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  ATTENTION "PRINCE": Have I got a deal for you!!

  by BONEZZ in

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  hello your purpleness.

  i recently helped clean my 89 year old mother's house (she's da'd) and guess what we found?

  a bunch of old watchtowel record albums.

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  dannyboy

  Bonezz, The PurpleOne really needs these records, to get the "feel" of the org he's in nowadays. Any inquiries on EBay??? ---Dannyboy
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  Name Certain Things JWs Can't Do

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's one thing to start off our list: jws can't stand for the country's national anthem (but they can rise for the flag salute).

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  1. Can't buy a 2-door car

  2. Can't have a KH with windows

  3. Can't have a firearm for personal protection [hunting use ok]

  4. Can't really enjoy a good game of chess

  5. Can't have a well-trimmed beard, not to mention a slobby looking one

  6. Can't wear comfortable clothes to enjoy dinner after a DC

  :))

  ---Dan
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  how do you prove to a JW that they they were wrong about 1975?I

  by paybacktime19 in

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  2. scandals

  i need written proof in their own publications ..

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  Blondie,

  I find that jws fall into 2 categories 1) those jws during the 1975 era from 1966 to 1976, and 2) those born after that time. Those adult and alive during that period were bombarded by articles, talks at assemblies, conventions, KH platform, private statements by elders, COs, DOs, GB members, Bethelites that 1975 was a done deal. After 1975, the WTS did damage control in print and stopped mentioning the date 1975 in publications. Unless a jw was the type to read more than the assigned material, they wouldn't have a clue. On top of that older jws would tell them their reinvented version. Who would want to admit they were fooled.

  Exactly right. I, too was "alive during that period", and you accurately characterize congregational life then as being "bombarded by [all the pro 1975 stuff]....." ......yes, it was exactly as you describe.

  I distinctly recall a "brother" who smugly/proudly told everyone in the congregation how smart he was in that he bought a new car with a loan that had a very large final "balloon payment" due after 1975 and how smart he was, 'cause he'd never have to pay it back etc.

  It irks me to hear/read JW apologists try to minimize/change history either intentionally or because they weren't there and so don't realize the degree of "damage control" that has gone on since.....

  ----Dan
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  Daniel-P's Bethel Papers

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  entry and exit papers: http://www.mediafire.com/?exrr1amq2st.

  bethel life: http://www.mediafire.com/?itdnv159cxa.

  info for the wallkill bethel family: http://www.mediafire.com/?b22smj2nbmt.

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  Thanks for posting this info.

  I note that at Wallkill, Bethelites have to PAY FOR AIR CONDITIONING ! ! ! ! [that is, they have to pay if they want it] What a bunch of damn cheapskates. I hadn't heard about that.....Jeeeeeeez.

  Of course nothing these Bozos do should really surprise me, I'm just shocked that in all my years with the "group" I hadn't heard anyone comment on that policy............

  ---Dan
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  My Avatar and yours

  by LockedChaos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious .

  any symbolism or meaning to your avatar choice?

  mine is actually a gif .

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  dannyboy

  After I left the "organization" I was on my own, in the wilderness you might say, hence this avatar of my "coonskin cap" phase....

  ---Dan
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  Question for longtime JWDers

  by JimmyPage in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so what was it like at the beginning of jwd?

  was it lonely?

  how does it compare to now?

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  dannyboy

  I lurked on H20 (never posting there) for quite a while.

  When I joined JWD back in 2001, there was much more doctrinal discussion, far less fluff. And of course far fewer posters. The doctrinal issues don't interest me now like they did then, I am interested in how my former group is changing/modifying beliefs, etc. I have no regular contact with Witnesses anymore, so JWD is an easy way to check up on things.

  Yes, I'd say reading what others have experienced bolstered by own conclusions about Jehovah's Witnesses and the "Organization".

  ---Dan, who is very appreciative of Simon making this forum available all these years, through thick and thin!
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  WERE THERE ANY THIEFS IN YOUR CONGREGATIONS?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  dannyboy

  We had a MS stealing cash from contribution boxes, same MO as was done in many places, remove a portion of the cash before it was counted in front of another.

  Then we had a MS "prospect" whose "theocratic" career was cut short by embelzzing from his employer somewhere around $30,000 as I recall.

  ---Dan
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  WTS Will Stop Charging Interest on Loans

  by doinmypart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the org will stop charging interest on kh building fund loans effective sep 1, 2008. current loan payment amounts will remain the same so the loans can be paid off sooner.. congregations should continue to donate to the kh building fund, and publishers can donate directly to the fund by sending donations directly to the branch.

  congregations are encouraged to forward surplus congregation and operating funds to the branch until the time those funds are needed by the congregation (this was actually read to the congregation...talk about full disclosure).. this is for all branches and congregations, not just the u.s..

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  Speculation: The timing for this announcement is interesting. The IRS [Internal Revenue Service here in the US (the tax collectors)] just clarified a whole bunch of regulations relating to non-profits (effective March 28, 2008).

  My musing was that they would NEVER give up an advantage like collecting interest without an even better reason/advantage. Perhaps (again just speculating) it has to do with not wanting government regulators snooping into their stuff?? Sort of like the reasoning behind discontinuing a specific "charge" for the literature was linked to a Sales Tax judicial decision.....

  My two cents...

  ----Dan
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  Sherriff Joe Arpaio

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. friends

  i got the following from my daughter - jail time -- the way it should be.

  maricopa county sherriff.

  to those of you not familiar with joe arpaio, he is the maricopacounty sheriff (arizona) and he keeps getting elected over and over again.. these are some of the reasons why:.

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  dannyboy

  He gets re-elected because he's very much "in tune" with the law-abiding, tax-paying, voting, general citizenry. People are absolutely fed up with stuff, and he has struck a nerve for sure, in a good way.

  I disagree that there's anything "wrong" with his treatment of inmates. His approach is more about not coddling and not catering to those who are incarcerated then it is to try and be "mean" if you will.

  I wish his policies were followed in the county where I live, but that's California, and that "ain't gonna happen"

  Here's a link to the Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Dept website and a picture of the good man:

  http://www.mcso.org/

  ---Dan
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  "We are the only ones going door-to-door" with the message

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  i wind up sitting next to a friend of my wife.

  the hall, but has no idea why.

  nobody is doing the worldwide work except jw's.

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  dannyboy

  [Oompa:

  Ahhhh.... a humor-laden thread along the lines of what you suggest has already been done at least once:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/25/91042/1.ashx

  ---Dan]