Topics Started by doinmypart

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Was I a coward?
by DanTheMan in
1. jw
2. friends
right before i disassociated myself last march, i sent an email to quite a number of jw's that contained only a link to an "apostate" website that had been instrumental in my seeing the the truth about the wt.. well, nobody responded to it except for one person, a guy who i hadn't had any contact with my last year in.

he started out with "yikes, do you know i'm disfellowshipped?

" he then went on for several paragraphs defending the org, how loving the brothers were when they disfellowshipped him .
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Barbara Anderson sues WT
by doinmypart in
1. social
2. current
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url to the story http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1614&dept_id=161052&newsid=6011345&pag=461&rfi=9.
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where is all the secret letters and private info?
by surferdude in
1. jw
2. friends
just wondering if there is a lull in the correspondence of the society to the body of elders?

or have we lost some of our contacts on this board?

it seems a few months ago there would always be a new boe letter posted every few weeks.
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1000 asked to leave Brooklyn Bethel!
by cyberguy in
1. jw
2. friends
1000 were asked to leave brooklyn bethel (actually, this includes the farm and patterson) "voluntarily!

" only 6 replied to the request in the last 3 weeks.

it looks like the "waters" of bethel are drying up, or rather, their revenues are drying up!
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still feeling the guilt.
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
still feeling the guilt.. why?.

i havent done enought.. but i feel my hands are tied.. i could write to friends, call them go to the hall and make a speech,or go to assembly grounds, hand out leaflets.. but if i do any of that i will be disfellowshipped.. then no one will talk to me even my family will have problems.. but if i don't do something now what good is my current standing with the witnesses, whats the point in being able to talk to them if i don't use it to any effect?.

do i just sod it all ,write a load of letters , even go to the hall i put my hand up and say what i really think?.
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Watchtower says Dos and Don'ts are out
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
among the latest instructions to the rank and file witnesses is this one:.

"following bible principles, we will avoid trying to live (or demand others to live) by an extensive and rigid set of dos and don'ts that go beyond the teachings of the bible.

" (the watchtower - issue of april 15,2002, page 22, para 15).
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Body piercing?
by collegegirl in
1. jw
2. friends
ok.... question - what is wrong with body piercing?

i personally feel it is a method of self expression.

i mean, i would never go and get everthing possible pierced, but i do have 2 holes in each ear, and a newly acquired belly ring.. i got my belly done 3 weeks ago, on spring break.
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BOE Letter
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
emailed to me by doinmypart:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/tmp/boe20020318.pdf.

posted on a separate thread so the topic is more related.
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Intro & Urgent Request
by doinmypart in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been lurking on this & other boards for a couple of years.

i am an elder in the u.s. we had an elder's meeting last week where we read a 7 page boe letter.

i have a copy in pdf format and would like to post it here.
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How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?
by LDH in
1. jw
2. friends
is it because we're a cynical lot?.

maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.

what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?