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A Fond Farewell
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i want to take this opportunity to say goodbye to all of the members on jwn and thank you for your support over the years.. circumstances have arisen that make it impossible for me to continue posting here.. i have truly appreciated your love and support during some hard times when i had no one else to talk to.. you showed compassion and a non-judgmental, christlike attitude for thoughts and feelings that could not be openly expressed to any of the brothers in the congregation for fear of reprisal.

for that, i am so grateful!.

thanks to the many of you that could relate to the pain and worthlessness that i have felt about myself for so many years because of my experiences and upbringing in the truth.
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Great Watchtower quote
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just stumbled on this looking up medition because of another post.. you just gotta laugh and cry at the same time.. http://www.watchtower.org/e/20020401/article_01.htm.

should faith be based on reason?

"there are too many 'religious' people who become religious precisely to avoid having to think," writes the dean of a theological seminary in the united states.
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Not doubting in private
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can anyone please help me find this wt quote.. it was from around 1999-2002.. where it says it would be wrong to have any doubts, even in private.

something to that effect.. thanks.. 5th.
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How's this for a strange coincidence
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i googled 'orangutan' to find a funny pic for shamus.. .

i went back to the new open window to close it and saw the url:.

http://e-watchman.com/.
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GB's response to rising Memorial partakers
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br.

pierce addressed the rising number of memorial partakers at the convention on sunday.. he said that many are asking why the number of partakers is going up year after year.. his response (paraphrasing): "it's none of our business.

it's jehovah's business".. in other words, shut up and keep your place.. 5th.
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New Generation understanding tied to Freddie Franz
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also don't know if this has been mentioned previously.. our speaker yesterday, gb member br.

pierce, tied the overlap theory directly to fred franz's lifetime.. did anyone else catch this?.

evidently (and i'm paraphrasing), anyone anointed after franz's death in 1992 is not of the 'generation'.. 5th.
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Today's Drama
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went to the convention today.. don't know if this was posted on but one thing bugged me above and beyond.. it was how the drama interjected modern day theocratic terms.. 'the elders want the brothers to leave jerusalem...'.

'i just got back from preaching and so-and-so wants to start coming to the meetings...' .

really disingenuous.
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Saw Shamus on TV today!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b46ftx0kzzy.
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Misery loves Company: The Meetings
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after increased pressure from friends and family (many less than spiritual) to get back to the meetings recently, i started wondering how many of them are just plain pissed every time they're sitting in the kh thinking about you siting at home watching csi.. was just wondering about that angle.. 5th.
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Thought JWs only rescued sheep!
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hehe.

jehovah's witnesses rescue pet goat:.

http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/news/2010/jun/08/jehovahs-witnesses-rescue-pet-goat-ar-213733/.