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  Have You Ever Wondered If Someone You Knew Was On Here?

  by minimus in

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  that would be somethin'!.

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  cattails

  I PM'ed with someone I knew from a neighboring congregation at home.

  He recognized me from my avatar photo, although we hadn't seen each other since he got DF'ed back in the mid 1990's (is that right? I'm not sure when you left...)

  Back then I was a happy/unhappy kid as the moods swung, and was quite oblivious to everything around me that didn't perk my interest.

  I'm more "conscious" now, but I can't help the feeling that there are more people, maybe lurking, that I know personally and haven't made a connection with yet.

  I should say that I've met a few on Facebook who'd DA'd or gotten DF'ed or faded over the years and we connected again. There's a lot of JW's and ex-JW's that seem make connections on Facebook despite the WT's admonitions to not frequent such sites.

  If you recognize me contact me here or on FB.
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  Is There (Was There Ever) an Anglo American Dual World Power?

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you live in the u s a or the united kingdom, this is how the wt society views your government, your nation :-.

  yes, as an ugly, evil terrifying beast !

  this is based on the book of revelation chapter 13 , quoted as follows in the revelation climax book.

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  cattails

  I dunno, but I see a family resemblance in the reptile's photo above and the 'Presidential' Bush family.
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  Who Heads God's Organization Today?

  by wannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who heads god's organization today?.

  i've been thinking about this idea about a visible organization.

  not the governing body of jehovah's witnesses at all, they, along with the entire realm of religious christendom are a non-entity.

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  cattails

  Excellent post, wannabe. Thanks.

  [bookmarking it for reference]
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  So...how EVIL was Theodore Jaracz??

  by Joliette in

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  2. friends

  i'm reading crisis of conscience right now and even raymond franz mentioned in his book that ted jaracz didnt vote during governing body sessions based off of 'a gut feeling' like dan sydlik and lyman swingle did, but voted based off of having 'a mean spirit (dont quote me on that) but bascially got an overall vibe that ted jaracz was not a very nice man.

  and whats this about the child abuse policy that he enforced?

  what did he do that made every ex-jw's in america hate him?

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  There was a sister next door in California who said she'd been sexually abused by him.

  She later committed suicide if I'm not mistaken, anyone have more info on that?
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  What do you think about the anointed?

  by MrFreeze in

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  do you think most of those who claim to be anointed are faking it or do you think they actually believe they are anointed?

  it's something i've always wondered..

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  Being "anointed" is being a "Christian," linguistically. I believe what Jesus said about needing to be born again, born from above, spiritually speaking.

  I believe that those "conscious of their spiritual need" don't follow company men from any religious publishing corporation, they instead follow the Christ.
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  Find my icon

  by andy5421 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the same vein with ziddinia(sp?

  ) finding minimus' icon find my avatar.

  where is it from and pst a full sized pic with the actual picture that it came from..

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  cattails

  http://myfavoritetv.110mb.com/drwho/master0.jpg
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  Justification, Sanctification, Substitutionary Atonement is Officially OUT Says WT

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  'also, it is to the spirit-anointed christians who will rule in that kingdom that most of the christian greek scripture is directed.

  ' (watchtower.

  june 15, 1974, pg.8, caps for emphasis).

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  I hate hearing about Calvin, after what I learned happened to Servetus at the hands of Calvinists!

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Servetus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin#Michael_Servetus_.281553.29
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  How to secretly record an elders meeting?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one in which you are present, as if only one party is aware or doing it, it's legal.

  is there a fairly inexpensive device can buy which either in a pocket or somewhere discreet can get a good recording of up to 2 - 3 hours?

  (audio).

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  cattails

  Just about any MP3 player at Staples or Office Depot stores will allow you to record voice and or record an FM station. You can use it on meetings or assemblies and it picks up pretty good while in your purse, bookbag, or pocket.

  (If in your pocket don't squirm about much as it will record noises, and by all means no passing gass or scratching in places, it may pick that up too, and don't forget to turn it off if you go to the bathroom during the meeting, goodness! What an embarrassment that would be. :-)

  You can get a cheap MP3 player on sale for around $20, and a USB rechargeable for $30 and up, hunt around for deals at Staples.

  http://www.staples.com/MP3-Players-MP3-Accessories/StaplesCategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&identifier=CL162859&catalogIdentifier=2&ImgOnOffFlag=on&reset=true&sortType=10005&sortOrder=ASC&sortAttributeName=Price
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  Crisis of Confidence

  by bnybyt in

  1. watchtower
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  the new awake!

  for oct. 2010 has articles on trust.. one article is amusingly entitled:.

  "a widespread crisis of confidence".

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  That's pretty cool Possible-san!

  Thanks. I wonder why it's getting harder to get your magazines at the hall and easier to get them online.

  There's changes and then there's more changes. I remember when my Dad couldn't even keep names and phone numbers or addresses of the Friends in his old DOS computer for fear of the great tribulation and Caesar getting a hold of the names of Witnesses.

  Now more and more things are done over the net and there's someone(s) in the writing department at Bethel teasing people with article titles that bring to mind "Apostate" literature. Oh, my!

  Maybe the good thing is that Crisis of Conscience may be on the lips and minds of may "conscious" ones like BnyByt said.
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  I Have The Baby/Those Are Some Stealthy JWs/Apparently Mama Is Going To Hell

  by Confuzzled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a update for anyone who's interested:.

  so i had the baby at the end of june, he is a healthy, albeit large, baby boy, and prehaps the only man i may ever truly love.

  the dubby one foot in the other out bf has been an amazing help and is totally and completely in love with his son.

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  cattails

  Congratulations Confuzzled!