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  I feel like taking a risk on the platform tomorrow night.

  by SirNose586 in

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  in my bible highlights part, i am going to espouse a pro-soup kitchen/salvation army/homeless shelter view.

  right on the heels of that, i'm going to support (higher) education as a means of bettering ones' self.. what will i get: insta-jc?

  front of the hall talk?

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  *jeremiah*

  Dear Sir...,

  couple things. Are you an MS? Is this talk a #2?

  Also, if you are putting more emphasis on Jesus in some of your talks,...what is your belief towards Him?

  Good luck.
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  Recent Tract

  by Outaservice in

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  hope this comes through for you.. http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2006/11/inspirations_th.html.

  outaservice .

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  Wow. Those comments below the article are hard to stomach. "JW's are the kindest most gentle people you will ever meet" etc.,etc.,etc,.......UGh. It's hard to see people sooooooo blinded.
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  Has anyone ever met any members of the Governing Body?

  by *jeremiah* in

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  has anyone ever met any members of the governing body?.

  when i was 11 my family and i took a trip to new york and visited bethel or whatever.

  we took a tour through the, i think it was called the home office or something.

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  Has anyone ever met any members of the Governing Body?

  When I was 11 my family and I took a trip to New York and visited Bethel or whatever. We took a tour through the, i think it was called the Home Office or something. As soon as we reached the second floor some old dude came out of a room and our female tour guide just broke out in tears. My mom figured it out right away and then she broke out in tears of joy too. Me and my four brothers were like what the F. This guy came right up to us and proceeded to be a major A$$. He didn't even say hello or shake our hands or anything, but he went straight to grilling us on JW doctrine. None of the easy stuff either.....like the answers that we loved to answer,....Jesus, Jehovah, Satan, 144,000. We couldn't answer any of his questions and he wasn't pleased. He wanted us to study all the literature better and more thoroughly. Then that was it,...and he just walked away.
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  District Assembly Games

  by *jeremiah* in

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  i left the jw's when i was 17, so most of these games were played during teenage years.. here are some things i remember doing with my friends during the assembly:.

  1. the last clap.

  after a brothers talk or when "new light" emerged and the entire stadium would erupt with clapping we would see if one of us could be the very last person in the entire stadium to clap.. 2. the laugh game.

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  What was up with the MIB (men in black) guarding the platform. I think there were always like 8 of them guarding the one speaker.
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  District Assembly Games

  by *jeremiah* in

  1. jw
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  i left the jw's when i was 17, so most of these games were played during teenage years.. here are some things i remember doing with my friends during the assembly:.

  1. the last clap.

  after a brothers talk or when "new light" emerged and the entire stadium would erupt with clapping we would see if one of us could be the very last person in the entire stadium to clap.. 2. the laugh game.

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  *jeremiah*

  HA!

  Yeah, we had an elder like that in our congregation. Anytime he made and "s" sound there was a whistle that came along with it. He always used to say,...."watch out for 'ol shhhneeaaky sshhhnake!"
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  District Assembly Games

  by *jeremiah* in

  1. jw
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  i left the jw's when i was 17, so most of these games were played during teenage years.. here are some things i remember doing with my friends during the assembly:.

  1. the last clap.

  after a brothers talk or when "new light" emerged and the entire stadium would erupt with clapping we would see if one of us could be the very last person in the entire stadium to clap.. 2. the laugh game.

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  *jeremiah*

  I left the JW's when I was 17, so most of these games were played during teenage years.

  Here are some things I remember doing with my friends during the assembly:

  1. The last clap. -pretty self-explanatory really. After a brothers talk or when "new light" emerged and the entire stadium would erupt with clapping we would see if one of us could be the very last person in the entire stadium to clap.

  2. The Laugh Game. Try to make your friends bust out in laughter in the middle of a serious talk. This was usually done through drawing funny pictures, making weird faces, or making weird sounds. Many times we weren't even the instigators. If you sat anywhere near a baby or toddler or an old brother, it was almost inevitable that the sound of breaking wind would be soon resonating through your section.

  3. The Binoculars Game. There were many variations of this game. One was that you would use your binoculars to scan across the stadium for others using their binoculars, hoping to lock on to stare into each others binoculars. This was very rare, because although it was easy to find those others using binoculars and although it looked like they were looking right at you, most times they weren't. This was always confirmed through trying to wave at them to see if they would wave back. Other binoculars games included trying to find the hottest sister. "Dude, check out section 327, sixth row from the bottom, I believe she has a shasta in hand right now." How many friends or acquaintances can you locate around the stadium. "Hey there's the Walker family,...I wonder why they sat over in that section." And finally, try to locate the most number of brothers sleeping. This was best played in the afternoon session usually right after lunch.

