Topics Started by MominAustin

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JW's unwritten dress code and personal appearance standards-FROM WHERE?
by Thechickennest in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one thing that always use to puzzle me was the personal appearance standards, espessially for meetings and service.

the men always were expected to where a tie, suit, jacket, etc.

no beards were allowed-mustaches were ok!
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Can we get a Newbie head count?
by kzjw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i haven't been here long...so is it just me or are the long standing jwd members noticing an influx of newbies?

to me it seems they are on the rise!

newbies stand up on this thread, be counted -- and welcomed!
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The World's Largest Swimming Pool - WOW!
by AK - Jeff in
1. social
2. physical
http://www.victory-cruises.com/pool.html.

it is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115-foot deep end, and holds 66 million gallons of water: this one took five years to build, cost nearly 1 billion, and the annual maintenance bill will be 2 million.. .

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Saturday, June 14, Dallas, TX
by cruzanheart in
1. jw
2. friends
well, it's not exactly on the date but the first opportunity thereafter!.

it's been a hell of a ride.

we were both regular pioneers when we met and we weathered the storms of getting married (both sets of parents did their best to keep it from happening), chris leaving the borg, me staying in for another 15 years and two kids, his family disowning him, my father's suicide .
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did anyone on here ever have a paedophile in thier congregation?
by looloo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
if so, did it bother you that he had been reprooved and forgiven rather than reported to the police?
8
When you used to go out in field service......
by lavendar in
1. jw
2. friends
......did anyone ever ask you a question that you couldn't answer??

if so, what was the question?

what did you say to the householder if you couldn't answer it??.
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A little about me
by MominAustin in
1. jw
2. experiences
i, too, was raised as a jw.

my mom still goes to the meetings and out in service when she can, but due to age, she has some troubles (she's 69 and legally blind).

my oldest sister is very active although her teenage daughters are inactive and disfellowshipped for very unfair reasons.
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NEW article on Oral Sex?!
by MominAustin in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was watching the youtube video on the nbc piece about pedophiles and saw a comment about a new oral sex study article that was supposedly quite graphic.

i was curious if anyone had this?!

or knew what date it was...i might be able to sneak a peek the next time i visit my mother.
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Sunday Public Talk from 45 mins to 30 mins?
by united states of nothing in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
has anybody heard that starting this new year they will be shortening the public talk from 45 mins to 30 mins?.

does anybody think this might be a way to accomplish two things:.

-get meeting attendance up.
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Beth Sarim Revisited 4 Newbies
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
at 4440 braeburn road, san diego, ca., in the rich and prestigious neighborhood of the kensington heights neighborhood sits one of the biggest embarrassments in the long and continuing list of embarrassments the watchtower society has created for itself.. most dubs know nothing about it, and if it wasnt for a few brief comments about it in the proclaimers book in 1993, even fewer dubs would know anything at all about it.. it is the home once known as beth-sarim (pronounced beth-sareeeem), the house of the princes.. it is a house with a history the society has shown by its historical lack of candor, hopes everyone would forget.

in fact, the society has done just about everything it could do to ensure that its history will be forgotten.

in the first book devoted to discussing the history of jehovahs witnesses, this house and its history is not even mentioned.