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  David from Ozzie and Harriet passes away -- ties to JW's?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  david nelson passed away today.. many years ago (50's and 60's) i'd heard that the family had some ties to jw's in some fashion.

  any truth to that one?.

  len .

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  How many of you atheists, agnostics, deists are celebrating Xmas??

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are celebrating xmas this year for the first time.

  it's kinda weird because, even though we're doing a xmas tree, decorations, gifts, we're more or less taking the christ out of christmas.

  so how about the rest of you non-christian heathens?.

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  Elders Can Hide their Own Sins from the Past-Yet Continue as Elders? Read

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was shocked ( though i probably shouldn't have been ) when reading the new elders manual concerning whether elders have to confess up about former sins from a few years earlier.

  notice this on pg.

  38 , paragraph 19 : it states, " if it comes to light or an appointed brother confesses that he has committed a disfellowshipping offense years in the past : the body of elders may determine he can continue to serve if the following is true : the immorality or other serious wrongdoing occured more than a few years ago, and he is genuinely repentant, recognizing that he should have come forward immediately when he sinned.

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  JW gets attacked by police dog and bites back!

  by pr0ner in

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  where in the world was the holy spirit?

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  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39978891/ns/local_news-indianapolis_in/.

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  My JW student is converting other students...

  by lisaBObeesa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..and it is driving me crazy.

  these kids are 16 and 17 years old.

  the jw boy is such a great kid, with a wonderful heart.

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  You can get disfellowshipped for a dirty house too!

  by GrandmaJones in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was telling my sister that i downloaded a copy of the new "flock" book (don't worry, my sister doesn't bat an eye over my doing things like this) and she was asking me if there was anything "good" or "juicy" in it.

  imagine her shock when i told her that members of the flock can be df'd for keeping an untidy house.. seriously, i think they were talking about hoarders.

  that is even worse!!!!!!!!

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  Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.

  this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.

  at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??

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  I feel ashamed of some of you

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
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  i did not sleep well last night.

  i tossed and turned until 4 am .

  got up and decided to see what was going on.. i am so disappointed in some of you.. simon posted a thread requesting people not post links to the new shepherding book.

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  Weezer's new album cover - a WT picture?!?

  by weezer1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a long-time lurker (and hopefully successful fader) who finally took the jump and registered on jwd.

  thank you all for the great information over the years!.

  as you can tell by my username, i'm a big weezer fan.

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  Do you hate the person you were, in the WT ??

  by wobble in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i look back, i can do so with rose coloured spectacles, but, in truth, i do not like the cult member i was.. o.k , in mitigation i was one of the most liberal jw's in a very liberal congregation, i never did the 100% shunning bit, i found nice seats (not at the very back, and next to their family if poss.

  ) for the df'd ones after giving them a proper welcome to the k.h for example.. but i still see clearly that my thinking was twisted by those mind controlling bastards who run, and write for ,the wtb$.

  i did not trust anybody worldly to any great degree, i believed the "system" would end one day and so i didn't have to contribute anything to it,.. i could go on, but basically i hate all those things about me that were from the cult.. how about you ?

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