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  Flash Backs

  by hopelesslystained in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how do you deal with them?

  from experiencing falsely based family accusations.

  commitee meetings (old term).

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  "after all the JWs pioneered bloodless surgery”

  by hopelesslystained in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is what my elderete (sp?

  ) aunt, wife to presiding elder uncle, stated to all the family and medical staff present as my dad was being wheeled in for hip surgery.

  i have been out for 30+ years.

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  Tell me please!

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  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  so much of all posted is so very much a waste of time.

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  How did your JC meeting affect your life?

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  2. experiences

  here's my story: .

  i had only one experience of being counseled by the elders, and it was in a tribunal thingy many years ago when i was 18 living at home with my 'presiding overseer' father.

  my dad was overly upset imagining i was smoking pot!???

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  Memorial Date This Year?

  by hopelesslystained in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when is it for california?

  i have a sneaking feeling a screening of calls is in order this year... thanks, .

  hope

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  Are Civil Marriges Acceptable?

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  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my sister has a sister in law who has been with her partner for over 15 yrs and they have recently decided to make their union legal by getting married in a civil court.

  now they wish to become active in the local congregation.

  they have been told that they are not recognized as being married by the elders until they have been married by an elder.

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  All the remnant 144,000

  by hopelesslystained in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have always wondered from the time of being a child and being familiar with a few of the professed 144,000 remnant; just why is there no enlightenment coming from them?

  the only enlightenment or new light is coming from the few in brooklyn, new york.

  does not make sense to me.

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