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  'The videos are helping the young people.'

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some time ago a super-dub stopped by to try to encourage me to return to jw land.

  my demeanor during our conversation was extremely serious.

  i was polite, but dignified.

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  compound complex

  I wrote about this before, but I believe it pertains to the above.

  In one of the last issues of the Free Minds Journal that I read, a member of the GB (Tony Morris, I recall) was quoted; he stated during a DC talk that new changes were a couple years down the pike and many would not be happy with them.

  I, for one, was not pleased when I saw a Facebook entry of an after-meeting gathering of JW friends and family at an elder's home. They were in front of the TV, watching Society videos. The meeting, Sunday morning; hospitality (luncheon); further indoctrination.

  Is this the new and rebranded religion that they so proudly advertise on social media?

  No need to answer. I already know the answer.
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  The Desolation of One Man

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he has searched long for that love of all loves, but it hastens not, although winter has come and left him desolate of every hope of warmth, comfort, and prospect of his name's immortality.

  nor will this elusive love reveal itself in his tiny dreams, allowing, at the very least, a gossamer of muted visions that would elevate a worn and bitter man to a level of expanded vistas, kindling within the flame of love's illusion..

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  compound complex

  He has searched long for that love of all loves,
  but it hastens not, although winter has come
  
  and left him desolate of every hope of warmth,
  comfort, and prospect of his name's immortality.
  
  Nor will this elusive love reveal itself
  in his tiny dreams, allowing, at the very
  
  least, a gossamer of muted visions that
  would elevate a worn and bitter man to
  
  a level of expanded vistas, kindling
  within the flame of love's illusion.
  

  
  
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  Unassigned territory as read by LeVar Burton (aka Jordie La Forge)

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never expected this to show up on my podcast list .

  https://huffduffer.com/yestertoday/457123.

  a young jehovah's witness spends a blistering hot after door-to-door to hostile homeowners and questions her future..

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  compound complex

  On a similar note, an elderly friend, a British agent during WWII and himself a writer of political thrillers, said reading a Jean Le Carre novel is one thing; hearing the author read those same words on audio books is a rather extraordinary experience.
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  Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my cousin phoned and told me my jw sister was taken to hospital with chest pains and it may have been a slight heart attack or possibly she's starting with angina.

  now as some of you know my sisters and brother have had little to do with me for 29 years.

  we've met at funerals, or arranged them, but i just thought today what if she did die?

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  compound complex

  We're happy to hear your good news, Xanthippe! What a relief.

  Regarding angina and a heart attack: In my case, the angina (several episodes for about five days) brought me to my knees in pain (at home), but the actual heart attack (in hospital) was painless. I would never have known I was having the actual myocardial infarction unless I had been on the monitor and the nurse said, "You just had a heart attack."

  Weird.

  Take care, Dear.
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  Masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked [Rebuttal to leaked Bethel video regarding masturbation]

  by Mace.Bean in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [the following information is intended as a response to the leaked bethel video regarding masturbation.

  if you are not aware of that video, please check it our before attempting to comment.].

  masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked.

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  compound complex

  stillin:

  Points well made. Both my religion and the Bethel I knew and once loved have irrevocably changed. Brother Knorr and Franz, with whom I have talked, would be rolling over in their graves . . .

  Oh, they're in heaven, rolling their eyes.
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  The aspect of the little faded house darkened as I approached.

  The sky was a hearty, bold blue that enveloped the otherwise tranquil mountains afar and, closer in, the wood undulating in knolls and vales. Strange that each footstep bringing me nearer the house stirred me with an unease the sunny day should otherwise have dispelled. Shadow ungoverned by Nature's immutable laws swelled, doubling its negative expanse over the house and adjacent property.
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  compound complex

  Thank you, Tara, for giving me reason.

  There has been little but, nonetheless, appreciated response to my stories and poetry. Still, I have continued to post both regularly, watching them slip silently into the bin of no-response detritus. And here I am, once again, in my favorite mode of wee-hour writing! It's about 3:00 a.m.

  I am sorry for whatever it is that has happened regarding your living arrangements. Having moved some half-dozen-plus times in the last 17 years, I feel nothing is permanent for me. I rent a room and have a bath and kitchen privileges; and I have at least another year here. Given the regular house sitting that I do, I'm always moving about, but only within three miles or less of my little overstuffed room. I hope you find peace and contentment wherever you locate.

  Love,

  CoCo
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  Masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked [Rebuttal to leaked Bethel video regarding masturbation]

  by Mace.Bean in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [the following information is intended as a response to the leaked bethel video regarding masturbation.

  if you are not aware of that video, please check it our before attempting to comment.].

  masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked.

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  compound complex

  Jw's don't consider emission due to wet dreams as sinful. -- Drearyweather

  Correct, but in the video Br. Breaux asked, "What were you thinking about before you went to sleep?"
  

  The implication is clear that impure thoughts must be rooted out and not dwelt upon; even a young brother's dreams can put him at risk, WT-wise.
  
  
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  Through a Darkened Pane

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

  a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

  until recently.

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  Of course it was a foolish move, but no one has ever used the word "sensible" in the same sentence with my name.

  Lured incrementally towards the house with roots sunk deep into a mire of misery and unalloyed pain, I was helpless to fend off the call of the siren. Warnings gone unheeded were my unfortunate mode of reacting to elders who were more experienced in the consequences of life's greater and more unforgiving contretemps.

  Having escaped a few times without any bodily harm during my misadventures, I walked with no little purpose up the curving path. What was within those walls beckoned -- I felt rather than knew -- although there was no seeming menace about the building's placid exterior. The white paint of the lapboard siding was somewhat faded from a brightness that once reflected the summer sun. I recall having to shield my eyes on those warm, languid days, those carefree days when the two of us walked hand-in-hand, dreaming of the day when we would take ownership of the house on the hill . . .

  
  
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  I gave up The 5th Dimension for Jehovah

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  greetings, old timers (in particular):.

  of course, we don't share all views in common.

  unless i'm mistaken, however, we older, former jws were decisive about what our "bible-trained consciences" would allow -- or not.

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  compound complex

  Hey, OnTheWayOut:

  We're glad you've been hanging about -- in a good way.

  THANKS!