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  JWs, Jesus Christ, Death, and John 11

  by R.F. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about an earlier thread i had made where many of you mentioned the death of relatives.

  well i've lost a very close relative a few weeks ago and it's still very rough for us of course.

  however the reaction from many in the congregation, from the elders especially, hurt me deeply.

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  Men who speak lies - Need scripture

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  clyde and i are looking for a scripture - seems like it should be in psalms.

  it says something like, "i have not sat at the table of men who speak lies.

  " (or falsehood).

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  So I went to see Fantastic Four last night and.............

  by free2think in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i thought it was pretty good.

  i have seen the first one mind you, so a few things didnt make sense but it was pretty easy to catch up with the plot.

  of course the hot guys helped a little.

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  Writing a letter to JW's stating that you are no longer one.

  by amfree in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm new to this forum.

  i was raised a jw by 3rd generation witnesses.

  most of my relatives are witnesses.

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  Borg Cost cutting measures...can you think of others?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was reflecting on the other thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/135961/2.ashx) about the new koolaid watchtower....and thinking about this being more of an overall cost cutting measure than any kind of old light repackaged as special lite.......can you think of any other examples?

  a few examples: no more subscriptions (no more yellow envelopes, no more yellow, blue, green, pink forms).

  no more postages sending individual magazines.. kingdom ministry now sent in same box as magazines rather than separate roll of kms to po house.

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  I can't do it

  by Nosferatu in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this was a bad idea.

  a really bad idea.

  my inlaws are in town for the convention.

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  For those who've settled on 'no contact' with their JW families . . .

  by Madame Quixote in

  1. social
  2. family

  for whatever reason.

  do you question it sometimes and think you should try to "reach out" to them again?

  i was this morning and then came across the thread above and was reminded why i need to stay away.. but, still, i read threads of people who have managed somehow, despite being d'f'ed or faded or d'aed and think i might try to be more understanding, supportive, reach out or something.. despite all the problems growing up in a fairly dysfunctional family, i still feel a deep attachment to them and hope against hope that they might come to their senses (if they ever had any to begin with) and get help and leave the cult of jehobo; and we might reconcile,etc., etc., blah blah blah dream dream dream.. i deeply wish for them all freedom and happiness and healing and feel so helpless to free them of their bonds and yet see so much possibility for it, if only they could be reached somehow.

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  It's High Time I Introduce Myself

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's high time i introduce myself.

  i feel like i know many of you already, just by daily reading your posts over the last year.

  you all have been a support to my husband and i, even though you were not even aware we were even here.

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  BILL BOWEN ACTION FIGURE

  by You Know in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  dear mister bill, august 20, 2001 .

  in your silent lambs inc. recruiting letter yesterday, you posted several job positions that i may be interested in; namely, under the department responsible for .

  develop and design merchandise to be offered through silentlambs.responsible to coordinate sales and shipping for merchandise.negotiate competitive pricing for such materials.responsible for approval of posters and banners used to represent silentlambs.responsible to train assistants how to do your job.. i have some ideas that i would like to bounce off of you.

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  How to make a false prophecy

  by Norm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what happened with the 6000 years?.

  jehovah's witnesses are generally very ignorant about the watchtower society history.

  most of them would benefit greatly from reading older issues of the watchtower and other literature published by the society in earlier years.

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