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  Memorial No Shows...Please Check in....

  by ISP in

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  well, i was tempted but i decided not to go to the most bizarre religious ritual of modern times....how about you?.

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  this website

  by little_lamb_on_a_hill in

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  2. friends

  i just stumbled onto this website whilst messing about on the internet and i've taken exception to quite a lot of what i've seen here.

  incase you think i'm some irate jehovah's witness idiot who's been offended by the terrible blasphemy that he's read on here, i'm not.

  i was raised a jw, but now i'm not one.. first of all, given the url, i thought this website was in some way affiliated with the jehovah's witness organization, whereas in reality it seems from the posts i've read that most people here are either former jehovah's witnesses or soon-to-be former jehovah's witnesses.

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  Lest We Forget...September 11, 2001

  by sunscapes in

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  anybody watching the cbs special now?

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  JW Molestation info needed for UK radio show

  by home_and_dry in

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  2. child-abuse

  hi all.. i recently emailed a radio dj here in the uk who has a late night phone in show.

  he is a great bloke, not afraid of touching issues that others won't.. i told him briefly about the peodophile issue amongst jw's.

  he replied, saying that he was very interested in the issue and has asked for more info.. i feel that i am not the best qualified to act as spokesperson on this, and there are plenty of people here who can explain the situation better than i can.. so what i am asking is for any of you to explain the issue here in this thread.

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  Hear'say

  by Duncan in

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  2. friends

  for those who dont know, hearsay are a recently-manufactured pop group.

  they were formed from the successful auditioners to a prime-time uk tv show popstars.

  you know the general idea, five thousand hopefuls apply, there are regional auditions, regional finals, the cut to the final hundred, then the final fifty last ten, then the best 5 were chosen to be in the group 3 girls 2 boys.

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  Social Security and Jws

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  i am a severly disabled adult who receives disability benefits.. i understand sometime ago the watchtower said in one of its magazine(probably watchtower)that a smaller pertentage(sic)of jws claimed the dole in france(this was, i believe during the problems with the french government)as opposed to a higher pertentage(sic)of roman catholic etc etc claiming the dole.. in view of what paul says in one of his letter`he that doesn't work, shall not eat' should jws be claiming the dole if they truly follow the bible.

  discuss.. i believe a social security system should provide for the disabled and pensioners.

  (i don't think the present uk social security system will survive in its present form with accelerting(sic)costs etc etc)

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  Glasto-Aposto-Fest

  by Abaddon in

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  2. friends

  a few days ago the license for glastonbury 2002 was granted.. for those that don't know, glastonbury is a music and art fesitval in the heart of the english countryside.

  about 100,000 people, music from big names like rem and radiohead, all the way down to small folk bands (there are dozens of stages), including a dedicated world/jazz music stage, hundreds of stalls selling all sorts of food and trinkets, a circus, a comedy tent, a cinema tent, a whole section dedicated to alternative/green technologies (solar-powered internet cafe?

  ) and new age what-have-you... you camp in tents whilst you're there, and the only real downside is the toilets, unless it rains.... think of a well organised woodstock that gives huge amounts to charities.

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  Do Apostate demos at conventions work?

  by home_and_dry in

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  2. friends

  firstly, hello from a newbie .

  i was reading a thread a few days ago which got me thinking.

  it was about everyones views on apostates before leaving the dubs.

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  REINSTATEMENT-how long does it take?

  by Mollie in

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  2. friends

  if anyone can tell me how long it takes to be reinstated, i would greatly appreciate it.

  years ago when i was a witness, it was determined by the individual's progress.

  someone has relayed to me that it is now a mandatory minimum of 1 year.

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  Forum plans and policy

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  in case anyone is wondering about our registration policy:.

  i don't intend to turn people away who want to register and post or make ultra-strict registration procedures because i honestly don't think that they work.

  if i were to ask for names of congregations or presiding overseers then i have no real way of checking if they are correct.

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