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  Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

  by Hollywood20 in

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  grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

  i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

  my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

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  I understand you wanting to look after your mum (mom to you americans!) but you can send her a cheque (check to you americans) every so often when you make big!
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  Special Pioneer Couple Living at a Kingdom Hall In Miami FL, get the dreaded Letter

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  just got a phone call from an older sister saying that a couple that got re-assigned from bethel 4 years ago to live at their kh apartment as special pioneers, just received a letter saying "as of january 2016, your special pioneer assignment will be discontinued".. they live in a south miami kh(snapper creek congregation).. this couple had only served in bethel for 15 years before they were sent out into the special pioneer work.

  they are now in their mid 50's and the sister said that they have to find part time jobs to support themselves.. the older sister (does not have a pc or internet), says that the couple are just devastated!

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  Do they lose the apartment as well?
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  ANNOUNCEMENT CLIP ...2015 Annual meeting Sam Herd confirming what we knew a month ago about slow down and halt of worldwide construction

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_h68ktwpim&feature=youtu.be.

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  Luke 14:29 says onlookers would ridicule someone who built a tower without the necessary funds available ...

  Am I unkind to ridicule?
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  Did Jesus really die on a cross?

  by macys in

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  being raised a catholic we had lots of crosses around the house.

  when my family converted to this cult they were all removed and destroyed in case they had demons in them lol but at this juncture in my life i do not even know if jesus as the way he is portrayed in the bible was real.

  yes a man named jesus did live and die 2000 years ago and probably on a cross but he was definitely not the son of god.

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  What Simon said.
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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

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  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  Do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?
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  Some Recent U.K. Information ...

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  ... just received!

  london bethel: last year a couple in their fifties were laid off from bethel and made special pioneers.

  in january they will be demoted to regular pioneers.

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  Weekend before last - also south of England CA - about 1100 in attendance and 3 baptised. The chariot is moving so very quickly nowadays isn't it?
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  You need to marry a ministerial Servant!

  by John Aquila in

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  a single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.

  i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.

  my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..

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  I'm with Billy the ex-Bethelite on his analysis of the opening post.
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  And China's version of the Nobel prize goes to ... Robert Mugabe! WTF?!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  according to the guardian, the confucius peace prize has been awarded this year to one robert gabriel mugabe.

  yes, you read that right.

  i suppose i could've put this thread in either the entertainment section or joke section instead.

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  I suppose with Hitler and Stalin being dead and all it was Mugabe's turn ...
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  A nuclear war take place and a 1/3 of the world population is wiped from the face of the earth.

  by James Mixon in

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  how many of you would return to jehovah, wt?

  better yet, how many jws would walk???.

  i do believe it will happen one day....

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  @prologos

  Maybe not right now I was thinking future - 5 to 10 years? And is "Pakistan" telling the whole truth? Governments have been known to lie.
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  We missed you at the meetings

  by punkofnice in

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  a vomit inducing comment.. i asked why do they have to specify 'meetings'?

  they never miss us in tesco or the showcase cinema bar.. in their defence, a friend of mine said: 'that's because the meeting is where they normally would see you.'.

  well, if they want to see you they can arrange a meal out or something.

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  onightdivine - least of all would I trust most of the pioneer sisters!