Posts by Magwitch

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I really want to go JW but..

by fortbethel in

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i've studied with like 30 diff denominations.

i really feel jw is best for me.

i think it's the 144,000 part & the once a year get together when they pass around the sacrament that bothers me most.

Magwitch

Fortbethel.....

The ... strong family bonding ect. this EPIC rage. It's sad.

Let me tell you about my strong family bonding. My ex-husband of 20 years served as an elder our entire marriage. He lived to serve the congregation 24/7. He never, ever had a minute for me or our two daughters. He rarely did any secular work because he only wanted to be helping the people at our kingdom hall. He not only was preparing and giving parts at meeting and circuit assemblies round the clock, but he also loved to help these people paint their houses, fix their cars, take them to run errands etc. etc. On our 20 th wedding anniversary I sat at the KH listening to my husband give the Memorial talk. It would have been nice to have gotten a card, a flower anything – but he did not even know it was our anniversary. I left him and took our two daughters. He has had nothing to do with our girls since our divorce in 2006. He is way too busy pioneering with his new wife. Our girls are now 19 and 20 years old. These beautiful young ladies never had a father. For these two fatherless girls, the pain is violently deep. EPIC rage is an understatement.

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Did YOU Change In Your Personality After You Left The Organization?

by minimus in

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we knock a lot of things about the witnesses.

i wonder if we're really all that much different in our personalities as exjws.. .

Magwitch

Not much,

just that I can speak up now when the male species acts like an ass in my presence.

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Were any of you anointed?

by TimothyT in

did any of you feel that mystical force telling you that you were of the anointed class?.

what did it feel like?

was it real?

Magwitch

I had a Bible study that ended up getting baptized. She always professed of being of the annointed. I was always so embarrassed. She would say "I do not want to be annointed - I cannot help that I was chosen." She joined another church a couple years after her baptism. I was quite pleased.

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Do you agree with this sentiment?

by mankkeli in

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i copied this text from a friend's wall on facebook, do you agree with his sentiment?.

"this world is not our home.

we are strangers here.

Magwitch

This world is the only home I plan on having - I am quite comfortable here.

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what is an infirm special pioneer

by booby in

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i was diagnosed with prostate cancer in.

1995 and had to return to the united states.. we settled in goldsboro, north carolina,.

because it was about halfway between my.

Magwitch

My 96 year old grandmother is an infirm regular pioneer. She pioneered most of her life - when she became senile (about 5 years ago) they told her to stay home but they have left her name on the pioneer list.

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Dec 15th WT: "Be like Solomon and don't go to university / don't be like Solomon and join a sports team!"

by cedars in

thanks to 'gayle' for bringing our attention to the fact that the december 15th watchtower has now been uploaded to jw.org.

it doesn't take long to reach the first juicy bit on pages 8 and 9, this time regarding higher education:.

it would be good to ask, am i taking to heart solomons example of treasuring divine wisdom?

Magwitch

Quendi - I may have to rethink joining your book club, especially in light of this noo lite.

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Dec 15th WT: "Be like Solomon and don't go to university / don't be like Solomon and join a sports team!"

by cedars in

thanks to 'gayle' for bringing our attention to the fact that the december 15th watchtower has now been uploaded to jw.org.

it doesn't take long to reach the first juicy bit on pages 8 and 9, this time regarding higher education:.

it would be good to ask, am i taking to heart solomons example of treasuring divine wisdom?

Magwitch

Tax evasion = Joining a book club at school

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2011 November Our Kingdom Ministry-PDF!

by Atlantis in

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credit goes to anonymous2011 november our kingdom ministry (and more).http://www.megaupload.com/?d=eq03rgzoatlantis

Magwitch

I finally got around to reading the instructions on how to operate the credit card machines at circuit events. It was so entertaining that when my sister arrived last night, we went over them together. I do not think I have laughed this hard in years. We were crying we were laughing so hard. One of the best lines is the following....

R

EFUND

The “Refund” function is used to reverse a credit card transaction after it has been settled.

The “Refund” function has been disabled.

This is priceless...In fact, I think this will be my new catch phrase for my daughters daily request for more cash....

The “Refund” function has been disabled.

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Dec 15th WT: "Be like Solomon and don't go to university / don't be like Solomon and join a sports team!"

by cedars in

thanks to 'gayle' for bringing our attention to the fact that the december 15th watchtower has now been uploaded to jw.org.

it doesn't take long to reach the first juicy bit on pages 8 and 9, this time regarding higher education:.

it would be good to ask, am i taking to heart solomons example of treasuring divine wisdom?

Magwitch

"A sister might attempt to rationalize forming a romantic link "- why is this a female thing? Males are exempt?

Unshackled

...There's that damn word...extracurricular....didn't really know what the hell it meant

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Yes, extracurricular, masturbation, fornication....I knew they were very bad - never had a clue what any of it was.

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Lawyers Response Resigned and Withdrawn Elder

by Marvin Shilmer in

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lawyers response resigned and withdrawn elder .

today i uploaded a new article to my blog containing a 14-page incredibly detailed response from a watchtower lawyer to a long-time high-ranking elder who had resigned and withdrawn his association with watchtower.

my article is titled lawyers response resigned and withdrawn elder and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/09/lawyers-response-resigned-and-withdrawn.html.

Magwitch

I loved this on page 2....

If a member is charged with wrongdoing and wishes to continue to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, then such one should submit to the hearings of the judicial committee. Only if you wished to continue to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses would the judicial committee arrangement be appropriate or necessary.

What BS! There are so many of us on this board that did not want to be a JW. We just wanted to walk away and be left alone. But, those dumbasses insisted on a committee meeting and a DF'ing announcement.