Posts by changeling

my mum recently visited a friend who is still a jw (mum stopped going a few years ago).. the friend told my mum that there are now different magazines printed for jw's and for everyone else.

if this has already been discussed i apologise for the repeat.

as mum left the friend offered mum some magazines and mum said "ah but which ones are you going to give me?!

changeling

The "for members only" Watchtower will start in January.

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Feeling Special

by sweet pea in

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today in the uk is father's day.

i bought a card for besty from our two little baby boys.

my two year old gave it to besty this morning.

You're absolutly right. Having been raised in a strong witness family I can tell you from first hand experience that making others feel special and honoring their individuality and their unique place in the family is simply not done .

Now, exalting my elder dad above all else and deferring to his wisdom in all things, was always a must do. Being careful not to do anything that would reflect poorly on him and his position in the cong. was a way of life for us.

So here's a "happy father's day" from a daughter that makes her dad cringe.

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WHAT'S GOING ON AT E-WATCHMAN???

by snowbird in

every now and then i'll drop by e-watchman to see what's up.

the administrator/moderator is throwing people off his board like crazy.

all of the think-tank old timers have moved on.

changeling

Robert King is an egomaniacal wacko! Simon just hosts a website.

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Hello

by SAMSONTHESTRONG in

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i have been reading posts here since long time.hope to have nice and productive conversations.

i have been a jw for a long time.

there some interesting issues that have developed here.as time permits i will participate in some of those issues.take care you all.one thing,english is not my first language,so patient with my grammar.thanks.

changeling

Welcome! Don't worry about the grammar, just communicate.

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Should I talk to Joel Engardio on the phone? What would you ask him?

by Bob Loblaw in

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so i met this girl last night whose best friend is best friends with joel engardio.

i said that i would really like to talk to him and she said that she could get me his phone number and he would be happy to speak with me.

i haven't seen the film "knocking" yet,...so i don't really know what i would discuss with him at this point.

changeling

The UN/NGO fiasco might be of interest to him.

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Hawthorne and hypocrisy

by dawg in

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i remember reading hawthorne on my front proch as a young lad, the images he painted with words remeinded me of the witnesses.... not only his more popular stuff but his short stories, like "young goodman brown" and the like.

i remember one of the last passages in that story where it spoke of small graves dug silently-only the mother to witness the funeral, i think he was saying that the fornicator/adulter was hiding a pregancy rather than allow others to find out the "indescretion".

after i graduated from uga, i went to work for a firm in stoughton, mass.

changeling

I love Hawthorne too. "The Scarlet Letter" certainly reminds one of the WT.

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My Story

by jwfacts in

i received an email from a lawyer who has been studying with witnesses for some time.

he wanted to know my story, if i am disfellowshipped and if i have an axe to grind, in order to know if the information at jwfacts.com can be trusted.

i was raised a jw, my aunty and uncle, many cousins and grandparents are jws.

changeling

Thank you for that. Having been raised in similar circumstances, your thoughts and feelings are comforting for me.