Posts by south african beef

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2006 Service Year Report

by south african beef in

have i missed it or am i too early?

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i can't remember seeing the latest figures and was interested in how they are doing around the world.

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Have I missed it or am I too early?

I can't remember seeing the latest figures and was interested in how they are doing around the world.

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JW Divorce Rate

by sandy in

anybody know what the jw divorce rate is these days?.

how many dub couples do you know that got divorced?.

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No exact figures but there are absolutely loads of divorces amongst Jehovahs Witnesses.

I was one of them and how glad I am that I was able to 'start again'.

First time round I was soooo young and inexperienced, now I know what kind of person I want to be my wife, and I found her and we are very very happy.

Also, how many Witnesses are still married, but very very unhappy, but they stay together due to the immense pressure to do what's 'right'?

SAB

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They do actually place more than 50 of those tracts per publisher... :(

by Kudra in

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too bad- some folks here did a calculation and said that evin if all dubs placed all their tracts they'd only cover 300 million of the earth's inhabitants (mainly in western lands where people toss them straight in the garbage), thus only reaching a maximum of 4 1/2 % of the earth's population... .

i think many publishers, inflamed with zeal, get packet after packet of 50 tracts each for "placement in the ministry".

(eeeee- i love using those buzzwords!

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Burn The Ships - wouldn't That be a great idea - if every one of you on this site who still goes to the meetings would write on the field service report that they did 1 or 2 hours on the ministry and then write on the back that they also spent 20 hours on JWD!

Awesome!

SAB

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Still Groggy: Double Agent's Blog #001 - "Pressure Building"

by StillGroggy in

(copied from my blog) .

anyone who's seen my posts on jwd knows that im an active jw whos married in the religion.

i recently started leaning my "family study" with my wife to a more free-thinking, personal researching mode.

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SG, I think you have got your head screwed on right - unfortunatley most JW's don't.

I can't believe how happy, free and alive I feel after leaving the cult after spending my whole life in it. When you are a member it is very difficult to reason, but gradually doubts build up. There may be hope for your wife eventually, but there seem to be hope for your own happiness on the horizon!

Hang on in there and do what you think is right - I'm certainly delighted that I am not part of that relgion anymore.

My thoughts are with you.

SAB

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Borat

by Gregor in

after 5 days of constant rain, i dragged my wife to see this flick.

i had read several reviews that said it was the funniest movie ever made in the history of mankind.

wife was not excited about going but anything to get out of the house.

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1 1/2 stars out of 4???

Unfortunatley it seems that a lot of Americans don't get the English humour (sorry, humor!).

It did take the Mick out of America that's true, but he could have done the same with Britain too. If you haven't watched his TV show regularly then maybe you wouldn't 'get it' so easily. I've loved Borat for years and if you don't take the film seriously it is very very funny.

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Hi I am new at this

by lmspink in

hi i am new at this.

i am so glad to have found this site.

didn't realise there were so many people who felt the same way i do !!!

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Welcome Imspink.

I see my wife (Bubble) has already welcomed you. You will find a lot of friends here, many people just like you who are new to this forum.

There are many different views on here, feel free to add yours!

I have found this site very welcoming and very healthy for my development as a human being!

I have also met and made some great friends when some of us met up for a curry in Manchester recently.

All the best

SAB

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Jehovahs Witnesses on The Heaven and Earth Show BBC1

by south african beef in

i just watched the heaven and earth show on bbc1.

there was a jw mum and her now 16 year old daughter on the programme.

when the girl was 15 she needed a life saving operation which apparently required blood.

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I thought that maybe she wasn't baptised yet and that she was in the process of making her mind up.

Having said that, it's very odd for a 16 year old Witness NOT to be baptised eh?

I thought the whole thing was a bit strange too - maybe they had been schooled by the elders etc on what to say, they refused to say what they actually would do if it was a life and death situation. I would like to see them asked the question as to what would be the repercussions if they had a blood transfusion to save their lives - would that count as disassociating oneself from Jehovahs loving organisation?

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Jehovahs Witnesses on The Heaven and Earth Show BBC1

by south african beef in

i just watched the heaven and earth show on bbc1.

there was a jw mum and her now 16 year old daughter on the programme.

when the girl was 15 she needed a life saving operation which apparently required blood.

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I just watched the Heaven and Earth show on BBC1.

There was a JW mum and her now 16 year old daughter on the programme. When the girl was 15 she needed a life saving operation which apparently required blood. The family sought and found a surgeon who would operate without blood.

The mother and daughter answered Gloria Hunnifords questions very well, but two things surprised me: firstly the mother said that even though JW's would not accept blood tranfusions, they WOULD ALLOW their own blood to be stored for future use - is that a new view?

Secondly, the daughter who was brought up a Witness said that even though she agreed with the descision to not have blood, she now is not an active JW - but that when she questions things she keeps coming back to the conclusion that the Witnesses have the 'truth'.

Did anybody else see the programme and do you have any other comments to make?

By the way, the full documentary is on BBC1 on Wednesday, 10.40pm on a programme called One Life.

SAB

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Fireworks night tonight!

by dobbie in

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anybody going to a fireworks display tonight in uk?it'll be the first time since being a jw but i love fireworks and am going to one tonight(for the scouts-another no no!

)i still feel abit uneasy about it cos of why jws should'nt do it but know my little boy will love it.i was so disappointed when i became a jw and couldn't do this either!sorry to post something so unimportant but i'm being very childishly excited about it and can't tell anyone else!

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I've just watched a firework display put on by Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex (full of class me!) for free as I can see it from the comfort of my house.

I remember when I was very little (or should I say when I was very young, as anyone who knows me, knows that I am still little!), being driven by my mum and dad to the book study on bonfire night and I loved looking out of the car window at the fireworks - only for it to be cut short by our arrival at the meeting.

I also remember my mum reading about some kids that had been burnt by fireworks that if they had followed Jehovahs organisation they would not have been involved in celebrating anything like bonfire night so they woouldn't have got injured. She said can't you see what a protection it is being a Witness.

Unbelievable now.