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  Impartiality Watchtower style

  by Norm in

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  *** w03 6/15 p. 12 imitate jehovah, our impartial god ***.

  imitate jehovah, our impartial god.

  12-13 imitate jehovah, our impartial god ***.

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  Funerals

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
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  last year, a faithful sister passed away in a neighboring cong.

  she did have some disfellowshipped relatives............i guess everyone assumed they wouldn't show up.

  but they did (which they certainly have every right to do).........and it seemed it caused quite a stir.. one elder, who stayed to visit the family, ended up having to apologize to the entire congregation.

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  SPIDERS!!!!

  by Sunnygal41 in

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  2. friends

  last night, i'm lying in bed, getting all sleepy and comfortablehuge spider in the corner of my room!!!!!!

  eeeeeeekkkk!!!

  i rush from my bed and grab the vacuum cleaner and flip the switch...........and voila he's sucked up safely and hopefully very dead inside............feeling much safer and again serene, i climb back in bed and pass an uneventful, peaceful night.

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  Definition of an "Apostate"?

  by upside/down in

  1. jw
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  what are the ancient words translated into english "apostate", from da bible?

  and what are their actual definitions and compare this to the wts definitions?

  i'm sure there will be some discrepencies.

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  This is some of my story lol

  by Ticker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'll try to keep this as short as possible but this is a brief of my history with the jw's.

  i was not really raised as a fervent jw but my grandmother was a fanatic.

  every summer as a child i would go and visit my grandparents and so wha lah i got 24-7 jw indoctination.

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  Go Back to the Kingdom Hall and Leave Us Alone!

  by steve2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone else observed or even taken part in the strange phenomenon of defending something even when you have doubts about it?

  it's not a new phenomenon; i think freud called it "reactive formation".

  i notice every now and then, jws and/or their supporters tentatively surface on the jw discussion board.

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  WTS Cashes In On Tsunami

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an informal announcement at service meetings this week (corroborated by the question box in the january 2005 our kingdom ministry, pg 7) jws interested in contributing to the asian tsunami disaster should contribute directly to the "worldwide work" (the general fund).. the entire article referenced above: .

  what is the best way to make contributions for the benefit of needy brothers in other lands?.

  at times, we hear about brothers in another land who have come into material need because of persecution, disaster, or other difficult circumstances.

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  JW email forward about the tsunami

  by cyber-sista in

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  2. experiences

  anyway, this is an email i received this morning.

  don't want to give any disrepectuful comments about it as this tragedy is overwhelming and i am grateful for any who have come out of this alive.

  but yet i am still suspicious of any of these jw reports.

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  how many people make a "comeback"

  by stopthepain in

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  i personally am ashamed of my so-called comeback.. hers the story.brainwashed from infancy on,got out at age 16-17-really started hating the religion.tried lots of drugs,sex ,selling drugs ,fighting,partying,gambling-soup to nuts.at a fragile and emotional point in my life,i looked back to the religion{for all those sappy and emotional reasons-ex-my life has no meaning,i dont like the way my life is}i had a short lived comeback,and fell into all the traps of believimg a cult again.thinking i needed "structure"in my life.my mom kept sayimg how i would find a nice sister,blah blah blah.... .

  after 5-6 months of going to meetings i* stopped,i realized most of the people there{especial;ly young ones raised in the troof}were living lies,and acting very immature.that was 3 years ago.i havent been to the kh since and never plan on going back.. i guess im embarrssed about this and feel stupid about my "comeback".wondering if this is natural to have a comeback considering my circumstances,or if anyone has done this?.

  please forgive me...........it will never happen again

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  Hello everyone

  by Ticker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanted to say hi.

  ive been reading the posts for quite sometime now but never actually ever posted.

  wanted to thank everyone for the posts and for helping me to break free from the guilt after 20 years of it.

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