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  Did the elders contact you 1 year after being DF'd?

  by JH in

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  elders are supposed to meet everyone once a year, either df'd ones or inactive, just to try to bring them back.. in my case, they usually try right before the memorial.

  how about you?.

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  I was df'd 25 years ago (not apostate) and I have never seen one of them. They avoid me like the plague.
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  Baptism Questions

  by Honesty in

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  just how scriptural is the watchtower when it comes to asking questions for baptism?

  as you read the following account ask yourself why does the society ask the questions instead of the candidates?

  could it all be about control and enslavement?

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  hampsterbait you make a great point about denying the partaking of the emblems.
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  The need for educated proffesonals - more WT hypocrisy?

  by jambon1 in

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  one thing that always annoyed me when i was in the org was the policy on education.

  i personaly am not college educated, i was`nt raised as a jw.

  however, i have always appreciated the services provided by those who have had a college/university education.

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  dozy: many of these proffesional people already had their careers before becoming dubs, very few receive them after.
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  April 15, WT: Education, personal fulfillment leads to spiritual death

  by truthseeker in

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  the 2nd study article, "let your hands be strong", is very pointed to say the least.

  it seems that many dubs are finding personal fulfillment outside the kingdom hall, and this is clearly a sin leading to spiritual death.. i leave blondie to do the full review, just some interesting comments... .

  pg 27, paragraph 11 .

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  Hi towanda, welcome and keep on learning.
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  Meeting Clothes

  by Nosferatu in

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  i absolutely hated the concept of "meeting clothes".

  all my meeting clothes were hand-me-downs from other brothers.

  i always hated getting hand-me-downs from the fat jw kids who were older than me.

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  Always bought new suits often and still do. Never had a clothing problem.
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  Do you look better or worse

  by pratt1 in

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  the other day i was looking at some old photos of my wife as a young witless teen.

  several of the pictures were taking at assemblies and gatherings/weddings.. what amazed me is that she looks better today than she did as a witless teen or early twenties.

  i don't mean just the expression on her face, but also the way she was dressed.

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  My wife and I have been out for over 25 years now. Just the other day a mutual friend was asked by a dub, do you think they are truly happy. Our friend told them that we have never been happier, and it is true.
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  New here on board..

  by tweetybird193 in

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  !st.

  i cant get this red to change on here.

  im glad to be here.

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  Welcome tweetybird. Enjoy the "friends" here, keep on posting.
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  HELP PLEASE---family emergency

  by apostlestate in

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  this is my first time ever participating in any discussion with ex -witnesses ever, and it's long overdue.

  i discovered the real truth about 6 years ago with the aid of websites like this (cannot contain my gratefulness), now i am stepping into your world and it feels right.

  my family runs four generations deep in witness muck,my great-grandmother was the oldest living pioneer in our region for what seemed like forever, three of my great-grandparents were "anointed",my grandfather hobnobbed with the governing body, etc.,etc.

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  Welcome apostlestate
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  144,000 are you one of them?

  by JCinme in

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  hey i've been studying jehovah's witness beliefs but i had a question, how does anyone know who the 144,000 are?

  if you could respond with what you know that would be great.

  thank you.

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  WELCOME: JCinme
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  What are you eating tonight?

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  we're about to dig into new york strip steak, a'la matt..... and fried potatoes country style, a'la jojo..... aaaaaaand we're halfway through a bottle of yellowtail chiraz...viva la australia!!!!!!

  luv, jojo

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  Well it's 9:00 pm here and I am just eating a big chunk of chocolate cake with lots of cream and cherries on top, man is it good. darn calories and cholesterol.