Joel Wideman

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  "Brave New World" -- have you read it?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  i've heard alot about this book, but i've never read it.

  today we happened upon a yard sale and there it was!

  so i grabbed it.. i can't put the thing down.

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  Joel Wideman

  That, along with "1984" and "Animal Farm", should be required reading.
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  Hi New Here!

  by weinermcgee in

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  hi folks whats up?.

  i grew up as a strict jw until my early 20's when an event happened that made me start thinking for myself, thank goodness.

  what i mean by strict was i think most of you will undertsand that i really believed in what i was doing, baptised at the age of 13, seriously considered bethal, pioneered and was offered to be a ministerial servent.

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  Joel Wideman

  Welcome! :D
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  Why write a letter of disassociation?

  by tfsm in

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  my question may seem vague but if one decides to leave "the organization", why write a formal letter?

  why not just leave and not have any further contact with the witnesses?

  is there some legitimate legal reason for this or do people do this because the witness thinking has overtaken their logic?

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  If I knew 15 years ago what I know now, I would have written a DA letter in a heartbeat. Now it's become academic.
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  Are you a Generalist or a Specialist

  by joelbear in

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  i am definitely a generalist, i have a bit of interest in 1000 things.

  this is one of the reasons i have always been so unhappy, because i have attempted to force myself to be a specialist.

  it just doesn't work.

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  Joel Wideman

  I'm a specialist that's tried everything else.
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  Got Those World Didn't End in 1975 Birthday Blues

  by professor in

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  yesterday was my birthday.

  sometimes i wish i was still a jw cuz then i wouldn't have disappointing birthdays!

  then again, i can probably deal with the disappointment better cuz i have nothing to compare it with.

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  Joel Wideman

  Happy Birthday!
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  Sin pictures in What Does The Bible Really Teach

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  one of my favorite things to do with any wt publication, is to look for the "sin" pictures.

  they are always pretty funny, cartoony, and classic propaganda.

  the knowledge book had some but it seemed to be toned down from the standard study book that preceded it (i can't remember the name).

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  I remember one that had two guys hugging. I kept wondering what sin it represented. Someone pointed out that it was in a gay bar. Then I started wondering how he knew.
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  DID YOU MEET ANY STRANGE PEOPLE ON THE DOORS?

  by badboy in

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  Joel Wideman

  Well, someone had screwed up in assigning the territory. One guy was an apostate. Aside from that, not really.
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  Humor: Share Some Funny Images

  by daystar in

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  Joel Wideman

  Unintentional humor is the best.
  
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  Do you hide you JW family's practice of shunning from non-JW family?

  by kwintestal in

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  i thought of this question as i've been talking to different family members about the situation with my parents and grandmother.

  i wondered if they'd get upset by me telling other non-jw family members what was going on.

  i recently told a family member in coventry who i'm sure will end up telling my grandmother's sisters.

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  Joel Wideman

  Dear Pompous Idiot,
  You are in very good company.
  Signed,
  Another Pompous Idiot
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  What celebrity do you look like?

  by JH in

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  did anyone ever tell you that you look like someone on tv, a movie star, someone in professional sports?.

  a poster here said that i look like charles manson .

  i'm honored

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  Joel Wideman

  I look like a few people, unrelated to me, who aren't celebrities. I suppose it is up to me to become a celebrity so they can say they look like one. :D