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MERRYS MOTHER HAS DIED
by tijkmo in
1. social
2. family
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merrymagdelene is back home and agreed to me letting you know that her mother died on friday morning...understandably she doesnt feel much like posting at the moment..but will let us know her feelings as soon as she is able...the memorial service will be held on the 29th... (((((merry))))))
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Scriptures You Will Not Hear at the 09-07-06 Church Sermon.
by scout575 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"but now i have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

" ( 1 corinthians 5:11 ) .

"a man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject.
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The Watchtower and Mind Control
by AliveinChrist in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
greetings group .

looking back at my experience as a jw, i can now see all the things that are similar to other organizations that i thought were cultic, although i justified such activities in my own organization, as we were programmed to think by the organization.

what amazes me is that there are so many otherwise intelligent, rational, and cogent men and women in these religious organizations that can point to cultic corruption and mind and behavior control in other organizations, yet cannot see the very same exact tactics being used upon them.
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Aborting of girls and post-natal murder of girl babies rife in India
by hallelujah in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"more than 10 million female fetuses have been aborted in india in the last two decades.".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/5125810.stm.

and that's the official figures.
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Did you have a Witness approved car?
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was a witness, i was told that a responsible witness purchased a car that was able to be used in field service.

as an example, it would have four doors to allow easy entry for a car group of 4 to 6 people.

it was something that was not to showy, meaning it was not a lexus or something that would make it seem that witnesses were materialistic, especially when working a poor part of the community.
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Do you think a nuclear weapon will be used in war or terrorism in our time?
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
with all those nukes out there, and all the countries that have them or are making them.

do you think it is something we should expect, that in our lifetime a nuclear weapon will be used in war or an act of terrorism?

i personally think it is possible, and i think it would be the middle east that would see this happening.
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Fourth of July....what does it mean to you...........
by Sunnygal41 in
1. jw
2. friends
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an american and ex witness.............share..........
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JW's discourage people with a lesser spirituality
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
what if a person would be happy to go to just 1 jw meeting a week?.

what if a person found pleasure going out in the field service only once a month?

not everyone is super zealous like many jw's.
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Recently Studied With JW's--need help breaking up
by Silvia Plath in
1. jw
2. experiences
i studied with the jw's for two years and some time this coming week i will be making the "phone call" to tell carol my friend, that i do not want to study any longer with the jw's.

i don't know why i let them into my kitchen to begin with, except there was something about her and i don't make friends well with other women, most of my friends are guys, but carol could tell a irish yarn that made you laugh and feel good.

she made me feel safe and she was fun to go shopping with and talk about problems too, she was like the mother i never had.
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Truthfully..do you think you are being shunned or.......
by Snoozy in
1. jw
2. friends
many on here say they are being shunned by their family members.in some case this is probably true.

but seriously..could it be that they have a life and they may not have time for you anyway?

or finds you not too much fun to be around?.