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Interesting conversation with a well known Elder in Brooklyn
by pratt1 inon my way home last night from work i ran into a prominent elder from brooklyn.
this guy is always featured at circuit assemblies and his family was presented as the model witiness family in the 80's.
well imagine my shock and surprise when i realized that this dub had just bought a lottery ticket.
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Blood to save a life.
by pratt1 in.
if one of your witiness relatives was incapacitated and the decision to give this relative blood or another lfe saving treatment, that is condemned by the society was thrust solely in your hands, would you give your consent although you know that this decision would be against their personal and religious beliefs?
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Career advancement and the Borg
by pratt1 in.
it occurred to me that there a lot of activities at work that as a dub you would refrain from participating.
not just holiday celebrations, but also chartiy events outings on saturday or even just going out for drinks after work with the boss and your collegues.. because of these things do you think your career was adversely affected and have you began to partake in these activities after you left the borg?
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Christendom = Muslum?
by pratt1 inquestion;.
when the borg refers to christendom, does this term include non-christan based religions, such as buddist, hindi, and muslum?.
has anyone actually seen material from the borg that actually address these other religions?
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Where are you? Home, work, or public terminal?
by pratt1 injust curious.
where are you now as you access this website?.
where are you in most cases when you particpate on this site.. i am usually at work although occassionaly my wife and i will access from home.
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Do you make active witnesses uncomfortable?
by pratt1 inthis weekend my wife and i visited with another couple, who although they are inactive, they also invited active witinesses to the their home along with us.
we knew most of the people there and they are aware that we are inactive - no big deal.
however there was one brother who did not know that were are inactive.
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How do you interact with your worldly relatives?
by pratt1 in.
now that i am no longer a jw, i can associate, and celebrate holidays and other family traditions with my non-jw relatives.
however i am sometimes bitter because i missed so many experiences as a child with my relatives that they seem almost like strangers rather than relatives.. does anyone else feel this way, and how have you bridged the gap?
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Renewal of Wedding Vows - What is the JW position?
by pratt1 inalthough i am inactive, my mother is a pioneer and extremely loyal to her faith.
next year she and my father will celebrate 45 years together, and since they only had a small civil wedding, i though it would be nice to give them an anniversary party including renewal of their wedding vows.
i mentioned this to my wife and she thought that she was told that jw's do not believe in this practice.
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Kingdom Melodies - What's the deal?
by pratt1 insince i was an active witness for so many years, i only recently discovered many beautiful gospel and spiritual songs.
can anyone tell me why jw's are so against singing any other songs than kingdom melodies.. .
most are just, well in a word bad.. i actually remeber when all of our songs were played on a piano by a tone deaf elders bethelite's wife.
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Reason for going to Bethel
by pratt1 in.
for those of you who are x bethelites, why did you choose to go to bethel?.
was it because of you love for jehovah, or to get away from your home town and live in new york, or some other reason?
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