Topics Started by Downtowner

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Notifications
by Downtowner in
1. forum
2. tech-support
is there a setting that can send me e-mail or even a text message letting me know i have a new pm from someone, or perhaps someone commented on a post i wrote?

i get so busy in life and have several messaging apps to keep up with and sometimes it's weeks or even months before i remember to check my pm's here.. thanks,.

downtowner.
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Buy stuff from the Warwick build
by Darkknight757 in
1. jw
2. experiences
got another email today about buying stuff.. dear brother butt munch.

in harmony with jesus' words at john 6:12, 'so nothing is wasted', we would like to announce a new location where you can purchase items that were used during the construction of the new world headquarters at warwick, ny.

all funds recouped in this manner will be used to support the worldwide work.. you may visit at the former dairy barn at watchtower farms, 900 red mills road, wallkill, ny 12589. hours of operation are from 10:00am to 6:00pm, tuesday through saturday.
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Longview / Tyler, Texas
by Downtowner in
1. jw
2. experiences
anyone from the tyler/longview area in east texas?

i grew up in the org in longview.

would be really net to run into someone i know.. -d.
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Song 151
by ab.ortega in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
any idea what could have happened to song 151?

what logical reason could they have had to skip a number.

is the number 151 now an evil number accordig to new light?
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If Apostates Were Allowed To Stay In The Congregations...
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife was playing the "stay loyal" convention that she taped the other day and i noticed the brother said something that wasn't in the outline.

during one of the talks friday on shunning he said "can you imagine if apostates were allowed to stay in the congregations?

the congregations would be a garbage heap instead of the spiritual paradise they are now.
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Dallas / Fort Worth meet up
by Israel Ricky Gonzales in
1. jw
2. experiences
a couple of us xjws and awake jws meet for coffee and brunch every few sunday's.

im me if you are interested.
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Annual JW Pride Day
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what would be jw's reaction if the governing body, in all seriousness, announced a new jw pride day to be celebrated in the congregation every year?.
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Interview with an Apostate: Downtowner
by Downtowner in
1. jw
2. experiences
tell us a little about yourself and your family.i grew up in the organization and baptized at age 10 years 11 months.

i lost my father to cancer and nearly lost my mom (thank goodness i didn't) to an illness both in 1999, i became inactive in 2000, and came out of the closet in 2001.. were you a born in or a convert?i was born in.

are your parents / family jws?
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JW Broadcasting Party
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just heard of a congregation who has announced a saturday afternoon get-together at an elder's home - to let those who don't have the internet watch the jw tv monthly shows!!!!.

words fail me..
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Tragedy and God's Will
by cultBgone in
1. social
2. current
it's utterly amazing to me how religious belief in an omnipotent deity shapes some people's thinking.. one woman whose family missed the air asia flight which crashed stated that it was god's will to give her father hepatitis so that she canceled her family's vacation trip on that flight.

she says she believes god saved her family and protected them.

however, she later mourns the fact that she lost friends on the flight...so does she believe god deliberately planned for them to die?