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  Who Was Your Favorite Speaker?

  by minimus in

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  no brag, just fact---i was the most requested speaker in my hall(s), i was often requested to give talks in kh's all over the place, not just in my area.. i personally enjoyed speakers who taught you something, not merely recited something.

  we had a district overseer, paul illingsworth, i loved his style.

  he delved into bible words of the original greek and hebrew.

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  Jules Purvis . He was from Peoria ,IL area and always gave talks at our Circuit and District assemblies .I think he was a photographer . Just liked the sound of his voice .
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  Did you play tackle football as a good little JW?

  by JRK in

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  in my town we did.

  each congregation had its own "pick up" team.

  we would get together and play on a chosen sunday after the meetings.

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  Same in our hall . The boys tried to play flag ,but tackle always ended up winning out . Over the yrs sports loving youths turned into Elders ,and they turned a blind eye to the violence most of the time....... until someones wife complained .

  My husband played for way to long until he separated his collarbone . In a sling for six weeks and pain for along time cured him of contact sports . Now he is an official for High School football . He gets to enjoy the game w/o as much pain . As he just turned fifty he is starting to have knee pain after running the field all night ,and this yr one of the ref's got bulldozed by a player ,but for the most part still safer than a Sunday afternoon game with the JWs.
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  200 JWs Go Bowling on Christmas

  by blondie in

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  http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2002/12/22christmasaholid.html

  christmas: a holiday of many hues.

  activities range from secular scenes to doing nothing at all .

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  The Witnesses in this area have met at the local ski resort for YEARS on Christmas Day . We took our kids a few times .....they literally take over the place . I feel very sorry for other families on vacation there for the day .

  I know we had talks about not missing the meeting to attend this gathering (when Christmas fell on a Thursday or Sunday ). Certain CO's tried unsucessfully to derail the party too ,but the local fa,ilies like their Christmas tradtions ! heheh
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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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  2. friends

  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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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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

  1. jw
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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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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 ?