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  Reading the Bible in 6 months isn't "anything to brag about" - Anthony Morris

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  2. friends

  the 2015 annual meeting, specifically, part 1, right about minute 27, has anthony morris emphasizing that "you're better off reading one chapter (of the bible) and really absorbing it" than just reading the whole thing "as a challenge".

  while i agree with the the whole idea of meditating on anything you read, it was doing this very thing that brought up so many unanswered questions.

  i also came to the constant realization that the jws did not have a clue about what the bible really said.

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  Can't they EVER answer a "normal" question?

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  ok, so, some jws stopped by my apartment today.

  i knew two of the three that came to the door.

  they were all very friendly, no mention was made of our long absence from the kingdom hall, even though hubby is sporting a full beard.. here's what i don't get, i asked after several of their family members and the responses were, "oh, my sister and her husband are now regular pioneers" and "he's a ministerial servant now.

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  I can't believe how many people are leaving now...

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  (sorry if this is a double post - i haven't been on in awhile).

  so spouse and i are completely inactive.

  it's great!

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  Not afraid anymore and it feels great

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  i guess i should mention my/our status these days first:.

  i've posted sporadically here, but have been a voracious reader of all of your wonderful posts.

  spouse and i are almost inactive now.

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  Today's public talk - emotional manipulation

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  so i'm sitting in the kh today, and the speaker is really pretty good.

  he's one of those really kind, in-it-for-others type of guys and it really comes through in his talk.

  he starts reading scriptures about how j is near to those crushed in spirit, and how j will hear our cries for help.. and because we've been through the wringer with elders in the past, all the hurt that i thought i put behind me comes roaring back with a vengeance.

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  The night my dad was disfellowshipped...I gave a talk, blah

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  i am trying to choose non-specific words in order to avoid being outed, but i suppose this story probably isn't that unique.

  i was really close to my dad.

  he'd smile when we pointed out any inconsistencies in people's behaviors, or noticed anything that didn't make sense.

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  JW calls Dr. Laura's radio show yesterday

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  forgive me for the formatting.

  i can never tell how its going to look in advance.

  the call went like this:

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  2008 study WT will be confiscated from non-publishers

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  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the literature servant told me that their instructions are to only give one study wt per publisher starting with the january 1st, 2008 issue.

  under no circumstances are they to provide any other copies (if lost or whatever, much like kms are provided now).

  any guests attending the wt study will be provided a copy, but then the servant who gave them the copy must confiscate it after the meeting.

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