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An Odd Memory from a Score and Three-Quarters back.....
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. experiences
on my return today with some lunch delicacies and a grand bottle of gewurztraminer to wash it smoothly, i recalled some events from 35 years back that clearly reflect the apocalyptic mindset of the jdubs in the pre-armageddon years.. the brother of the fellow who brought me this glorious good news that jehovah's witlesses were the 'truth' once took me to his bedroom to show me a small area on his wall that had been repaired by his father recently.

before they replaced the drywall and painted, marvin elected it prudent to prepare a gift kit for that wall that included a copy of the new world translation and a copy of the truth book.

his plan was that in the sudden destruction that was to come in the form of the great tribulation, he might have all his literature confiscated, and he could simply kick the panel out of the wall and be duly served with 'spiritual food from jehovah'.. i must have been correctly impressed with the need to 'heed the day and times and seasons', for a few months later, having left my family home due to 'worldly influence' of my non-witless family and inactive mother, i was speaking with the elderly sister who had offered me sanctuary so that i might 'declare the truth' as a pioneer.
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What Do You Do for Work / Career?
by BlackPearl in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been on the board for quite a while now and was wondering, what do my fellow jwdr's do for work, employment or career?

me, i'm in probably one of the most hated careers in america right now.

(not gonna tell you what it is either) but how about you, what do you do to earn a little coin?.
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Fading? What's up?
by arker in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad i am and how i don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want.

that was the end of it for me.

my question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap?
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mutual respect
by Hortensia in
1. jw
2. friends
did you ever notice that people who want "mutual respect" or "compromise" or "consensus" or "discussion" really just want you to shut up and listen to them?

they don't really want any of those things; they just want to put the other person in the wrong for disagreeing.

if they really wanted a "discussion," they'd have the courtesy to reply to comments, rather than just do a hit and run sermon.
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Shunning of ex JW family members imposed or optional?
by greendawn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some supportes of the jws argue that the wts does not impose on its followers to shun and disgrace ex jw family members, it leaves them the option to decide on the issue and some shun and others do not.

is that an honest arguments or is it like the blood issue where the wts supposedly doesn't impose on its members the decision to refuse blood?

for all we know the non shunning of ex jw family members except for absolutely necessary contact could lead a jw to dfing.
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Do you like where you live?
by R.F. in
1. jw
2. friends
i live in the southern united states.

i'm not too fond of the state i'm in but i'm within close driving distance of some very cool places.

the people in the south are awesome, very hospitable.
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What Have You Purchased Thru The Internet?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not a big fan of internet shopping.

what about you?
12
WHAT DID MARIA RUSSELL DO AFTER RUSSELL'S DEATH?
by badboy in
1. jw
2. friends
i understand she died in 1938
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How many SCUBA divers on JWD?
by JK666 in
1. social
2. physical
i have been diving for 23 years.

i've dove in florida, the caribbean, the graat lakes, and a number of other puddles.. my last major trip was key west.

any others out there in jwd land?
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how do current jw's feel about where their contibutions are being spent?
by manhasbecomelikeoneofus in
1. jw
2. friends