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  Prince Needs Hip Surgery. Doesn't want it, then wants it, doesn't want it and now wants it.

  by Yizuman in

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  2. entertainment

  source: http://www.showbiz411.com/prince-patti-labelle-apollo.

  prince: so hip he needs two new onestuesday, june 09, 2009. music / by roger friedman.

  tags: prince.

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  purpleplus

  I know a sister who had hip replacement surgery? Prince must have other reasons for refusing surgery, if this is true...
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  What Has Hurt You Most About Being A Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, it's not having a "normal" childhood.

  being raised a jw will make you miss out on ordainary kid things.

  you can't have any friends except witnesses---and only jws that measure up.

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  purpleplus

  Like others have stated, I hate that I wasted my time, about ten years of my life. No matter what I do now, I can't help but think I could have been further along if it were not for those "lost years."
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  Two by two going to a funeral!!

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sitting at home watching cricket on the box( i know that's sad) and look out of the window and who do i see but two sets of people walking down the street calling on peoples houses.

  yes jehovah's witnesses.. the weird thing is that they are walking even slower than people in a funeral march.

  they look just as unhappy as if someone has just died.. also why do they go house to house in twos.

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  purpleplus

  Hmmm, maybe they're sent in twos to counteract a well informed householder. A witness wouldn't concede to a "non believer" in the presence of another witness.
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  What Is Your Present Status In The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you disfellowshipped?

  disassociated?

  a fader?

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  purpleplus

  Faded out
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  "You have a good point, but of course we still have the Truth"

  by BonaFide in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that is the bottom line for a witness.

  i have tried so many times to reason with witnesses, and they react the same as i did almost all my life.

  the only success i am having is hopefully planting some seeds, because that worked with me, over a period of time.. many threads on here describe reasonings and great points designed to "wake up" witnesses.

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  purpleplus

  The comments regarding people being ready to accept the truth about "The Truth" are sooooo true. I remember the moment I gave myself the option to leave. That changed averything and allowed me to see things for what they really are. Before then, nothing would get through.
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  What Was The Very First Thing That Came Across Your Eyes That Lead You Down The Road To Doubt?

  by Yizuman in

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  any of you remember what was exactly the first thing that crossed your eyeballs to lead you into doubting the wts?.

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  purpleplus

  For me it was bringing a bible study to meeting. We had such fun with our studies, but after sitting through a meeting she looked at me and said "you've gotta be kidding".

  I've experienced the same reaction, especially towards the music.
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  Dumb Cult comment -"We are Brainwashed, are brains are washed from filth!"

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you heard witnesses say this?

  i was watching a doco.

  on a cult in america who's "christian" leader slept with everyones wife...even his sons!

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  purpleplus

  Unfortunately, Ive used this line too.
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  Baptism valid or not?

  by RaraAvis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am curious to those of you who were baptised as jws and who have left the organization, but still consider yourselves christians, do you consider your baptism valid?

  how many of you out there felt the need to be rebaptised?.

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  purpleplus

  No, but I've been baptized as a Methodist and a Pentacostal before.
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  What Makes a Person Vulnerable to Join a Cult ? By Steve Hassan

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of us often wonder with amazement how we ever got caught up in the jehovah's witnesses mind control after having been out for awhile.

  and we still wonder how some of our relatives stay trapped inside it.

  well, steve hassans book " releasing the bonds " explains briefly in chapter 4 how it can happen.

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  What Was The Very First Thing That Came Across Your Eyes That Lead You Down The Road To Doubt?

  by Yizuman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any of you remember what was exactly the first thing that crossed your eyeballs to lead you into doubting the wts?.

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  purpleplus

  Ditto, Kahlua. I watched a documentary on Jim Jones and saw some similarities that got me thinking.