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  how old are you? the avg. age here?

  by rekless in

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  i'm 56

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  collegegirl

  19 in 7 days....
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  JW's-A religion of convenience

  by apostate man in

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  although i have never been a jw, the cover to the book, so to speak, sure looks good.

  i have noticed many conveniences they thay enjoy:.

  no christmas.

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  collegegirl

  If it were that simple, this site wouldn't even exist..... I wish it was that simple....
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  lunch meats

  by larc in

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  well, friends,.

  it is time for some fluff.

  in the states, we call it lunch meat at an average store and we call it deli meat at an upscale store.

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  collegegirl

  TR- a philly cheesesteak is amazing, but I have to say, I like chicken cheesesteaks better...
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  INCREDIBLE STUFF SAID @ BOOK STUDY!

  by Mister Biggs in

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  ironically, we were discussing the watchman who stays awake night and day.. anyway, something was said that made me awaken and pay careful attention.

  please, if anyone else who got this same information at their book study, please share it.. here goes:.

  there was a picture of a man standing on the watchtower keeping on the look out.

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  collegegirl

  Hey Mr. Biggs.... I came on the site today to post about what happened last night at my book study too, but you beat me to it! I didn't have something quite that interesting, but i did pick out a few key points.

  1. On page 221, paragrph 10, it reads, "To this day religious leaders conspire to have Jehovah's Witnesses banned, persecuted, or punitively taxed. But as this prophecy reminds us, Jehovah sees all such treacherous dealing, and he will not let it go unpunished.

  - A sister commented on how *obviously* this was alluding to the Witnesses in France being taxed and how unfair it was because they were the only organization targeted.... All in attendance (minus me) proceeded to go on and on about how the Witnesses are picked on by everyone... Very annoying

  2. The following sentence said, "He will bring an end to all religions that misrepresent him and mistreat his people." Rev. 18:8 was cited. That reads, "That is why in one day her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine, and she will be completely burned with fire, because Jehovah God, who judged her, is strong." (NWT)

  - Now, this sentence really made me think. Thay are applying this scripture to all other religions, however, read it again, and I think we can agree that it can be applied to the WTS. "misrepresent him" is found by saying all but 6 million people will be killed at Armageddon, out of love..... "mistreat his people" is obvious when one reads what happens to anyone who brings up a doubt to an elder, suposedly in confidence. Or, when the blame game is played by the GB and the publishers are portrayed as the ones who conjured up the notion of certain dates having significance. Sad......

  Anyhow, those are two things that stuck out in my mind... what does everyone else think?
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  Any other churches call themselves the 'truth'??

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  old habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.

  does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??

  also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?

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  collegegirl

  In my local paper today, in the letters to teh editor section, there were many letters regarding an article that ran last week about teh catholic church... the letters were all very interesting, but one woman in particular ended her letter this way:

  "It is clear that only the Catholic Church can validly claim the ecclesiastical, doctrinal and historical connection to the church in the Scriptures."

  Pretty interesting..... Wonder if she has ever talked to a JW. hahahaha
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  Monica Lewinksy on HBO

  by teejay in

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  anyone see it?

  any comments?

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  collegegirl

  I watched it.... the whole thing. You know what? I don't know if she is really good at putting on an act, or if she was being genuine, but i was on her side last night.... During the whole scandal, i was like, "Well if she had used her brain to begin with...." But last night I really had some sympathy for her.. I guess sometimes things like that do happen, even if you have the best morals in the world.

  Anyhow, I did think her crying bouts were a bit dramatic. But, that one time when the sound system got messed up and she made that "Linda???" comment, it was great. Made me laugh. All in all, I thought it was worth my time watching it, even though the ending was very abrupt.
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  DIM heads west

  by DIM in

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  my wife and i made it out west, arrived on the last day of february...what a drive!

  badwillie, you must drive out when you come visit me!

  ask your wife why ikea's directions suck so bad....this new furniture is driving me nuts!

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  collegegirl

  DIM - you know your priorities.. get the music taken care of first, then deal with everything else...
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  hypocritical parents anyone?

  by collegegirl in

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  i was reading one of the posts earlier about how hypocrisy among the rank and file really pushed some over the edge.... well, how about this one?

  my mom and i were watching pretty woman on tv tonight (edited version).

  it is her favorite movie, so i told her i was going to buy it for her.

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  collegegirl

  mr. biggs - i do know you.... well, of you at least. i'll email you shortly

  crown - my whole family on both sides is in too.... right now i am hoping i can move for school and just fade.... we'll see
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  hypocritical parents anyone?

  by collegegirl in

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  i was reading one of the posts earlier about how hypocrisy among the rank and file really pushed some over the edge.... well, how about this one?

  my mom and i were watching pretty woman on tv tonight (edited version).

  it is her favorite movie, so i told her i was going to buy it for her.

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  collegegirl

  Hey everyone.... Thanks for the welcome! To all you in college, congrats! i love it, and hope you do too... anyhow, just wanted to clear something up. I wasn't bashing my mom for being hypocritical. I just thought it was funny. Evn if it wasn't my mom, I still would have laughed....
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  How many of you had readings of the text in school

  by terafera in

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  reading some of the posts made me remember (not fondly!

  ) not fitting in as a jw in school.

  then a sister mentioned that bro.

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  collegegirl

  Oh my goodness! I would have hidden if there was a witness kid who tried to have a text reading thing in school.... There was a kid in kindergarten who, for show and tell, brought in a bible story book and said everyone was going to die unless they read that book... That was just sick... more so on the parent's part. I had it pretty easy in hight school though, and now in college no one knows about me being a Witness.... Why do they have to know? It's not like i believe it or anything....