Topics Started by DocHayes

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I've avoided the elders so far...but could this all change on SATURDAY?
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
well, it has been almost three years since i silently and dramatically vanished from the world of the watchtower.

moving an hour away from my congregation's territory and not answering phone calls was all i needed to avoid having to wear the letter "a" on my chest.

but, that could all change this saturday.
40
Are you impressed by Pope John Paul II?
by GermanXJW in
1. social
2. current
at pentecost, pope john paul ii could not speak when giving his traditional blessing.

many people are impressed by this pope because he does not resign.

they campare it to christ's sufferings.
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Patriotism And All That..
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
i've noticed that ex dubbies tend to become quite patriotic once they've left the witnesses.

actually, scrub the patriotic, i mean very patriotic!.

it's odd really..we don't give much credence to king or country whilst we're in the dubby brigade, yet once we're out, we seem to become a bunch of flag waving scallywags with the best of them.. i wonder if we're using patriotism as a replacement for the loss of a controlling influence that we feel when we leave the witnesses?
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JWD/ Apostate Bumper Stickers.
by RichieRich in
1. jw
2. friends
this idea came to while i was in the chat... i got a couple... you guys chip in with whatever ya got.. "i'd rather be posting on jwd" and.

"my other car is an office chair".

i know those are weak- but somebody's got some good ones...
49
What would your conscience permit you to do that an average JW wouldn't do?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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i didn't mind going to any bar, if i felt like it.

i know that the average jw wouldn't have went to these places.
25
Dub sayings and their true meaning.
by diamondblue1974 in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's have a vocabulary and terminology of their own dont they?

i have thought about putting togther an apostaglossary to identify those particular sayings and their true meaning; i have included a few to start the ball rolling;.

'he doesnt have the right heart condition'.
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Was it worth meeting with the judicial committee?
by 24k in
1. jw
2. friends
for those of you who met with a judicial committee and were subsequently da'd or df'd, was it worth the time and effort?

did the elders let you speak your piece, or were they only interested in hearing that key word or phrase that would allow them to act?

was there genuine interest shown, proboing questions asked, did they really want to know how you felt?
36
Living Church of God & the Watchtower
by JAVA in
1. jw
2. friends
i?m sure most of you have seen some coverage about the murder/suicide by a member of the evangelical church called the living church of god.

the church was founded in the mid-1990?s when it split from herbert w. armstrong?s worldwide church of god.

the living church observes the sabbath on saturday along with other old testament rituals.
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Was that really necessary?
by The JellyBaby in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was just relating an experience to my kids about times i felt embarrassed as a youngster.. i gave them a story about the time i was going to the meetings.

we had a congregational outing to a zoo.

a time for team building and all that!!
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My Story
by DocHayes in
1. jw
2. experiences
actually i posted my story here one time before... but under a different screen name.

since then i have forgotten my former screen name, and password.

the limits of my laziness meant that i would rather create another screen name, and tell my sad, pathetic and uninteresting, story over again.