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  bethel comments 9/26/01

  by DIM in

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  drawing close to jehovah during trying times.

  comments shared with bethel family members on wednesday, september 26, 2001. j. barr.

  the recent tragedy in new york city has had a worldwide impact.

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  cosmo

  The corporation is almost as bad as Jesse Jackson!
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  Education idiot!

  by FrightMare in

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  if most of you were jw's at one time, am i right in assuming that most of you are uneducated?

  anyone here actually have a degree of some sort?

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  B.S. in Accounting, now CPA. It's amazing what keywords you learn in auditing (i.e. appears to be) and how the Corporation, I mean, Organization uses them also to CYA themselves (cover your you know what)

  My fraternity is older than your corporation
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  Questions for our brand 'Newbies'

  by LDH in

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  could you please tell us all how long you lurked before you decided to join us?.

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  and if i missed anyone, i'm sorry.

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  did visual inspections for about a week, then joined
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  Shunning via Rumor

  by NeonMadman in

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  well, i went back to the area of my old congregation yesterday.

  my daughter's best friend amanda was getting married, and despite my trepidation, amanda had begged me to show up and to dance a dance with her.

  my trepidation was twofold; first, my ex-wife was going to be there, and after our messy divorce only six months ago, i had no desire to be anywhere where she was.

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  Hope the best in your upcoming wedding!
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  American Witnesses face difficult time over flag

  by ozziepost in

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  reports are coming from the united states that small flags and flag badges are being distributed at schools and other public places.. many are refusing to take a flag and this is causing resentment and hurt feelings.

  not wishing to offend, witnesses are asking their elders what they should do.. cheers,.

  ozzie.

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  Just tell me which button and when to push it!
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  Planes just a diversion... Ambulances had bombs.

  by biblexaminer in

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  i feel pretty sure about this, that the planes were just a diversion set to allow emergency vehicles easy access to the basement parking lot.

  eye witnesses placed a large explosion just before the south building came down.

  one thing is sure, the buildings did not come down as a result of the planes hitting them or any explosions due to that.

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  At least they don't think the center tank exploded all by itself
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  Religious Fanatacism

  by drahcir yarrum in

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  if there was ever a blatant display of the dangers of religious fanatacism, this is it.

  the hi-jackers of the airliners that crashed today no doubt thought they'd immediately be sitting next to allah this-afternoon.

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  I hope Afghanistan will give up Osama Bin Laden or we should turn it into an ashtray
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  Experiences: How you know it ain't the 'truth'

  by LDH in

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  please post your experiences here for any lurkers to read.

  when i was a teenager, there was a young lady early 20's who had moved into our cong.

  she had a newborn son and had just married her worldly boyfriend, the father of the baby.

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  My reasoning for knowing that the Corporation (or to others the Organization) isn't spreading the truth is during my engagement and marriage to a JW, (I'm not one, but most of my family and hers are one) both of our families were pressured not to attend the wedding. What kind of BS is that. Not once was I asked any questions by her Elders, my Mom's elders, or her Parents elders. To them I was the anti-christ. My mother had to go through 3 little elf meetings (One I walked into at my mothers house and boy did they scurry like little elves.) None of my sisters could be in the wedding party, and I couldn't even have my best friend, my brother be my Best Man. And for what? They marked my wife (fiance then), made visiting her and my family difficult, and basically just turned me off to their ideology. Who do these people think they are? Elders?, that's a laugh. You have to be wise and mature to be one. Once I had an elder spying on my house to see if my then fiance would come over without a chaperone. What right do they have to spy? I snuck up on him and told him and asked him this same question. He didn't answer so I told him to get leave (it's a private street). I saw him again a week later and it's amazing what a pellet shot from an air rifle does to a radiator. Never saw him again.

  I hope someday to show my wife the wrongs that have been done to her and her family by her "organization". I won't try to force her out knowing what would happen to her emotionally if I did. Hope I didn't bore anyone with my story.

  PS. The little elves took my nephew's "privleges" away since he went to the wedding. He's only 14.
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  Bethelite crushes or should i say disasters?

  by jazz in

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  growing up in the truth i have witnessed this situation time and time again a family particularly the daughter in the family becomes attached to a bethelite from middle american you know those corn fed farmboy line backer types they attach themselves to a certain family sharing meals at the home of the family,going on outings with the family.but the bethelite takes it in my opinion a step to far when he shows the starry eyed daughter affection by buying her flowers when she makes all her pioneer hours,taking her out to dinner when she gets a g on the ministry school,having lunch every weekend after field service takes her to his hometown to visit his family and friends of course the sister feels extra special but then the bethelite hits her with a ton of bricks when he asks if his fiance can stay at her home when she comes to visit from kansas this happened to a sister in my congregation she was so devastated she went out with a guy that had been asking her out from the job,got pregnant ,disfellow, and has not been back since.

  people can usually tell if someone has feelings for you.

  so wouldnt you be cautious of your actions so you wouldnt hurt anyones feelings or making them think there is more there than friendship?

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  Just wondering how many people here have made the "pilgrimage" to "Mecca" at least once in there life?
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  Anointed Christians throughout 2,000 years

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the view as found in the latest magazine:.

  "for almost 2,000 years, that peace has been enjoyed by faithful anointed members of the body of christ.

  " (the watchtower september 1, 2001, page 14, paragraph 3).

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  Thanks Gopher for the info.

  Just one more question.

  Does the annointed include women? If so, why?