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how many times were you disciplined???
by mentalclearness in
1. jw
2. experiences
well i grew up in the organization..and i had several committee meetings..i was privately reproved at 17 (for pot) at 22 i was publicly reproved (for sex) and privately reproved again at 31 for sex again.... .

so who holds the record for the most discipline while still in the organization????

i know many cases (mostly friends) who were df'ed came back and then df'ed again...i even know someone who was df'ed three times......
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Showing Off
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i guess it's convention time again back in wisconsin or illinois or wherever the hell they drive nowadays.

someone made me unfortunately have to remember this.

so i got to thinking about the conventions and the showing off that took place there:.
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Service is so easy now
by coaster in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just knew the gb would find a way to keep on going when the end never seems to come.

well, new light shining brightly we all recently learned that the 144k are still being selected.

no more need to "graft" new ones onto the broken branch.
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Conversation with street witnessor (?) becomes elder infused
by AuldSoul in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday, thursday, july 26, 2007, a conversation with a street witnessor (isn't that what you would call someone involved in street witnessing?

) got joined by a walk-up elder turned into a great opportunity to witness to several bystanders (who even joined in the conversation).. i began by declining to accept the offer from the elderly woman who held up a "what does god require of us?

i said, "but, verne, you aren't going to the bible.
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What sends you over the edge?
by restrangled in
1. jw
2. friends
there was a recent thread on spelling, sentence structure, etc., that was legitimate, but probably made other's feel stupid.. my question is, what is your personal pet peeve?.

i've got a problem with poor construction inside my home...i hate the trim work, some cut too short so it looks like mouse holes over the floor.

i had my kitchen redone and the layout was so unusual that i can't open a fridge door unless i pull it forward or push it back to open a drawer.
5
Redefinition of "Spiritual"
by proplog2 in
1. jw
2. friends
it's ok for modern thinkers to use archaic terms if we can show the term has use in our contemporary scientific world.. science tries to explain the behavior of "things" (including animals).

the latin word "anima" means spirit or breath.

ancient man was also scientific in orientation.
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doing "bad" things while inactive...results?
by DeusMauzzim in
1. jw
2. friends
ok here's the scenario:.

i'm baptised, not da'd or df'd but 1yr inactive because i'm pretty 200% sure dubdom isn't the truth(tm) - i basicly just left silently.

naturally i do not feel myself bound by their rules of living anymore.
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How to Waste the Opportunity to Praise Jehovah
by WTWizard in
1. jw
2. friends
meetings, service, and a$$emblies are all too common, and once you have seen one, you seen 'em all.

there is nothing worth listening to the second time.

but, here are some suggestions of ways to pass the time.
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Listing of common acronyms
by 1914! in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
could someone list off the common acronyms and their meaning?

i've been an ex-jw for a few years now and can't seem to remember a lot of them.

i had no idea there was a society like this!
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James Rayford's Talk - 1 Year on... DC Talk
by AlphaOmega in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the convention, a brother gave the following exerpt within the talk "do not follow - after false stories".

mp3 here... http://www.savefile.com/files/914842.

sensational tales or experiences received via e-mail could be "false stories".. so when you receive an e-mail, you know where it comes from because it tells you does't it... it's printed out on the piece of paper.. ... but if you are sent and experience or a doubtful story, can you find out what the origin is of that account or that experience?.