Joel Wideman

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  The National Team???

  by CountryGuy in

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  hey gang,.

  has anyone ever heard of this company called the national team?

  i have a friend from high school who is involved with it and he's wanting me to get into it.

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  I can't find any mention of it. What's making it sound so great? I'd be cautious of anything that's a "program". Programming is for computers, not people.
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  Is there anything that "only the JW's preach" you still believe in?

  by JH in

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  i don't know what to answer to my own question.... i guess that i still believe in a paradise earth where humans could live forever.

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  Are you kidding me? I'm so screwed up now that if Jesus himself showed up and told me of the Resurrection, I'd ask for three forms of ID.
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  Ridicolous JW folklore

  by Hellrider in

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  the thread about this one, had k.i.s.s in the title.

  that reminded me about something funny.

  when i was a kid, the biggest rockband in the world was kiss.

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  We had ghost stories. Yep, sanctioned spiritism. It started when one family - non-JW - in the local news were reporting demonic visitations even after moving three times. (That itself is an interesting story of possible real estate fraud, but that's not the point.) Not to be outdone by a worldly family, the elders told horror stories of being strangled by their own ties while out in service, meeting demon-possessed householders who fled at Jehovah's name (that was probably legit, actually), and other crap obviously inspired by the Poltergeist and Exorcist movies.
  As if I didn't already have nightmares.
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  Emotional blackmail

  by mkr32208 in

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  got this email from my mother the other day... this is just the "witness" part... i sent my brother a letter the other day after we had a big fight you can read that here.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/98316/1.ashx.

  just fyi, no need to reply because i know it will not make a difference to you but last night at the study ******** got so choked up about you that he could not finish for crying.

  you don't realize how much he loves you.

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  Jesus went door-to-door.
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  Darwin 666: The Evil Atheist Conspiracy Activity report for 2004 now in!

  by tetrapod.sapien in

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  the evil atheist conspiracy.

  "corrupting humanity since the dawn of time" .

  from: vanetil p. godsbane; director, eac societal subversion department.

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  Joel Wideman

  This is almost as good as the "Who Will Be Eaten First?" Jack Chick Tract.
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  Emotional blackmail

  by mkr32208 in

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  got this email from my mother the other day... this is just the "witness" part... i sent my brother a letter the other day after we had a big fight you can read that here.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/98316/1.ashx.

  just fyi, no need to reply because i know it will not make a difference to you but last night at the study ******** got so choked up about you that he could not finish for crying.

  you don't realize how much he loves you.

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  They are being forced to choose between two loyalties, and the one forcing the issue is supposed to be the good one.
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  My Journey

  by Andrea Wideman in

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  my journey to find a religion i could believe in wholeheartedly started as a young adult.

  i was raised as a catholic but couldn't say for certain that i believed all that i was taught..

  i had a mother who was a catholic and a father who was a divorced protestant.

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  I'm surprised it happened as fast as it did. I always speak my mind, which is to say I complain endlessly about everything. But I underestimated the affect it had.
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  New Awake blasts internet and newspapers.

  by integ in

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  the october 1st awake has a stern warning for "young ones" to stay away from witness websites.

  they could actually be apostates you are .

  talking to.

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  Movable type? If the serfs find out about this, there could be a revolt!
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  MY PLAN FOR LEAVING THE WT. IS IT 2 FAR-FETCHED?

  by stillAwitness in

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  i plan on exiting out quietly out of "the truth.

  " i mean, i got school and becoming financially secure first before i just jump the gun.

  is that smart?

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  Joel Wideman

  My mother kicked me out of the house without a dime in my pocket. It ended up being the best thing she ever did for me.
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  Possible way to caclulate Great Tribulation?

  by sinis in

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  2. bible

  i was reading through some of the "other" bible texts (apocraphyls (sp?

  )) and came across an interesting verse regarding the fallen angels:enoch 10:11 .

  and the lord said unto michael: 'go, bind semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness.

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  Joel Wideman

  I am of the opinion that attempts to calculate the date - whether the month, year, or even the century - of the end pisses God off.