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  Anyone forcibly removed?

  by Wordly Andre in

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  not sure if this has been talked about but,

  when i was about 12, my family and i were sitting in the middle of the kingdumb hall, i was seated at the end of the aisle, and some lady sitting about 7 rows in front of us got up and started yelling, and ran up to the speaker, two guys grabbed her and took her outside, we never saw her again, but i do remember all the rumors about her, and what she did, i saw her clearly but people were saying that she tried to attack the elder with a knife, i did not see a knife, other rumors were drugs, demons, apostate, etc.

  has anyone here been removed from the kingdumb hall by force?

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  Gary - was that Dave Matz, the circuit overseer? We had him here in AZ.
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  Song your listening to at the moment

  by KW13 in

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  do you have a favourite song your listening to right now?.

  usually, i admit i am a rap/hip hop fan but the song reflecting my mood today is 'the sound of silence - simon and garfunkel'.

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  liquidsky - I agree it is terribly depressing. But it has a strong pull, as does most of Morrissey's work imo.
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  R Rated Movies

  by Swamboozled in

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  for those of you who tried to follow the no rated r movies "suggestion", what rated r movie did you run out and get after you decided the society could shove their "suggestions"?

  i was dying to see both matrix movies, so they were the first i rented.

  swam

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  "The Crow". I freakin' loved it and never once felt bad to watch an R movie after that. Plus, I started noticing years back that at the assemblies and conventions they would always mention PG-13 along with R, so I always wondered why witnesses would only get hung up on R.
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  Fundraisers, Family, and Other Priorities

  by atypical in

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  i'm sitting here alone today while my wife, my family, and the majority of the people i have grown up around are at the district convention.

  my absence is considered a strong statement about where my loyalties lie.

  in the last few months i have had a good friend take his life.

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  I think you are right, Serendipity. A witness, if involved in a Watchtower sponsored activity, could make an excuse for neglecting almost anything in the world.
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  Song your listening to at the moment

  by KW13 in

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  do you have a favourite song your listening to right now?.

  usually, i admit i am a rap/hip hop fan but the song reflecting my mood today is 'the sound of silence - simon and garfunkel'.

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  The Smiths - I Know It's Over
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  What does a JW look like?

  by JH in

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  i remember many years ago, a sister in her 40's who just joined, told me that i looked like a jw.

  she said i have the face of a jw.... .

  i've never been so insulted in my life.....

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  politicians
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  Are Faders Making It Too Easy For The WT?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  i've always tried to teach my kids to follow aesop's fable of the 'sun and the wind', i.e.

  try the gentle persuasion method for achieving your goals rather than head on aggression.

  however as with most things in life there is a time and place for both.

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  You're right on one count, because it's true I can't be as open about "apostate" leanings. But what I mean is that a fader has more freedom within jw circles than someone who has da'd. That's the whole reason some people fade, so that they can be more free to talk to their family and friends. If it weren't for that benefit, I don't think people would go to the trouble of trying to fade out without getting df'd.
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  Hello!

  by chuckie77 in

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  hey all, just thought i would post a hello to you all, im a very new newbie here, thanks to a couple of people, miss peaches and jwfacts.

  anyway, looking forward to getting involved a bit, posting and sharing over the coming days, weeks, months.... cheers.

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  What's up, Chuck? Welcome!!!
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  The Funeral

  by purplesofa in

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  as you all know my brother was buried yesterday.

  he was 33......... he did this ..........17 years after his father commited suicide.

  the funeral took place at the funeral home.......a witness elder did the funeral.....my brother is not a witness, but my mother is.

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  I'm am so sorry, purplesofa. It sounds like you were very considerate and loving in the way you handled the funeral.

  Hang in there

  Hugs
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses communists?

  by ozziepost in

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  that was the title of a tract i recall distributing in the 1950s.

  it responded to the demonising of so many people in the mccarthy period.

  the answer seemed obvious at the time - no, dubs are anything but communists.

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  Something in Gary's post really said it all for me: "at the expense of the individual" - I have not studied politics, but I do find the notion that people who are not promoting the ideals of the leader, i.e. people who are not profitable, are therefore expendable, to be extremely nauseating. I also feel that is exactly the attitude of the society.

  Whatever political ideals it might match up with, I think it is a fact that individualism and self-worth are deliberately stifled in the organization.