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  Do the Governing Body have a priviliged life style or not?

  by Gill in

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  having heard that ted jaracz is being flown out of state to consult a heart specialist, i started wondering what other luxuries the governing body of the wtbts enjoy!

  any one any idea how they really live and if their vow of poverty is fake?.

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  Well I see where my mother's latest $100,000.00 donation is going. To keep this old frog croaking as long as he can. My own father died in his home after being diagnosed with bone cancer. He had 2 options, to get radiation or die within 6 months with Hospice.

  He had one radiation treatment, and then the doctor was fired. Hospice took over, my father fought it like crazy. He lived 3 months. (not what he wanted)

  My mom and I took care of him round the clock. ......

  So Mr. Old croaker gets extra special care from my father's money which my father busted his ass for and didn't get the benefit of. That SOB....he should be dieing in bed like my father. Let his fans take care of him like my mother and I had to of my father.

  How dare the society spend my father's money on this old frog.

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  Are "Apostates" jumping the gun with their info on the WT to make a case?

  by booker-t in

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  i take some of the things apostates say with a "grain of salt" because many times i think they embellish the truth to make the wt look bad to make their case.

  for example i have for years heard that the wt uses "satanic" images in their artwork but i have yet to see any proof of these accusations.

  i have heard that jw's no longer practice "disfellowshipping" but my teenage niece was recently "disfellowshipped".

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  I hate that word "Apostate". It instantly reduces the validity of anyone on this forum. This was a label slapped on by the WBTS for most people, not a self selected description or title.

  Some here may disagree but I think most of us are just out and trading information, stories and support.

  I agree some may go overboard, but for the most part what I read here can be proven. If you don't like the post, you don't have to respond, and no one here is obligated to swallow anything hook line and sinker like where we came from.

  Just my 2 cents.

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  Are you still alive??? Please report!!!

  by zagor in

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  because according to this guy today a third of us would no longer be around today!.

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  http://www.yisraylhawkins.com/.

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  Still here. Apparently this was not a spirit inspired prophesy!

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  Sad thread. my cat is dead. looking for sympathy.

  by avengers in

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  to all of you who know what it is to miss a loved pet.. i never knew in all my jdubb years that it can hurt so much when an animal dies.

  i never knew that a man could get attached to a cat.

  when i was a dubb i would not allow the kids to have a housepet 'cause then you couldn't spend as much time in service.

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  restrangled

  So sorry to read you have lost Toby. Although I have dogs at this point, I always had cats. They are so full of personality. Pets are very special family members and its hard to lose them.

  Take care,

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  Are you still alive??? Please report!!!

  by zagor in

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  because according to this guy today a third of us would no longer be around today!.

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  http://www.yisraylhawkins.com/.

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  Apparently I have 15 minutes,....I let you know when I get up tomorrow!

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  Is abortion an unforgivable sin?

  by e_louise in

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  hi all i'm a newbie with a question:.

  please ban you tell me if an unbaptized publisher has an abortion is this an unforgivable sin?.

  what would happen to the publisher if another jw reports them or they confess since they are not baptized?.

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  I have no idea if its is unforgivable. Perhaps that is up to the individual having to deal with the dilema.

  I know several people in my life that had to get abortions and it was not an easy matter to handle.

  I can relay one story because it was many years ago. One of my best friends in highschool got pregnant and my mom, a devout jw, took her with me to a gyno. After my best friend found out she was pg. had the procedure done. She became so depressed afterward, told me she felt like commiting suicide.

  I felt I could trust my mom and told her of my best friend's feelings. My mom promptly called her mother and reported all. Her mother was not pleased that my mother had broken the trust and told her to get lost.

  Ofcourse my best friend was furious and never spoke to me again for the rest of my High School life.

  This girl went on to marry the man she had that abortion with and had 4 more children.

  My point being is that what a girl has to do is her own business. I don't think I could ever do that myself but no one can judge another person's situation.

  I do have a problem with 3'rd term partial birth abortions, I am firmly against that procedure.

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  Do you allow yourself to be scared/threatened?

  by KW13 in

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  september 11th is obviously in all our minds now and probably (it is for me) at some point we think about it anyway.. do you allow the fear to get to you?.

  personally i don't.

  i feel for those that died and i think its horrible, but i won't allow myself to be scared or change how i do things.. .

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  I think after September 11, I was paranoid for awhile, especially since my husband couldn't get home from Germany.

  Now, I have 3, ...6 foot plus men at home and 2, 100 pound plus dobermans so I guess I am not fearful of anything.

  We actually leave the door unlocked at night....god help any fool who would wan't to intrude.

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  My First Earthquake and I Didn't Even Feel It

  by Kenneson in

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  there was an 6.0 earthquake yesterday morning along the west coast of florida and you would know it i didn't even feel it.

  it's really rather bizarre, as some people felt it and others didn't.

  but, in a sense, i'm glad that it was nothing serious--at least no one was hurt and there was no damage.

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  I live in Orlando, didn't feel anything, but my husband said he felt it.

  Both of my dogs slept through it.

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  How many here were Df'd under legal age?

  by restrangled in

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  restrangled

  Sorry, posted the subject before I could explain!

  I am just curious about how many people on this board were Disfellowshiped under the legal age limit.

  If you can't join the army, can't vote, can't be held accountable to any contract in a court of law under the age of 18, how was it anyone was disfellowshiped by the society under age?

  I know my son was caught in a car with open booze and it was dropped because he was under 18 and would not be on his record.

  But the JW's feel that once you are babtized in your youth, thats it. You can be hung at any time.

  Myself, babtized at age 14 and disfellowshiped at age 16, decision reversed the same year. Of course this branded me for life.

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  How many here were Df'd under legal age?

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