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  week long elders training class for 08 confirmed

  by isaacaustin in

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  announced at my parents service meeting last night

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  Assaults Are a Bad Idea ( One exception?)

  by metatron in

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  assaulting jw's in the door to door work is very counter-productive.

  it encourages them to continue.

  believing that they are the true religion by reason of being persecuted.

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  Sincere? Well that's all right then!

  by Gill in

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  if someone is 'sincere' about their belief or beliefs in 'something' does that make their actions and the repurcussions of their actions excusable and their right to continue in that belief also excusable?.

  mr bush sincerely believed that god told him to invade iraq.. mr blair said he 'sincerely believed' that was the right thing to do.. apologists and semi apologists for the wt and misled members of the wt, including those who harrassed dh, believe that we should excuse these people, (jws) because they are 'sincere.. so, does being 'sincere' about a belief or your beliefs mean that everyone else has to 'let' you do what you think is right and 'let you off' the repurcussions of those beliefs and actions and even 'punish' those who disagree with you?.

  sincere is a very overrated word in my opinion and too many people use it as a shield to protect them from the repurcussions of their actions.. the same applies to the world religion!

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  Quit your job and go sell ice cream

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  did anyone see the information on a recent watchtower study article (w-07 0/01, p. 30, 16) in which a witness who quitted his job and started selling ice cream on the streets in order to have more time to preach, is presented as a good example?

  i found it extremely offensive and asked myself: are they really serious or is this joke?

  but the worst part is that no one else in the hall seemed to find it offensive, with the exception of a ministerial servant who privately told me it was an act of disrespect on the part of the society.

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  TATA!!! I am on my way to the U.S.A.

  by mouthy in

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  pensylvania here i come.

  so all you yankie's ,,,, watch for an old, crippled, fat, ugly gray headed woman & say hello!!!!!!.

  but if you are believers pray for me it is a 9 hour drive...if i dont come back in the flesh -i will visit you in the spirit .

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  Tipping your hat to a lady is demonic

  by marmot in

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  ...according to the watchtower.

  i don't have access to the watchtower library right now (i've only got a mac) but i remember laughing my arse off when i read that in an old questions from readers.

  apparently tipping your hat to a lady is considered demonic because it shows deference to the lesser of the sexes, a man putting himself below the woman and other rambling "reasoning" about its origins in medieval times and such garbage.

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  Need Help.....My assignemnt in school ths week....GO TO A KINGDOM HALL

  by A-Team in

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  ....yes, believe it or not, i do have to sit in on a full meeting on sunday at the local kingdom hall, and do a report on how they run their services.

  i do have a few questions: 1. what id considered approbate dress for females (i will have 2 females with me) 1a.

  do i have to shave my beard to 'blend in' 2. normally to church, i have a brief case with note pads and my bible....is that a tad too much to carry into a hall?

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  My aunt

  by coffee_black in

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  my 85 year old aunt, who has worked every day up until 2 weeks ago is very ill. she has been losing weight for about 6 months, (without trying) but for the past month it has really accelerated.

  my cousin finally got her to go to the doctor , and there will be lots of tests to find the cause.

  she had lung cancer 12 years ago and has had a clean bill of health ever since... until now.

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  Hello everybody

  by JulieM in

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  hi everybody, my name is julie, and this is my first post.. i'm a third generation jw, or at least i was until a two weeks ago, when i was announced as no longer a jw.

  i'm really happy about that, ecstatic in fact, although i'd been a jw all my life, and i'm 37 now.

  i could have disassociated like my friends, but i couldn't be bothered to play their chikdish game, so i let them do it for me.

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  Share something apathetic

  by erynw in

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  i don't care what.

  i really don't.

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