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Musings of a fader: July 4 picnic
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been a fader for sometime now.

yesterday was the first time that i went to a july 4 picnic and fireworks - not that i went to specifically celebrate that day, i just wanted to get out and see people, see life.. i was raised in the truth and because of this i had many preconceived notions and ideas - one of them being that worldly people weren't fit to associate with, that anyone not serving jehovah would only "spoil my useful habits.".

i wandered around the park and for the first time i just observed people without any pre-existing conditions - there was a lot of activities for children, face painting, candle making and various rides and people dressed up as cartoon characters.
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I've seen a whole lot of NEWBS here lately glad to see the new blood...
by zeroday in
1. jw
2. friends
welcome all new ones to a breath of fresh air...i lingered in the polluting air of the kingdom hall for 28 years before i steped out for air.....i hope you did not wait that long...
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Worship of the Faithful and Discrete Slave?
by Lady Zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it sure does seem like the wtbts is subtly edging jws towards actually worshipping the fds.

they're constantly reminding jws that all spiritual food is provided via the fds and how the wtbts are jehovah's chosen representatives.. and the nebulous hypothetical question that the wtbts has been asking of late of (paraphrased) 'will you accept and obey direction from the fds, no matter how strange it may appear?

' they insinuate that "in the last days," jws may be issued instructions that may, at first, appear to be outlandish, but that their very survival depends on it.. it was ominously mentioned at the last dc and was mentioned again several times in congregational meetings, especially during the book study which not surprisingly is the revelation book.. the first problem here is, the current gb, the very ones responsible for "providing food at the proper time" are not among the annoited.
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One should always speak good of the dead...
by avishai in
1. jw
2. friends
jesse helms is dead.

good.
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Horrific fuel prices in Germany
by flyphisher in
1. jw
2. experiences
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1,61 euro per 1 liter = 9,57 us-dollar per gallon (!!).

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For NEWBIES Re: The BITE Model
by What-A-Coincidence in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/articles/bite.htm.

mind control - the bite model from chapter two of releasing the bonds: empowering people to think for themselves* .

* 2000 by steven hassan; published by freedom of mind press, somerville ma.
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How the annointed KNOW that they are...........I must be ALSO!!!
by nomoreguilt in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just came to me out of the morning mist.

i was standing in my garage having a smoke just a few minutes ago.

so, i was thinking about the day to come and i had my hands in my pockets.
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Will another JW die?
by Gordy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i received the following from a jw friend who received the information from a jw who lives in the area of the case.

theres a guy from merseyside called james challinnor who married a geordie lass and lives in ferry hill just outside of durham - and her liver is failing.

been bad for years apparently.
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Excommunication/Disfellowshipping is pagan practice--by request!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
excommunication/disfellowshipping is pagan practice!--by request!

request from researcher: hi atlantis or n. or whoever!

one of my friends on the board said that she downloaded the 1947 awake pdf that "bereanbiblestudent and invetigator 74" posted, and in the first issue on page 26, it said that excommunication or disfellowshipping was a pagan practice.
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News: State taking religion to court
by belbab in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
several states have taken on religion in court.

carole mikita reporting .

members of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints (flds) say the state of texas is attacking their religion.