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10Friday 13th and I got cr*pped on this morning!
by solo inso how does that work?
a scabby pigeon sh*ts on my head and that is supposed to be good luck but it's friday 13th - do the two cancel each other out?
i suppose you would have to be susperstitious - i think i was just in the wrong place unless the bird took a dislike to me.
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Going to Kingdom Halls on Holiday
by solo indid anyone attend meetings when they were on holiday?.
my parents used to find out where the local kingdom hall was and drag us along to the sunday meeting when we went on holidays.
did anyone else have to ensure this torture?.
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Could any of these books be classed as apostate material?
by solo ini saw these books in my parents' theocratic library and wondered if they should be there - i'm not sure about all the titles and names i just managed to scribble them down:.
the two babylons (i do remember they had this one from back in the 70s).
the works of josephus.
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WTBTS Raking it In!
by solo injust flicking thru the wt nov 2006 and found a 2 page spread on how to give your money to them, this is quite something - just in case you were not quite sure how you could add to their funds:.
ways in which some choose to give.
contributions to the worldwide work.
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Say hello to my brother
by solo ini'd like to say hello to my brother, he's going to be lurking here tonight.. i've been encouraging him to find out about the history of jws and he's been on the internet finding out a few things.
he is as shocked as i was when i found out things about a religion we were brought up in.
he left a little before me in 1986 i think but unlike me wasn't baptized so his exit was a bit different to mine.. we've been chatting on the fone tonight about how different we might have been if it were not for our upbringing.
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Who cleans the KH?
by solo ini just had a flash back to when we used to have to clean the kh.
each group had to take it in turn to do the cleaning.. in our group we had a bunch of lazy b*****ds, so it was left to us kids and our dad to clean the kh, bogs, etc.
even my mum used to find some excuse to duck out.. so if meetings, door knocking, studying, praying wasn't enough we also had to spend a couple of hours cleaning every month or so.
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JWs on Friends Reunited
by solo infor those who have not heard of it friends reunited is a web site where you can look up you old schools and and see what all your old school mates are doing, you can post your own profile and let everyone else know what you are doing.
well i have checked out several schools where i know jws went and have found several of them have posted there, some of them have also included their profile to let everyone know what they have done since leaving school, jobs, where they have moved to and if you got married and had kids.. however, not one single one of them has stated that they are jws???
isn't this supposed to be the most important thing in their life, would it not merit a mention, surely they are not ashamed, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to witness?
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what a revelation!
by solo inthis is my first post and what a revelation this site has been to me (excuse the pun) if only this had been available when i walked away from the "truth" in 1987, it would have made life a lot more bearable for me.. i was brought up a jw and was baptized at 14 because i thought it was the right thing to do, endured a very strict upbringing combined with the dreadful routines of worship, study and door knocking.
we were deprived of any enjoyment (tv, friends, outings, fun, etc).
education was a bit of a disruption, having moved to where the need was greater our schooling was interrupted so many times we never made any friends.
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