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  Hello distant friends, want some books?

  by drew sagan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as you may remember (if you were here to remember it), i stopped posting on this forum quite a while ago.

  and let me tell you, what a great decision that was!

  it has been great to move on from all this jw nonsense.

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  Goodbye Everybody!

  by drew sagan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  startfragment.

  after thinking things over i have realized that the time has now come for me to say goodbye to jwd.. some personal reminiscing about all of the people i have enjoyed talking with on jwd reminds me why it is time to go.

  simply speaking, most of my good friends are no longer here.

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  Forget what they say, most JWs do not believe the end is near...

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was a baptized jw for 7 years.

  during that time i repeatedly vocalized my belief that "the end is near.

  " however, what did this cost me?

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  Governing Body 2.0

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i borrow the phrase gb 2.0 from alltimejeff, who used it yesterday in the post about theodore jaracz's death.. i was interested in starting a thread that addresses the new leadership regime that has emerged within the wts, especially in light of changes (albeit mundane) the organization has undertaken over the past 15 years or so.

  while few of us have had close contact with the men in charge, changes they have made in recent years surly reflect a definable leadership style.

  it also reveals a little bit about how they view the organization and its future.. from what i can put together, it seems that there a few obvious things to note.. - 1999 seems to be the sea change year in terms of gb appointment and might be seen sybolically as a turning point in terms of leadership for the group.

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  Anybody able to look something up for me in a bound volume?

  by drew sagan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in 1997 i began attending meetings.

  i am trying to pinpoint the date but in order to do so have to look something up in the bound volume (which i don't have).

  the first watchtower magazine i ever got was in the summer of 97, (probably between may and august).

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  list of district convention releases over the past decade?

  by drew sagan in

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  2. friends

  i'm trying to compile a list of all the major publications released at district conventions over the past decade.

  even though i attended most of these conventions, there are some blank spots.

  anybody able to help refresh my memory?

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  Finally finished my college degree

  by drew sagan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this week i finally finished college.

  feels great to finally be completed.. i have to say that the process has been therapeutic.

  a year and a half ago when i started to go back i still defined myself in terms of my experience as a jw.. that is all gone now.

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  Anybody familiar with the Lilburn GA Congregation?

  by drew sagan in

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  2. friends

  long story behind why i am curious.

  if you think you may have info for me shoot me a pm.

  thanks!.

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  Ambiguities surrounding the enforcement of Watchtower rules

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could write a good bit on this topic, but thought i would simply open this up for discussion.

  here are a few things to think about:.

  - the watchtower has no fundamental writing that it turns to as its foundational text.

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  Pocahontas = Avatar

  by drew sagan in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  pretty funny stuff i happened to come across.

  thought i would post it for all of my fellow "avatar haters" our there (you're out there, right?).

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