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  No Gentials in New System? Does the WT say that?

  by asilentone in

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  read dune's post 788/789.

  if you can find wt article about the possibility of no gentials in "paradise", please post here.

  thanks!.

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  crazycate

  "So the resurrected one is really just a Frankenstein's monster. "Hey, theres old Fred! Good to see you Fred. Where's your junk?"

  Rebel8 you made me laugh out loud!

  Cate
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  Judicial Committees....

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  2. beliefs

  this isn't especially thought out on my part, but i wanted to put this out there.

  it's more about elders, and how some who had to handle judicial committees could at least be as reasonable as possible, or total idiots.. many have been mistreated by a jc.

  in fact, i bet that just by agreeing to disfellowship someone, i have contributed greatly to a few peoples emotional and spiritual misery.

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  I think for many elders, it is the one place in their life they have power. I believe one elder I knew used his position as PO to try to impress his "wordly" father, who had wanted him to go to college and become a doctor. (Not that this particular nut job could've done it, but I digress.) I think this desire was one of the reasons for his dictatorial approach to "shepherding."

  Cate
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  Vinyl repair and pin stripping cars......

  by Gram in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  besides the two above mentioned jw businesses, what other ones swept through the congs?

  not counting janitorial, house cleaning and window washing.

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  crazycate

  Wow! The memories! My car was once (without my permission) gang striped!

  Cate
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  How stupid do I think I am?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today, as i wait for the grout on the kitchen floor to dry, i began to ponder...... i wonder looking back just how insensitive to reality i could have been to have spent the vastness of my youth and midlife believing the obvious lies of jehovah's witnesses.

  though i enjoy my freedom, i have no foundational background upon which to prop it.

  though having a sense of being reborn, that rebirth has taken place late in life, and has left me feeling somewhat empty.

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  crazycate

  Not stupid at all. Perhaps disoriented. Having left the way of life I lived for my entire life, I find myself feeling that way--disoriented, I mean. Everything had been planned out--no surprises. Now, while having the freedom to think and do whatever I want, I still find the adjustment difficult at times.

  Respectfully, Cate
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  18 years ago tonight

  by Gram in

  1. watchtower
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  my mom died 18 years ago tonight, she was 65 years old and had ovarian cancer.

  she was a jw until the end.

  my daughter and i, who do not attend meetings, are listening to some of her favoriate music tonight and having a seagrams 7 in her honor (her favorate drink, on ice, hidden behind the canister set in the kitchen).

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  crazycate

  Gram: I'm sorry I missed this on the 27th. I'm glad you could remember her with a loved one. Condolences on your loss.

  Sincerely, Cate
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  Why Can't I Be a Jehovah's Witness?

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is from my blog that i write when i feel like it.

  superstitions antidote.. .

  saturday, december 27, 2008why can't i be a jehovah's witness?in reflecting on my time as a jw, one thing that elders and circuit overseers would frequently say is: "we aren't like other religions.

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  crazycate

  Excellent points. Thanks for sharing.

  Cate
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  Jehovah's Witnessees and the Truth vs the Lie

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  there are several places on the internet where the hypocrisy of jehovah's witnesses is on full display.

  what i am about to write is not new, but it is on my mind, so i thought i would write about it.

  (disclaimer, i am an agnostic writing this, using the bible against jw lies.

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  A. T. Jeff: I could be wrong (often am), but I think it was more than just study groups--it was study material. I'll have to see if I can find anything. Thanks for your response.

  Cate
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  Jehovah's Witnessees and the Truth vs the Lie

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are several places on the internet where the hypocrisy of jehovah's witnesses is on full display.

  what i am about to write is not new, but it is on my mind, so i thought i would write about it.

  (disclaimer, i am an agnostic writing this, using the bible against jw lies.

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  Does anyone have the KM that said, in essence, that there is no reason to read anything other than the society's publications because they do all the research and provide all the information we need? It wasn't talking about "apostate" literature, it was talking about ANY other literature. It was a fairly recent KM, within the last year, I think. I was still going to meetings, and when we discussed this, I wanted to scream. Instead I sat quiety in amazement listening to the comments in support of this crazy statement.

  Cate
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  Cancelled bookstudy- but do you remember 4 day Assemblies!!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  assemblies used to go for 5 days which caused problems for brothers with work so....it was changed to thursday to sunday......then half of thursday to sunday.....then 3 days only.

  does anyone remember this....i remember 3 and a half days.

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  Does anyone else remember the "soy" convention? It was one of the big ones in California--either San Francisco or Oakland. We ate standing at tables made of plywood. Every day it was a new soy horror. It seems like one day they shaped it like a chicken leg, but maybe I just thought it would be funny if they did!

  Cate
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  Meetings canceled and double standard

  by Iwonder17 in

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  2. friends

  i live ina cold area where meetings are canceled from time to time.

  i find it very funny that even the most "faithful" dubs sit in anticipation by the phone waiting for the call that the mtg has been canceled.

  you would think that they would be disappointed since one of their meals is being cut off ( or one of their fingers as the old illustration goes )

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  I mentioned this on another thread, but I think the great joy that greets an unexpected night or day off gives a lie to the idea that all these meetings aren't a burden. Jesus' yoke is kindly and his load is light, but most JWs (I believe) are exhausted. As I also mentioned elsewhere, when we would say that we feel so much better when we go, despite the headache, fatigue, or whatever, I think what we were feeling was the relief of not having to carry the guilt of not going.

  Cat