Magwitch

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  Things I remember growing up in the 70s

  by The Rebel in

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  i remember sitting on my daddy's lap and driving an imaginary car, i also remember sitting on my mummies lap on the front seat, without a seat belt whilst my dad drove a real car.

  i remember we bought fish and chips from the chippy wrapped in yesterday's newspapers.

  i remember bouncing up and down on my space hopper in the garden.

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  • One of my brothers getting the new Elton John album .... Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (with a naked woman on the album cover - horror of horrors)
  • January 1, 1976 .... Did we survive the great tribulation??????
  • Summer of '77 - Going to see the BeeGees in St. Paul MN
  • Oldest brother goes to Bethel in '78 and comes home '80 an apostate .... setting a beautiful example for his four younger siblings to follow.
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  Bunker Video Sparks Family Drama!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess you are guaranteed to survive the "great tribulation" if you don't be a "kevin".

  my family members are doubling down on their fervor about meeting attendance.

  they are having an effect on some of my wishy washy long time inactive family.

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  Could someone post a link to that video? I know it has been posted before (Sorry)
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  The 1975 Generation---are they still around?

  by minimus in

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  i was raised as a jw and 1975 expectations were pretty intense.

  as i recall, most people did not leave after the failed expectations but many s l o w e d down.

  now, i think most of the 1975 witnesses are gone or barely in.. is the older generation still around in the kingdom halls or are they much gone?.

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  I remember the fervor very well. My father (almost 90) vehemently denies to this day that the society ever put any emphasis on '75....... it was the publishers that came up with all the excitement.

  My parents and their elderly siblings still going strong

  My 5 siblings and 39 first cousins ..... ALL OUT
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  Jehovah's Witness Recovery is no more...

  by TimeBandit in

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  2. friends

  i just tried to go to the site and there is a goodbye message.

  i was a member there since 2010. i was really surprised.

  i had just started posting there again after being away for a while.

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  Magwitch

  JWR helped me immensely when I first left a decade ago. I loved the site and the people on it. JWR also made me aware of this site, where I burrowed a hole and made my home. Many, many thanks to JWR for all the support you gave me when I desperately needed it! Good night and Good luck!
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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  Magwitch

  Very, very happy for the whole family. This is such wonderful news.
  
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  My 2016 RC Experience

  by wannabefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm at the water park with my five year old in green bay.

  she was so happy to be spared another boring day like she endured at thursday's propaganda feast with her mother.

  after breakfast we drove by the convention site.

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  RC replaced DC because Jehovah's chariot is always moving forward with new light. How blessed we are that we do not have to say DC anymore.
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  Medal of Valor given by Obama to JW Grandmother - Check her Lapel Pin

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this grandmother found the best way to advertise jw.org by wearing a huge lapel pin.. .

  some of the comments are really interesting.. link to article:.

  http://www.phillyvoice.com/obama-award-medal-valor-family-slain-philadelphia-police-officer-robert-wilson-iii-monday/.

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  Magwitch

  Off subject......

  I remember a "special needs" talk shortly before I left the org on sisters not cutting their hair short. It was quite strong. Any sisters that did not have some length to their hair would lose privileges.
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  Do do do do do you remember..

  by tim hooper in

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  does anyone else recall the big chart that hung at the front of every kingdom hall?.

  it would be about 5 feet x 4 feet.

  on the side of the chart, vertically listed, were the months of the year.

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  Magwitch

  Yes, I do remember that...... Tinley Park congregation (Chicago area) I was very young.

  Thanks for the memory!
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  What I like about being a witness

  by molybdenum in

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  Magwitch

  When I was 5 years old I was interviewed at a circuit assembly with my family about what I liked the best about being a JW. My scripted response was......"The ice cream at the 'semmblies"

  Now they don't even have ice cream anymore.
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  Are You Raising An Introvert?

  by darth frosty in

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  its not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.

  it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.

  this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .

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  Magwitch

  an exclusive, underwear, disco party with your cat in your kitchen.

  Darth Frosty......Are you saying that someone other than myself has discovered this fabulous way to spend a Friday (and sometimes Saturday) night???