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Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!
by tenyearsafter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

anyone else watching this?.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.
tenyearsafter

This is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute JW for Amish! Anyone else watching this?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/
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Oh so this is what I have been missing!
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
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tenyearsafter

So, personal study and Bible reading fall way behind the Watchtower Study on the spiritual charging meter...interesting.
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In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
autobiography.

forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.

i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
tenyearsafter

Hey Sizemilk...long time, no see...I hope all is well with you!
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In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
autobiography.

forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.

i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
tenyearsafter

45 years in

18 years out

Life has been happy

Old friends still in, a miserable lot

Don't really look back

Just wish the wasted time I had not
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Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

"at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".
tenyearsafter

Interesting observation, but no real surprise...Jesus is always put in the backseat when it comes to purpose and position.
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Saving Mr. Banks is not a typical Disney film. Seen it? Tell us what you think.!
by Wasanelder Once in
1. social
2. entertainment
saving mr. banks is not about mary poppins exactly, not the one we know.

in this movie we come to see who she was to the author through flashbacks that become so entwined with the adult author, a bitter and negative woman, that mary p.'s purpose becomes clear at last and not the disney factory model.

if you haven't seen it, a speech disney gives to her is phenominal in my opinion.
tenyearsafter

I am glad I went to see American Hustle instead!...now that was an amazing bit of film making!
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Is it true? John Denver asks any Witnesses to leave his concert!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
version 1. john denver at his concert asks "if there are any jehovah's witnesses in the audience can you please leave.".

version 2. on the johnny carson show he said the same before singing a patriotic song.

johnny carson told denver "see that cameraman there..and that lighting guy...there jehovahs witnesses, alot of witnesses work for me because their honest people..so now you can leave.".
tenyearsafter

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/ordered.asp

edited...sorry Blondie, you beat me to it!
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Is it true? John Denver asks any Witnesses to leave his concert!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
version 1. john denver at his concert asks "if there are any jehovah's witnesses in the audience can you please leave.".

version 2. on the johnny carson show he said the same before singing a patriotic song.

johnny carson told denver "see that cameraman there..and that lighting guy...there jehovahs witnesses, alot of witnesses work for me because their honest people..so now you can leave.".
tenyearsafter

Violia...where was this John Denver concert?

These rumors have gone around among JW's for years...I would think that if these things really happened, there would be some video or third party (non JW) verification of the events. I can find none, so for now, I choose to view them as JW urban myths.
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Society stating they have no special Holy Spirit
by cognac in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i remember them stating something to that affect.

does anybody know where this was said?.
tenyearsafter

"We aren't infallible or inspired", but if you don't follow what we say, even if we are wrong, you will be disfellowshipped! Huh?!?
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WHAT JW TYPES DO YOU REMEMBER IN YOUR CONG???
by ADJUSTMENTS in
1. jw
2. experiences
it seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.

self righteous ones.

holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.
tenyearsafter

The goofy janitor/uber self-righteous elder

The illiterate elder

The "let's get jiggy"/"now I am unbelievably guilty over my sexual improprieties" sister or brother

The mentally unbalanced publisher