Topics Started by esther

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Contact Equals Suicide?
by patio34 in
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2. friends
didn't find an appropriate forum for this unique perspective:.

'our planet spends billions on searching for extraterrestrial life.

have they never thought seriously about the question: what would happen if we found it, or if it found us.
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What is an apostate?
by esther in
1. jw
2. friends
the meaning of 'apostasy' given in my dictionary is "abandonment of religious faith, vows, principles or party".

i used to think that only cults considered leaving their religion to be apostasy, but according to my dictionary, as quoted above,everyone who changes their religion is technically an apostate.

so were those of us who changed from other religions to become jws apostates then?
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Language course for Aussie BBQ (Lesson 1)
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
) the sydney bbq will be held next sunday, may 27th.. some may appreciate some instruction in the aussie language, so each day look here for a lesson in strine (that's australian language).. 1. at the bbq, if someone asks you: "wanna cuppa?

" they mean "would you care for some tea?".

simple, eh?
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Hey, Deacs.......How's it Going?
by ISP in
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2. friends
deacon.....if you didn't know is the cross hairs of the local suited guys in shades, ala matrix.....and is to have a tete a tete with 3 of them.. you have our support, deacon.. isp
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Is the WTBTS racist?
by esther in
1. jw
2. friends
in australia there are separate congregations for aboriginal witnesses.

the official line is that the nonwitness aboriginals are more responsive to other aboriginals.

that may be so, but that doesn't mean that they should be kept separate for meetings.
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troubled [in need of answers]
by zev in
1. jw
2. friends
today, i had a long, long talk with my employer.

this person is some one who can seperate work and personal things, so after feeling like i needed to talk to someone, and soon, before i crack up, i went to her and dropped the bomb.

she is not a witness, and because i cannot talk to a witness about what i have learned, for fear of the df'ing thingy, i feel safe in talking to her.
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JW's & alternative medicine
by slipnslidemaster in
1. jw
2. friends
in one of the threads i read today, they were talking about looking into your eyeballs to diagnose cancer and the like.

also selling herbs.. my comment and question is this: it seemed like in my congregation and the surrounding ones, alot of the sisters were into kineseology, reflexology, herbs, vitamins, color therapy, aroma therapy, etc.. alot of touchy feely hippie crap.

while i personally agree that there needs to be more synergy with eastern and western medicines, it would appear reading the boards that alot of witnesses are into this sort of stuff.. is this your experience?
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New Here Also- Thoughts on the current state of JW
by secretjw in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am a baptized witness... i've been around it most of my life.

i've been baptized for a while now.. just as a topic of thought, what do you think is the current state of the society/jehovah's witnesses today?

it seems like we're in the last days.... but then again, the last days have been going on for 60+ years!
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The Pope a JW...!!!
by JWD in
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2. friends
most of the relatives on my father`s side were catholic.

i still remember the first time i went to a high mass.

it was a shock to my.
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HELLO? HELLO? "ALL" SIGN IN???????
by waiting in
1. jw
2. experiences
simon did away with the sex forum - so i must take the tradional route and post under "make new friends.

" how mundane!.

fyi ---- for all of us, please take the time to write a sentence or two about yourselves, and encourage new ones to do the same.