hmmm, my mom has been calling me a apostate for the last 8 months... just not to my face. I still go to the house to eat every now and then, she doesn't listen to everything that 'brothers' say anyway... 'their just men' in her own words. We've gotten into a few arguments and we sort of agreed not to talk religion.
thecarpenter
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It's now official: I've "turned apostate."
by Confession inthumbnail details: lifelong jw and former elder with 30 family members in.
came to realize it wasn't the truth at age 38, just over two years ago.
have been fading with my 19 year old daughter, making two, major, long-distance moves.
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Weak in the Faith = Lose Privilages
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhave you ever lost any privilages due to being spiritually weak?
i wasn't going out in servive as much,not commenting and wasn't married to a witness.
i was taken off the ministry school talk # 2,couldn't pray for the congregation,was taken off the sound equipment,couldn't pass out literature,couldn't receive a blood card and finally couldn't receive any books because i wasn't considered part of the congregation.that was fine with me.. what were the signs you received from your congregation telling you that you were weak in the faith?.
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thecarpenter
Why are you complaining, I love to hear stories like this from this christian cult. All of this rigidiness serves as a vehicle to help people free themselves from this high control religion, it is actually a blessing in disguise. I hope more rigid, self important elders are appointed, the religion will fall that much faster.
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American Economy Going Strong ! Thank God !
by DebSmithLopez inmust be god's blessing.. stock market is up triple digits in spite of the new, democratically-controlled, congress.. .
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thecarpenter
by the way, I got this book to teach me about finance, extremely useful... a shocking theory that works
Click on Link below
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American Economy Going Strong ! Thank God !
by DebSmithLopez inmust be god's blessing.. stock market is up triple digits in spite of the new, democratically-controlled, congress.. .
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thecarpenter
Another reason to not keep all of your investments confined into one country. Which is why ~40% of my portfolio is in Euro/Pacific companies. I learned my lesson from the tech bust. Sure, it was great watching those gains multiply in the early years, but after 2000-2001, things went south pretty fast.
I'm with Jourles on this one, I also put 40% of my portfolio into a international mutual fund, did 30% this past year. the other 60% I put mainly in a large cap value fund and did about 22%. My personal stock picks are doing about 10% although I'm pretty confident they will pop by summer (I invest once a year in the summer for a one year period to reduce my capital gains tax). This year, I'm probably going to put 50~60% in international because that market is still hot. I anticipate the US market not doing as well this year because of all the debt, but there are some attractive stocks that I think I will purchase shortly such as GM. I put my portfolio where my mouth is... let's have this discussion same time next year.
I must remember to fill up the contribution box at the kingdom hall....
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What was the funniest thing you read on JWD last year?
by thecarpenter infor me it was the personalized copy of the watchtower magazine co wives bikini issue, i laughed for days everytime i though of it.
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thecarpenter
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/109571/1.ashx
here is the link, there are other magazine covers that are funny, here are two
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What was the funniest thing you read on JWD last year?
by thecarpenter infor me it was the personalized copy of the watchtower magazine co wives bikini issue, i laughed for days everytime i though of it.
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thecarpenter
For me it was the personalized copy of the watchtower magazine CO wives bikini issue, I laughed for days everytime I though of it.
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JWs Egged Our House and Yanked Out Our "Frosty"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Lady Liberty inhello everyone.."happy new years"!.
well, we had a wonderful first christmas, filled with lots of family and friends.
unfortunately though our neighbors who are active jws..(who are approx.
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thecarpenter
I'd probably do a little more than call the sheriff, I figure two can play that game. but if you don't want to go to that level, maybe a few peel off stickers of WT bulls**t on their windshields should do the trick. (you need to go to the hall during the meeting)
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Gross things little boys did this morning..........calgon take me away!
by kitten whiskers inprepare to be grossed out.
if you've never been around little boys, you're gonna flip.
my kids had the neighbors over for a sleep over last night.
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thecarpenter
or maybe you don't know about the gross stuff they do when you are not watching....
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Do you, too, see JW chronology numbers everywhere?
by GermanXJW ini regulary look at my digital alarm clock and it says "19:14" and i think "hmm, used to be the end of the 'gentile times'" than i take a look at my number of posts and i have already passed 1914, 1918, 1925. when i look at car plates i get reminded of year numbers having been hammered into my brain.
well, this is not really serious, but i get always reminded of my jw past.
i have to add that chronology was something important to me and carl olof jonsson's book "the gentile times reconsidered" was an important one for me.
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thecarpenter
hmmm, the only number that freaks me out is 666. The other numbers make me grin (607, 1914, 1975, etc..)
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Strange things you can find on the net (JW related)
by Junction-Guy inwell i was on amazon website and did a word search under song titles and artists names.
i chose the words "watchtower" and "jehovah's witness" and you wouldnt believe all of the stuff that came up.
i will post my findings in several increments, so keep checking this thread for updates.
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thecarpenter
I think the NY Jets are going to hammer the NE Pats next sunday... I am the channel that God has chosen, doubt me and out of the forum you go.
thecarpentower
