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  Watchtower's new entrants get to hear the Governing Body share their qualifications

  by Dogpatch in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-frdngnwvm .

  here's a rare one you'll not find elsewhere, send it to your friends!.

  new bethel entrants introduction to the governing body circa 1985. two new bethel boys at watchtower headquarters somehow managed to videotape this introduction to the brooklyn bethel headquarters of the governing body off of the bethel tv screen.

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  Thank you Randy !
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  I hope my friend will come to this site and find the support and friendship I have found

  by troubled mind in

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  this morning i sent a link to this site to a longtime friend .

  she has recently stopped attending meetings and is being harrassed by the elders to talk to them .

  her husband and children are not witnesses ,but her entire extended large family are jw.

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  troubled mind

  I have benefitted by seeing I am not alone .

  It also helps to just talk to other people that understand where I am coming from .

  It is interesting to see the different phases we all go through over time . I have learned so much on here too .

  I told her she would find she IS NOT ALONE .....and that here is always someone on here sharing a similar story .

  In fact the personal stories are what I gravitate towards . I just don't care about the doctrinal issues anymore.
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  I hope my friend will come to this site and find the support and friendship I have found

  by troubled mind in

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  this morning i sent a link to this site to a longtime friend .

  she has recently stopped attending meetings and is being harrassed by the elders to talk to them .

  her husband and children are not witnesses ,but her entire extended large family are jw.

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  This morning I sent a link to this site to a longtime friend . She has recently stopped attending meetings and is being harrassed by the Elders to talk to them . Her husband and children are not Witnesses ,but her entire extended LARGE family are JW. Her large family is in close proximity too.

  She is going through a rough patch right now feeling alone and sad . I told her how much I have appreciated the compassion you all have shown me and others . I hope she will find a soft spot to land if she chooses to visit .

  This might be a good time to share what benefits you personally have found by posting here !
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  Discovery Channel video on Christmas

  by greenie in

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  i thought this was a cool report on the origins of christmas from fully informed christians and christianity scholars.

  i'm going to show it to my jw.. http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/christmas-elements-have-pagan-roots/pqauiaq?q=christmas&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnhed&gt1=42007.

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  So what's so wrong with being pagan ? It is older than Christianity right ? ...... From the I could care less where a tradition originated if it means I get presents and pretty lights :)
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  I just heard from OOMPA!!!!!!!

  by mouthy in

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  you all know he was in a terrible motor bike accident.broke every bone in his body.

  was in hospital for ages.

  unconscience ...his exwife nancy.

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  Thank you for the update Mouthy . It is good to hear Oompa is on the mend and being taken care of in the mean time .
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  The Blood muddle

  by leo999 in

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  i could do with some help to sort out this fraction muddle .we are inactive and of the conscious class , but trying to help others see the 'light' in whatever ways we can .. a couple of years ago , i asked an elder about the fractions , questioning particularly the 33% hemoglobin allowed in the 06 km insert .

  when i was a wee girl growing up , nothing of any part was allowed and we were fanatical to even write manufacturers and question their ingredients !!.

  i would like to have a list of allowable fractions according to the societies current light , and also what fractions are not allowed .

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  What is the WT's Motivation? Who Benefits?

  by InterestedOne in

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  another thing my jw friend says to me when i question the wt is, "what would their motivation be?

  they're so humble and no-one gets paid except a basic living allowance for the workers at bethel.

  they're not like those other rotten 'ministries' whose leaders get paid a lot of money, etc.".

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  bttt......I am interested in answers to some of this too . When someone is used as a consultant for the WTBTS how much are they paid ? What about the legal department what kind of wages do they get ? Is it listed somewhere ?
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  Anyone still feeling apprehensive about celebrating Christmas?

  by Think About It in

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  just go ahead and do it in some way if you like.

  put off the wts thinking and enjoy your family and life.

  it's really no big deal.

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  I have worked in a gift shop that has a huge Christmas section for many years . So it was easy for me to bring all the decor into my home once I quit the JWs .I was use to being around all of it already . I started slow and now have graduated to a full size tree and lights outside on the house . Next year the house is going to be totally lit up ! A friend at work gave me ALL her lights ,but it is too cold to put them up this year .
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  do you miss anything from when you were a jw?

  by Newborn in

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  a few of my friends who also used to be jw's, say they miss certain things abt it...i can honestly say that i don't miss a single thing (my sister obviously who's still in but nothing else).. before i could sometimes miss having such a strong belief but that's also gone.

  i guess i've moved on big time.

  /newborn.

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  Seeing my husband dressed up in a suit every week . Now he only wears one for weddings or funerals ......I don't miss wearing dresses though ! I have only wore a dress twice in the last five yrs .
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  WOW!!! Santa came to MY house

  by mouthy in

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  i said i did not want any gifts.

  today i got a really wonderful gift !!!!!!.

  thank you,thank you,thank you troubled mind!!!!

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  troubled mind

  Hhahaha , she probably thinks you got Tom Jones for Christmas because you were sooooo excited !