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  Jehovah's Witness disfellowshipped for questions, joins Catholic Church to "feel Love"

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  2. beliefs

  harber become a fan.

  yogi, contemplative, writer.

  producer of radio program radical spirituality and sacred activism.

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  Dagney

  I enjoyed her article and appreciate her journey. The few times I've been to Catholic services, I felt all warm and fuzzy and I don't know why.

  However, all religions have their own form of disfellowshipping and punishment. I studied with a girl who became a JW and her mother vehemently opposed her every step of the way. And when children were born, my student was worried her mom was going to have them baptised in the church. I then understood the Catholics/Jews/Mormons/JW's etc. all felt the same way...that if not in their religion, all were doomed for whatever type of destruction that was the doctrine. In my student's case, her mom was scared the children were going to hell. Now I get her. It's all in the degrees the individual exercises the rules of the doctrine. Not many are as severe as JW's, but there are those that are.

  I'm glad the writer found her way to happiness and peace.
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  Well, it was a fine week to LEAVE!

  by RagingBull in

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  ....well, i was going to wait.

  go out with a bang!?

  i decided (like many others this week!

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  Dagney

  Fantastic!

  Congratulations! Welcome to the rest of your life.
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  How Often Do You Come To JWN? How Often Do You Post?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  do you check this site, daily?.

  do you post very much?.

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  Dagney

  Usually 2-3 times a day. I love this site and appreciate it and all the work to maintain it.

  I was trying to find a thread for the last few days and as I went back 7-8 years I was reminded of so many people that passed through here. I'm grateful for this place.
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  BORG running low on $$$??

  by fader77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  dear brothers:.

  re: personal literature supply.

  reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.

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  Dagney

  So, should present copies be marked: What DID the Bible Really Teach? - Collector's Edition?

  Haha! Good one. Going to use it. Thx.
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  Spanking VS. Reasoning

  by SpeedRacer in

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  2. friends

  i am having a discussion at work with the jw's.

  should you spank a child to make them understand or do you reason with them.

  they both agree with spanking.

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  Dagney

  This has been a very interesting thread to read. I'm old and was raised with a spank from time to time, mostly I think because I was a "smart aleck." I don't believe I suffered from it, and it certainly wasn't what some on here experienced... I remember my mom telling me that one time she saw me line up my dolls playing "meeting" and I would yell at them and beat the crap out of them, just copying what I saw at the KH. That clicked for her I guess that it was wrong.

  I don't believe people had the tools and the understanding of alternative ways to discipline back in the day. Now there is plenty of practical advice and ways to to access it. I don't believe it is necessary at all to hit another human being. I think one of the "Nanny" shows was very instructive about discipline, and highlighted that when kids act out they usually just need attention. So she always had the parents make sure they scheduled undistracted/uninterrupted personal time for their kids.

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  the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

  also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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  Dagney

  The amount of fresh water from that much rain and what it would do to the ecosystem is what got me. It's just a story. Like Green Eggs and Ham.
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  1200 requests for bible study a day

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  apparently the .org site is getting 1200 bible study requests per day.

  well that's what they claim anyway.

  dos anyone think this is true?.

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  Dagney

  Actually, you can't ever trust the WBTS stats. They never have and never will present the actual numbers. I knew somebody in the Service Department who confirmed this, and to them it wasn't a bad thing...it's just how they report!

  For one, publishing hours are now deluded with RBC work probably up to 50% of the numbers reported, (to the delight of many in the hall). That is just the obvious one everybody knows about.
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  You know!

  by SpeedRacer in

  1. social
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  a particularly fat and ugly woman walks into a pet store to buy her pit bull some dog food.

  she passes a huge parrot on an open stand as she walks down the dog food isle.

  as she is looking through the dog food brands she hears a pssssst......then another psssst... behind her.

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  Dagney

  I thought this was going to be about the "youknow" guy.
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  Reverse Shunning

  by exwhyzee in

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  2. bible

  someting happened yesterday that i thought might be noteworty enough to relate to you here.. mrs. eyz and i were invited to my new boss's home for his annual end of summer party.

  it's a pretty big deal....his is a name known locally (i'll call him j.r.) a really nice interesting guy who's held a number of high level and politically connected jobs.

  there was to be music, dancing, wine and reprotedly lots of well dressed, well educated, well to do and influential people (oh yes...and us) in attendance.. anyway we thought we'd make an occasion out of it and got ourselves spiffed up which involved new outfits and extra mirror time before we left home.

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  Dagney

  Well done XYZ! You took control of the situation, nothing confuses a JW more I have found. They expect us to be contrite and to cower in their presence...which is how they are told to be if they are found to be "wrong doing." Instead, you are confident, happy, doing well, and told them where they were wrong. Ha!

  Excellent...and I bet you feel great! And I bet they will be thinking about this encounter for a loooong while to come. Hugs to Mrs. XYZ
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  Princess Diana's death.

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what are your thoughts?

  accident or assassination?.

  i still get upset over this.

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  Dagney

  What cofty said.