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  My oldest son found me this morning!!!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i've looked for him for 16 yrs.

  and he found me this morning.

  :) there are 8 and my oldest son has the only two g/sons that i have.. we were lost to each other before i left the wts, because when i lived in california and he lived in colorado springs, we both moved at the same time and we each had unlisted numbers.. i'm very, very pleased and excited.

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  Family is everything! I am happy for you, enjoy the next few month getting reaquanted.

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  We know what she has

  by lola28 in

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  an update on my sister, the blood work came back and she has lupus.. .

  lola.

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  Lola,

  My mother had Lupus, and while it is true that lupus is very treatable to a small percentage of those diagnosed it can be very devistating. My mother lived with it for over 20 years. In her case it manifested itself in her joints causing pain and swelling. Medications helped but not completely. There is also a chance that the illness can internalize and start attacking internal organs. This is rare, but in such cases can be very serious. I don't tell you this to worry you, I'm hopefull that your sister will be fine (the odds are really in her favor), and I'm sure she will be. But I say it because I want you to be diligent in her care, as I know you will.

  Hopefull wishes,

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  THE END IS NEAR

  by Mary in

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  with all the ridiculous hype amongst the dubs about how this new tract is going to help bring about "the end", i thought it would be beneficial to highlight how often they've been crying that the sky is falling in the last 1/2 century:.

  ***w50 2/15 p. 54" stick to your work"*** now is the time to live and work as christians, especially now, for the final end is near.

  *** the time of the end is near!

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  Mary, let me get this straight you are saying that the WTS has been saying for the last 50 years that the end is near? How can that be?

  Seriously, good work.

  Just one question, how long does it take you to research something like that?

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  Check this out!!! WT Prophetic Speculations - List starts from 1831!!!

  by Lady Liberty in

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  2. bible

  thank you alan feuerbacher!!http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-prophetic-speculations.html.

  some prophetic speculationsalan feuerbacher.

  1831: william miller begins preaching christ's return in the fall of 1843.. 1842: miller and followers begin publishing a journal, the midnight cry.. 1843, late: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return in the spring of 1844.. 1844, spring: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return on october 22, 1844.. 1844, late: miller and followers anticipate disappointment.. 1844, october 21: miller says: "i told some of my brethren christ would not come on the morrow" because the second coming would be "in an hour they think not".

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  GermanXJW,

  Couldn't aggree more. Can anybody come up with a logical now date?

  2014 perhaps?
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  Question

  by Moomin in

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  you've been invited to stay on the island of fiji for 6 months.

  your loved ones are not invited, only you are welcome, would you still go?

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  not without my family
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  Researching the WBTS is painful and shocking

  by restrangled in

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  after lady liberty gave a link to the new re-examine site, i found some details that are so disturbing its boggling my mind.. first, the original presidents were voted in, but not one vote per person but for every $10.00 contributed you received a vote.

  so those already in power and with much money had tremendous sway as to who got in and who didn't.

  this little scheme was not stopped until 1944.. so when rutherford was "elected by a unanimous vote" we can assume it was mainly of his own doing based on money contributed.

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  Before last month I would have said that that was a lie, but now nothing supprises me.

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  Hurts so good?

  by return visitor in

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  i know many have been hurt by association with the wts, but i was just wondering, are there any truths that you accually can take away from your association with it.

  for instance, before becoming a jw i would recite the lord's prayer, and had never read in matt.

  that is was not to be recited, but that it was mearly there as an example of how to pray.

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  Purple,

  I think I've gained the same perspective.

  And Blondie,

  You're probably right!

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  Hurts so good?

  by return visitor in

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  i know many have been hurt by association with the wts, but i was just wondering, are there any truths that you accually can take away from your association with it.

  for instance, before becoming a jw i would recite the lord's prayer, and had never read in matt.

  that is was not to be recited, but that it was mearly there as an example of how to pray.

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  fullofdoubtnow,

  thanks for the welcome, nice to be here.

  worst nightmare,

  No doubt what happened to that 16 year old was and still is unconcionable, somethings in life leave lifelong scars and I fully understand the bitterness you feel and probably always will. The point of the post was not to jsutify the WTS it was simply a question. I am not leaving the orgainzation with bitter feeling because of some wrong that either the congrigation or someone in the congrigation did to me. I'm leaving because I can no longer justify their teachings. I see how they hurt people and how they contribute to the hurt of others. But I also learned some wonderful truths along the way.

  I am trully sorry for your pain.

  Respectfully,

  RV
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  Hurts so good?

  by return visitor in

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  i know many have been hurt by association with the wts, but i was just wondering, are there any truths that you accually can take away from your association with it.

  for instance, before becoming a jw i would recite the lord's prayer, and had never read in matt.

  that is was not to be recited, but that it was mearly there as an example of how to pray.

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  Blondie

  i'm not saying that one thing justifies the other, I am on my way out of the organization because it doesn't. Guess I'm just trying to see the bright side of a bad situation.

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  Hurts so good?

  by return visitor in

  1. jw
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  i know many have been hurt by association with the wts, but i was just wondering, are there any truths that you accually can take away from your association with it.

  for instance, before becoming a jw i would recite the lord's prayer, and had never read in matt.

  that is was not to be recited, but that it was mearly there as an example of how to pray.

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  return visitor

  I know many have been hurt by association with the WTS, but I was just wondering, are there any truths that you accually can take away from your association with it. For instance, before becoming a JW i would recite the Lord's Prayer, and had never read in Matt. that is was not to be recited, but that it was mearly there as an example of how to pray.

  Can anyone else relate a gem of truth that they would not know of except for the WTS?

  RV