" any thoughts on this?.

watson
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So i asked her
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
mum, i said.. "if you were forced to decide, either quit being a witness or your son will die what would you choose?".

she said.. "well, i'd choose jehovah".

i thought she'd attempt to cover it up, maybe say "i don't know" or even shout at me but she answered that, she's confused thinking that pleasing god is being a witness, and i'd have to die because of her beliefs...deep down i knew the answer but it confirmed a few things for me.. i ain't shocked or upset but...if i was in the same situation, i would never ever let someone else suffer what i believe, that isn't just.. but she added something else.
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Do you think that most "thin"people have hatred towards "heavy" people?
by booker-t in
1. jw
2. friends
i know this might sound abit "paranoid" but as i mentioned on other posts before i am a "heavy" person who is losing weight.

so far i have lost 65 pounds and i am still losing through a "strict"diet and exercise.

i was at a restaurant the other day and there were 4 "thin" people sitting at a table across from a "very heavy overweight" man.
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should I disassociate myself or wait to get disfellowshipped?
by Mrs.Congeniality in
1. jw
2. experiences
my closes friend asked me today if her and her husband should just go ahead and write a letter of disassociation or wait to be df.

many months ago i talked with them about 607, etc.

all the things i was finding out.
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I gave the PO a letter tonight
by fullofdoubtnow in
1. jw
2. friends
tonight was the school/service meeting at the kh, and myself and dedpoet drove there at the end of the meeting to see the po.

we didn't go in the hall, we just waited outside the gates for the po to come out, then i handed him my letter, saying it was to get things over with and save the necessity of a jc.

he didn't ask what it was, i think he knew, especially when he saw dp give me the thumbs up sign, but asked me to reconsider, but i said my mind is made up, i am leaving, and i want it out in the open as soon as possible.
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CS Lewis Quotations
by LittleToe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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what resonates with you?every war, every famine or plague, almost every deathbed, is the monument to a petition that was not granted.. .

c. s. lewis, letters to malcolm: chiefly on prayer, a harvest/hbj book, 1963, 1964, p. 58..
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unreasonable to expect the JW's to fix everyones houses!
by PaNiCAtTaCk in
1. jw
2. friends
ive been twice to hurricane rebuilds.

i helped with hurricane andrew and maryland.

yes, its true that 98 percent of the people we helped were mostly the jw's.