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  WT loses sextuplets court case

  by belbab in

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  toronto globe and mail.. parents of sextuplets given transfusions lose court fight.. http://www.theglobeandmail.com:80/servlet/story/rtgam.20080613.wsextuplets13/bnstory/national/home?cid=al_gam_mostview.

  belbab.

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  shamus100

  That's one thing I love about Canada, eh! Witnesses usually lose those cases.

  Yah! Et's aboot time, eh!
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  The Watchtower Society is drop dead gorgeous.

  by edmond dantes in

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  2. experiences

  sometimes in my mind i go back to the beginning of my jw experience which for me was a very long time ago when i got really excited when the awake and watchtower came through the letter box after i paid for a yearly subscription, just to cover the printing costs you understand.in those far off days long gone in my gullible inexperienced just finished school days i really thought here was a religion to believe in ,to trust,to tell the entire world about and to show others the pretty pictures of the new world as depicted in the books and magazines.at that time i would have literally given my life in order to get through armaggedon.i really thought it was the greatest and only true religion on the planet and in my naive young mind i thought we were living with all the other brothers and sisters in a truly new world society,no more fighting for your countries wars,no more adultary,lying ,cheating,envy, money grabbing, murder etc.just the thought of holding on untill the big a .

  and i couldn't for the life of me see why everyone who i spoke to about it wouldn't believe in the message of the watchtower.i thought the assemblies depicted how we would all get along with love in the new world.thats how daft i was.. then one day a seed of doubt entered my mind which at first i dismissed as the devil leading me astray this devil concept was also backed up by a brother , a congregational overseer,telling me it was so.i thought he was right until i discovered that due to his doubts he had stopped going to the meetings ,and then i was introduced to another brother who was classed as spiritually week even though he had refused to go into the millitary and went to prison, he came out of prison with doubts about the so called truth.i thought to myself how can someone be so convinced about his beliefs that he would go to prison for it and then suddenly realise he had been wrong.. then i gradually grew wiser and older ,the scales began to drop from eyes as i witnessed at first hand a hell of a lot of hypocrisy within the so called clean organisation.i went on to learn about beth sarim and the many changes of doctrine which resulted in new light and many, many examples of the lack of true love and care within the so called new world society.

  all they were interested in was how many hours you managed to put in each week and whether you were in the clique.the list of reasons not to believe grew endless until at last just as you can fall out of love with someone the love evaporated it just vanished into thin air never to return, and i wonder sometimes where does love go when it drops down dead.. and i realise that without true substance being in love with something or for that matter someone is a figment of the mind.. .

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  shamus100

  changes of doctrine which resulted in new light and many, many examples of the lack of true love and care within the so called New World Society. All they were interested in was how many hours you managed to put in each week and whether you were in the clique.The list of reasons not to believe grew endless until at last just as you can fall out of love with someone the love evaporated it just vanished into thin air never to return

  And I thought that I was the only one that fell for that Sh*t! I was 110% suckered, boys and ladies. And I gave 110%. It only got me disollusioned and depressed. My conduct was so stupid, in hindsight, I cannot believe I am the same person. I was in a needy time of my life, and had a lot of questions about god. Guess who came to my door? The fishhook landed in my open stupid bobbing mouth. I will never forgive myself for it.
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  What daily things make you feel happy?

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  my wee boy pauses the tv and says "daddy, i love you".

  then he goes back to spiderman.

  absolutely priceless!

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  Nice little poem there chickpea.

  Americano's and watching the news in the morning.
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  Do kingdom melodies make you feel the same as did Christmas carols?

  by song19 in

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  2. friends

  i celebrated christmas for about 8 years with zeal, and a few years afterward because my dad forced it on us.

  (i was one of those who loved learning the truth and readily gave up holidays.

  ) for years and years, and even to this day, christmas carols would give me warming feelings of love and joy and family the music would bring out the memories and emotions of the time of year.

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  You're mother still lives with you? You poor thing!

  I think of those songs... I hear them... and I think,,,, I think,,,, oh my god, turn that sh*t off right NOW.

  I, for one, have no emotional attachment whatsoever. But I didn't really grow up in it per se.

  Be Joyful, be joyful....

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nYS3FhdUU&feature=related

  Click on the link to listen to the drivel - I'm not saying that I can sing any better, but my GOD!
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  Faders: When You Left, did Anyone Give a Damn?

  by shamus100 in

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  it seems funny to hear how some get love bombed, others get left alone when they fade.

  i moved and told nobody - by the time they figured i was 'weak', it was too late - i was gone.

  so honestly, what was it like for you when you left the 'organization'?

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  Your experiences are extremely interesting, especially since they are supposed to be God's organization.

  When I left, I stopped going to meetings for about 1 month suddenly. Not one call, nothing. Then I moved, so I always wondered what would happen if I left.
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  {The Simpsons} = Did you know any "Ned Flanders" types in your Hall?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  us brothers would be having a conversation about sports and this brother "flanders" would always start a spiritual conversation: "on a sunny day like this i just want to thank jehovah for my blessings....i wish we had meetings everyday....i feel bad i didn't go witnessing this weekend.

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  many times i wanted to strangle him!...his wife left him and the truth, since then he is worse..

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  Yeah - we have a guy at work we call flanders.... exactly like Ned.
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  New version of "Shining as illuminators"?

  by sovereign in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anybody have a copy of a newer version of the pioneer service school book, "shining as illuminators in the world"....???

  maybe even the latest updated version when the "school" was revised a couple of years ago?

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  Ah.... let the continuing light shining brighter and brighter continue....

  I have the Revalation book version 7.9 myself...
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  Does anyone know the JW retention facts?

  by Quirky1 in

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  i know this has probably been mentioned on more than one occasion but i am curious if anyone here has any idea of the ratio of jw's and exjw's.

  i would like to know if their census is accurate.

  do you think the wbts society's figures are completely accurate when it comes to newly inducted and current members?

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  Thanks, jstalin.

  I have always wondered the amount of new members ratioe'd against the world population explosion - I think if you put the two together, they're numbers are not increasing as much as they did in the past.
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  State truthful facts about Atheists that make them look bad, weird, foolish

  by Finally-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is to complement the http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/160129/1.ashx and http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/160192/1.ashx threads.. i'd hate to have anyone feel left out.

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  shamus100

  How does that old saying go... never talk about religion or politics?

  It's hard not to get you're feathers all fluffed up, no matter what side you're on. Being an athiest is a natural response after years of spiritual abuse in the borg. I hope that some who are still religious can understand that. And for some reason, the attitude comes across that people who are religious are weak, and stupid. Again, false. But it's hard to say anything and not make an implication - typed out words don't have a tone that you can understand the context.

  I believe that everyone needs they're crutch to get through life. Now I am an athiest, but I have my own crutch or passion to get me through life. It's no different than being 'born again', or however you want to call it. I am no better than someone who is religious.
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  If the Watchtower Corporations shut down...who gets their assets?

  by LovesDubs in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does it get divided amongst officers?

  do they have shareholders?

  where would their money go?

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  Satan gets it.