The rock group KISS.
They used to say that the meaning of the name was:
Kings in satan service.
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42JW urban legends
by Highlander ini 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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What Can't You Stand About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus ini'll tell you one thing that just got to me this morning.
i was playing tennis and at around 9:30 my tennis partner and i looked up and lo and behold!
2 witnesses were walking up the street.
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Yeah, that is the way the spanish jw do their time.
Everybody thinks that even if they don't speak with anybody they are givin testimony to the people driving.
That's how I made most of my time for the last two years.
I used to go out with regular pioneers and they didn't even made the attempt to talk to the people.
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What Can't You Stand About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus ini'll tell you one thing that just got to me this morning.
i was playing tennis and at around 9:30 my tennis partner and i looked up and lo and behold!
2 witnesses were walking up the street.
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I hate their intolerance.
That they feel superior to other people.
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Carl Sagan... Had the wt misquoted him?
by flag ini know that the wt quotes carl sagan a lot.
but the other day i was checking the wt cd and was surprised of all the quotes they have from him.. so i was wondering if they had quoted him correctly or out of context?.
i'm sure you guys had discussed this subjet before but right now i don't have time to do research.. thanks;.
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flag
I know that the wt quotes Carl Sagan a lot.
But the other day I was checking the wt cd and was surprised of all the quotes they have from him.
So I was wondering if they had quoted him correctly or out of context?
I'm sure you guys had discussed this subjet before but right now I don't have time to do research.
Thanks;
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Sign here if you are proud to make a stand
by jambon1 in.
this is the very 1st memorial where i am making the stand not to go.at this point family & close friends now know my decision.. i am totally against blood issue/shunning/child abuse policy and i am proud of myself for making the stand not to please others and go through the motions with this corrupt & unloving organisation.
hopefully this sends out a message to all who think i am still a jw sympathiser.. please post your 1st time experiences........
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I haven't been to meetings since December 05 after 25 years of perfect attendance (well, almost perfect)
I had only two "weak" invitations so I did not compromised, and this certanly it's going to be a stand because I think they are going to see me now like if i had committed the unforgibable sin.
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New to the forum - want to introduce myself
by lovelylil inhi my name is lillian and i am posting for my first time.
i was a witness along with my husband and two children for 12 years and gave in my letter of disasociation about a year and a half ago.
i have struggled with the guilt of bringing my family in contact with the witnesses (i have always been a bible searcher) and i am only coming to terms with this recently.. i now consider myself a born again believer in christ jesus and read my bible daily to check and see what is true.
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Welcome, and we certanly understand how you feel.
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Inactive people, who show up only for the memorial.
by free2beme ini have a friend who has been inactive as a witness for nearly six years.
yesterday i mentioned that i had wednesday off and wanted to see if they wanted to get something done wednesday, we had been trying to find time for, for awhile now.
out of the blue, they said "i can't, the memorial is wednesday.
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I'm not attending. But I agree with undercovered....
If attending will bring peace in my family I'll do it!!!!!
But fortunately my husband is out, my kids are teenagers and haven't been to meetings for about 2 years and they are happy I'm out.
In my cong. they used to call the ones that only attended once a year "Submarines" because they only surfaced once in a while.
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Testigos de Jehová
by What-A-Coincidence in.
cuantos de ustedes llegan aqui y desean participar pero no puden debido a que no hablan ingles??
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My first language is spanish so I comunicate much better in spanish and there are so many topics that I don't participate because of the language. But I like it here because I have been to one spanish forum and they don't grasp the concept of being ex witness as you guys do.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the ones that had answered to my posts and questions.
this forum had helped me a lot in dealing with my emotions, no one like you guys can understand how it feels to be in an organization for 25 years, trusting them, doing everything by the rules and all of a sudden discover that everything is a lie.
I felt sooo dumb for trusted them.
But I'm getting over it little by little.
Thank you all.
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You mean to tell me, normal people don't get married at 17 or 18?
by free2beme inas a witness, most if not all of my friends were married by 18, with many woman married by 17. it was so normal, that when i left the religion and met all these people married in their 20's and later, that it seemed like they were starting late.
i actually was a late person in getting married, i was 23. i remember being one of the few people my age in the congregation, not married yet.
i actually remember thinking, where am i going to find someone to marry, that is not yet taken.
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Well, I got married at 15 and my husband was 19.
We were not witnesses at that time (not until 2 years later).
We are still happily married!!!!
I can say that we are the exception and not the norm so that is why I always discouraged all the girls in the congregation to marry early.
I even told one of them when she was 13 that if she married in 10 more years I will buy the cake for her weding. (she paid attention to that and she is now 23)
So I think I 'm going to give her the money instead because I'm not attending meetings anymore and I want to keep my promise.
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Elder's visit
by flag inso, i finally had my first elder visit after 3 months!!!.
he showed up unannounced on saturday around 9:30 am but i was still on bed so i did not answered the door.
i thought that he wont come back but to my surprise he showed up again around 10:30 and this time i couldn't get away with not anwering because i had the music on plus my door has a window and he saw me in the living room.. he was by himself, (which is a big no,no,) when visiting a sister.. he was not very pushy, he said they miss me at the meetings, blah,blah,blah.. you won't believe what was his reasoning to justify that the end was near!.
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So, I finally had my first elder visit after 3 months!!!
He showed up unannounced on Saturday around 9:30 am but I was still on bed so I did not answered the door.
I thought that he wont come back but to my surprise he showed up again around 10:30 and this time I couldn't get away with not anwering because I had the music on plus my door has a window and he saw me in the living room.
He was by himself, (which is a big NO,No,) when visiting a sister.
He was not very pushy, he said they miss me at the meetings, blah,blah,blah.
You won't believe what was his reasoning to justify that the end was near!
He said "look all the protest going around, when have we seen that before?" "all this is sign that we are in the last days and the clay feet of the image is showing more and more" "pretty soon the image is going to fall down"
I just listened and told him that for the moment I don't have any desire to attend the meetings, maybe I was going to a depression or menopause.
I told him to call next time before coming.
My husband told me to next time tell him to call ahead of time because he wants to be present when he visits.