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  Standing on Street Corners, Counting Time - the Impotent Future of Preaching

  by passwordprotected in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you see them all over the place now, 2 or 3 of them standing near a portable display of bible-based literature, chatting to each other.

  counting time.. i've seen them in london, glasgow and cluj (romania).

  the portable display is always the same.

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  When I see pictures of them with their carts, I laugh to myself thinking how I did something similar back in the 1980's. I was really being groomed as an elder because I was such a "spiritual" man, but I wasn't getting my 10 hours a month. I really hated field service, so but for the few hours I got door to door, I would go into the business area in the morning when I wasn't working and walk up and down the few blocks there while holding the WT and Awake in my hands to get to the magic number 10 (hours). It was the same as those with the carts today......easy time to count and not a single person approached to talk!

  And we KNEW that we weren't doing WORKS to gain salvation. Yeah....right!

  So happy I am no longer a part of it. Almost 15 years now.

  HappyDad
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  I want to start a website/ministry to help JWs leaving - how and why?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have plenty of tips on my older site on starting ministries or outreaches.

  though today they are now generally sites for public assistance, not personal blogs or opinion or doctrinal sites.

  free minds has covered doctrines, news, opinions, and more for 32 years (since 1996 online).

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  You and your efforts have been a blessing Randy. Freeminds helped get me and my daughter out. And at the time, we didn't know that we both were wanting out at the same time. We were afraid to confront each other with our leaving the JW's. Once we found out about each other, our relationship has been the greatest ever. That was in the late 1990's.

  May God bless you!

  HappyDad
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  Learning Spanish

  by HappyDad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone used rosetta stone for learning a language?

  now that i'm living in sw florida i deal with a lot of spanish speaking people and would love to learn the basics.

  my problem is that there are so many different levels with rosetta stone, starting about $100.00 to over $300.00.. any advice would be appreciated.. happydad.

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  Has anyone used Rosetta Stone for learning a language? Now that I'm living in SW Florida I deal with a lot of Spanish speaking people and would love to learn the basics. My problem is that there are so many different levels with Rosetta Stone, starting about $100.00 to over $300.00.

  Any advice would be appreciated.

  HappyDad
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  JWs in a frenzy!

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else get the distinct impression that jws are being worked up into a frenzy with all the changes and activity nowadays?

  by the end of august, there will have been four campaigns inside of a year.

  one last november, a memorial campaign, a convention campaign and an advertise jw.org campaign.. then there's the conventions with all the hooplah around that with all the video, and the aggrandizement of synchronized gb talks.

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  Seems to me that they are desparate to keep the ones who are still in..........still in. In other words.......ZOMBIES!!!
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  Can White JWs Have Mustaches?

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone mentioned in another thread that white jws can't have mustaches but black jws can.

  i noticed that the only governing body member with a mustache is black.

  can anyone confirm that this is an official policy?

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  I've had a mustache since 1973 when I was just 26. Nothing was ever said since many bros in the Pittsburgh had them....both black and white. I still have the mustache but instead of it being almost black in color, it is now whitish gray.

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  Met up with another exJW poster today in SW Florida

  by HappyDad in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today at 1pm i met a poster here in sw florida that i have been talking to for 6 years.

  it was a very nice experience and we could have talked for many more hours.

  i am hesitant to say that persons name since said person has family who are still in.

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  Today at 1PM I met a poster here in SW Florida that I have been talking to for 6 years. It was a very nice experience and we could have talked for many more hours. I am hesitant to say that persons name since said person has family who are still in. If she sees this post and wants to pipe in, then all the better. Hopefully we will do it again. It's always nice to compare notes from our past. Said person is very proud of her children who chose the path of education and are leading good and successful lives.....just as I am proud of my xJW daughter and her career.

  Life is good!

  HappyDad
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  Update on me

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it has been a long time since i have visited here, and an even longer time since i have posted anything.. .

  alot has happened since i last posted.

  amanda and i were finally divorced last september after 3 years of separation.

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  I always liked JunctionGuy. Sure hope he is doing well these days. So many over my 10 years on JWD/JWN have stopped posting. Hopefully because they have moved on with their lives. I still check here on a daily basis even though I am a million miles beyond my past as a JW. Keeping up with the changes in the religion is always an eye opener to let me know that I am ok!

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  Just ordered this

  by dynamiterose77 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i just ordered this book.

  (ok... it's not linking, it's called "i'm perfect, you're doomed: tales from a jehovah's witness upbringing" by kyria abrahams).

  i came across it when trying to explain to a coworker about the end of the world images that would be in watchtowers when i was growing up and why they gave me horrible nightmares.

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  Kyria Abrahams is quite talented. Something that never would have happened if she continued to buy into the crap that had all of us in it's hold for however long! Just google her name and a whole bunch of info comes up about her. She also has a Facebook page that is good.

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  Update about my Daughter In Law

  by troubled mind in

  1. social
  2. current

  a few yrs ago i posted about my daughter in law ........ http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/202817/1/happy-and-nervous-for-my-daughter-in-law#.u2uf91fli-0.

  she has been such an inspiration .

  she has studied hard and next week will be recieving her associates of science degree with honors !

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  This is wonderful! It bolsters my faith and hope in everyone who can escape this mind numbing religion and show what they are really capable of. God Bless her in all her endeavors.

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  That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leaving the university with my degree!.

  exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.

  i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!

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  Wonderful! If you are ever in SW Florida, I will buy you a drink. Or two.....or three!

  HappyDad