Topics Started by Cangie

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A simple explanation for the financial changes
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
as i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.

i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.

i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.
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Signature Quote - what do you think?
by Muddy Waters in
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2. friends
i apologize for the self-serving nature of this post.. i first said this to a lovely person here to encourage her and add a bit of humour to a harsh situation, but i've fallen in love with my own words, ha, and would like to use a variation of what i said to her as my new signature quote.

it's a bit long, and could become tiresome eventually, but do you forum members think that you might like (or could tolerate, heh) seeing this on my posts?.

.... "may god, or the universe, or airborne spaghetti, or energies or wavelengths or frequencies, or quantum particles that somehow attract things to us, or telepathic manipulation by aliens -- bless you.
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon in
1. jw
2. friends
we checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.

don't get that back.

two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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WHAT IF the Watchtower offered a. . . GUARANTEE?
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
the mangroves of lollard lane.

(a short story by terry edwin walstrom).

oh, christjust what i needed this morningjehovahs fucking witnesses!.
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Did You Ever Hear a Non-Witness Opinion After They'd Attended Their first Meeting?
by snugglebunny in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was about 12. i took a friend along to a meeting and he said he didn't mind learning stuff but it was a shame it was so boring.. i was about 14. i had my very own bible study and took him along.

he just kept whispering about the girls there that he fancied.. i was in my early 20's.

i took along a lady that i knew.
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Band Green Day and JWs
by hardtobeme in
1. jw
2. experiences
a few years ago i heard of a story about two jw's being at a green day concert.

i think that the witnesses were bethelites.

the person that told me that story said that the band was about to play but they couldn't.
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Yet more trolley (in)activity
by konceptual99 in
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2. friends
i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.

whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.

i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.
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In case you haven't heard this, here's the link to "It's the Hard Knock Life" - JW Version
by AndersonsInfo in
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2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ale8iq3vcw.

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it's the hard knock life - jehovah's witness version.
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What Road Would You Choose---IF?
by John Aquila in
1. jw
2. experiences
say you could go back in time to when you were 15 years old.

no watchtower in your life.

but the experience you have now you could keep.
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Advice Needed - JW Grandparents
by What Now? in
1. jw
2. experiences
my family has been out (inactive no meeting attendance or field service) for just over two years..

weve made many changes in our lives, including with our personal appearances (tattoos, piercings etc) that are a pretty obvious sign that we arent going back any time soon.

our families went through a period of time about a year ago when they made a lot of threats that if we left the truth, they wouldnt even be able to share a meal with us, they would stay loyal to jehovah etc.