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  ONE YEAR AGO, TODAY......................................

  by Warlock in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one year ago, on this date, may 16, 2006, i finally got up the courage to post on jwd.

  it was not easy, by any means.

  i felt a tremendous amount of guilt.

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  kifoy

  Happy aniversary, Warlock!
  
  I'm just speechless to see your post history... 2991 post in one year?
  Definitely not a lurker anymore ;-)
  
  kifoy
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  1799

  by kifoy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you were still a "good" jw (and not doing any apostate searching on your own): .

  how many of you had heard of the year 1799 as a "watchtower date"?

  <http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2005/01/09/watchtowerdatesthejehovahswitnessesandpropheticyears.html> .

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  kifoy

  By the way.
  
  I found The Harp of God on Project Gutenberg:
  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12868/12868-h/12868-h.htm
  
  Enjoy :-)
  
  kifoy
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  What is the best thing you have done since leaving the truth?

  by mtsgrad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a fader i felt delighted at clinking glasses at a pub.

  it may seem trivial but it meant a lot to me.

  what is the best thing you have done since leaving the truth?.

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  kifoy

  See a psychologist and _really_ let him help me :-)
  
  kifoy
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  Which God are you? [Fluff]

  by Sirona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  quiz - which god are you?

  http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/make_do/quiz/default.htm.

  my result:.

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  kifoy

  You are Apollo, god of plague and prophecy.
  You are artistic and aloof.
  
  ok :-)
  
  kifoy
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  1799

  by kifoy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you were still a "good" jw (and not doing any apostate searching on your own): .

  how many of you had heard of the year 1799 as a "watchtower date"?

  <http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2005/01/09/watchtowerdatesthejehovahswitnessesandpropheticyears.html> .

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  kifoy

  When you were still a "good" JW (and not doing any apostate searching on your own):
  How many of you had heard of the year 1799 as a "Watchtower date"?
  
  If you still haven't heard:
  <http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2005/01/09/watchtowerDatesTheJehovahsWitnessesAndPropheticYears.html>
  
  And after learning that they really believed that the "last days" started in 1799 (even as late as 1930, when it was replaced by 1914, they believed that -- 1930!), what was your first thought?
  
  I first leared about 1799 a couple of weeks ago, and I'm still kind of stunned. "Eh... What?"
  
  Even my parents, who are still "in" and has been JW's for over 30 years, when they saw it in the book Harp of God recently, they also looked a little stunned and said they _never_ heard of it.
  
  How strange.
  
  I can say that I knew about 1874, but I truly had the understanding that they dropped that date _prior_ to 1914. I thought that not very long after 1914, they only believed in 1914.
  
  But suddenly I learn about 1799! And not the least, that they were still holding on to both 1799 and 1874 almost 20 _years_ after 1914! How funny is that!
  
  Admitting to be wrong about 1874 is one thing, but I can see that admitting to be wrong about 1799 is not that easy... so let's hush up about that...?
  
  LOL :-)
  
  kifoy
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  Conversation with a JW

  by VanillaMocha73 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wrote: .

  i saw your email address on the post about the arson at your church.

  i was wondering if you could answer some questions about your church?

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  kifoy

  Beroean said: "I choose to think most of you would rather believe that every JW should know everything about every subject. The reality is, we don't."
  
  Well.
  
  There's a huge difference between: "I'm sorry, but I haven't got the answer to that question now. Let me check it out for you" and
  "I will NOT answer your question. You're insulting me and attempting to weaken my faith! You're beein disrespectful!"
  
  My husband was met with that accusation from two sisters that came to our door one day. He said quietly and respectfully that that his in-laws is JW's, and that he had read the Watchtower (and they of course asked him what he thought about them), but was troubled with all the "quote errors" he had found. They became sooo rude! And they straight away accused him for not beeing respectful!
  
  I was listening to this from the living room, and was deeply shocked at their behaviour. Even my parents found it a bit strange...
  
  kifoy
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  Eurovision Song Contest

  by katiekitten in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone watch it?.

  it is absolutely the best thing on tv in the uk, because terry wogan commentates.. heres the ukrane entry!!!.

  http://www.eurovision-fr.net/histoire/details_07.php?id=62.

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  kifoy

  And, by the way, Dansk:
  
  Sweden rarely give any points to Norway, but usually gives some points to Denmark.
  Denmark "hates" Sweden, but usually give them some points after all. But they often give Norway good score.
  Norway always gives Sweden 10-12 points (even if they play the lousy ABBA trick _again_ -- in a bad way). And also Denmark is well "treated".
  
  kifoy
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  Eurovision Song Contest

  by katiekitten in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone watch it?.

  it is absolutely the best thing on tv in the uk, because terry wogan commentates.. heres the ukrane entry!!!.

  http://www.eurovision-fr.net/histoire/details_07.php?id=62.

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  kifoy

  NORWAY wins this year!
  
  ;-)
  
  kifoy
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  Heard any good anecdotes a JW?

  by tioga joe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got a chuckle out of one of the past messages that related the story of a person in desperate need praying to god for help just as a jw knocked on the door.

  i had heard that one myself, too.. so it got me to thinking about "jw anecdotes" we all have heard.

  one i heard from my visiting witness was during a "study" on how we must obey god's word even when man's word says not to.

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  kifoy

  Hi tioga joe!
  
  I was thinking about starting a similar topic just the other day.
  
  One such anecdote came to my mind, you see. I don't remember all of it. It was quite long. But it was said to have happend in a spanish/portugeese (I think) little town. It was a catholic town, at least. When I heard it back then I thought it was sooo funny :-)
  
  The catholic church had a problem with this town, because all the priest that were sent to this place, one by one became JWs. The anecdote goes on to tell the story of each and one of them.
  
  I remember only this one partly: One priest, along with his sexton(?), was standing at a grave (or something) that had an inscription from Matthew 23:27 ("Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.")
  
  And the sexton was thinking of how it reminded him of the priest... or something. Well both the priest and the sexton became JWs, of course.
  
  Anyone heard this story? Maybe someone has got the story?
  It would have been nice to read the complete story again. :-)
  
  kifoy
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  can't type! pls help!

  by pudd in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  calling all you computer experts out there!

  ijust got a new laptop and the keyboard has gremlins!

  when i type if i dont keep the fn button pressed i find it comes 64t 352e th5s ????!!!

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  kifoy

  Do you have a "num lock" key that is activated on your keyboard?
  
  On a laptop there often are small numbers on the keys M=0, J=1, K=2, L=3, U=4, I=5, O=6 and so on.
  When the num lock key is not active, you type the numbers on these keys by holding down the fn key. (As a replacement for the number keys to the right on a big standard keyboard.)
  
  If the num lock is active on my laptop (Mac PowerBook), I'm only able to type the numbers on these keys. The other keys on the board are "locked".
  But it you've got a PC, I guess the num lock key may lock only the number keys to the numbers.
  
  kifoy