Topics Started by billyboy

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MY LITTLE GIRLS HEART PROBLEM
by chuckyy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i am very angry at this time.. i took my 7 yr old little girl to the hospital yesterday....she has had heart problems since birth.

i explained that we were no longer jw,s and would accept blood if necessary during open heart surgery.

the doctor told me that if that was the case, the operation must proceed without delay.
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What is your rating?
by billyboy in
1. jw
2. friends
as a bit of a newbie , i'm interested as to the overall viewpoint of site users and spectrum of views.. using a crude gauge , where 1 = completely convinced "stepford"jw ("jhs organisation is wonderful etc") and 10 is a completely rabid "tear down the tower" apostate/ex-witness pathalogically hating the whole jw structure , where do you fit in?

(apolgies to both groups - no offense intended).. i'm about 2.5 - somewhat disillusioned , keen for reforms in certain areas but broadly accepts the teachings and loves the lifestyle.

would never leave.
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Many Questions
by urstruly in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi i'm new to this forum.

i've looked at other websites to and i see all this about the jw's, now i'm not one, i was raised a jw but made my own decision and my parents respected that.

i've read so many horror stories, but my life wasn't like that at all, as a matter of fact, when they first knocked on our door and my mother accepted a study our life changed for ever, it was for the best in many ways.
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JWs knock on my door three times in one week
by Sirona in
1. jw
2. experiences
my husband is off work at the moment recovering from a double hernia operation.

the jws knocked one day and our friend, who was here doing a bit of painting for us, answered the door and simply told them he wasn't the householder.. then at the weekend, early on a saturday morning, they knocked again.

i was in my nightclothes and had only just gotten up, or i would have answered.
Jah-Jireh
by billyboy in
1. jw
2. friends
this continues to expand in the uk - are there similar operations to this in other countries?.

(if you have never heard of this organisation , the following link gives some info:).

http://www.jah-jireh.org/index.html
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Responsible (ie NIL) Childbearing in the Time of the End
by billyboy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm a bit out of the loop - what is the latest take on this?

i know that some fervent jws have in the past decided not to have children (which i always thought was a bit dumb) on the basis that they could have perfect ones in the new system but from my perspective , jws (strong & weak) are breeding like rabbits , without any censure or disapproval.. is it still a mark of spirituality not to have kids & is it still encouraged?

and excuse my ignorance (**blushes**)- how do you guarantee not to have children (eg for married bethelites)?
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Curious as to what a wedding at the KH is like...
by Riverwatcher in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know why this has popped into my head.

just wondering about j/w weddings.. is there music?

are there any traditions used in the ceremony?
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JWs, 7th day Adventist, etc. -- who was first to prohibit tobacco?
by Fatfreek in
1. watchtower
2. medical
as an old timer former jw, i remember well the tobacco prohibition.

when i came in during the mid 50's it was looked down upon.

i'd already started smoking in my early teens and didn't actually quit till i was 20. my motive?
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Slippers / shoes at book studies
by billyboy in
1. jw
2. friends
.

hi everyone!

was there ever an issue as to whether you were / weren't allowed to wear shoes at a group book study in someones house , so everyone had to dump their shoes at the door?.
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My Letter RE: Beaumont Article on JW's "disaster relief"
by badwillie in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
here is my letter to the writer who authored this piece: .

http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15921650&brd=2287&pag=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=8 .

dear jamie,