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  Have you met anyone on the Governing Body?

  by Christ Alone in

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  i posted on another thread about a couple of my experiences of meeting the governing body while i was in brooklyn.

  i wanted to see if anyone else had any experiences along these same lines.

  i met most of the ones that were current during the 2001-2003 years.

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  I met F. Franz a number of times. The most memorable was when I was 17 (summer of 82). Fred was a speaker at our district convention here in Denver. A power couple invited over a few CO and DO couples along with Fred to their home for dinner. My sister was seeing a single DO and I guess I was the chaperone. It was so encouraging to a young girl who wanted to go into missionary work. After dinner we all sang kingdom songs - I just ate it up!

  I believe it was the next year (or maybe still 82), our DO friend asked me if I would pick up and deliver the Swingles from their hotel to the district convention arena everyday. I was honored, but have to say, I do not think either one of them bathed much.
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  They will be DFing me soon for apostasy...

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well i figured i should give you all an update.

  they will be dfing me soon for apostasy.

  it is not a huge surprise and i am not afraid nor "shaking in my boots", however i will admit it is stressful right now.

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  Magwitch

  Ray...I think your letter is powerful.

  Here is my 2 cents - say more about the religion tearing you apart from your dear children. Talk about the incredible love and bond you have with them, how they are your entire world. Make the parents reading this letter shed tears for you and feel wrath for the religion.

  Have not watched the video yet, will do that tonight.

  Thank you for sharing with us.
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  A year has passed and guess what... I dont give a damn!

  by TimothyT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  gosh... i cannot believe i have been disfellowshipped for over a year!

  its so surreal.

  because of my ingrained belief that the jw organisation is the one and only true religion, i often think about everything that has happened quite often.

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  Magwitch

  Happy Anniversary Timothy
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  What Is Everyone Doing For This Happy Holiday Weekend??

  by Magwitch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  happy labor day all!.

  tell us what your plans are.

  i am heading to the cu/csu game tomorrow (go cu) wish you were with us quendi.

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  Magwitch

  Jeff T... Heading to the western slope to the Colorado River.

  Stealth....

  Instead of door to door will do some telephone witnessing instead, practice my next public talk. Oh and have some of the friends over to

  study the watchtower lesson for Sunday and play Jenga.

  My stomach lunged when I read that
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  GIVE IT women…

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  give it women... .

  today i added a new article to my blog addressing the watchtower mindset regarding woman, and particularly of married women.

  pictures are telling!!!.

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  TD...

  My impression is that a great many JW's of both genders are trapped in sexless marriages.

  And the ones of us that were not in a sexless marriage wish we were. It is a total lose, lose in JW world.
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  What Is Everyone Doing For This Happy Holiday Weekend??

  by Magwitch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  happy labor day all!.

  tell us what your plans are.

  i am heading to the cu/csu game tomorrow (go cu) wish you were with us quendi.

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  Magwitch

  BBQ sounds like fun! cleaning closets -Yikes

  LongHairGal...I feel so stupid about engaging in such dumb activity too. It is so nice to be able to leave town and not worry if you will be stumbling someone because you won't be there for Saturday service or the Sunday meeting. Or worry that others may see you as a lover of pleasure.
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  Interesting article on JWs repeatedly knocking on the same doors weekly

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.examiner.com/article/jehovah-witness-knocking-on-the-same-doors-every-week.

  this article also briefly questions whether it is really safe in the modern world to engage in this form of proselytizing.. it's certainly interesting to hear an outsider's perspective on the repetitive nature of the preaching work, even though jws would argue that this is an isolated case.. .

  jehovah witness knocking on the same doors every week .

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  Magwitch

  The Spanish man that lives across the street from me told me that when the English speaking witnesses come, he speaks only in Spanish, when the Spanish speaking witnesses come he pretends to not know Spanish.
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  What Is Everyone Doing For This Happy Holiday Weekend??

  by Magwitch in

  1. jw
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  happy labor day all!.

  tell us what your plans are.

  i am heading to the cu/csu game tomorrow (go cu) wish you were with us quendi.

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  Magwitch

  Happy Labor Day All!

  Tell us what your plans are.

  I am heading to the CU/CSU game tomorrow (Go CU) Wish you were with us Quendi. Then heading out for 3 days of white water rafting.

  So looking forward to shutting off the computer for a few days.
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  Here’s What Happened When an Elderly Woman Took It Upon Herself to Restore a Painting in a Nearby Church

  by Arcadio in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://gawker.com/5936665/heres-what-happened-when-an-elderly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-restore-a-painting-in-a-nearby-church.

  "we admire people who have can-do, elbow-grease-type attitudes.

  if something's broke, why not fix it?

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  Magwitch

  This thread is just killing me, it is so funny! (And keeps getting funnier)
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  Cataloging the damage of the Watchower in my life

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1. jehovah's witnesses interferance in my parents marriage leading to mother rejecting father who could not come at the teachings.. 2. my mother taking us 500km away from father to start a new life with a much older jw man just after armageddon didnt come in 75...for teaching us that he was evil and deserved to be killed by god.. 3. bullying at school for being a jw, resulting in only one friend all through school and learning little social interaction.

  leading to leaving early with no education beyond year 10.. 4. marrying way to young for love?....

  5. making me feel like a demon for being human.. 6. rejection by all friends and wife because i couldn't stick it.. 7. not going back to wife because of rejection, nervous breakdown by freeing wife and believing i was now doomed to die.. 8. almost leaving my childrens lives by both suicide and disapearing.. 9. wifes support by wt to force me out of their lives and for coaching her to do this.

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  Magwitch

  So sorry Aussie! You have been through a lot.

  The cult raped us all - some more than others.