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  keeping track of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Incense_and_Peppermints in

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  hmm.... http://www.freakypixel.com/service_year.

  http://www.cpfsoftware.com

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  Wild_Thing

  wonder how many times they had to visit our site and then go directly to their own site to test that their little apostate filter was working?

  They also fixed their little Greenland mistake! Glad to help 'em out!
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  What would you do? Need Advice!

  by jwbot in

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  my brother has *gasp* a worldy girlfriend.

  he has a job, they both work there, met there, and now they are in love.

  i think they have been together only a couple weeks.

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  Wild_Thing

  What a tragedy! If only your parents could see how kicking him out makes things so much worse! In effect, they would be encouraging them to "shack up" and advance their relationship a lot faster than it would otherwise. They have only been dating for two weeks! If your parents were to simply respectfully disagree, there is no telling if they would even be together in another 2 weeks, or 4 weeks, etc. and your brother could still be living at home.

  If I were you, I would not let the girl friend stay with you. I think they both still have a lot of growing up to do. I also do not think I would advertise to your brother too much that he may stay with you either. I know you will take him in when the time comes, but it may encourage your brother to speed things up a bit on getting himself kicked out. (It sounds like that my be what he wanted in the first place by telling your mom.)

  I understand why he is so eagar to leave his JW home environment, but it sounds like he is not quite financially ready to conquer the world on his own yet. Unfortunately, it is inevitable that he will lose the support of your parents by , but somehow I think money and maturity makes it a lot easier to leave.

  Good luck!
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  keeping track of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Incense_and_Peppermints in

  1. watchtower
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  hmm.... http://www.freakypixel.com/service_year.

  http://www.cpfsoftware.com

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  Go to the new map and check out how many congregations Greenland has! 34,251 for only 141 publishers??? Bad data!!

  Also, if you click on the old map, there is nice greeting to everyone ... "Welcome Friends!"
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  Say Something Jehovah's Witnessy........

  by minimus in

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  i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.

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  Wait on Jehovah.

  Oooh! That is the one I hate most! Makes my blood boil!

  Others ...

  "Let's send our love back to the friends at ___________ congregation." (said often after a public talk)

  "Brother/sister _________ has been irregular in meeting attendance and field service lately." (Honestly, it makes it sound like you have a colon problem!)

  "We must remember to keep a simple eye."

  "It's 10:30! Time for break at Dairy Queen!" (Or is this only in Texas?)

  "We need to make sure of the more important things."

  "It's a conscience decision."

  "When considering things that are a matter of conscience, it is also important to consider if it will stumble our brother or not." (In other words ... don't do it anyway.)
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  Your favorite quote about religion/God?

  by formerout in

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  i was going to add this to a comment to a post of mine in rune's topic "why?

  " (if anybody was paying attention to it) but i figured i would start my own thread on it.. i have always liked quotes, especially very profound life lessons revealed in a short quip.. one of my favorites is by michel de montaigne: .

  "man is surely stark mad.

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  Wild_Thing

  When I left the troof ...this one helped a lot:

  "The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."

  I also like this one:

  "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." ( Aldous Huxley )

  I also saw a bumper sticker once that said:

  "Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole!" Gotta get that one for my car!
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  Completly faded? Not Df'ed or Da'ed just for the one's that faded!

  by mkr32208 in

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  how did you know that you were completly faded?

  i finally realized the other day that i was completly out, i think for the first time i really had evidence that i was out.

  i was at a witness get together (wife still in so i'm allowed to tag along...) and a witness i didn't know from kentucky or tennessee or somewhere was talking to me and using the "terminalogy" and something i said must have cued him because he said "are you a jehovah's witness?

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  Over 4 years now ... so far so good. I think I knew I was completely faded when I was listening to a conversation of my JW mom, sisters, etc. and I realized I had no clue who they talking about. The congregation has changed that much just I have been gone.

  They sent a lot of people from the congregation to a new one that there were trying to form across town, so I guess their meeting attendance has dropped to 60 to 80 (at their best) on a SUNDAY!!! ... even with new ones moving in! From what I can tell, it is just other generational dubs changing congregations ... no new meat.
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  Awake Caption time!!!

  by doodle-v in

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  add your own caption or title to this awake cover.

  here is the original one:.

  here is a blank one for you to use:.

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  Wild_Thing

  Wild Thing... you might want to resize your image...

  I already did . Hit refresh!
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  Awake Caption time!!!

  by doodle-v in

  1. jw
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  add your own caption or title to this awake cover.

  here is the original one:.

  here is a blank one for you to use:.

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  Wild_Thing

  /best I could do. It might be funny if it weren't probably true!
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  Sacred Feminine

  by New Castles in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can someone help me with this topic??

  recently i have been interested in investigating on how historical and mythical information has shaped religion today, particularly christianity.

  one important piece of information that i keep coming across is the sacred feminine.

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  Wild_Thing

  And my book recommendation would be ...

  The Woman with the Alabaster Jar by Margaret Starbird.

  It's a classic.
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  Bethel's feeling the heat!

  by ozziepost in

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  it's now 1:30am at bethel in australia and all is quiet but awaiting the new day when the forecast temperature for this late spring day is: .

  updated metropolitan forecast.

  australian government bureau of meteorology.

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  Wild_Thing

  Boy, does this bring back bad memories!

  Anyone pioneered in Texas???????? Pioneering in the summer was miserable! We had two seperate deodorants. One for under arms and one for more "intimate" parts that sweat.

  Yes ... that's right ... we had a butt stick!!! Am I the only one?