Athanasius

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  Did you intentionaly make your talks shorter so the meeting would end quick

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

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  i think the school works differently now, but when i was a kid, a #2 talk was 5 minutes and i would give it in about 3 minutes...why did the meeting still end at 9:15!

  ps.........do you remember when those tms meeting were 2 hours??????

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  It wasn't intentional, but I rarely used all of my alloted time on a talk. In fact back in the days when we were assigned the "Hour Talk," I usually delivered it in 45 minutes. When the instruction talk was 15 minutes, I gave it in 12. Nobody complained. I also didn't care much for those brothers who would ramble on and on in their talks just because they had a few extra minutes.
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  Yankee or Dixie

  by changeling in

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  http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html.

  my score was 76% dixie.. .

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  Athanasius

  57% Dixie, maybe because I am a native Californian.
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  The Loyalty Question

  by choosing life in

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  how many here have been asked the loyalty question by an elder.

  i am referring to, "do you believe that jehovah is using the faithful and discreet slave class to accomplish his work?

  " or something along this line?.

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  Back in 1988 an elder who was investigating my membership status in the congregation, as I hadn't attended meetings in over 3 years asked me if I believed that God was using the Faithful and Discreet Slave as his channel of communication, or something like that. He was trying to get me to DA myself so I knew that if I answered "no," he would consider that as an act of disasscociation. Instead I chose not to answer his question by saying that I was under a lot of emotional stress right now and couldn't properly give him a reply to his question. So he dropped it for the time being. However, a year later they announced to the congregation that the JC had determined that I had Disassociated myself.
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  avatars and member names, who's going to keep the same?

  by DaCheech in

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  if joining other boards, will you stay same?.

  how will we know who you are from this universe?.

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  Athanasius

  Since everyone knows me as Athanasius, guess I will continue to use that name. However, it is time for an updated portrait of myself.
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  Tell Simon why we want JWD to stay... our apprecaition...

  by burningbridges in

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  ok, i'll start, maybe if we can all tell simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.

  this site has given me the courage to speak out.

  i used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses.

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  Athanasius

  Simon your hard work and dedication in keeping this site up and running is greatly appreciated by all of us. Please reconsider your decision to close JWD. With the recent events taking place in Watchtower land there are many new wavering JWs who are viewing the information on JWD for the first time. For them and for the many longtime posters who like to direct their JW friends and relatives to the truth about "the truth," please keep JWD up and running.
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  Is The Borg Losing Money Drastically Or What???

  by cognac in

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  there has been about 5 trillion talks on donating money.

  never heard so many talks on this before... they have said in talks a few times that when the society charged per mag or whatever, the society got a lot more in donations then they do now and the cost in production has gone up.

  anyone have any feedback on this?.

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  The GB made a serious mistake in going to the donation system instead of having a set price for the literature. By making it more voluntary the JWs became less inclined to donate. But, had they kept to the old system they would have had to file sales tax reports in every State in the USA that has a sales tax and pay the tax which in California is over 8% in many localities. This wouldn't have been a problem for the Watchtower, as they would just let the rank and file pay the tax for them. However, in California the State Board of Equilization would know how much money the Watchtower is making through magazine and book sales in the State, and this is something the GB doesn't want the JWs or the government to know.
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  Why are so many leaving?

  by Dorktacular in

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  i've noticed as of late that quite a few people are posting "good bye" threads.... why?.

  sometimes people have disagreements or arguments, but does that mean they can't remain friends or talk?.

  hell, if i left my wife every time we had an argument, we wouldn't have stayed married through our honeymoon!

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  I always thought this was a JW discussion forum, not a site to view porn or to discuss one's sexual preferences. How many JW lurkers have stopped visiting because some of the content here merely confirms what the Watchtower has been saying about the internet and viewing "apostate" sites?
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  Written Review

  by Mysterious in

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  do they still do this?

  i used to memorize the pattern of true and false answers.. my mother told me that when she was younger the elders used to actually mark your answers

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  Back in the 1950s when I was a kid they used to collect all the review papers when time was called. The school conductor would grade them and then hand them back to the JWs at next week's TM School. He would then mention which question most got wrong and what the highest score was. Don't remember if he would announce who scored the highest on the Review. However, I remember once he announced that the highest score was 100%. That was my mom who answered every question correctly that time. That made her day. My best score was 75%, which wasn't too bad for an 11 year old. However, after a few years they changed the policy and let everyone correct their own papers and no grades were announced after that. They also dumbed down the Review. For me it made the Review less fun.
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  Most JW's Really Hate Going to the Conventions/Assemblies. Some Admit It.

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  so the wife and i met up with an old friend.

  the woman actually grew up around my .

  wife, i knew her as a young adult.

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  The JWs today have it much easier with the conventions. When I left in 1984 they were still doing 4 and 5 day DCs. In fact in 1969 my family and I attended a 7 day DC at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Nevertheless, I always hated going to the JW conventions no matter how many days long. They were a complete waste of good vacation time.
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  suicide and explosion at Kingdom Hall on Sat. July 27

  by kool aid man06 in

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  a bizarre explosion at a church east of kansas city killed one man on saturday afternoon.

  atf agents said the explosion at the jehovah's witness' kingdom hall on foggy bottom drive was intentionally set, and that the person who died appears to have committed suicide.

  witnesses described large amounts of smoke pouring out of the building, which they said was just recently completed.

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  Athanasius

  I haven't followed this case in detail, but how do they know that it was a self-inflicted gun shot? Could it be a murder made to look like suicide?