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Question for Ex-Elders
by okiesooner1966 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i apologize in advance if seems like i have started to many new threads, but this site no pun intended has been awakining.

i could not ask for my life to be much better, but there is one problem that i have.

i know it is not healthy but it is my life, i have been smoking even before i left the org.
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Acts 20:28
by faundy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
forgive me if someone has already answered this, but i'm new on here and am not trawling every page to check.

ok, now why does acts 20:28 in the nwt have the son in brackets?

did they insert it themselves?
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Advice Needed
by faundy in
1. jw
2. friends
i stopped going to meetings over a year ago as i'm a lesbian and have finally accepted it.

i was a witness for 22 years, since i was born.

now i missed my friends at the hall at first, but now i have some amazing new friends that love me no matter what.
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Wife went to bed in tears again. Sept KM this time. Her response..
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, slowly awakening and fading at the same time for two years now, and did not plan it.

i tell my wife last night i have been having some interesting e-mails with my dad about the qb from the sept km we are to study this week.

she says she has read it, but does not remember it.
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Is the "marking" policy of the Society defunct or still officially used?
by yaddayadda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in my over 30 years as a jw, i honestly can't recall ever hearing about anyone who was being officially "marked" pursuant to the society's "marking" policy based on 2 thess 3:14. .

in fact, i havn't read anything about their strange "marking" policy in years.

this makes me wonder if the society still has confidence in it and still officially endorses it?
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Whats the funniest thing you've ever seen happen in the KH?
by shell69 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i remember being a kid and we didnt have the fancy fabric seats, they were plastic stackable chairs all set out in the usual lines.. an elderly bro, rather rotund, farted, the noise so loud and thundering against the plastic seat!

or the time when i must have been about 7, my dad brought his bible study family to their first ever meeting, i had to sit on mums knee.

i recall giving the daughter of the new family a very vigorous v sign during the meeting.
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Favourite Classical music
by Guest with Questions in
1. jw
2. friends
on another thread i posted be still my soul.

it is taken from sibelius finlandia.

it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.
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Why would a young sister marry an old brother?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
i recall a ms brother about 62 years old dating and marrying a sister about 30 years younger.

i respect their choice and if they are in love, well good for them.

but i don't think it's to the best interest of the younger one...... do jw's accept bigger age differences in marriage than other religions?.
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WHO ELSE IS GOING TO THE MEMORIAL THIS YEAR???
by Mary in
1. jw
2. friends
geeze, the memorial to remember your place in the organization jesus christ is next tueday i think.......anyone else getting roped into going besides me?

i'm trying to talk my brother into going....just so i'm not the only slacker there.

i know whats going to happen.
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GAY WOMEN
by Dansk in
1. social
2. relationships
please bear with me on this as this is a genuine attempt by me at greater understanding.. recently, a young woman i know has come out and stated that she is gay.

this is the second time i have been shocked - yes shocked!

- because neither woman fit what i used to consider was the "typical" gay woman profile (i am not using the word lesbian in case it causes offence).