Posts by clementine

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Just checkin in

by SheilaM in

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just a hi to all newbies.

thunder and i are stil in school and been busy with the grandbaby.

our son is doing great (he turned 20 today) and our daughter is doing great too (she turned 22 in nov) i will post some pics of our book signing coming up the 13. otherwise just wanted to say hi

Has anyone ever ate the emblems feeling its ok

by PinTail in

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i did i felt that i should, and i wanted to.

now i belong to the bible students, who won't kick your spiritual hiney for doing so, or shun you for dibbing and dabbing that stuff out of weekness.

http://www.heraldmag.org/

clementine

but I did get have the leftovers

Tht's funny! ever wonder if they waste it or not....

Personnaly, I've never seen anyone eat the emblems...

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Going to my first meeting this morning

by Bug in

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hi there i'm new here, my name is fiona i am not yet a jw and have not started to study yet.

i am very interested in doing so but since i am still new to all this i thought i should attend some meetings first.

i am going to my first one today at the kelvin hall in glasgow, i am quite nervous as i do not know what to expect but also excited at the same time since it could be the beginning of a huge change in my life.

clementine

you all seem to think that I'm just going to convert over night and that I'm stupid enough to not doing any research

that's not that Bug.. How many of us did convert and are hurt now?? it's just a piece of advice... we just want to prevent you from being hurt too.

hope your researches will be successfull!

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Never ending JWism.....AAAgh!

by Gill in

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did you , when you were a 'proper' jw, or even a jw of any description, believe that after armageddon you wouldn't have to go to the meetings and out on field service anymore?

surely, after armageddon the control and work from jehovah would get even greater and the nightmare of being a jw would truly never end.. do you get my drift or have i had too much merlot?.

i ask this because my father told me that 'they' needed all these new khs for when the dead are resurrected and they have to look after them and study with them.

clementine

a never-ending-congress????

how paradisiac!!!

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Cathedrals

by Peppermint in

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since leaving the jw?s i have developed a real appreciation of old cathedrals.

these places are beautiful and really took some building.

how boring and lifeless kingdom halls are in comparison.

clementine

I live in a city with a quite famous cathedral. here is the site:

www.cathedrale-catholique-clermont.cef.fr (i don't know if the link will be ok, that's the first time i put one)

and here is a photo

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Two types of elder?????

by chuckyy in

its my experience after actually being an elder for a number of years that there are in fact...two types of elder.. type 1....genuine, actually cares about the people in the congregation and wasn't actually bothered too much if he became an elder or not.. type 2....very legalistic, cares more about organizational laws rather than people and lacks compassion and empathy.

this type is more of a spiritual policeman.

he wanted desperately to be an elder and now that he is, he loves the sense of power and prestige.. this has been my experience and if there are more type 2 elders on a body, the results can be disastrous.. what has been your experience???

clementine

I would say that in my congregation there are one type 1, and three type 2 (well only two now, one lost his functions last month because he had a relation with the widow of an other elder who died in may because he didn't accept a blood transfusion). So there is also the type of the sister who absolutly wants to be married to an elder!!

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Look who just joined our family!

by Sirona in

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we just had a new addition to the family!

monty is a miniature schnauzer puppy, aged 8 weeks.

cute or what!?

clementine

he's so cute!!!!!!!!!!!

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just introducing myself

by adri2 in

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i never did become a jw but i did associate with them for a few years by attending meetings, going house to house, and all that fun stuff.

anyway, i have so much in my mind that i cannot possibly say in one post.

basically i saw/heard many things during my association with jw that i just didn't agree with or just made me wonder if they were truly teaching the "truth", which i have recently come to the conclusion that there is no truth.

clementine

welcome!!!!!

I'm sure you'll enjoy this forum!!

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Helpppppppppppppp

by vitty in

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weve been fading now for 9 months.. can anybody tell me what book jws are studing 1 and 2nd week of march????.

this is going to take some monovering but, weve got visitors and they want to go to a meeting mid week.

sso we are going to take them to a cong outside our territory, and we need to visit it for a couple of weeks so they think its ours.

clementine

can't you find something interesting to do all day long (the meeting is on sunday like in France i suppose) in your new area? something like a big walk for example, to show them how wonderfull it is where you live... do you live in a town or in the countryside?

well, i really want to tell you good luck!!!!

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JEHOVAH ROMEO LOCKED UP

by Dogpatch in

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danny haszard sez: "i have seen a whole lotta rotten 'relation-s**ts' in the,"new world $ociety"

violent streak emerged just days after we were married

leeds today, uk - 1 hour ago .

clementine

thanks for this article, Randy!