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  I found this VERY offensive. What about you?

  by Gill in

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  watchtower, may 15th 2006.

  (back page).

  the value of 'a weaker vessel'.

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  This is demonstrated when he, time and again, waits for her to get ready or finds himself needing to adjust his wishes or preferences to his wife’s wishes, whims or limitations.

  I haven't seen this one before it made me laugh out loud!! In our house I was always waiting for my husband to get ready even when I'd been up since dawn getting ready for an assembly, had washed and fed two babies, made lunch and got myself looking presentable!

  I'm not offended by the article, because I know the real JWs and VERY few of the women are subservient or quiet and mild!

  In my wedding talk the brother gave the illustration about the boat needing a captain and a first mate, and one of my 'wordly' relatives got up and stomped out and after said to me "nobody else is steering my bloody ship, especially not a man"!! I just thought that was funny, but 12 years later I saw her at a family occasion and she still recalled the talk! These things do more damage than the GB imagines. Women of today are not attracted by being told they are 'weak' or delicate.

  Poppy
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  I'm new here.

  by The in

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  hey everyone, as the subject might sugest... im new here!

  they say first impressions last and i hope i make.

  this a good one.. .

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  Hi 'The' and welcome!

  When you say you are looking for the truth, I empathise. But one thing you will see here a LOT is that people back up most of what they say with references, scripture, quotes from recognised sources etc.

  It wont take you too long in your studies to find that the WT rarely if ever do this. Just do what the organisation tell you to do, examine the scriptures daily to see if these things are so.

  Keep checking and cross referencing, and asking and try to filter out all the stuff you've been told over and over the years. Gradually I think you will find the mists will clear and the distance between what you've been taught and the truth will become an expanse!

  Poppy x
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  JW DECREASE IN AMERICA of 1.07%

  by DannyHaszard in

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  worldwide faith news (press release), ny - 3 minutes ago .

  ... 25. jehovah's witnesses, 1,029,902 members, reporting a decrease of 1.07 members.

  24. the orthodox church in america, 1,064,000 members, reporting an increase of 6.40 percent.

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  Just like to add my two pence worth (cents!) and that's because I resented the comment about the UK and christian evangelism being dead, I live in the Uk and work with two very christian people who have spoken to me on many occasions about their beliefs, one regularly reads the bible at break time etc. In fact when I used to be a JW they put me to shame. I can find young Mormon boys in the town centre every single day trying to preach to people. It's a long time since I saw the JWs on my street.

  I drive past my local Catholic church (please how can you call Celtic a church!!!!!! It's a football game, how many of those people do you think are in church the next day!) And I see people pouring out on a Sunday, laughing, chatting, dressed in all kinds of weird clothes, all accepted and I smile wryly and remember how much catholic bashing we did and how we were sure all those churches were going to be turned into bingo halls before long...

  Actually in my town the congregations have gone from 4 to 3 (a 25% decrease!) and are showing NO increase, yet the other churches are exploding. Why? Because from what I see, those people leave the service feeling energised, spiritual, happy etc. I used to leave the KH feeling frustrated, flat, bored, tired and just relieved it was over. The same old tired songs, talks, Wts, over and over and over. I think nobody would argue that the membership is young and exciting, the people who are propping up the WT organisation are the middle aged die hards that were there 30 years ago.. It's only a matter of time.

  Poppy x
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  Fantastic music site I just discovered! FANTASTIC!

  by nicolaou in

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  just type in a song that is typical of your tastes and the site will create a 'station' that continually plays music you should like.

  fantastic to have in the background if you are surfing, even better if your pc is the heart of your music system.. it does not play requests, that isn't what it's about, although your original selection will end up in the playlist.

  by the way, did i say i think this is fantastic!.

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  Yes thanks for your help, i've worked it out, it was just me sitting there perplexed when it asked me to enter my favourite song! Even if I put in a few, I think it would just confuse it, I have such eclectic taste. BUT the good thing is, you can put in the song you like at the moment and it plays lots of similar stuff you are in the mood for!

  Very good!

  Poppy x
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  Fantastic music site I just discovered! FANTASTIC!

  by nicolaou in

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  just type in a song that is typical of your tastes and the site will create a 'station' that continually plays music you should like.

  fantastic to have in the background if you are surfing, even better if your pc is the heart of your music system.. it does not play requests, that isn't what it's about, although your original selection will end up in the playlist.

  by the way, did i say i think this is fantastic!.

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  By the way that wasn't a criticism, love the site, just had so much trouble trying to narrow it down!

  Poppy x
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  Fantastic music site I just discovered! FANTASTIC!

  by nicolaou in

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  just type in a song that is typical of your tastes and the site will create a 'station' that continually plays music you should like.

  fantastic to have in the background if you are surfing, even better if your pc is the heart of your music system.. it does not play requests, that isn't what it's about, although your original selection will end up in the playlist.

  by the way, did i say i think this is fantastic!.

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  how can you possibly narrow down your music taste to one song!!!!

  Arrggggggh

  Poppy x
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  Where were you when the realization hit, that the WTS was not in the truth?

  by whyizit in

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  i was listening to a testimonial by valerie acuff and she said that she was sitting in an assembly, looking around at the crowd and thinking to herself, "this is your family, these are your people.".

  she said at that moment she heard a voice inside say, "these are not your people, this is not your family, get up and leave now, and don't ever go back.

  " so she took her two children at that very moment and left, and she never went back.

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  Wow, some fantastic experiences! I was sitting right here, in this chair, looking at this very website and reading about 607, the Un scandal and many others, I spent a whole day straight doing it. I had arrived here by searching for 607/586 after being prompted to do that by a work colleague that asked me to prove it to her (very clever apostasy!! She didn't tell me til after she had once been a witness!)

  The next day was I think the happiest of my life. I just kept giggling out loud to myself that I didn't have to do it anymore!! Now of course I cant believe I did it so long, but also accept many cleverer people than me are fooled.

  I saw a sister out in service just today and just felt incredibly sorry for her! I was going to the pub to have lunch with my friends, wearing my jeans and feeling so happy. She looked tired, weighed down, cold and dressed like an old lady!!

  Poppy
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  Whats your?

  by Andy C in

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  whats your beef?

  whats your gripe?

  i don't like idiots, how about you.

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  People who think they're better than me, or others because of their money, or position, or colour, or qualifications..

  Poppy x
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  Oh my god!!!!!!! My sister's getting married..............!!!!!!!!!!

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  .........to her wordly boyfriend who's in the army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  **screams** oh my god!

  i can hardly type right now i'm so happy!

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  Congrats to you both!!!! I hope one day to have any member of my family out with me!! Sounds like your sister deserves all her happiness, hope it comes with no shreds of guilt.

  Love

  Poppy xx
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  What would have been the reaction of the brothers and sisters if.....

  by JH in

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  imagine, if it was possible, if you could go back in time, some 20 or 30 or even 50 years in the past, and telling the witnesses back then, that by 2006, absolutely nothing the watchtower predicted would happen.

  what do you think would have been their reaction?

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  They'd open the latest awake and point you to the article where it tells us planet earth will explode by the year 2000, or there will be a nuclear war, or it will not be able to support life, or we will be over populated and die.. or some other such lie usually told on the first couple of pages before the article about the paradise!!! PROOF!!

  Poppy (also thought I'd never leave school, now going back to college aged 37!)