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  This is what Real Charity Work is all About

  by rebelfighter in

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  i love this organization.

  i have been involved with the shriner's since i was a child best group of men you could ever meet in your life.

  i belong to their counterpart the ladies of the oriental shrine.

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  I am an Australian , Shriners ? , I`ve never heard of them ,but from what I read here they put the religion of Jehovah`s Witnesses who call themselves a charity to shame ....shame ,on them .

  Rebel , I would be proud to be associated with an organization like that.Kudos to you.

  The reality is organizations like this need money to finance their operations and for so many truly charitable organizations to raise money for their cause takes a bit of ingenuity to compete .

  However the proof is in the pudding as to what they achieve for the community.

  edit to add : I just googled  Shriners and found their is a chapter here in Victoria since 2009 

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  I`m on Windows 10 and my mouse keeps dying , any suggestions ? what to do ?

  by smiddy in

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  2. suggestions

  hi friends.. as the op states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while i`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so i lose all that i have laboured to type.. i keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .. any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am i flogging a dead mouse ?.

  i await your suggestions.. smiddy.

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  Hi friends.

  As the OP states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while I`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so I lose all that I have laboured to type.

  I keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .

  Any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am I flogging a dead mouse ?

  I await your suggestions.

  smiddy
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  The two paths of exJWs

  by Simon in

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  2. experiences

  it's easy to think of exjws as being a single amorphous group but the more i think about it, the more i believe that there are two distinct sub-groups and wonder if you agree.. there are those who believe and those who don't.

  i know that seems obvious but let's break it down a bit more.

  there are those who don't and never believed and some who are looking for a religion to match their beliefs.. i used to think this split would be between born-ins and converts but of course it's possible for born-ins to be believers although i suspect that many, like with other faiths, do so simply because they have never experienced anything else or made a conscious choice.

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  I was a convert aged 19 and up until that point not a religious person. As a young child my parents made us kids go to Sunday school , though they were not religious themselves.

  At about 11 or 12 years old I rebelled and refused to go anymore , and I remember that was the last time my father ever used the strap on me.

  I think those years instilled in me a sub-conscience mystery about the Bible that lay dormant in me for many years.

  As a young person at school I never joined the Cadets or the Boy Scout movement because I didn`t want anybody telling me what to do or when to do it.

  I relished my freedom to do what I wanted to do when I felt like it. I started smoking when I was thirteen and drinking when I was sixteen , and by the time I was 19,  I was wondering what life was all about , the futility of it all .

  At that time a workmate opened up to me about the JW`s and for the next 33 years I was a Watchtower Slave.

  For somebody who couldnt be told by anybody what to do, then  joins a cult who dictates his whole lifestyle.?

  Go figure

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  Gorby says goodbye

  by Gorbatchov in

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  my eyes for ttatt opened in 1995 with the generation change and the wt magazine stated "some witness thought that the generation started in 1914".

  since 1997, with internet at low speed, i followed h2o hourglass, www.xjw.com and later on www.jehovahs-witness.net.. did a bachelor and post bachelor since then.. now, nearly completed with fading, i feel it's time to go on with my life and do some other things, spending more time with my wife abd children instead of thinking about jw topics in my head.

  goal is being a better person and less grumpy at 45.... everything what could be said is already said.

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  I`ll miss you Gorby , I always enjoyed your posts.

  I always thought of the K.G.B. when I saw your Avatar LOL

  Take care cobber ,

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  Stay in the Boat

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  interesting video from the mormans.... it sounds so much like a witness illustration!.

  https://www.lds.org/youth/video/stay-in-the-boat?lang=eng .

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  I tend to agree with you xjwsrock on both counts .

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  My brother died last night

  by LisaRose in

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  i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.

  it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.

  there were six of us, now only four.

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  So sorry for your loss Lisa Rose

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  Hearts going out to those in the Fort Mac area

  by Dagney in

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  a few posters on here live in fort mcmurray, canada where there is a devastating fire.

  one at least has lost her home and beloved dog.

  thinking of you all.

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  We here in Australia know only too well the destruction and loss of life that happens in Bushfires ,my thoughts and well wishes go out to people living in proximity to these fires and hope all come through safe and sound.

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  Today the two elders did not appear to declare at prosecutor's citation

  by opusdei1972 in

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  2. scandals

  today the two elders who stalked my sister were absent at the prosecutor's citation.

  they were waited for 1 hour, but they did not come.

  this attitude favors their culpability.

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  Don`t these Elders believe the scripture that says " Do not be afraid when delivered up to the courts ...as to what you will say......holy spirit will put words in your mouth as to how to give an answer "

  {Or words to that effect ].

  Obviously not

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  Hello

  by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM in

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  just to say a big hello.

  i have been reading this site for some time now and have been very unhappy with some of the things emanating from watchtower head quarters in new york.

  the final straw for me is the upcoming watchtower study this weekend encouraging us to shun our own family members (our own mothers if need be) if they are disfellowshipped....a step too far for my liking.

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  Welcome WFWR ,not meaning to be disrespectful ,you are either young and naive or old and senile.

  Identifying you want to reform the WT in a letter automatically marks you as an apostate and any letter you send will go straight in the dustbin , no GB member would ever see it.let alone consider it.

  Haven`t you been keeping up with Jehovah`s Chariot ? The GB have a direct link with Jehovah and Jesus Christ , what is their to reform .

  While ex JW`s can appreciate the points you make , the GB ? no way.

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  Old books!

  by arwen in

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  2. friends

  found some old books of my ex.

  any suggestions??

  is it worth ebay?

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  These older publications of the WTB&TS are a testimony to the false prophecy`s this Religious organization spread across the western world in the day of their publication.

  I regret the day I dumped many books of the organization into the rubbish bin.

  I could have used them to effectively anti-witness at least.

  smiddy