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  TED JARACZ' stroke, latest from Bethel heavy.

  by yesidid in

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  according to a bethel heavy i know rather well,.

  ted is paralysed down his right side,.

  however his mind and speech remain unaffected.. .

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  is john barr still alive?
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  Could Watchtower Collapse Be Sooner Than You Think?

  by metatron in

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  there have been a number of developments over the past few months and they paint an interesting picture.. witnesses can keep dragging themselves to meetings ad infinitum however, the future of the watchtower itself is another story.

  the evidence of continuing cash flow problems is now overwhelming.

  if you talk to well placed witnesses, most won't deny it but simply blame it on the publishers financial problems.. they have cut off loans to congregations many of whom genuinely need new kingdom halls.

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  i think their assets will keep them going for quite a while. who knows how many billions they have in offshore accounts.
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  TED JARACZ' stroke, latest from Bethel heavy.

  by yesidid in

  1. jw
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  according to a bethel heavy i know rather well,.

  ted is paralysed down his right side,.

  however his mind and speech remain unaffected.. .

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  joelingeorgia

  is Jaracz the last of the old guard or is there one more besides him?
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  TED JARACZ' stroke, latest from Bethel heavy.

  by yesidid in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to a bethel heavy i know rather well,.

  ted is paralysed down his right side,.

  however his mind and speech remain unaffected.. .

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  joelingeorgia

  is Jaracz the last of the old guard or is there one more besides him?
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  TMZ has a photo of Paris and her brother at the kingdom hall Tues night!!!

  by Pandoras cat11 in

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  2. friends

  i know, i know, more michael jackson news.

  this for some reason has got me ticked off.

  if you go to the tmz website you will see a photo of paris and her brother holding the "sing praises to jehovah" songbook.

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  joelingeorgia

  clearly Michael knew that Katherine would raise the kids as Jehovah's Witnesses. I don't think he was that stupid.

  he must not have hated that much of his childhood as he said he did.
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  What did you dream about doing in the "New System"?

  by lurk3r in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  life in the new system, did you give it much thought?

  sure, we would be brought to perfection, and there would be a resurrection, but how about other things?.

  in my years growing up and living as a jw, i never really thought about it that much.

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  joelingeorgia

  meeting people
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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
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  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  joelingeorgia

  Hi Spaghetti,

  Welcome to JWD. There have been many gay exJW's on the board over the years. I guess I would say I'm the old grey gay of the board now. I come and go from time to time here. You can find a lot of my postings about being gay under my old screen name joelbear.

  It is clear to me that being homosexual is not a choice, nor is it learned. Who would you learn it from? I knew I was gay when I was 10.

  I got baptized when I was 15 because I thought it would cleanse the gayness out of me. Nope. I dated sisters until I was 30 because I was convinced that I would eventually meet a woman that would turn me on. Nope.

  I went to Bethel, determined to live a life of celibacy, but I fell in love with another brother and told him how I felt. He reported me and I was on the next plane home. Although, my committee there was quite kind to me. As was my committee when I got home to Georgia. They didn't know what to do with a young man who had always been faithful and obedient and humble and was now telling them he was queer.

  I came out when I was 30. Moved away to start a new life. Lost contact with all my witness family except my Mom and Dad who truly tried to understand what I was going through even though it was difficult for them.

  I met my partner Mitch shortly after coming out. We have been together almost 21 years.

  Live life. Love others. Let Matthew 7:12 be your guide.

  Joel
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  "Michael Jackson knew it was the truth, that's why he left his kids to his JW mother"

  by BonaFide in

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  i talked to a couple of my friends that are jw's this week about this, they said, "well, obviously mj thought it was the truth, that's why he left his kids to his mother, so they can be raised as witnesses.".

  why didn't he leave his kids to his brothers?

  he has several of them.. bf.

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  his 2nd choice was Diana Ross. does she have the truth too?
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  Michael Jackson's Death Is Exposing Jehovah's Witnesses In A HUGE Way!!!

  by minimus in

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  if you read comments made regarding mj's death, there are tons of people talking about his religion.

  the fact that he was a jw that disassociated himself, is giving bloggers all sorts of ammunition regarding the rotten witness religion.

  jws are trying to defend themselves and their religion and outsiders are clearly seeing how effed up jws really are.. good..

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  i have a feeling that most of the people saying and praying things at the service had no idea what Michael's spiritual ideas were.

  i think that is pretty disgusting.
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  Michael Jackson is Dead!

  by slimboyfat in

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  someone else posted on another forum they heard on the radio michael jackson is dead.

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  joelingeorgia

  I always identified with Michael in many ways. growing up JW. trying to please a mother in a bad marriage.

  I know he had a lot of pain. He may or may not have been a child abuser. If he was, there is no excuse for

  that, but I still have compassion for someone that is that screwed up, even though, I believe they absolutely

  have to be imprisoned and kept away from children. I think he was probably gay and suppressed that to

  keep his mother happy. Suppressing sexual desire can lead to it coming out in other ways or trying to hide

  it by having sex with kids and then bribing them or threatening them to keep quiet. Again, not an excuse.

  Everyone is responsible for their own actions, but there is so much back story to people that we will never

  know or understand. On one hand, I'm sorry Michael is dead. on another maybe that is the only way

  he could find peace.