Topics Started by IslandWoman

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Field Service, Anyone?
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
the human brain is a non-stop chattering machine.

it is constantly evaluating, making decisions and judgments.

there is not a human being alive that isn't an abject hypocrite nearly every day.
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Thank You Simon!
by IslandWoman in
1. jw
2. friends
simon, .

thank you for this place and your hard work here!

iw
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Happy Equinox/Spring cleaning
by stephenw20 in
1. jw
2. friends
message from caroline myss.

a. message from a wonderful teacher..... happy easter all - .

and happy equinox.
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Long Intro From A Long Timer
by hillary_step in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a new to posting on this board though i have been actively reading your posts the past while and i thank some of you for the interesting viewpoints that you have verbalized and that i have enjoyed thinking on.

i am still an active jw, in fact an elder of 20 years standing hence my need to limit information about my personal circumstances.

i have served in a number of countries in europe as a pioneer and elder over the past three decades.
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Now that you aren't a JW anymore....
by Flowerpetal in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just wondering about most of you guys.

since you aren't jws anymore, what are your beliefs now?

have you rejected the bible as a whole?
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Sign of the times?
by BugEye in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here is one for you.. in matt 24:9 it says **then** you will be persecuted .

in luke 21:12 it says **before** this you will be persecuted.

i have my own explaination, but it is quite radical and so.
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Are JW women repressed in the org?
by Tina in
1. jw
2. friends
in another thread titled why?

in the beliefs and practices forum,.

i have an exchange going on with another woman.
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JW attitudes on women - why beneficial
by tergiversator in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my secret wish, when i was about 10 years old and we were going through the revelation book for the second time, was that one day we would show up at the book study and all the baptized brothers would be missing and they would let me read.

i was pretty sure that i wouldn't mangle words like thyatira and laodicea nearly as badly as some of the poor brothers they roped into reading at times, who looked like they were being tortured during particularly difficult lessons.. i liked to read, i thought.

my older brother got to read a lot, even when he wasn't baptized.
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Anyone out there?
by Clark66 in
1. jw
2. friends
my name is clark.

i have been disfellowshiped since december 31, 1991. i attended the redwood city north congregation and was disfellowshipped along with an elder on the same night...you do the "mathwork.".

i am new to this sight (about 1/2 hour) and am not familiar with the format of the do's and don'ts ... or even if i should be here.... however, i have a question for anyone...(and i'm ready for the answers whether it be from over enthusiastic jw's or people who understand...or from anyone in between).. i was disfellowshipped because i openly admitted before 3 elders that i am gay and lived this life as a gay man despite being previously a regular pioneer and a ministerial servant.
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Russia online
by Drue in
1. jw
2. friends
thank you for this board i was enjoying many of the posts here for some time.

being from russia, i also enjoy this melting pot atmosphere of the fearless norse, nonchalant aussies and unostentatious americans and i really do like your britishers jolly good sense of humour.. and then comes slang: i was enjoying deciphering all the btw fyi imo imho acronyms.

today that i think i understood what lol means i decided to sign in.