I was called Hovis and Jew with regard to my religion.
I was also teased because of my surname, my figure (I was an early bloomer), and called a "posh snob" because I wasn't born in their miserable little pit village.
Best days of your life?
Fe2O3Girl
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What nicknames were you given when you were a J/W by schoolmates/workmates?
by pobthespazz inespecially if you were raised as a dub like me, well i was called a muslim, holy joe, a jahoodsoon, all seems funny now but torture when you was the only dub in the whole school.
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Stupid Brits!
by nicolaou inwe can take it!
c'mon tell us why we're so stupid, it can't be that difficult we elected tony blair for god's sake!.
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It is SPOOKY! Do you think I have a gift?
Every year, it is sunny for three days in a row, and we declare a drought. Every year, we have an inch of snow and the country grinds to a halt. This happens every year, as if we had never seen snow or sunshine before.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6338151.stm
"Travellers are battling transport problems after heavy snowfalls across large swathes of England and Wales.
Luton, Stansted, Cardiff and London City airports have closed runways and train services have also been affected.
Schools in parts of England and south Wales are shut and drivers are being urged to travel only if necessary.
Up to 10cm (4in) of snow has already fallen in parts of England and Wales and more is expected across central and southern areas.
Severe weather warnings have been issued for Wales, the Midlands and for the south-east of England.
The deepest snow recorded so far fell in Worcester, where 10cm (4in) is lying and overnight temperatures plummeted to -4C (25F).
Elsewhere, 5cm (2in) has fallen in Benson in Oxfordshire and 4cm (1.5in) in west Wales, south-west London and Wiltshire."
Can you picture it? Up to 4" of snow!! Oh, the humanity!!!
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Stupid Brits!
by nicolaou inwe can take it!
c'mon tell us why we're so stupid, it can't be that difficult we elected tony blair for god's sake!.
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Every year, it is sunny for three days in a row, and we declare a drought. Every year, we have an inch of snow and the country grinds to a halt. This happens every year, as if we had never seen snow or sunshine before.
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Know of any Ex-Bethelites, and or stories?
by new boy ini have plenty............ but would love to here yours.. nb.
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Seven006 wrote a brilliant series of his experiences on a secondment to Bethel:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/58060/1.ashx
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/58061/1.ashx
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Christians are masochists
by onacruse inpaul: "we also rejoice in our sufferings" (romans 5:3).
jesus: "rejoice and be glad [when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you]" (matthew 5:12).
historical: "the apostles left the sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace" (acts 5:41).
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You can't paint all Christians with the same brush, but I observed some time ago that some Christians do seem to be obsessed with sin and suffering. They hate it if someone sidesteps the suffering. Their Jesus wants everyone to suffer.
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Thank you all for your help
by brainfcked inwell, i've been lurking here for a while and decided that today i would introduce myself.
i was raised as a jw from the time i was 5 years old.
i am now 46 and was df'd in 1976 or 1977 i can't remember.
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Hello Brain!
Welcome to JWD.
Rachel
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More JW Folklore, Enjoy
by moomanchu insent to me by my jw relatives.. is this for real ??????????
from a brother in kansas.. this was an experience from japan, as told by a circuit overseer: .
jehovah's witnesses were doing street work and placed some magazines with a man.
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I suppose since the actual events happened 50 years ago, it isn't surprising that the story has been somewhat embroidered.
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OT- Cancer/This Needs Attention
by metatron innew scientist published an article claiming that an inexpensive off patent drug might be a cure for cancer.
the trouble .
is that , as with countless other potential treatments, there is no possibility of future profit - which translates into.
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Interesting news. There is more information on a University of Alberta website:
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More JW Folklore, Enjoy
by moomanchu insent to me by my jw relatives.. is this for real ??????????
from a brother in kansas.. this was an experience from japan, as told by a circuit overseer: .
jehovah's witnesses were doing street work and placed some magazines with a man.
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It isn't unknown for convicted criminals to have a change of heart but several features of this story seem typical of urban mythology: the unnamed circuit overseer who supposedly related the story, the unnamed man who knew the inmate (how did he know him? what was the relationship?), this person bought the magazines (are the tax laws different in Japan, or how long is it since the magazines had a cover price?), the apparent ease with which the pioneer gets access to a death row inmate.........
I could go on.
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I am not sure whether it is a good thing to dignify Holocaust deniers' arguments with a response, but I suppose that it is essential that the facts are clearly established. I disagree with criminalising Holocaust denial.
Some Muslim groups have called for "Holocaust Day" to be replaced by "Genocide Day". Although I suspect that their motivation is to downplay the suffering of Jewish people, which I don't agree with, I do think that it would be beneficial to stop treating the Jewish Holocaust in Germany in the mid-twentieth century as a unique event.
Genocide is happening over and over again, all over the world. It is a dangerous trap to focus on one example, where conveniently the ruling power was defeated and some of the leaders brought to justice. We neatly close the lid, that was then, not people like us. And it goes on, but we don't need to think about it, because the Nazis are gone (or at least those Nazis are gone).
I am also very uneasy with the tendency of some groups (like the JWs) to use being persecuted in Nazi Germany as a "Get out of Jail" card in any argument. Any criticism is countered with a reference to Nazi persecution. I know I used to do it.