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  Many ex Jw`s have suggested they were ostracised for having full time Jobs ,that`s not my experience .

  by smiddy3 in

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  when i converted in 1961 ,the po and his assistant who by the way was his fleshly brother were both life insurance salesmen , { i know ,why didn`t red flags show up then }.

  and the 4 different congregations we attended over the next 10 years in vic,aust,the majority of the brothers had jobs to go to.. we then went to s.e.

  qld,for the next 37 years and the majority of the brothers their were self employed one way or another in the building game ,either as plasterers ,actual builders ,tilers , and painters ,electricians , as well as everyday jobs.. my son worked for an elder who owned his own cabinet making business.

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  I know OF an Elder that just passed away within the last year or so. He held one full time and one part time job up until retirement. He never, ever believed in the 1975 doctrine and lived his life mostly the way he wanted to. He left six figures ($250,000.00) to the religion and his wife is financially set for the rest of her life. Some of his fortune was made by selling some property to a...CHURCH.
  
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  Asking For A Favor Please

  by The Bethelite in

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  for any of you here that have read my book new boy, i would be very grateful if you could post a review at amazon books.

  it's simple just go to amazon books and type in the words jehovah witness.

  the book will be the first book that pops up.

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  You have 16 reviews so far!
  
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

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  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  "Blessed me? God's been a real sport to me!" - Johnny Smith quoted from The Dead Zone
  
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  Boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates

  by pale.emperor in

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  now i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".

  i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?

  maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.

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  At 64 years old, I get a new surprise every day. Apparently, there is such a 'thing' as people believing that they are elves and fairies and have plastic surgery in order to become who they really were supposed to be at birth. I am waiting for the next wave of human insanity. Could bisexual, transgendered, gender fluid, asexual elves and fairies be the next new thing?
  
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  Who Wore it Better?

  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

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  in a bizarre world where spaghetti straps are a machination of the devil and a clean browsing history can bestow powers to resurrect your dead child, examining religious claims brings to you a side-by-side cringe fest of watchtower propaganda and latter day saints "education".. this video is part of a series revealing the "one size fits all" nature of high-control organizations.

  warning: be prepared to get hot under the collar and squeamish in your tight pants.. https://youtu.be/hio0e2ioz-8.

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  "in my avatar I am wearing spaghetti straps."

  And I might add that no one can carry off a spaghetti strap better than you!
  
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  JW Mother Dying.... Not a Big Deal.... But it Should Be

  by Zoos in

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  i’ve been shunned for many years so her passing doesn’t really constitute a loss for me.

  her and her husband made it clear many years ago they didn’t want a homo in their family.

  request granted.

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  My mother died over 19 years ago. She was a very, very difficult person and never once in my life did she say to me: "I love you." She never expressed this to any of my sisters or brother either. On her deathbed, I lay across her body crying and sobbing for what seemed like an eternity. I cried not for her death but for the lost family life and all the opportunities for love, affection and family unity that she threw away. I cried for all the pain she caused us. I cried not for my mother but because my siblings and I really never had a 'mother'. Go ahead and cry Zoos. Cry not for the mother that you did have but for the mother you should have had.
  

  Sorry for your loss.
  
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  "Keith It is with Great Sadness that I write this Note!"

  by The Bethelite in

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  i grew up with steve pare who is now an elder in southern california.

  he sent me this note after i talked to him on the phone and sent him my book.. "the super-abundant blessings i have received in the advancing the earthly organization of jehovah have been fantastic !!!".

  "jehovah is not behind in creating the paradise & his mighty of 9,000,000 will work with 20-50 billion to be resurrected & in 1,000 years the paradise will be done on time!!

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  This is probably the letter you should have gotten:

  Dear Keith,

  Thank you for thinking of me and sending me your book. Although I don't necessarily agree with what you have written, I respect your position and your right to hold your own views. As old friends I think that our policy with each other is that we 'can agree to disagree.' I treasure our friendship highly and will not let a disagreement in ideologies come between us or negate our long standing friendship. If it is alright with you, I would appreciate that moving forward you not bring up these issues any more in our conversations and I will try not to 'reconvert' you to the Jehovah's Witness way of life. So please call me on the phone, my friend and we can make arrangements to get together and 'rehash' the old days. I would love to see you and catch up on your life!

  Your friend,

  Steve

  Essentially,this is the letter you got:

  Dear Keith,

  FU@K YOU! Don't contact me ever again!

  Steve
  
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  Post Pictures of Beautiful Things

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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  beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

  i'll start it off:.

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  Should Reparations Be Given To Relatives of Slaves?

  by minimus in

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  some people say that’s the least we should do while others say no way!

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  what do you think about dispensing reparations?

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  "According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean and South America. And how many of these 10.7 million Africans were shipped directly to North America. Only about 388,000. That's right: a tiny percentage." - Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Director of the Hutchins Center for African American Studies and Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University.

  

  No matter what color a man's skin is, slavery is heinous and evil. However, in my opinion it would be just as heinous and evil to single out one race of individuals over and above any other race and reward them financially for wrongs done to their unknown ancestors. This is modern America where everyone has a chance to better themselves and make something of their lives. How long should innocent people be held financially responsible for the 'sins' of their forefathers?
  
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  Question- do JWs use the term overlapping generations

  by Xanthippe in

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  ... or is that one of our memes?

  thanks..

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  "MILLIONS THEN LIVING ARE NOW DEAD" - Sparky1

  And interestingly enough, all those who died during that generation originally spoken of by Jehovah's Witnesses....their lives and deaths overlapped!