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  How did field service duty affect your zeal for the troof?

  by M.J. in

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  did it reinforce your dedication to the cause?

  or did it burden and disillusion you?

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  WITNESS MENTALITY TOWARDS THE TSUNAMI DISASTER

  by Mary in

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  2. friends

  i feel like screaming right about now...........the dickhead who takes our bookstudy group just came over and said "...i wonder how many brothers and sisters died in the tsunami disater.

  " while that's a natural concern, his next comment blew me away "....it figures that the media hasn't bothered mentioning jehovah's witnesses helping out in this disaster!

  " i looked at him stunned for a minute and said "and why on earth would they mention jehovah's witnesses?

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  Humans on other planets

  by Truth2Me in

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  through research over the years, it seems to me that aliens do exist, and even it some of the alien abductions are "demonic" or "ginn activity" as many claim, there are still many tales of humanoid beings from other planets that have been seen on earth.

  this is something i've struggle with for years, because jw and mainstream christians alike write it all off as demonic etc.

  anyone have thoughts on reconciling belief in god with aliens, even humans on other planets?

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  Please Help the Asian Earthquake Victims!

  by Sirona in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as you know the earthquake has killed an estimated 10,000 people today in asia.

  there are over 1,000,000 people now homeless as a result.. if you can help by donating to charitable organisations such as the red cross and oxfam, please do.

  see if you can donate time to man helplines or help in any other practical way.

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  My Deleted Elder Friend Stopped By.......

  by minimus in

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  with his wife to say that it's been 3 months since my daughter's wedding and in october he got deleted for going to it even though the presiding overseer told him it was a "conscience matter.

  period.

  ".....the circuit overseer saw it differently and removed my friend as an elder amd my mom as a regular pioneer because of a letter sent only to circuit overseers in 1999!!!!

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  Can JWs EAT Blood?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  can jws eat blood?

  scenario: .

  a jw is bleeding.

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  eschatological expectancy causes tiredness

  by stillajwexelder in

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  an elder confesssed to me the other week that they had an elders meeting and the topic was rasied about how tired the brothers were.

  he said "quite frankly, the brothers expected armageddon a long time ago and they are just exhausted".

  i then enquired of him "do you think the wtbts keeping us in a permanent state of eschatological expectancy causes strain and stress and tiredness - he said yes.

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  Kingdom Hall Spankings

  by JH in

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  most meetings i went to, children were brought to the washrooms in the back to be disciplined.

  often i could hear a child yell or cry due to the spanking given by the parent.

  people in the hall would have that look on their face meaning that it was alright to discipline a child by spanking him.

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  Circuit Assembly this past weekend

  by Jourles in

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  this past weekend we had our circuit assembly.

  you guessed it, same ol' same ol.

  ' on saturday, the overall theme was based on materialism.

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  Let's kick things off

  by Simon in

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  2. experiences

  as you can see from my profile, i'm from the uk and was brought up in the truth.. how about some introductions from people ?

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