Topics Started by merfi

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Death of a laptop
by DigitalFokus in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i went ahead and killed my laptop.

unfortunatly i didn't use a shotgun or a assault rifle, i used a .45 automatic pistoli .

its not as dramtic as i had hoped but its still felt really good killing that thing.
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What do you do now with all that extra time?
by beautifulisfree in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just wondering what everyone does with their extra time??

the meetings took up so much time in our lives.

for me its soo fun to sleep late on sat (no service!
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March 15, 2006 - Imbecility Perfected
by daniel-p in
1. jw
2. friends
"choosing a type of work that promotes what is directly condemned in the bible is definitey wrong.

so true christians do not accept jobs that may involve idolatry, stealing, [etc]...." - g06 3/15 p.24 pa.11 .

"what if the work itself does not specifically violate any divine requirement?
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Still going to meetings??....
by LivingInReality in
1. jw
2. friends
good day..... i am very interested in hearing from anyone who is on this board that is still going to meetings.

i was wondering.... .

since you find yourself on this board with countless people who have left and are telling their personal stories, not to mention exposing that organization for the brainwashing cult that it truly is.... is this helping you to leave and make the final departure?.
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Afgan Muslim to Christian Convert faces DEATH PENALTY !
by Rabbit in
1. social
2. current
i had a cold chill and a shiver vibrate down my spine reading this article.. but, i just don't know why ?

there are certain words i have taken the liberty to highlight below, each of them caused a {{{{{{shiver}}}}}}.. somebody help me out...what is that gives me this 'deja vu' feeling ?.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/wl_nm/religion_afghan_dcback to story - helpafghanistan says court to decide fate of convert .
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Oh, you Brits !!!!
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4831180.stm

nation's knicker secrets revealed .

one in 10 people wear their underwear for three days in a row, a peep into the nation's smalls has revealed.
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Question on DF'ing
by littlerockguy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if disfellowshipping is a biblical practice, why didn't jesus do it?

there is no record of him doing it or even mentioning doing anything remotely like that.

in fact, it would seem to me if that practice was set in stone back then during his time, wouldn't he have taken some similar action against judas?
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Attitudes of JCs
by rhian in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just finished reading crisis of conscience.

i had read half of it but never finished; something i read on this forum prompted me to pick it up & finish it.. my question is this: i'm curious, for those who have had experience with judicial committees, what has been the prevailing attitude?

franz wrote about the lack of brotherly love in both the committees at hq in ny and in the cong in alabama.. i've had two experiences; won't go into the details for the sake of brevity.
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Another Newbie :)
by merfi in
1. jw
2. friends
it's hard to know where to begin, so i'll just... begin.. i had my first encounter with jw in high school when my now ex-husband moved into our small town.

(you're doing the math already, aren't ya?

:) ) after finding out he was a jw, i did a little bit of reading into it, which he discouraged... told me that that stuff is "apostate" (i had no idea what that meant) and that he'd give me stuff to read.
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How depressed/ill are JW`s?
by jambon1 in
1. jw
2. friends
having spent a couple of months in the world after a decade of devotion to the wt i have began to realise how hardly any of my friends have problems with illness.

it dawned on me a while ago that many, many witnesses have problems with health in one way or another.

how many times did you go to the hall and ask someone how they were doing to be told, 'oh, just struggling on', or 'i have`nt been too great' or 'i`m feeling a bit low just now'.