  4. The Jehovah Game. There was always one or two brothers who when giving their talk would have to say "Jehovah" in the most deep, bellowing and strung out way possible. JEEeeeeeHHOOOOOOVaAAAAAAH. The more talented brothers could string the name Jehovah out for like a good two to three seconds. Let the counting begin. How many times can this brother say Jehovah in their talk?

  Anyone else have any games during the DA to keep things interesting?
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  How to help my 3 kids being raised jw? - A Pastor's opinion...

  by esw1966 in

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  here is the email that my pastor wrote in how best to help with my 3 daughters 13, 11, and 8.. they are being raised by their jw mother in green bay, wi.

  i am here in washington.

  i get them 40 days in the summer.

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  I think your Pastor said it beautifully. Really, what else can you do? I think it's important to allow God to work and for us to relinquish control. Hand it up to Him. Faith can move mountains, so I would put faith in Him that He will act. Pray, pray, and pray. When I think of my family still in the JW's, I think of this prayer from Paul: 18I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. Eph. 1:18-23 ...and ask others to pray for your kids. Put their names on some prayer lists.
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  UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (helping JWs see)

  by apocalypse in

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  i am an "active" jw.

  i serve.

  give talks.

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  Dear Apocalypse, DANG!....WOW! So did you come out first and then go back in?...or when you were in, did you come out mentally but stayed in physically? It's amazing what you are doing and keep up the good work, but you must have some kind of iron stomach to just be in the midst of that utter depression and oppression.
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  Young People Ask... & (those stealthy apostates)

  by *jeremiah* in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  young people ask .

  .. chat rooms.

  how can i avoid the dangers?introducing moral corruptioni was in a chat room with a group of people who i thought were all jehovahs witnesses, says a youth named tyler.

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  *jeremiah*

  *If you haven't already seen this:

  Young People Ask . . .

  Chat Rooms
  —How Can I Avoid the Dangers?

  Introducing Moral Corruption

  “I was in a chat room with a group of people who I thought were all Jehovah’s Witnesses,” says a youth named Tyler. “After a while, though, some of these people started disparaging our beliefs. Before long, it was evident that they were really apostates.” They were individuals who deliberately tried to undermine the morals of those who they claimed were their fellow believers.

  God’s Son, Jesus Christ, warned that some of those who followed him would turn on their companions. ( Matthew 24:48-51 ; Acts 20:29, 30 ) The apostle Paul called such individuals in his time false brothers and says that they “sneaked in” to do harm to those in the Christian congregation. ( Galatians 2:4 ) The Bible writer Jude says that they “slipped in” with the goal of “turning the undeserved kindness of our God into an excuse for loose conduct.” ( Jude 4 ) He also describes them as “rocks hidden below water.”— Jude 12 .

  Notice that both Paul and Jude identify the stealthy methods often used by apostates. These Bible writers noted that the apostates “sneaked in” or “slipped in” with the purpose of morally corrupting those in the Christian congregation. Today, chat rooms offer such corrupt ones the perfect cloak for their devious endeavors. Like rocks hidden below water, these false Christians mask their real intent beneath a pretense of concern for Witness youths. But their goal is to shipwreck the faith of unwary ones.— 1 Timothy 1:19, 20 .

  This journal, as well as other material produced by Jehovah’s Witnesses, has repeatedly warned of this particular danger.# Therefore, anyone you meet in a chat room ostensibly set up for Jehovah’s Witnesses is, at best, a person who disregards such counsel. Do you really want as friends those who choose to downplay Bible-based direction?— Proverbs 3:5, 6 ; 15:5 .

  ...boy, I bet the WTBTS just hates the internet. They had it soo good when it didn't exist.
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  SCARY(actually hilarious) JW Urban Legends (smurf content)

  by *jeremiah* in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone have any dub urban legend stories?.

  i remember a story running rampant when i was in my pre-teenage years that went a little something like this:.

  word on the street was that a young child went to the circuit assembly with his parents.

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  Yeah, I was wondering how the smurf opens doors too. That little thing would have to make a running leap just to get to the knob.