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  So little knowledge

  by grissom6471 in

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  so many people here and so little knowledge of jehovah's witnesses.

  there are still people here associating jehovah's witnesses with the watchtower society when that is not the case.

  so many people look to the past not the future.

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  puck

  I have no problem with that. So neither
  should anyone else.

  how can anyone argue with that logic? and i really mean that -- you can't argue (or discuss) because if it doesn't apply/affect/mean anything to grissom, it doesn't mean anything at all.
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  Talk by brother Herd (long)

  by moomanchu in

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  the stars fall from heaven?

  ~sigh~ and youll fall across the finish line into the new world!

  we dont want that brothers.

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  well. sounds like no matter what you do, you're screwed. it's ridiculous that they have to be so scary to make folks donate and do as they say. they were doing the same nonsense in 1975, and look how well that turned out. as i read it, i remembered the feelings i would have had were i still in -- just being terrified that i was "zigzagging" across all the lanes... but how can you stay in your own lane if the lines keep getting moved? i can't wait to see the emails my mom sends that come out of this talk. crikey.
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  Anyone from the Inland Northwest?

  by mavie in

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  from north idaho...looking for others who have left.

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  i was born in blackfoot, so not as far north, but it's cool to see people from idaho on here.

  my grandparents lived in st. anthony and rexburg. again, further south, but still...
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  What Ever Possessed You To Become A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  i was "born into it".

  that's my excuse.

  what's yours?

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  born into it -- third generation, like so many others.
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  Yet another email

  by truthsetsonefree in

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  does it get more cultish than this?

  satan's meeting (read even if you're busy) .

  satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

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  arrive early to meetings & stay late, etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum.

  shouldn't that be "ad nauseum"? because that's how it makes *me* feel... great. so this means i'll probably get this one from my mom shortly. barf.
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  Poll:What is the "average" age of people's baptism in the org?

  by megsmomma in

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  i was 14....and that seems pretty common for those that were in it young....... .

  how in the world is a 14 year old ready to commit themselves to anything life altering?.

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  i was 12. apparently, i was also insane.
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  How many of us were janitors?

  by Fleshybirdfodder in

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  lovelylils post made me think.... dubs pretty much rule that particular sector.

  my mother was more proud of me working for the p.o.

  cleaning toilets than if i had gone on to be a doctor.

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  i worked for my uncle in woodburn for a while cleaning grocery stores at night (it was about an hour and a half drive), then would get home in time to go to my housecleaning business -- on the days that weren't set aside for my pioneering -- and on the weekends i worked for a witness who owned a fire/water/smoke damage restoration business. they all blur together now... my mom is *still* cleaning houses, as are most of the women in my old congregation, and a good many of the fellows were window washers.

  but boy, i can clean like nobody's business!
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  thanks, jinjam -- it's been at least seven or eight years with my mom doing this... eventually she may get it. sorry to hear how your mom reacted to you. i know they love us, just "not what we're doing", whatever that might be. but it's still ridiculous. too bad they can't see past the religion and see us as *people*, eh?
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  narkissos -- my mother's head would explode. and then, once she got the bits back together again, she'd think the second set just doesn't apply, because "it didn't come from a witness". my mom isn't just brainwashed, she's gotten the bleach and softener in there, too.
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  right? these are basically the only communication i get from my parents. hmmm... why aren't i feeling more encouraged than ever?