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Time again for........ Congregation roll call
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??
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Are you a creature of habit?
by findingmyway in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just realized that i am a creature of habit and routine.

i almost cannot function unless somethings in my life are consistently the same from one day to the next.

i have been known to eat the same thing for breakfast an lunch every day of the week.
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Do jw youths understand
by carla in
1. jw
2. friends
do jw youths understand that if they just didn't get baptized their parents would not be able to shun them later?

they must be able to see how this works in other families.

is it feasable for a jw teen to reject baptism?
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Did you hear about the congregation where.........
by enlightenedcynic in
1. jw
2. friends
i am new to the board and am looking forward to many insightful discussions here.. a good friend of mine attends a congregation where sisters are working behind both the literature and magazine counters.

the brothers who were handling those responsibilities were removed because in the elder body's opinion, none of them were "exemplerary".police officer explained that save for the elders and a few of the ministerial servants, none of the men in the congregation were meeting the national average in field service time, so for the foreseeable future, "exemplerary".

the irony here though is that the same men who are unfit to handle the literature and magazine counters are qualified to offer opening and closing prayer for meetings and do reading for the watchtower study.
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Tactics to sway my family from the JW organization
by findingmyway in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've been thinking lately about how i can get my family out of the organization.

my dad was once an elder (has been df'd once).

my mom was once a regular pioneer (hasn't in over 10 years and doesn't even work).
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Heavenly hope????? What do you believe?
by findingmyway in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am currently reading coc (just starting chapter 11 - point of decision).

i was also just reading on shaun's site the time magazine article (http://www.jwfiles.com/franz-article.htm) on ray franz's shunning.

i didn't realize that he and many other dissenters believe that all who belive in christ will go to heaven.
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Thinking of getting reinstated? Read my story.
by Jez in
1. jw
2. experiences
a lot has happened to me since march.

i have learned so much.

i hesitated to put this out in jwd, but i now think that if it helps one person, it will have been worth it.
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Dr. Vs. JW Mom on TLC "Real Stories of the ER" Last Night
by LDH in
1. watchtower
2. medical
well there was a show on tv last night--and i am a real tlc fan.. anyhow, you know the routine, 16 year old kid comes in, massive trauma, jw mom does not consent to blood.

as precious time is ticking away the dr. decides to try to get a court order.. bottom line, she is successful and saves the kid.

she goes into the hallway to apologize to the jw mom, who tells her something along the lines of "thank you so much for saving my son.
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Looking for a good children's bible
by findingmyway in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've gone non-denominational, but i haven't become a member yet.

if/when i do, i'd like to begin taking my son to church with me.

before i do that, i'd like to start my own study of the bible with him.
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Does anyone know of a good church I could go to?
by Andrea Wideman in
1. jw
2. experiences
after being a catholic and a jw i am really gun shy about organized religions.

i identify myself simply as a christian.

i am looking for a church to go to for fellowship.