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What's the funniest/strangest name you ever gave a pet?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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i was given a cat whose name was "piti".

i found it strange, but i kept it.
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Are Christadelphians the Faithful Discreet Slave?
by M.J. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
prior to the "passing inspection" by christ , the international bible students:had no prohibition against birthdayshad no prohibitions against holidays such as christmasbelieved that all true christians went to heavenhad no prohibition to participating in governmenthad no prohibition against votinghad no prohibition against joining the military.

christadelphians had, at least for half a century before the watchtower, prohibited birthdays, "pagan holidays", government involvement, voting, participating in war and joining the military.

they also taught that true christians would not go to heaven but will inhabit a paradise on earth.. rutherford eventually instituted all these teachings.
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving in
1. jw
2. friends
i find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.

do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?

with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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Were you a JW trophy wife? Not necessarily a serious thread.
by FlyingHighNow in
1. social
2. relationships
sal, it's funny but things were much more shallow in the dubs.

i noticed some of the ugliest blokes getting pretty little trophy wives so long as they had a job or were the sons of elders.

my dad (an elder) even went so far as to encourage me to come back to the dubs because i would easily pull a good looking wife .
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Introducing Myself...
by kyria in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wanted to introduce myself and share my verbose story.

my name is kyria, i'm 29 years old, originally from the pawtucket/lincoln rhode island congregation in the states.

i found this board yesterday, and am completely blown away by what an amazing place it is.
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do you believe in karma?
by SpiceItUp in
1. jw
2. friends
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.

i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.

i mean one thing after another.
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Post by Ray Franz
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
ray franz requested that i post the following comments written by him:

as has been stated already, the presentation made from the silent lambs source in connection with the child abuse issue completely misrepresents my position.

when i spoke by phone recently with the author of that presentation, and pointed out that i had never expressed the views presented, his comment was that from his previous conversation with me (held some months earlier) he "got the impression that i was not on the same wave length" with him.
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JUSTICE #3 - Sin worse than Apostasy!
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
a sin worse than apostasy .

there was a very nice young couple in our congregation with one child.

no one could see why she should not be reinstated.
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would there be love without the existence of sex?
by andrespvcl in
1. social
2. relationships
if real love is something that really should exists in this planet...why a couple have to do it often to not comit adultering?.

feel free to write me and answer this huge question in my life.

only former members.
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Press Release from Bethel
by Roamingfeline in
1. jw
2. friends
press release from bethel.

thu jun 15 20:22:08 2000. .

statement to the media (june 14, 2000).