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  4 the Faders. How did u get out leading the cong in prayer while fading?

  by blkblk13 in

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  2. experiences

  i've always had serious doubts but now that i am @ a point in my life were my parents have helped me to purchase my first place and now that i am no longer under their wing i feel like i am in a position to start doing something about it.

  nothing drastic but just the beginnings of a gradual fade b/c i don't want to humiliate them in the circuit b/c they r very well-known and admired in the circuit, plus i owe them alot and am still a little financially dependent on them.

  so my dad is an elder and conducts the bookstudy.

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  Octarine Prince

  Remember, this is going to be moot after Sunday.
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  4 the Faders. How did u get out leading the cong in prayer while fading?

  by blkblk13 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've always had serious doubts but now that i am @ a point in my life were my parents have helped me to purchase my first place and now that i am no longer under their wing i feel like i am in a position to start doing something about it.

  nothing drastic but just the beginnings of a gradual fade b/c i don't want to humiliate them in the circuit b/c they r very well-known and admired in the circuit, plus i owe them alot and am still a little financially dependent on them.

  so my dad is an elder and conducts the bookstudy.

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  Octarine Prince

  But, to answer your concern, if I were you, I would simply
  pray about what you are sure about.
  
  Thank the Divine for life, etc., and don't talk about the
  Faithful and Discreet Slave or anything you don't feel
  comfortable about. Just speak the truth.
  
  When you Dad is tired of hearing the same prayer, he will
  quit trying to prop you up.
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  4 the Faders. How did u get out leading the cong in prayer while fading?

  by blkblk13 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've always had serious doubts but now that i am @ a point in my life were my parents have helped me to purchase my first place and now that i am no longer under their wing i feel like i am in a position to start doing something about it.

  nothing drastic but just the beginnings of a gradual fade b/c i don't want to humiliate them in the circuit b/c they r very well-known and admired in the circuit, plus i owe them alot and am still a little financially dependent on them.

  so my dad is an elder and conducts the bookstudy.

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  Octarine Prince

  One time, and this wasn't even when I was fading, I told the brother
  that my head wasn't in it. He looked so amazed that someone would
  decline, that it took him a while to recover from the shock. I am very
  sincere about things like that, and wish others were. Oh, well.
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  2009 year text

  by JimmyPage in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbts is trying to decide on a year text for 2009. here are the scriptures they are trying to choose from: ecc.

  12:12: "to the making of many books there is no end and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.

  " luke 18:11: "o god i thank you that i am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

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  Octarine Prince

  1 John 4:1
  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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  Awakend at Gilead inspires me to speak frankly with my wife........

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had a nice long talk with him yesterday....he sure seems to be on the fast track all of a sudden , but actually has shared doubts with his wife for years.

  but once he makes up his mind....man he really moves.

  so some of my elders know i think it bullshit, but i did not just come right out and say it.

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  Octarine Prince

  Make movement towards that sailing goal. A dollar here, a penny there. I hope things improve. Don't let anything (substances, people etc.) rule your life. Truth in Recovery
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  please pray for my husband

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. social
  2. family

  i don't talk about this much here cuz this is a place where i can somewhat relieve the stress of my life but my hubby isn't doing very well.

  he had a bad night and thinks he had a couple of seizures.

  he's scared, i'm scared.

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  I sincerely hope the situation improves.
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  Was I that lame???

  by sparrow in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been looking around on youtube lately and found the lamest crap from witnesses and wonder if i was ever that bad????

  i must have been - i believed it.

  the comments are even worse than the video posted!!!

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  I made a few arrangements for classical guitar. (I play bass mainly)
  
  It is hard when you are trying to express yourself within the confines of
  that lame construct. He is doing his best. hahaha
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  What is the best way to help Fundamentalist Literalist Christians...

  by BurnTheShips in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like to discuss what is the best way to help fundamentalist literalist christians lower their guard and embrace science as it reveals the physical world to us?.

  of course the key scientific teaching that causes a sticking point is evolution, not to mention other things such as the age of the universe.. burn.

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  I wouldn't agree about evolution.
  
  Many scientists don't embrace evolution (adaptation doesn't equal mutation, etc.).
  
  The age of the universe is good, though.
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  CONFIRMED Book Study amalgamated with the TMS and SM

  by yesidid in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  old timers on the board may remember that i was the first to mention the november 06 blood insert in the km.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121104/1.ashx.

  the same very, very reliable source has confirmed that the book study will be amalgamated with the tms and sm.. this same source recently had a long and private conversation with a gb member.

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  The intimate Bible Study Group is how the organization began.
  
  They are leaving their core competency.
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  The Army's looking for a few good... ex-convicts?

  by nvrgnbk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  military waivers for ex-convicts increaseby ann scott tysonwashington post staff writer .

  tuesday, april 22, 2008; page a01 the army admitted about one-fourth more recruits last year with a record of legal problems ranging from felony convictions and serious misdemeanors to drug crimes and traffic offenses, as pressure to increase the size of u.s. ground forces led the military to grant more waivers for criminal conduct, according to new data released yesterday.

  such "conduct waivers" for army recruits rose from 8,129 in fiscal 2006 to 10,258 in fiscal 2007. for marine corps recruits, they increased from 16,969 to 17,413. in particular, the army accepted more than double the number of applicants with convictions for felony crimes such as burglary, grand larceny and aggravated assault, rising from 249 to 511, while the corresponding number for the marines increased by two-thirds, from 208 to 350. the vast majority of such convictions stem from juvenile offenses.

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  Octarine Prince

  I am down with this. Second chance at life.