Topics Started by DonutsToGo

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Boring bookstudy book...which one was the worst?
by White Dove in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember the old timers saying that the red babylon book was the hardest to understand.. in my memory, i'd have to say the isaiah books and daniel book were the most involved and boring.. the revelation book had gorgeous pictures in it (the writing was horribly boring), so i just looked at them, and i was 22 at the first study of it!.
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anyone from the St. Louis, MO/ SW illinois area?
by SnakesInTheTower in
1. jw
2. friends
illinois circuit 6 or 7 and mo 5, 1, 2, 10?

(southern iliinois/se/ne missouri) especially.... snakes (.

ps i have ties to the area.... pm me if you dont want to post publicly.
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Holy Disfellowshipping batman
by lancelink in
1. jw
2. friends
wow, .

i heard yesterday that 50 (yes 50) young people have been disfellowshipped within the past month in my .

old circuit.
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Do you want to know the truth? WT's new campain...
by justhuman in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone see the new wt's campain
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Elder stakeouts! Anyone done one / been a victim of one?
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
suppose the elders get an anonymous letter or phone call, or even a brave soul tells them that they no "brother so-and-so" is sleeping with "sister suzy q".

or a believing jw has a "non-scriptural" divorce, and wants proof her ex is sleeping with someone else.

the elders' manual says the "strong circumstantial evidence, such as evidence that the accused spent all night in the house of someone of the opposite sex who is not his wife or a family member" (paraphrase) can be used as evidence in a judicial case.. to get such "strong circumstantial eveidnce", elders have been known to "stake out" a house, spending all night in a car watching a house.. in all my time as an elder, i was never involved in one of these.
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I am scared for my life. Problems with punks.
by SnakesInTheTower in
1. jw
2. friends
so i have been having problems with the renters that moved in next door.

the last 3 months have been a living hell.

i have an ongoing complaint with the slumlord that owns the property and the city is taking him to court for derelict vehicles next week (which i anonymously complained about, but i am sure i am being blamed for).
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Pro's and Con's of DAing myself.
by lancelink in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.

but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.

i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.
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What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you at a meeting?
by IHaveADream in
1. jw
2. friends
mine was the time i had my twin grandsons with me and i was sitting in the overflow room.

they both needed to go potty at the same time.

so i tried to pick both of them up.
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Why I Hate Fredrick Franz so much!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
imagine you lived thru many, many false prophecies 1879......1914.......1918......1925 {when the other franz's gave up}.......1940's {rutherford said the fascist would start armagedon}..........and then you start you own false prophecy 1975........what is wrong with this man?

he saw the damage this caused....the thousands that left in droves each time!

yet before he goes senile he has one more crack at it, sending maybe 1.5 million brothers apostate??
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How many here went to pioneer school, and who were your instructors?
by BonaFide in
1. jw
2. friends
i went in 1982, one of my instructors was bill baxter.

i taught seven pioneer schools, but in another country.

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