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JW urban legends
by Highlander in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember very few of the details, of when, where and exactly what took place, however a few years ago i was told the story about three elders that were walking together and the middle.

elder was struck and killed by lightning.

the other two elders went to his house to help out his wife and discovered 'apostate' material in their home.
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Brooke's night at the Memorial!
by ButtLight in
1. jw
2. friends
im posting for brooke, cause she is in the middle of a bet, and cant post till may 3rd.

and we know how determined she can be.

she wont loose.
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Desperate for Numbers!
by Scully in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i met someone earlier this week whose ex-spouse is a jw - part of a fairly prominent jw family in this area.

although never baptized, this person studied and went to meetings for about 4 years.

this person even disclosed that they had progressed to the point of being an unbaptized publisher.
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Strange but TRUE
by KW13 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ha ha i was laughing just now, had a strange memory.. when stepdad was away and/or when mum was playing the male role of jw head of household she used to cover her head.

anything...a hat, a scarf, tea towel (no lie!!)..

this was i think from the reasoning book or something, but yeh...covering her head out of respect for jehovah.
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PLEASE HELP ME!
by UNCLEAR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my husband and i for the first time had an honest discussion regarding jw doctrines, he believes in the flawlessness of the society, so he is not easy to talk to.

he did agree however that if 607 is not correct that the society has it all wrong.

well to say the least that was an interesting turn of events.
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JW's having kids
by Tigerman in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a simply question that came to me as i sit here reading all the various topics and their responses and i my mind often takes me back to a question that came to me some time ago.

simply put; why have jw's continued to have children .

.since the beginning - 1912,1918,1925 and so on if the end was coming in their lifetime .
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My rotten JW weekend
by LtCmd.Lore in
1. jw
2. experiences
ugh... yesterday (saturday) we did spring cleaning, in the rain!!!

we were outside for about 3 hours in the freezing rain, raking leaves and spreading mulch.

just so we could look good for the memorial... we weren't even allowed to go inside to warm up because the had already cleaned everything and we were soaked.
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My Story
by XJW4EVR in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was adopted into a jw family in southern california.

my birth mother gave me up after 6 months (the terms mom & dad refer to my adoptive/real parents).

she gave me up due to the fact that she already had a three year old boy, and back in the late sixties it was not as socially acceptable to be a single mother.
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Attitudes of JCs
by rhian in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just finished reading crisis of conscience.

i had read half of it but never finished; something i read on this forum prompted me to pick it up & finish it.. my question is this: i'm curious, for those who have had experience with judicial committees, what has been the prevailing attitude?

franz wrote about the lack of brotherly love in both the committees at hq in ny and in the cong in alabama.. i've had two experiences; won't go into the details for the sake of brevity.
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Ebay Idiot
by slimboyfat in
1. jw
2. friends
who is this ebay idiot who keeps trying to sell "undisclosed rare watchtower items" for ridiculous sums of money?.

http://cgi.ebay.com/extremely-rare-watchtower-jehovahs-witness-collectible_w0qqitemz4622536407qqcategoryz378qqrdz1qqcmdzviewitem.

http://cgi.ebay.com/jws-watchtower-related-pyramidology-collectible-oddity_w0qqitemz4622460580qqcategoryz378qqrdz1qqcmdzviewitem.