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  What would you do?

  by PEC in

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  2. family

  barbie doll's grandson called yesterday saying the his fiancee, wants to meet us.

  his hasn't willingly visited us for more than 10 years.

  the last few times we saw him, was when we stopped his work, every time we invited to come and visit us and he never has.

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  i'm not a fan of people who sponge, but sometimes it's cool to ask for help....i wouldn't ask from someone i hadn't seen in years, but that's me personally.

  and i work in an industry where i kind of have to always ask for seemingly unattainable things and they usually magically happen..so i have a no harm in asking philosophy as well as a no harm in saying 'no', and leaving it at that...on both ends...if someone says 'no' to me for a request, there's never hard feelings from my end and i usually assume they have circumstances i'm not aware of and their own reasons.
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  Your most hated Kingdom Songs ever...

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?

  the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?

  mine?.

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  monophonic

  i hated every song except the one that goes:

  "soldiers of jah do not seek a life of ease,
  this world and the rulers they do not try to please"

  ok, the lyrics are pathetic, but whoever wrote the music to that song was definitely into black sabbath.

  towards the end of my tenure, whenever that song was sung i'd make devil horns as i sang it, always making my wife laugh.
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  SNL Skit with Awake!

  by VanillaMocha73 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=nzppf-q2_es - i swear he is showing the kids an awake!

  mag.... 01:06 in the video.

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  yeah, the paper is too good and the images are too crisp to be anything published by wtbts.

  gotta use the cheapest paper for the wtbts b/c they're so broke and have to pay so much for labor.
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  ... finding a heavenly hope...

  by Redwood in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being brought up as a jw in the 70's +++ it was instilled in me that my hope was for everlasting life in a perfect world.

  only 144,000 were going to heaven to rule with jesus.

  my heart was shaped by a very traumatic event 3 yrs ago this labor day.

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  good weed and tropical paradise is turning you into a person i'm not sure i know anymore. :)
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  Dfed and Damned for Life

  by Hangin_on in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have posted my story on here before.

  i was dfed at 22 for sleeping with an 18yr old girl in my cong.

  i was married and me and my "mistress" were both dfed.. i admit i was wrong by even the worlds standards.

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  one more thing, 22 is YOUNG, so your first marriage was even younger...the odds were against you from the start, even as a jw. staying together in this marriage, you and your wife should look at that as a huge success.
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  Dfed and Damned for Life

  by Hangin_on in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have posted my story on here before.

  i was dfed at 22 for sleeping with an 18yr old girl in my cong.

  i was married and me and my "mistress" were both dfed.. i admit i was wrong by even the worlds standards.

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  i just heard about "new light" that elders need to get people reinstated as quickly as possible so they don't become downtrodden (oh boy, wtbts terminology).

  that's all fine and dandy, of course getting elders off their power trip is like telling a homosexual biker not to wear chaps.

  and, they've done so much damage over the years, to people just like you and i who weren't being sinister, but sincere, and they continue to have bugs up their asses.

  i say keep trying, you've put in the hard time, keep your head up, get that reinstatement so the shunning in your family can end...even though resentment will probably be there until the end of the world, and if you choose, learn from how you're being treated and fade out quickly.

  see the red flags waving and take note.

  i wish you the best whatever decision works for you.

  they're treating you like you went on a killing spree...adultery is rough, but we all make mistakes and time heals and we all get on with our lives.
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  Faith vs Accurate Knowledge

  by writetoknow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  although that organization may presently be under going a name change do to recent sex scandals plaguing the group.. .

  basing their doctrinal teaching of accurate knowledge from john17: 3 of the new world translation.

  however, other translation put the verse this way: and this is eternal life; to know thee, the only true god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent.

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  thanks abbagail, checking it right now....and my milton is coming in the mail as we speak, a really beat up copy of paradise lost w/ all the art that usually runs $150, i got for way cheaper....can't wait to sketch the art dore did for that.

  this is all started from the second novel i'm working on, which wasn't going to have religious themes, well, the character has moved there on his own....so now i gotta keep up with him.
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  Faith vs Accurate Knowledge

  by writetoknow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  although that organization may presently be under going a name change do to recent sex scandals plaguing the group.. .

  basing their doctrinal teaching of accurate knowledge from john17: 3 of the new world translation.

  however, other translation put the verse this way: and this is eternal life; to know thee, the only true god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent.

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  fascinating, both of you. excellent points.

  re: gnostic research, i'm interested in a gnostic for dummies type book (even though i hate those lame titles), but something that can give an overview so i can see if i'm interested in delving further, like into the books of enoch, etc.

  any suggestions?
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  NWT on Jeopardy- NOT

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i get an email from a jw, good friend.

  he sends a bulk mail that was sent to him and spread around.

  notice the main content:.

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  i couldn't fathom this being a question on jeopardy as there's no definitive answer.

  wasn't most of the NWT a rip off of another translation? (as i wrack my brain for remembering while having a glass of kettle one)
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  Chapter 1 of the book I stopped writing (a whole chapter- kinda long)

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading this today, in light of the september kingdom ministry question box, i think that .

  this chapter is very pertinent.

  as a matter of fact, if i were to publish this book, i would have .

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  monophonic

  i think this is the start of a great project that would do service to current jws who have no idea that the option of fading is even open to them.

  publishing this under your name might turn your fade into a challenge to the borg where they may or may not come after you. i'm very interested in this scenario b/c if they don't come after you and you're interested in staying faded, then no biggie, if they do come after you, then it could be developed into a publicity stunt/campaign, which i would have a publicist on standby to fully exploit the witch-hunt.

  i hope you change your mind and continue working on the book.