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Thankfully Disfellowshiped Today
by Lloyd Braun in
1. jw
2. friends
good morning!.

last night i got disfellowshiped.

isn't that wonderful?
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Official protocol for DF family member
by ellderwho in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
while talking with mom(active dub) this morning, i said " aren't you glad i was never baptised so you can still talk and have a mother son relationship'?

her response shocked me in that she said it wouldn't matter your still my son.

and she would be able to talk with me, just cannot discuss the jw religion.. i was always under the impression you would be shunned for the rest of your life, unless you went through the chain of command for reinstatement.
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careers and job positions JWs are not allowed to have
by tula in
1. jw
2. friends
how many of you were required to give up a certain career you had in order to become a jw or before you could be baptised?.

help here in naming all the job positions and careers that dubs are not allowed to have and the scriptural reason for it.

detail if possible.. can a jw be a mortician?.
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"inFORMAL" survey...for news coverage
by JimWood in
1. jw
2. friends
i wish to conduct an "informal" survey.

who here would like to see, if possible, a news story by a somewhat national news firm?

specifically dealing with individuals constitutional rights (i.e.
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Watchtower--NGO With WANGO!
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
watchtower--ngo with wango!

if the watchtower society truly believes in a "new world" then why are they joining organizations that are attempting to make this old one better?

activitieswango is unique in regularly bringing together a prestigious, international leadership of non-governmental organizations, as well as other prominent leaders, representing diverse nations, perspectives, and realms of activity, and who are integrally involved in advancing world peace and creating a better society and world.
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by thebiggestlie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when trying to figure what out what i now believe and what is true i can only think of one truth that keeps coming back to me...everything is 8
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Survey on science, astrology, aliens & article
by Madame Quixote in
1. social
2. current
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/us-beliefs-in-pseudoscience-worry/20070217212109990001?ncid=nws00010000000001
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So what random rules did YOUR elders impose?
by brunnhilde in
1. jw
2. friends
every cong has them, the petty dictators who make up arbitrary rules and insist that the rank and file follow them or pay the penalty.

a couple mine had - sisters could not have skirts that were either too short (above the knee) or too long, below the mid-calf - either extreme was worldly.

also, in order to have privileges (cause there were so many wonderful and fulfilling things for women in the borg) sisters must wear pantyhose.
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I'm new....and I have a rant
by Faded-out in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, i apologize for this impromptu introduction/rant, but i am reeling right now and really have no where elso to turn.. let me start off by giving you a little history of what has gotten me to this point.

this post might be a little long, so you might want to dust off those .

reading glasses.. anyways, my parents were baptised as dubs in the pre 1975 frenzy to make it to the new system...if they only knew 30 some odd years later...suprise, we are .
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Selling our old KH
by JimWood in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
we just confirmed that our former kh (endicott ny)is being sold and all the other kh are being consolidated (endicott is being dissolved).

the funny thing is noone we still have contact with thinks its odd.

anyone else have this going on in their area?