Well you know, maybe it was frottage....
Isaac
truthsetsonefree
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by purplesofa ini was raised catholic.. the immaculate conception of christ defied all logic to me, even as a child.
it seems to me, christianity has borrowed something from the pagans.. .
i am reading god against the gods by johnathan kirsh~the history of the war between monotheism and polytheism.
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Letting go, does it really ever happen as an X- JW?
by restrangled ini have been here over 2 years, some of you for many more.
i come and go with postings.
there are so many fighting history with current marriages to jw's, time put in as elders or what ever title you held.. some of us grew up in the worst possible time period,....description is not always possible here.. sometimes i feel we can;'t get beyond it.....we just keep talking about... is that bad or is that ok?.
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Being a JW is a unique experience that changes you. Or if raised in it it forever sets your course in life. This isn't necessarily bad, but it is like was said here, an ex relationship. maybe one that you have a kid with. I know I've moved on, yet I know I will probably always be involved with the ex-JW community.
Isaac
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Guys how old were you when appointed anything???
by oompa ini was 19, a pioneer, and a mini-serve.......first literature, then territory, and account servant at 21.....of course a janitor/window washer too (not that there is anything wrong with that!...it paid well!
).....i turned down elder as i am very non-judgemental....but almost did it so i could let everyone off in committees......geeze how i wish i had been in in college gettin laid............oompaundercover inspired this thread btw........
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From 12 on I was did stuff like magazines, MS at 22, elder at 28, out at 39!
Isaac
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7 Congregations in My Area, VT, MA, NH, Have Been Cut to 3!!!
by Seeker4 ini got this verified today.
seven congregations that were in my old circuits now are only three.. north and south gardner, ma were merged.. north and south claremont, nh were merged.. north adams, ma and bennington, vt were merged.. the wilmington, vt congregation was dissolved.. there has been discussion to merge the keene and swanzey, nh congregations, but there are some strong personalities among the two bodies of elders opposing that, so it is not likely to happen, though i hear that keene has got some big problems in its boe and very poor service, etc.. that's 9 congregations within about a 70 mile radius that are all seeing some serious trouble.. anyone hearing anything similar happening where they are?.
s4.
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truthsetsonefree
This has been happening in the NYC area for some years now. I haven't checked lately so it may have slowed down.
Isaac
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HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY!
by BurnTheShips inhappy square root day!
tuesday is square root day, a rare holiday that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year.
numerically, march 3, 2009, can be expressed as 3/3/09, or mathematically as 9 = 3, or 32 = 3 3 = 9.. .
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truthsetsonefree
Happy bday and happy square root day!
Isaac
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Our JW Friend told by Elder "Satan is using a Pedophile to Break your Faith"
by flipper ini was given permission by a jw friend of my wife and me to post this experience.
she's anonymous and posts on the board.
she is married to a witness still but is fighting on behalf of children in her congregation to not be a next victim of a pedophile who attends her congregation.
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truthsetsonefree
So I wanted to post this thread to show how easily ANY JW switches from being a real or authentic, supportive person to a mind controlled non-supportive person making fake excuses in support of the WT society views ! And all it took was one catch phrase " not believing in God " to set the P.O. elder into cult protection overdrive !
Flipper, this about sums it up. And it speaks to why there is a problem with this religion.
Isaac
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Hope all our friends in Alabama are safe...
by Gregor injust saw the weather report showing a huge band of tornados moving through.
i think snowbird is right in the middle of it..
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bttt
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Just finished reading I'm Perfect, Your Doomed
by cawshun ini was disappointed in this book, i kept reading it hoping it would get better.
i guess i got spoiled by this forum.
i have found better writings and stories here and a heck of a lot more humor.
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truthsetsonefree
I'm reading it now. Its actually fairly funny. Of course that's just me. What I do like about it is it accurately captures JW living without just being a boring biography. Someone who was looking to find out how JW's are raised and think about things might find this book useful. I'm about a third through it.
Isaac
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If my memory serves me correctly, the Jonadabs were to form the "great multitude". That may mean that they have morphed into the "great crowd", or should I say future "great crowd", since the "great crowd" don't exist till after the "great tribulation". So I guess the Jonadabs are the "other sheep", who will form the "great crowd". Thank goodness I no longer care beyond my usual interest in religion as a social force in society. All their terms and classes are headache inducing.
Isaac Carmignani
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Did You Ever "Learn" Anything Because You Went To The Meetings?
by minimus inyears ago, you could attend a meeting and hear a well researched talk or give an answer from the watchtower that had some "meat" on it.
i remember in the 70s when witnesses used to look forward to ruminating on what might be a "new point" or a veiled possible new understanding of a doctrinal view.. these days, the only thing you could learn from a meeting is that brother so-and-so got deleted or "is no longer a witness".. what a bore!.
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Funny, I learned a lot years ago. But as time went on there was a dumbing down. When I gave parts I tried to restore that old depth I remembered. But even the pubs say little more than obey the "slave". There is very little to learn anymore at meetings. Or maybe it was that it became just so much repetition.
Isaac