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  What's The Biggest Lie The Witnesses Tell?

  by minimus in

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  is it about the blood issue?

  about the fallability of the governing body?

  that they really love one another??

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  Thinking

  "JWs are the HAPPIEST PEOPLE on EARTH"
  
  
  my sentiments exactly for biggest lie
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  Follow the money......

  by mjl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone ever tried to follow the money the wtbs collect?

  it's almost as bad as watching a shell game in new york city.

  here is one of my biggest problems... the building fund.

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  Thinking

  I just had this discussion with jw friend..........how do you know who owns the kingdom halls??? not that i don't believe you but how do you know?
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  Thank you so much for the warm welcome!

  by TooOpinionated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the beginning of the end for me was when i questioned the elders on the child abuse policy-i honestly could not believe the 2 witness rule would apply that that particular situation.

  i knew our congregation had alleged cases of child molestation from years past, but the perp in question was disfellowshipped.

  all of a sudden, after about 13 years, she wants to come back.

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  Thinking

  I decided during the last meeting I went to that know way on God's green earth were my kids going to feel like second class citizens to these losers.
  
  
  
  
  Thats how I felt with my duaghter.
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  Related to Anyone Famous?

  by the_classicist in

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  rwagner's post go me thinking.

  are any of your ancestors famous?

  the only famous one i can think of is sir robert peel, i'm not too sure what he did.

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  Thinking

  My Grandfather raced cars.
  He was champion in 1948 racing midget cars for USAC.
  Hall of Fame tried to get him in but my mom stopped it somehow.
  And he is mentioned in old Guiness Book of World Record books.
  
  Thanks Papa for your contribution in my getting all those speeding tickets.
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  I've been pre-approved!

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband who was never a jw does not see the humor in this - but i knew ya'll would.

  occasionally i will ask my mother (a devout jw) a biblical question to get her thinking.

  i used to ask her a lot of questions, but it put a strain on our relationship and i finally decided i just needed to love her and accept her the way she is.

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  Thinking

  still can't highlight
  
  Satan will indeed put obstacles/stumbling blocks in your path - but view them as stepping stones to life and not stumbling stones/blocks.
  
  this was in a talk last time CO was here. Dedicated whole talk to it. I can see it will be used over and over like everything else till one is sick of hearing it.
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  I made a mistake

  by under74 in

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  the other day i was on a site....looking for a certian news clip i had seen where an older news guy get's mad at the news anchor that replaced him on air...anyway a hit came up reading old news anchor and i downloaded it.

  after it was done downloading i started playing it.

  this guy's handing out things to certain people he calls by name at a press conference.

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  Thinking

  My stepfather committed suicide. I can't imagine to have been the one to find him after he had done it let alone watch it first hand. Sorry you saw it. Mental images like that .......that hang with you throughout the days are so disturbing and unwanted. Suicide is a hard death to deal with.
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  PULP FICTION et al

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. jw
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  as you know, a loyal dub is not supposed to watch stuff like pulp fiction, basic instinct, last tango in paris -- what films which are classics have you now watched and caught up with which you could not watch when you were a witness -- saw pulp fiction for the first time this week - brilliant

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  Thinking

  I watch the movies I want to. Ratings are for the birds. Austin Powers is the best example of a PG-13 that should have been R. I remember my mom saying I was not a real JW cuz I watched R movies. pffft.... I want a movie with a good story. I love the scene in Pulp Fiction......CatchUP!!!!!!
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  Yankee or Dixie? (fluff)

  by hemp lover in

  1. jw
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  i love these stupid online quiz thingies.

  (i'm 74% dixie, in case you're wondering.).

  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lgrob/southern_dialect_quiz.htm

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  Thinking

  81% Dixie ........I was shocked!!!
  
  lol.......I guess moving to Arkansas fineally rubbed off on me!
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  My bit of an introduction

  by Thinking in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a very short time here i have truely appreciated the openess of the people that post here.

  the ability to share thoughts and feelings in a most respectful and honest way.

  i have been thankful to be validated with alot of what i was feeling and thinking with some things regarding the jw experiance.

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  Thinking

  thank you everyone for welcoming me. I appreciate it and also the private messages of encouragement.:)
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  Names given to children

  by the_classicist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what i've noticed, is that there seems to be a lot of recent jw parents who make sure to name their kids by some hebrew/biblical name.

  so now you have kids running around w/names like ezekiel, reuben, isaiah, etc.

  there were also a few strange names that i'm sure some of these kids would've been made fun of because of it.. have any of you noticed this?

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  Thinking

  My niece named her son Leviathan.