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  You have 24 hrs to live...

  by Crumpet in

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  unlimited money at your disposal for the 24 hr period, the ability to fly at warp speed and entry to any place in the world without question.

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  how would you spend your last 24 hours?.

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  Why are congregations dissolved?

  by mtsgrad in

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  only once in my life have i heard of a congregation being dissolved (closed down) for reasons of sin.. .

  has anyone here heard of congs being closed down?

  how often does it happen?

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  Run in with cousin over the letter I sent the family

  by dawg in

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  as many of you are aware, i've been writing letters to many in my family telling them where i disagree with the wt; imagine how surprised i was when my cousin invited me to his kid's graduation knowing that there were sure to be many witnesses there who i assumed whoud be in the mood for confrontation.

  of course i went, as i'm trying a new policy of not backing down from the witnesses; using reverse psycology to try and get them ashamed of being witnesses instead of them trying to make me feel bad about my disssent.

  after the graduation, my older cousin, who's much like a real brother to me said that we needed to talk.

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  How long did it take for the elders to "give up" on you ?

  by JH in

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  when i became inactive years ago, the elders tried to visit me and talk to me, but i was able to nutralize their efforts and never answered the door or their phone calls.

  i just didn't want to talk to them.. then it didn't take long for them to give up.

  aftrer that, maybe once a year, they invited me to the memorial.

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  How come the JWs don't celebrate the Jewish Holidays?

  by Irish Rose in

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  how come the jws don't celebrate the jewish holidays?.

  were they not started by god, there for not started by pagans..

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  The End Is Near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Irish Rose in

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  yikes, the end is near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  that's about the only thing i just can not get past.

  i have gotten over many, many of the things i grew up with, except that one.

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  Screwed up families

  by Irish Rose in

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  i was thinking about my relatives, both the jws and those who never were.

  i grew up where my mom became one around 1974, my dad never did become one.

  i was quite young when mom became a jw, but there are things that i remember on what it was like before.

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  Thank the Lord I'm Not a JW anymore

  by Irish Rose in

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  i remember some time shortly after leaving the jws, i had some ask me this, and it was also brought back up again not to long ago.

  what if the watchtower is correct?

  would you regret leaving god's organization, knowing that you had it?

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  The emotions of leaving

  by Irish Rose in

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  i have been reading post here and at other webb sites and how ones leaving or in the process of leaving were talking about how scared it is to take this step.

  i thought i would share what i had delt with 6 years ago, this month.

  it was may 2001, my son was in the hospital.

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  Death Knell -- the Internet for the WTS

  by Francophile in

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  i'm new here -- i confidently disassociated in 1994 (but really left the organization in 1992).

  i was a ministerial servant and gave talks at conventions.

  i'm not bragging, but just giving you an idea of my involvement.

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