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  Did anyone else feel the Nor Cal earthquake?

  by LisaRose in

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  i got woken up by a very strong quake at 3:30 this morning.

  it was 6.0 centered about ten miles from my house, up in napa, ca.

  we had no damage, but it definitely gets you it of bed!

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  I live a little over an hour drive north of Napa and felt nothing. I was awake talking to a friend of mine so it wasn't like I just slept through it. All my Santa Rosa friends' Facebook pages exploded.
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  Why are so many JW's smug & phony?

  by NoMoreHustle in

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  in my 20 years of being in this cult i was always struck at how alot of ones in my immediate hall never really talked to me or tried to get to know me.

  i know it is a two way street & i always tried to rbe nice & polite to everyone.

  i am shy person but i went beyond what i was comfortable with in trying to be likeable!.

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  Spectre

  They are worried that someone they might be friends with will get themselved disfellowshipped. So therefore, why bother making new friends?
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  Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  (probably already been said)

  I think this is a good thing. Every time someone goes to court and they say, "why no, we don't shun anyone." Articles like this can be brought out and the opposing council can say, "please explain."
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  Demon attacks on JW in past, where'd they go?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  in the 80's and 90's (maybe even earlier) i remember hearing lots of witnesses talk about "demon attacks".

  whether it was someone studying the bible who then started having strange things happen in their house to people bringing stuff home from yard sales and getting personal attacks and horrible dreams resulting in them dystroying stuff they brought home or getting rid of it.. .

  i also remember hearing a sister say she had to pray in a home with a study because the study started to get attacked.

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  @New Worldy Translation: I almost started a thread a while ago to see if anyone else had heard that crazy story.

  The way I heard it though was that some witnesses came across some palm reader in field service. The palm reader and all his/her fellow spiritist were all pissed at the witnesses because the demons were ignoring them so the could break up witness marriages.

  I lived in Utah at the time and it was told as if this happened up in Salt Lake City.
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  Music!! Who's your Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups or Solo Artists All Time?

  by flipper in

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  mr. flipper here again gang!

  so who do ya like all time?mr.

  flippers list is as follows, almost in this way.

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  My list pretty much stays the same as it was 6 years ago.

  I haven't listened tp much of Prince lately though.

  I could add in some Judas Priest, Motley Crue and Talking Heads.
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  Would You Convert to Islam to Avoid getting Your Head Chopped Off? Atheist to Polytheist, what say you?

  by BucketShopBill in

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  would you convert to islam if they were holding your head on a ax block, ready to swing the ax or sword to cut your head off?

  we know there are people who died for their political and spiritual values, would you convert to islam to avoid death?

  for atheists, can you justify conversion to preserve life since there is no life after death?

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  If such a scenario presented itself, my first though would be: What the hell am I doing in the middle east?
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  Update to Rio Rancho, NM Kingdom Hall

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=678180165590951&set=o.585807931515647&type=1.

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  Oh darn, Satan is really persecuting them with a neighbor that would put up such a sign!
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  Update to Rio Rancho, NM Kingdom Hall

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=678180165590951&set=o.585807931515647&type=1.

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  Yeah... that's just a dick move.
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  Just curious...how did you find Jehovah's Witness Net?

  by cultBgone in

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  the influx of new posters made me wonder if the push to view jw.org is helping curious ones find this support site?.

  please post whether you found jwn during an internet search or if someone told you about it.. i myself was directed here by a df'd family member once i shared my doubts with that person..

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  I used to check out fark.com and they had a link to this site about some dumb thing the WT was doing.
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  For those of you that LEFT.....

  by DocHouse in

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  ...did you also toss your faith as well?.

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  Spectre

  When I left I still believed it was all true. It was quite a few years later before I realized it was all bunk. I had taken some college classes and there was a lot of things learned that made me raise an eyebrow. When I read CoC and found out that 607/1914 is a big sham it was a huge relief and the final straw I needed.

  I guess i have the WT to thank since they were always pointing out how everyone else is wrong. Well, when I found out they are wrong as well, no need to keep looking. Especially when I only see the bible as a rather lousy mythology book now.