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  What Do I Do Now?

  by R.F. in

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  as some of you may know, i'm currently an active jw that is tired of the lies, deception, and overall bs of the wts.

  right now i'm finding myself going into the angry stage as to how manupulative the org is in the lives of so many and how they ruin them.

  i feel a little helpless sometimes now that i just wonder how things will turn out.

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  To RF

  I feel you, Brother Man. I'm inactive since 2005, have to tread carefully because my 17-year old daughter is still in. She wanted to go right into pioneering, but her dad and I made her apply for college. The thing is, there's no easy way of leaving the WTS. Its tentacles reach out to encompass every area of our lives.

  Reading the Bible on my own, praying to Jesus (yes, Jesus!!!) helps me a lot. I know He understands because He underwent the most trialsome times of any of us. From reading John chapter 7, we see that He was rejected by His immediate family as well as His nation. Imagine how He must have felt.

  Anyway, you're in good company here on this board. Talk about multi-cultural diversity! But, one thing we all have in common is that we've found out about the cunning and duplicity of the WTS.

  Snowbird
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  My First Born Is Graduating Tomorrow

  by LovesDubs in

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  i am sooooo freaked about this.

  i just know im gonna blubber through the whole thing.

  i went to senior awards night last night where he was given his scholarship and every time they said the class of 2007!!

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  Ms McDucket said:

  She said that she was the only black and she felt isolated. She started skipping classes and trying to talk more "ghetto". I had to scold her constantly

  Girl, don't I know. My child had three other Black kids in her classes, and she latched on to them for dear life! LOL. She wants to pioneer, but her dad and I insisted on college first. One of her instructors described her as "an intellectual powerhouse." I thought I was going to have to go oomph upside her head at one time, but she reluctantly agreed to go to college. Whew!

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  New Light Coming?

  by dontomas in

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  hi - i have jw friends (really!

  ) and have gone to kh for some talks and study every couple of weeks.

  things like the new watchtower policy, selling buildings (i am from nyc and know the heights well - that will make a boatload of money), the sex abuse settlements, drop in membership and donations, and some of the changes i have seen in the magazine (the annointed qfr, for example).

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  What new light does anyone here see coming? I have a feeling anything goes will soon be the order of the day. Thanks Don Tomas

  IP: 72IvX4wQ1bN0J/Jl

  I see 1914 going down the drain. When it goes, the whole WTS theology goes. By the way, there were other groups before the turn of the 20th century who thought 1914 to be a significant year. Some worked out the chronology from Leviticus chapter 26 where the Israelites were told they were going to be chastised 7 times for their sins. I prefer to stand firm on our Lord's words at Acts 1:7 which state that knowledge of times and seasons are for the Father - not us.

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  My First Born Is Graduating Tomorrow

  by LovesDubs in

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  i am sooooo freaked about this.

  i just know im gonna blubber through the whole thing.

  i went to senior awards night last night where he was given his scholarship and every time they said the class of 2007!!

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  Anybody else facing this big step?

  LD

  Yep, my second-born is graduating on May 25 - number 2 out of 750. She has to give the salutatory address, and she's an International Baccalaureate Scholar!!! My hope for her is that she will come to see the WTS for it is...a devious cult that subverts the plain teachings of our only Lord and Savior.

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  Board Demographics

  by snowbird in

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  maybe this thread has already been started before.

  please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.

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  Ms McDucket

  Hey, sister girl, I know where you're coming from. My 17 year old daughter is still in. I hate to see her becoming so smug and judgmental. I am patiently waiting, though. After her graduation, I plan on letting her have it with both barrels. I was so blind at the time I allowed her to get baptized. Now I regret it so much. But, there is always hope. She's a bright child, and I can already see cracks in the foundation.

  I can't believe so many responded. Keep it coming, folks. Crumpet, you had better behave yourself!!!

  Snowbird

  To Hortensia: Thanks a lot! You can teach an old dog new tricks!!!
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  Board Demographics

  by snowbird in

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  maybe this thread has already been started before.

  please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.

  snowbird.

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  Warlock and juni both told me to read their bio's. How can I do that? I'm fairly new here, and I am completely illiterate. Please help me

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  Board Demographics

  by snowbird in

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  maybe this thread has already been started before.

  please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.

  snowbird.

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  Save My Soul said:

  If I keep listening to gospel music, I may be annointed soon

  Well said, Bro

  All Christians are anointed. That was another thing that bothered me, bit I kept it submerged. How come most of the anointed were White? Was it the "ruling over" part?

  I submit that when Jesus returns, He's going to kick butts and take names for the lies that have been told in His name.

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  The Kingdumb Melodies

  by WTWizard in

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  one of the things i find distasteful is what the witnesses' taste for music is.

  they have the same 225 songs that they had since 1984. and many of those were carried from the previous book.. what i noticed while i was there is that none of the songs are really music.

  they are so poorly written and performed that i think whoever was in charge of it just threw it together.

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  Snowbird....I didnt even realize we sang that....I guess I was truly Blind, daft,

  Not blind, honey child, just misguided. Oh, please forgive me for calling you Granny in my earlier reply. May I, instead, call you Big Sister?

  Love, Snowbird
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  Board Demographics

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe this thread has already been started before.

  please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.

  snowbird.

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  The last ime I was out in field service I knocked on doors for two hours without a single door being opened even though everyone was home. That is when I realized that I was wasting my time, time that could be spent fishing and hiking. Even clipping my toenails would be more exciting then service

  BrentR: Thank you all for your replies. I know, I know. Even thoough my husband and I are separated, he still helps out financially. He would fill my gas tank every Friday evening, and every Saturday I would run out half a tank trying to find interested people. My estranged hubbie asked, "Are you being reimbursed for your expenses?" A light bulb went off immediately. Nothing like a well-placed question to make you really think, huh?

  Crumpet, as we say here in the Deep South, you're a wicked, little old heifer. LOL

  Snowbird
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  Board Demographics

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe this thread has already been started before.

  please forgive me if it has, but i would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.. i am inactive since 2005, black female, separated, head of household, etc.. rsvp.

  snowbird.

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  Maybe this thread has already been started before. Please forgive me if it has, but I would like to know how many on board are active witnesses, inactive, da/df''d, or never been witnesses.

  I am inactive since 2005, Black female, separated, head of household, etc.

  RSVP

  Snowbird