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  JW wife says she loves me more often NOW???? Should I test that?

  by oompa in

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  i was pm with a@g and have with others here in the one-in-one-out marriage situation, and have a question.

  time flies.....i have been considered apostate for at least two years now, and it seems my wife says she loves me all the time....almost makes me uncomfortable.

  i have changed, not her, and i realize that.

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  I'm in the same boat as you, oompa. The slightest discussion about spiritual matters and she recoils and retreats back behind the heavily fortified walls of the Watchtower. I even said, "If you can go door to door and face questions from non-believers ... why can't you talk to me?" and it all boils down to that I knew the truth, but made my own bed now I must sleep in it. I can say the same for her too.

  Problem is ... she looks at me as an apostate. Sometimes I can feel the disgusting look she gives me. I think she would wish me dead.
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  Do JWs really believe the end is near?

  by keyser soze in

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  or do they merely pay lip service to the idea?

  i have no doubt that some of them sincerely believe.

  but when i was a kid, growing up in the '80s, i didn't know of a single witness, myself included, who didn't believe the end was close.

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  "I don't know what to believe anymore!!!"
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  "this is how we know Jehovah made man, is how a mans penis fits so wonderfully inside a womens vagina".

  Instead of 'wonderfully' I would have said 'snuggly'.
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  How do you handle ... being shunned?

  by Awakened at Gilead in

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  my da announcement was last tuesday, so i have been on the official jw shun list for about a week now.... i am curious how you handle shunning.my situation:.

  i have spoken with my family (my parents and 1 brother) and discussed whether they will shun me.

  i explained that biblically they should not shun me since i am not an antichrist, and i have not rejected the teaching that jesus cam in the flesh.

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  A@G, did you shun M---? If so, he probably feels karma is at work here. I don't think it's that easy to just pop into someone's life who has been DF'd and shunned by announcing that you are DA'd and expect them to get all excited. Alot of hurt feelings have been processed since then. If he accepts your friendship, it'll be a better friendship than before.

  You're on the right track. You got a good head on your shoulders, so don't feel too bad if you can't mend a past friendship. Give it time.
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  DC Seating

  by RR in

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  okay, how many of you got to the convention site nice and early so that you could get the best seats on the house?.

  having met in yankees stadium (difficult for me as i'm a mets fan) i always made sure i was in the shade.

  hey someone had to come in early and make those watchtower hoagies (by the way, i never washed my hands).

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  I had a fractured ankle and hobbled into the assembly on crutches. Not one person would offer me a seat up front for me. They ran passed me to grab the seat I was going for and then just looked at me in disgust. I knew right then there was no brotherly love in this false religion.
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  OBEY! T-Shirt Design for Ex-JW's

  by sacolton in

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  i couldn't find my earlier post, so .... here i am wearing my t-shirt:.

  get yours today!.

  http://www.cafepress.com/xjwtees.

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  bttt
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  Who to Send a Disassociation Letter To?

  by WTWizard in

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  if i am going to send a disassociation letter, i am wondering which hounder to send it to.

  i know there is no mailboxes at the kingdumb hell, so any letters that get sent there would end up dead mail.

  and i know that one does not send them to the washtowel slaveholdery.

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  I just addressed the envelope to the Kingdom Hall that I attended. I was announced two weeks later.

  However, if you want the people to know the exact reason why ... send a few to those people (non-elders) BEFORE you submit it to the KH.
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  New Name For Watchtower?

  by sweet pea in

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  ok everyone, just some fun here - no i haven't got wind of any change in the pipeline but, if the watchtower bible and tract society were to ditch the name watchtower altogether, what would they call the watchtower magazine instead?

  all suggestions warmly welcomed......

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  Totalitarian Monthly
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  The Ark of the Covenant

  by sacolton in

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  do you think it could be found?

  when was it last seen in the bible?.

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  What items are in the box? Gwyneth Paltrow's head. Seriously ... The Tablets of stone containing the Ten Commandments as well as Moses' staff and manna.

  According to the Bible, the two tablets of stone constituting the "testimony" or evidence of God's covenant with the people (i.e. The Ten Commandments) were kept within the Ark itself. A golden jar containing some of the manna from the Israelites' trek in the wilderness, and the rod of Aaron that budded, were added to the contents of the Ark (Ex. 16:32-34; Heb. 9:4), but apparently were later removed at some point prior to the building of Solomon's temple, as the Tanakh states in I Kings 8:9 that there "was nothing in the Ark save the two tablets of stone." While Heb. 9:4 states these items were placed "inside" the Ark, Ex. 16:33-34 and Num. 17:10 use the expression "before" the Ark; some see a contradiction here, as the correct meaning of these phrases is open to interpretation. A Rabbinic tradition states that Moses also put the broken fragments of the first tablets of the Law into the Ark (Hertz 1936).
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  are you guys coping wit the cost of living?

  by The Lone Ranger in

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  i am really concerned with the cost of living.

  fuel costs are high and getting higher.

  food and housing.

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  sacolton

  My family has made some cuts ...

  1. Netflix: From 4 out to 3. (Save $8)

  2. Internet bandwidth from 15mbit to 9mbit (Save $23)

  3. Cancelled gym membership (Save $32)

  4. Cancelled HBO and SHOWTIME (Save $15)

  Gotta trim the fat to survive.