I didn't get "done in" but they tried. After a meeting when I was in my late teens an elder cornered me and said a certain older sister told them I had made a date to meet her grandson and go out and that I didn't show up for the date. ... After him fussing at me for not showing up, I explained that the guy was being very pushy and I couldn't get rid of him. Maybe I did say I'd meet him just to make him leave me alone (I was a KID for heavens sake). ... Then I asked if the elder if he knew the guy was married? ... That shut him up pretty fast. ... ( It was a blind date and I had no idea the guy was married until that first meeting. I sure wasn't going to see him again.)
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Did You Ever Get Done In By Hearsay???
by minimus inwere you ever talked to by elders or charged with something because of hearsay??
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If you didn't vote yesterday, why not? (I didn't)
by AlmostAtheist inin the u.s. we had a voting day yesterday that decided more than just any one candidate for any one position, but which ideology (democratic or republican) would hold sway over the government.
if ever there was a time to weigh in, you'd think this woulda been it.. but i didn't.. of course i'm lazy.
of course i'm distracted, and busy, and unsure of where to vote.
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I voted yesterday for the first time in my life. .. I almost backed out but my daughter convinced me to go with her. Lightning didn't strike me either. ... I though for sure it was going to when I started to read Crisis of Conscience a few years back. : )
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Beards, when were they banned?
by GramblingMan ini know it has been talked about before, but does anyone have information as to when jw started banning beards.
my wife is telling me that it started in the 60/70's because of the hippies, but i know i read somewhere on here that it was much earlier.. .
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The Georgia congregation I was in during the early 1970s had a wonderful brother that grew a beard. The elders told him he had to shave it off and he refused. They either DF or DAed him (don't remember now) for not obeying them. I really thought a lot of that brother; he was such a likeable person. And a good husband and good father from what I saw. I think that may have been one of the first things to begin to open my eyes. I remember being very angry about the whole situation.
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Hypothetical ? for u. What if armageddon really did come...
by *jeremiah* inok, here's a hypothetical that i'm curious about.. what if armageddon really did happen?
not necessarily according to jw terms or timetable, but at some point it happens in your lifetime.
would any of you return to the jws?.
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I decided a long time ago I'd rather be dead than live forever with the JWs I knew. I just hope they are right about Hell being the grave. I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't like being HOT. (So how did I end up in the desert?)
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Who is DF/DA or Fader???
by mama1119 ini was just wondering, how many dfed to we have on here compared to da or faders??
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Started Fading 25 - 30 years ago. (Baptised when I was 12 so I don't count it as it was not legal in my opinion.) Did visit KH off and on there for a while. Haven't been back in at least 20 years. I did attend one day of a circuit assembly a few years back and saw many old friends. It was sad seeing them still there. I just had a thought - maybe they were just visiting and were sad I was still "in". : )
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1874 a date the Lord chose?
by lovelylil inthis interesting statement was made on a bible student forum and sent to me by one of my friends.
i have copied it the same way he sent it to me.
here a bs is explaining how the lord himself chose the date 1874 as his "invisible return".
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Thank you all for this discussion. My father told me not long ago that the WTS had the chronology worked out and it was all correct. Of course at the time I did not know about JWD. James, it confused me when you said "It might be of interest to know that William Miller himself (a former Baptist preacher) publicly apologized for the failure of the 1844 date but kept right on looking for the coming of the Lord until his death in 1859. ........... Did you know that Miller himself thought it was going to be 1873 until that passed, and then set it for Oct. 22, 1874?" If Miller died in 1859 did you mean Barbour or someone else in that last sentence? Thanks
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How Many Clocks Did You Reset
by Undecided ini had 15 to reset to daylight saving time last night.
there was the cook stove, coffee maker, mivrowave, tvs, alarm clocks, electric clocks, wind up clocks, car clocks, wrist watch.
the dvd player and computers did it automatically.
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Stephanus - Guess you could celebrate New Years twice (if you were sober enough). It's a 2 hour drive to California from here so you'd be late for the second party. When in Georgia I was less than an hour from the Alabama state line (& Central Time) so it would have been easier there.
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How Many Clocks Did You Reset
by Undecided ini had 15 to reset to daylight saving time last night.
there was the cook stove, coffee maker, mivrowave, tvs, alarm clocks, electric clocks, wind up clocks, car clocks, wrist watch.
the dvd player and computers did it automatically.
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NONE - Another good thing about living in Arizona : )
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Roll call time - What KH's have you attended.............
by Check_Your_Premises innaperville, dekalb, joliet......... il.
i tried to bump an old thread on this topic, but i couldn't find it.. anyone?
beuller?.
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East Point, GA College Park, GA (heard Michael Jackson used to visit there years later) Powder Springs GA Austell, GA Pasadena, TX (went once but no one spoke to me so I never went back)
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Personality of "Anointed" JWs
by Smiles indid you notice any similarities in the personalities of "anointed" jws?.
did they use their anointed status for personal advantage?.
were they the most loving person you ever met?.
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Just wanted to say Hi & welcome to Dr Zhivago. I am a newbie also. I can't remember ever personally knowing one of the anointed but we sure stretched our necks at the Memorial trying to see if anyone did partake.