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  Introducing myself

  by skyking in

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  i was raised a jw, third generation.

  grampa was a congregation servant and then elder, my dad was an elder for years.

  i made it up the ranks fast, you were not anybody if you did not become an elder, i was appointed at an early age.

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  SKYDIVING??? Good one j

  Welcome, Skyking!!!

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  Introducing myself

  by skyking in

  1. social
  2. family

  i was raised a jw, third generation.

  grampa was a congregation servant and then elder, my dad was an elder for years.

  i made it up the ranks fast, you were not anybody if you did not become an elder, i was appointed at an early age.

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  Welcome, Skydiving!

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  Was Simplification the Downfall of the Watchtower?

  by NotBlind in

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  a thought i had daydreaming while at the recent convention .

  old timers in the organization often reminisce about the way the wts was many years ago.

  attending a convention meant (a) getting hot meals, (b) orchestra music before and during sessions, and (c) two, three, or even four dramas.

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  Excellent post! Apathy is a significant problem in the org these days. I remember looking forward to working at conventions, as a youngster, it was field watch, (Yankee Stadium), as an adult, (working in the Telecom industry, I worked on all of the voice communication systems). Actually I burnt out on the telecom stuff, becasue I became responsible for working at multiple conventions, (not just mine), during the summer. That meant leaving work Thursday night going to the convention facility, getting everything working overnight, then going back to work Friday morning.

  All in all, it beat the drudgery out of 3 or 4 days of listening to the same old schlep. Although these particular things are still done at conventions, food service, and many other things have been eliminated. I noticed after quitting working at conventions, that I no longer enjoyed them, and began to understand what apathy was all about.

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  My life as a Jehovahs Witness

  by iamfreenow in

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  i have been writing my story today, before i joined the forum, and my friends linda and trev have encouraged me to post it.

  actually, i found it very therapeutic to write it al down.

  i hope it doeasn't bore you too much, as it is rather long.

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  I believe there's an old KM that DOES say 1975 is the time of the end.

  I believe the November '74 KM more than implied it. Does anyone have a copy to paste on the board?

  Marion, Great Story!

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  Hello everybody

  by iamfreenow in

  1. jw
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  i am marion, a friend of fullofdoubtnow (linda), and i have just disassociated from jehovahs witnesses.

  i was only announced a couple of days ago, after a lifetime of association.

  linda has posted about me before, but it's wonderful to be able to post in my own right, and i am really looking forward to getting to know you all.. i am 59 years of age, 60 in november, and have been a jw all my life, baptised since 1961, and i thought i would always be a witness, but i now know absolutely that it isn't the truth.

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  Welcome, Marion!

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  Good News - it is basal cell cancer....

  by AK - Jeff in

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  to those who have followed my previous thread - here is the latest update [and hopefully the end of the story].

  though this sounds bad enough - no one wants to have cancer of any sort - this is both the most prevalent and the most treatable of all skin cancer.

  it is tied directly to uv exposure.. the good news is that basal cell is treated with simple proceedures of removal of the affected tissue in most cases [including mine.

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  Sounds good so far, Jeff!

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  October Announcement Tid Bit

  by Juniper in

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  ok, i dont know what it is either.

  but i can tell you that it exists!

  i know an ms who was talking to a bro from bethel who said that there was big stuff coming and big changes.

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  Juniper and Iamfreenow,

  Welcome!

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  The Watchtower's Psychological Grip

  by The wanderer in

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  on a clear and sunny day driving past the kingdom hall of jehovah's.

  witnesses the past comes back to haunt me.

  "keep on the watch .

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  Start by reading Crisis of Conscience. As almost anyone would attest to, good, honest, and objective read. If doctrinal issues are still a concern after that, then read, In Search if Christian Freedom, also by Ray Franz. That book does a pretty good explaination of where witness doctrine in fact, came from.
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  great guitarist....guitar solos...and performances

  by purplesofa in

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  2. entertainment

  i am collecting guitar musicians.......their music.

  i am collecting great perfomances.....rare ones of musicians that would not otherwise be together......

  i wold love your input.........and would share music with those interested.

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  I haven't had time to read thru all 5 pages of this thread by my vote would be for Alvan Lee's Woodstock performance of Goin' Home.

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  Diagnosis - Skin Cancer......

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  i had a lesion removed from my right cheek, just below the eye and to the right of my nose a week ago yesterday.

  doc did it in the office and indicated he did not think it was malignant - but sop requires a path test to confirm.

  it was malignant i was told today.

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  Continue to keep us informed, Jeff. My thoughts are with you.

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