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  Annoying JW Buzzwords...

  by Confucious in

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  hey guys, .

  was just wondering what is your worst jw buzzword.

  probably all of us hate the "just leave it in jehovah's hands.

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  Freedom Fighter

  Here are some of my faves:

  Stand fast for Jehovah

  Hall cleaning - this was of course exclusively delegated to the Sisters. We had a particularly oddball spinster sister who wouldn't let anyone else clean the men's toilets. I suppose having wasted 3/4 of her life in the Dubs that was the nearest she would get.

  The New Order - could never hear that one without thinking of the band of the same name.

  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - could never understand all that mumbo jumbo

  Anything linked with " worldly "

  Jehovah's Kingdom - sounds like a down market household goods shop

  Agape love - sounds a bit pervy to me...
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  Has anyone ever looked at this before? Live Journal Challenge

  by Freedom Fighter in

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  ff lays down the gauntlet - .

  i defy anyone on this board to access livejournal.com and read the posts in the witness teens community without gagging.. such a waste of young lives - anonymous posting is not allowed - you have to give your congregation number and answer some borganisation based questions before posting access is allowed.

  this is of course to prevent renegades such as ourselves from stumbling these pure innocents.. some of the posts are quite interesting - the old world versus the borg problem is always simmering away as you would expect.. go on, you know you want to.... have a look

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  Freedom Fighter

  FF lays down the gauntlet -

  I defy anyone on this board to access Livejournal.com and read the posts in the Witness Teens community without gagging.

  Such a waste of young lives - anonymous posting is not allowed - you have to give your congregation number and answer some borganisation based questions before posting access is allowed. This is of course to prevent renegades such as ourselves from stumbling these pure innocents.

  Some of the posts are quite interesting - the old world versus the borg problem is always simmering away as you would expect.

  Go on, you know you want to.... have a look
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  Come on ENGLAND!!! england v portugal

  by Pleasuredome in

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  with luis figo and old man now, and ronaldo out of form i think we've got a good chance.

  c'mon england!!!!

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  Freedom Fighter

  Awwwwww shame........ lol
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  A Little Taste Of What You're Missing....

  by Englishman in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/ukfs_sport/hi/av/bb_rm_fs.stm?nbram=1&news=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1

  click on "select a programme".

  then "euro 2004 highlights".. then take a peek at mighty england.

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  Freedom Fighter

  Gloat gloat gloat!!!!!

  There's only one David Beckham......there's only one.......
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  What gossip was there in your congregation/cartoon in Guardian

  by badboy in

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  i understand that there is supposedly a lot of gossip in congregation.. what kind of gossip is this?.

  a cartoon in which a jw says `i hope i am not interrupting something important' to someone watching the england match appeared in the guardian..

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  Freedom Fighter

  Too true. Gossip was always rife in our congregation. It was mainly tales of supposed wrong doing - tales which always grew arms and legs whenever they were passed on.

  The sisters were particularly bad, as some poor unfortunate was usually getting it in the neck for reasons such as:

  Horrendous outfit, badly behaved children/husband, lack of husband etc., all the usual crap. It certainly opened my eyes to all the hypocrisy.
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  Can A JW "Call The Whole Thing Off"?

  by Englishman in

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  jw's can't end an engagement to marry someone.. when my teenage engagement to a jw sister ended, i was asked to state who had brought the relationship to an end because that person would be summoned to appear before a jc.. i was astonished at this infringement on a person's freedom.. here's the wt's take on this:.

  questions from readers.

  is it proper for a christian who is engaged to be married to break off that engagement??a.

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  Freedom Fighter

  Yeah - I don't think this is standard practice across Dubdom. In my old KH there was a couple from well respected families who broke off their engagement, nothing was said. It must vary from place to place depending on how strict your congregation is.
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  How many raised in "the truth" have left??

  by L_A_Big_Dawg in

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  this subject has been gnawing at me for awhile now.. so many of you:.

  1) were raised in "the truth?".

  2) did you get baptized and at what age?.

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  Freedom Fighter

  Brought up in the 'troof' from age 7

  Never been baptised

  Faded away from age fifteen
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  Descriptive Adjectives that describe the District Convention

  by TresHappy in

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  in my writing class, my teacher has asked us to describe something that we used to treasure but now loathe.

  so my paper will be about the district convention.

  i need some great words to describe my feelings...boredom just skims the surface...the best adjective gets a free pizza!

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  Freedom Fighter

  Craptastic
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  If you had the choice ,when you became a jw,,,,,,,

  by kls in

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  would you have been better off being born in to it or have been better off being recruited as an adult .

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  what are the pros and cons of both.

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  I agree with a lot of what has been said so far - I was brought up in the 'truth' and have to say that it spoiled a big part of my childhood. The humiliation of always being the 'different' kid, having to lie about birthdays and xmas amongst other things. The embarrassment of being seen going to the KH or on field service caused me problems with some people at school. I also resented having to attend boring meetings which took up so much time during the week - especially on Summer nights when I would rather have been somewhere else.

  Luckily I had a lot of worldly friends and relatives so I always kept a foot in both camps. What angers me still is the fact that I had no real choice in the matter - I would rather have had made choices as an informed adult. I only went to keep my mum happy and also because of the armageddon fears that came from the platform every week.

  Even now, 17 years on since I sat in the KH for the last time, it upsets me to think about it. The pain is still there, buried in my psyche for evermore. I have often asked myself how anyone could put a child through that - I have asked my mum this, and her reply is that as far as she is concerned it was for my own good, an Armageddon protection shield. I don't blame her - she has been duped like so many others. I am also glad she didn't make a big deal of it when I went my own way, that made things so much easier.

  I don't have kids, but if I do I will make sure they don't suffer in this way - it does leave it's mark that's for sure.
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  The 15 minute rule - how long will its effects last?

  by truthseeker in

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  it seems that there is an ever growing number of people who are still active and are handing in "bumped up" hours.

  yet, i have never seen an article acknowledging this.

  to my mind, nothing has been printed that counsels witnesses on lying about their hours.. and all these bible studies - do you really see them at the meetings?

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  Freedom Fighter

  Sunday night was always my 'study' with my mum. I used to throw a tantrum and sometimes I succeeded in not having to do it. She would tell me that she would the time down on the sheet anyway, but I would have to make it up at some other time. If I actually caught up in the hours that were reported i would be free in about 2 months.