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  What Things Were You Shocked To Find Out About, While In The Org.

  by Warlock in

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  these are just 3 things that i was shocked to learn when i was in the org.

  they may not seem like big things to some, but they are to me.. 1. speakers at the d.a.

  had food catered to them.

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  Elders can pick up prostitutes and even be arrested with a prostitute but can chalk it up to having a "weakness" or "problem" so no action was taken.

  that would have been a shock to me but i personally know of instance in my area recently of a MS doing this and he's married...mentioned it to my mom who told her elder BIL and he pretty much told her to let Jehovah handle it like I lied about it or something..it is still listed on the police website...i don't get it, its like they out to get certain ones and the ones thats publicly known to do something wrong they let them get away with it...
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  How do you deal with telemarketers?

  by Outaservice in

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  Sweetp0985

  once a siding marketer called me wanting to come out and do a free estimate on my home. at the time i was living in a apt. so being bored i went along with it, gave them my address except for the apt # and left it at that. i wish i could have seen the look on whoever's face when they arrived at the address...never got a call back from them either..
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  SITTING ON THE BACK ROW..............NO, NOT AT THE MOVIES, AT THE KH

  by vitty in

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  i know we've heard a lot of horror stories about jcs and getting disfellowshipped.........................but what is your experiences of continuing going to the meetings to be reinstated.............what did it really feel like?.

  did you mind being ignored or did you understand it and take it on the chin?.................................what were your familys treatment of you during the period of having to sit on the back row????.

  when i saw ppl comming in late and leaving early .....................i just knew it was wrong, wrong , wrong to treat ppl that way.. in fact i got told off for smiling at a sister who i knew genuinly wanted to come back,( the pos wife told me ) i did it out of human feelings and was then blasted.. after she got reinstated, i was the first person she came upto and introduced herself.

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  darn guys..ya'll have me sad now..all those experiences of Jesus like love..
  

  personally i got df'd back in 1996-7ish and never really looked back or attended a meeting til recently. i went twice in 2004 and both times i was with my brother. Although one sister came up to me and asked me, "are you right with Jehovah?" i should have said yes but said no..and she gave me a pity look and walked away...went to the memorial this year, didnt sit on the back row but still got some looks like what she doing here? went a few weeks ago, sat on back row but got there late and left soon as prayer was over so didnt have to worry about be approached..

  
  
  
  
  on another note...garybuss said
  

  I visited a nearby church one Sunday and after a short ways into the program, the pastor ( a lady) asked the congregation to stand up and shake hands and get acquainted with the people sitting nearby. The whole congregation did that. There was a friendly buzz for about 5 minutes and then we all sat down. It was nice. I liked it.

  
  
  The church I attend does the same thing..and I was just telling my dad the other day that afterwards everyone holds hands and sings a final (goodbye) song together wishing each other peace til we meet again...never would have anything like that at the KH..so much love..
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  Big Announcementitis - JWs and 'Postates

  by slimboyfat in

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  what is it with jehovah's witnesses and apostates and "big announcements" - they are as bad as each other.

  witnesses are always on about big announcements in the pipeline - just to end up being disappointed.

  like the time they reduced the pioneers hours - big wow.

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  <--- still wishing for a big announcement of "the end is so near WBTS is shutting its doors"
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  $$$$$$$$$$

  by Outaservice in

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  i'm curious.

  has anyone been taken out of their parents and/or relatives 'will' because of leaving the jw's?.

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  i was threatened with being taken off..during a time when my dad was desperately trying to get me back to the hall. I was told he didn't know who to leave his belongings to his step-granddaughter, his sister, or the other sister because he couldn't leave it to me or my brother cuz we wasn't living right which means wasn't going to the hall....I was like hell its your money do what you want with it...Of course that was said in my mind only but he never took me off the will...it was just a threat and no I didn't go to the hall at that time. I have been visiting lately tho.
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  Recommend a GOOD film - no snakes, planes or spandex superheroes.

  by nicolaou in

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  it's been out a while and i know it's already been commented on here but i really enjoyed the village.

  the creation of fear and the control that it allows must surely strike a chord.. recently i saw christian bale in the machinist.

  bloody awesome!

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  well dh took my first suggestion "Devdas". I so love Bollywood, I could suggest over 20 movies that are great but all Bollywood.

  So I'll have to suggest this loop -ta-loop movie. When I could afford digital cable this one kept me up all night...very interesting movie.

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291579/
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  Snakes on a Plane...for or against?

  by jgnat in

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  i admit it, i'm not cool.

  i miss the trends.

  i don't notice a new fashion until half the women in this city are draped in it.

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  hell yeah i wanna see elders and apostates on a plane....call steven spielberg (sp?) somebody....lmao

  but seriously I totally love snakes..enjoyed all the other snake movies Anaconda, Anaconda 2, etc. although the movie Python was toooo fake and corny for me...but yeah I'm looking forward to seeing this even tho it probably won't be until it gets to dvd...
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  Texas Hold-em

  by OUTLAW in

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  awhile ago i wanted to learn how to play poker..i learned how to play texas hold-em..i am now a professonal poker player..so far i have won 1.6 million dollars..live in a beautiful mansion..and wear a really cool hat..at least on ps2..lol!

  !..i love the odd`s and probabilities of the game....ladies and gentlemen of jwd,do any of you play poker?...outlaw

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  yeah i play Texas Hold Em'....I used to play on yahoo all the time but the firewalls at work block it..But they don't block ESPN Poker so I frequent there alot...

  I first became a Poker junkie when Chris Moneymaker made his debut..been a fan ever since..I don't watch it on TV as much now, but I catch it every now and then.
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  What do you like to read?

  by JH in

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  i must still be programmed to think like a jw, cause i like to read articles about how bad things are going in the world.

  the worse the world conditions become, the more i love to read.

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  I'll look out for that Crumpet

  I also have a book by Laurell K. Hamilton, but I haven't read it yet...I heard her vampire series is good too..but I've been too busy to start it yet....
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  What do you like to read?

  by JH in

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  i must still be programmed to think like a jw, cause i like to read articles about how bad things are going in the world.

  the worse the world conditions become, the more i love to read.

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  I like reading vampire novels...LA Banks, Anne Rice

  I also like reading mystery novels....Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, John Grisham, etc.