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  The conversation went like this...

  by startingover in

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  a recent thread got me thinking about authenticity of conversations that are retold via print or forums, etc.

  i seem to remember when i read ray franz' book (it's been a while) that there were a lot of conversations he retold in great detail.

  they were written as if those were the actual words spoken.

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  emptywords

  hiya startingover

  Good topic,

  Rather I see that the essence of what is writen is truth, but detail is added to emphasis a point that means so much to the teller, as they have live the emotion as well. If a wrong has been commited this is far more emotional and certain tears come through without being wet.

  When something is suppose to be real, those that read it see it real when the emotion is added weather it be exagerated or not, some call it emotional blackmail others see it tears on paper. Whatever, facts should always be considered before one can take all the rest on board.
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  i wonder

  by bigdreaux in

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  i didn't want to hijack the wanderer's new thread about weather the w.t.s.

  should be held accountable for shunning, but, in reading it, a thought flashed across my little brain.

  he pointed out that apostates that picket conventions are usually the worst kind of "apostates" they usually seem angry and uneducated.

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  welcome Johannas..........look for you down under...come picket
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  overcompensating when leaving JWs?

  by B_Deserter in

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  2. experiences

  ever notice this phenomenon?

  seems like a lot of people that leave in their early 20s tend to become wild party animals as soon as they leave da troof, getting tattoos, piercings and the like and going almost overboard with it.

  anyone ever experience this?

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  frozen one says "I stopped looking at people walking down the street as being bird food...the list goes on and on."

  comment of the decade.
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  I DID IT!! take a look.....

  by memario in

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  this is my piercing ... from thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/139023/1.ashx.

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  looks like a marsupal embryo with wrinkles
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  What is the NEW BUZZ in the Org?

  by Save My Soul in

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  2. bible

  there is a new wt arrangement, the 1935 change, the 30 minute public talk among other things.

  some have even said they would stop talking doom and gloom, can someone please confirm this?.

  what is the perception of these things among those active in the org?

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  emptywords

  What the GB doesn't get yet is that the average joe in the troof does not take to much notice of what they say anymore, I have heard the same thing over and over the past few years, they say same ol stuff nothing new and any rules they ignore. Like if they said in the KM not to read history or learn an ancient language, most would take no notice of it. People are starting to smell the coffee.
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  Don't Give Up

  by Lady Lee in

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  "do you see the fern and the bamboo?".

  but i did not quit on the bamboo.

  "did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots".. "i would not quit on the bamboo.

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  Lady Leethank you so much for this just beautiful, very powerful and I have saved this to read when I feel down, and unloved.

  I am sure will inspire everyone else.
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  Have you ever faked a service report?

  by Orgull in

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  2. beliefs

  it's only my third day here so, go easy on me.

  lol.. seriously, my new doubts have made it harder and harder to go in service.

  a few months ago, when a new month rolled around, i realized that i hadn't actually gone in service at all the previous month.

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  There is nothing in the Bible that says that we must put in a certain amount of hours preaching each month. It is a man made requirement and those men do not deserve my respect or obedience. They do not "need to know" what I actually do with my time.
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  Rebekka watered 10 camels???

  by White Dove in

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  in the bsb, rebekka watered 10 thirsty camels and also gave water to abraham's servant and whoever else was with him on that long trip to find isaak a wife.

  one camel drinks about 30 gallons of water at one time and doesn't drink again for 10 months, according to a nature book about camels.

  so, that's 30 gallons x 10 camels + thirsty people= 300+ gallons of water!

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  maybe she was on steriods
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  WT KINGDOM FARM SOLD $$$$$

  by DannyHaszard in

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  http://www.lansingstar.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2454&itemid=66.

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  This has been disgused by a few of us including a coulple of elders, they talked about the property being sold and the millions the society spent on this super duper printer, and their reasoning was well we will need printer because still have to have information to the b/s published in the new system, as the new scrolls will be open and everyone has to be organised as their will still be meetings, and also instead of door to door the massive teaching of the ressurected, so must be close if the org is selling up property, thats the take on it, from these few.
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  WT KINGDOM FARM SOLD $$$$$

  by DannyHaszard in

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  http://www.lansingstar.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2454&itemid=66.

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  emptywords

  I know for sure that the older bethelites are looked after at bethel many nursing sisters go and help look after them. I also know that around 200 left bethel (oz) last year, and they have been encouraging (especially young males) to come to bethel as their is a need, had a couple of announcements a few months ago at circuit assembly.

  There was also the experience of a brother on the platform that said he was a fourth generation JW and out of his 28 family members 19 have turned apostate, so many are thinking.