Well this tine of year i would ask if they have seen that pic of the bethel family with the Xmas treee then ask why they don't celebrate now
ShirleyW
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What are the best questions?
by MissyM inwhat would you say are the best questions to ask a jw which they will not be able to answer and may make them question their beliefs?.
what (if you are a former jw) made you question the "truth"?.
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Has anyone else gotten rid of their TV?
by NewYork44M inwe have not had a tv for about 2 years.
and even befor this we did not have cable and spent very little time in front of the tv.
that does not mean that we are anti entertainment.
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ShirleyW
Wow ! No tv ! I am a child of the 50's - 70' s, can' t imagine not havng one. In my day parents just put the kids in front of tge set, now kids supposedly need crafts to keep them busy. SMH at the many aspects of chld rearing these days
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I have a legal TRUST and want to change the blood option, any ideas?!
by Sittingstraight1212 inso 14 years ago we went to a lawyer, a witness and set up our trust.
now because of ttatt, i want to change it to have blood.
my husband is very witness and if i change it he needs to sign it.
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ShirleyW
Whatever you signed off on ars you sure it's final? Just asking because a will can be changed, so pehaps your document can be too
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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?
by Stand for Pure Worship indid you decline out of fear?
decline because you hated doing demos?
accept the request graciously?
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ShirleyW
WTF does my post have to do with Madea or that other movie.
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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?
by Stand for Pure Worship indid you decline out of fear?
decline because you hated doing demos?
accept the request graciously?
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ShirleyW
"In harmony with Julia's point" . . . please SFPW, this ain't the Ministry School are the Watchowel Study, rmemeber, such a pious, smug, lover of Jah like you shouldn't be here to begin with, leave the meeting language at the meetings please.
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WHAT JW TYPES DO YOU REMEMBER IN YOUR CONG???
by ADJUSTMENTS init seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.
self righteous ones.
holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.
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ShirleyW
What Freddo said: The mentally unbalanced = half every cong I've been in.
Also, the elder brother who has a son who has impregnated women all over town which makes Bro Elder lose his eldership, so he transfers to a congregation far away from his current one so he can retain his eldership, ahh, Jah's heavenly spirit was obsviously at work at that sly maneuver, wasn't it?
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Ever consider joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
by rawe inhas anyone here left jehovah's witnesses to join the churuch of jesus christ of latter-day saints?
what was your motivation for doing so and how has it worked out?.
if you haven't joined the lds or considered it, as an ex-jw, what is your general view of the lds faith?.
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ShirleyW
One thing that Mormons do that is similar to pioneering, or serving where the need is great is that when young men (not sure if it applies to females as well) in their late teens are early 20's they go somehwere, not just in the US to do their preaching work. They call it be a specific name but can remember what it is, I heard Donny Osmond say in an interview that when his sons reached a certain age they "went where the need is great" so to speak.
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Mexican family killed and very heartbreaking!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS inin mexico there was a jw family of 8 killed with machetes it's very heartbreaking!
the problem i have is why does the wbats not make a mention of things like this in the yearbook!!!
they will tell you about how a brothers chickens didn't die and how jehovah must have blessed him... but if a whole family is killed where is the mention of jehovah now??????????????????????????????????????
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ShirleyW
I guess Mexico is no longer considered "blessed and highly favored" by Jehovah, or I should say the old guys in Brooklyn.
Remember the story from COC, what Mexico was allowed to do that Malawi was not ?
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Carrie Underwood tweets, thanking God for successful Sound of Music performance
by adamah inafter a live 3 hour performance, the "american idol" winner tweets,.
"glory to god tonight...i couldn't be more proud.
what a tough thing to pull off and we did it!
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ShirleyW
I'd rather here Carrie Underwood thank God than alll the rap stars on the awards show, always saying, "first and foremost I'd like to thank my Heavenly Father for making all things possible" !
I have to say that I haven't even watched an awards show in about ten years, but got so tired of hearing them say that !! I remember about 10 are so years ago some awards show was on and iI think it was the group SWV (not sure) but my mother called me and said "who's that girl that just said 'thank you Jehovah" on the Grammys?" are whatever awards show it was. Of course her reason for calling was when Dubs here the name Jehovah on TV they go batshit crazy !!!
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Ladies, How Big Is Your Diamond Engagement Ring?
by minimus ini notice a trend that suggests that many ladies either have a one carat or bigger diamond ring or much smaller if any.. do you have a diamond ring and if you do, what size carat is it?
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ShirleyW
Like what 3rdgen said, my parents married in 1949, I have my mothers rings. If you hold your fingers together to show how thick the engagement and wedding band are, your fingers would just about be touching each other. Both bands are extremely thin, but the engagement band has teeny diamonds from running from side to side, wedding band just about the same accept for much larger, portruding stone in the middle. Her fingers were much larger than mine, so they only would fit on my thumb without falling off,wish I could wear them. Have to say I much prefer this style than the big gaudy stones than men buy because they think the larger the stone the more she'll love me. Yeah, that's true. . . . for a while.