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  Ever had some Witness storm out or turn off a Movie you were watching! Which one?

  by Witness 007 in

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  i was watching steve martin "leap of faith" pg rated mind you with some witnesses.

  he plays a fake faith healer.

  their were a couple swear words, and the brothers asked me to switch it off.. same thing happened with christine applegate movie {pg 13} "don't tell mom the babysiters dead.

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  No, but a bro got upset and walked out because we were watching old Benny Hill episodes!
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  FlyingHighNow Needs Our Love & Support

  by snowbird in

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  2. friends

  her son, jesse, is in serious condition.. my son is in surgery and may lose his hand and arm.. jesse got an infection in a cut on his finger.

  his finger and hand swelled to the size of an arm .. .

  they have to do surgery on his hand and arm.

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  FHN & Jesse, thinking of you both,

  Mattieu.
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  Oct.15th WT GB Tells JW Rank & File-You are Our Belongings Stay Humble

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the mind control in this latest oct.15th is amazing.

  our lurking jw friend sent us this and it basically tellls witnesses that their opinions don't matter and only god is good .

  it belittles independent thinking and explains that each rank and file jw is owned by the alleged " faithful and discreet slave " .

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  THIS is what they will teach our family in December

  Most in the congo's will be either away on holidays or day dreaming of their holiday break and the above mind controlling info will most likely slip "under the radar" sadly.....

  Hopefully it may wake a few up (like my wifey!)
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  Just started looking for answers

  by jwdecendant in

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  i was raised as a jw and have several family members who are witnesses, including my mother.

  while i love and respect her very much i was very resentful of being raised in "the truth".

  there are several reasons but the main one is the way i was "counseled" and ultimately publically pointed out as a bad associate.

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  Mattieu

  G’day and welcome! Look forward to hearing more from you.

  Cheers, Mattieu.
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  Disfelowshipping Statistics

  by foolsparadise in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  remember when the society used to say that the majority of ones df'ed each year was because of immorality.

  i bet you anything the majority each year is for apostacy because they figure out this whole truth fiasco is nothing but a big lie.

  the society would rather have people think it is for immorality.

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  The society would rather have people think it is for immorality.

  Heck, it was always more fun when a disfellowshiping announcement was made to imagine some exciting immoral act than plain old boring apostasy!
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  John Hughes

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  all of our local radio stations are having tributes to john hughes, playing all the soundtracks from his movies.

  http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne.

  enjoy, .

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  All of our local radio stations are having tributes to John Hughes, playing all the soundtracks from his movies. http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne

  Enjoy,

  Mattieu.
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  Australia rocks!

  by JimmyPage in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80qjh9yivs.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkl7v3tbrze.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7kpyxbmyw.

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  Yes Australia rocks! And Melbourne has the best live music scene in the world! Add to the list of great Aussie bands – The Presets!

  Mattieu.
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  The story of SD-7

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who i am is inconsequential.

  it's safe to say, however, that i am between a rock and a hard place.

  or perhaps...a watchtower and a hard place, more accurately.. i was raised a jw--mom got baptized same day i turned 4 (in 1986), alleged that 'satan got to' me because i wanted to do fun stuff on my birthday rather than go to the convention to see her get baptized.

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  PS - Ever since Dr Evil used the word "inconsequential", I can never read that word without saying it in his voice. So your opening line was quite humorous...

  Mattieu.
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  The story of SD-7

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who i am is inconsequential.

  it's safe to say, however, that i am between a rock and a hard place.

  or perhaps...a watchtower and a hard place, more accurately.. i was raised a jw--mom got baptized same day i turned 4 (in 1986), alleged that 'satan got to' me because i wanted to do fun stuff on my birthday rather than go to the convention to see her get baptized.

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  G'day SD-7, nice to have you on board. All the best with your journey ahead... Mattieu.
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  Only JW "adults" getting baptized in France?

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  tens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses meet in france(afp) 43 minutes ago.

  paris tens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses gathered on saturday in cities across france for an annual international gathering, the religious movement said.. about 150,000 flocked to meetings with the main gathering in villepinte, in the paris region, attracting 50,000 followers.. several hundred jehovah's witnesses were baptised by being immersed in water during the event, which lasts the whole weekend.. those baptised were adults, following the example of christ.. jehovah's witnesses consider themselves the heirs of a primitive form of christianity.. their beliefs are strongly based on the text of the bible and they consider modern christian churches to have deviated from the book's true teachings.. followers reject the ideas of modern evolutionary theory and refuse blood transfusions.. they are perhaps best known for preaching on doorsteps, where they offer religious literature and attempt to convert people.. the movement emerged towards the end of the 19th century in the united states and arrived in france in 1906.. there are more than seven million jehovah's witnesses worldwide and around 150,000 in france.. the group's status varies from country to country.

  they are given the same recognition as mainstream religions in austria and germany but are classed as a "recognised cult" in denmark.. in france, some of their branches have the status of "religious association" but the movement was also mentioned in a 1995 parliamentary report on sects.. google_ad_section_end(name=article) copyright 2009 afp.

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  I was baptised at the grand old age of 15....... Man, all those years wasted between 12-15 when I could have been reaching out more in the org.....