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  Describe Yourself.

  by SpannerintheWorks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not everyone feels comfortable revealing details of themselves on this forum, and i've never met anyone on this discussion board (but of course i hope i will one day!

  ) and i just thought that it would be fun and interesting for all of us to post a little about ourselves!.

  i'm 40, own 3 businesses, married to a jw wife (wish i wasn't) and am addicted to a certain website..., .

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  Getting slimmer........neat, hey?

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  Watch Blair squirm

  by Simon in

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  he's not doing very well with a very small group asking questions (itv) .

  dodging questions ... doing that "rabbit in the headlights" lost look.

  tv interviewer is p*** poor (much too respectful) ... where is paxman when you need him!

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  Hey wednesday........were you on the writing committee!?

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  US guy's 'dump' worth $37,500!

  by ISP in

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  police say man who swallowed $37,500 gem has yielded loot

  march 8, 2003

  by frank main crime reporter

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  Police say man who swallowed $37,500 gem has yielded loot March 8, 2003 BY FRANK MAIN CRIME REPORTER He said he was shopping for a diamond for his girlfriend. But Peter J. Mannix didn't leave the store Monday with a gem in a pretty velvet box. It was in his stomach, after he swallowed a three-carat diamond priced around $37,500, police said. He was caught and left the shop in handcuffs. Investigators had been waiting ever since for the loot to make its way through his intestinal tract. Mannix--who allegedly gulped down the stone at a shop on Jewelers Row, at 5 S. Wabash, while trying to switch it with a fake--finally gave up the gem Friday morning, officials said. He is charged with felony theft. Although police do not believe Mannix is a professional jewel thief, there has been an unusual rash of such heists in Chicago. Five diamonds--valued from $26,000 to $65,000--have been swiped in the last nine months from stores on Jewelers Row and the Near North Side, a detective source said. The $26,000 stone was taken last week from an Oak Street jeweler. Among the alleged thieves Chicago police are seeking is Nordine Herrina, who was on the FBI's Most Wanted List. Herrina, who allegedly poses as "Prince Khalid of Saudi," is believed to be in France, which will not extradite him, the source said. He is a suspect in a jewel theft here about five years ago, officials said. Detectives said the cases show that clerks need to exercise more caution in showing their wares to customers. "They lose sight of security in their rush to sell a diamond," the source said. Mannix, 40, of Des Plaines, was arrested at 1:45 p.m. Monday. He was handling a diamond, pretended to cough and handed the clerk back a cubic zirconium, police said. The clerk called police and locked the doors. After he was arrested, Mannix complained of abdominal pain and was taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where an X-ray showed the diamond in his intestines. He was returned to the Central District lockup. Mannix was convicted of theft of services in 1985, records show. He was arrested on the same charge last year for allegedly failing to pay a cabbie $62 after a taxi ride, but the case was dropped. Police did not give Mannix a laxative because a doctor told them it could create medical problems for him. All week, officers poked through his bowel movements, but they did not find the gem until 7:50 a.m. Friday. "Some courageous volunteers went beyond the call of duty," said Sgt. Joseph Petrenko, an Area 4 detective. "They should get a big 'attaboy.' " For those familiar with the three C's of jewelry--cut, clarity and carat--the diamond was a "round brilliant" with a color grade of G and VS2 clarity, Petrenko said. "Some lucky woman is going to have that on her finger some day," said David Bayless, a police spokesman. "As they say, diamonds are a girl's best friend."
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  Do You Think Your Faith Was Real?

  by sandy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptized at 13 and i never felt a close personal relationship with god.

  my prayers were without emotion.

  i nver felt close to god.

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  'Faith'...is the self-brainwashing you need to keep doing in order to stay a dub...........Its an illusion. Some like the illusion.

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  how many former jehovahs witnesses are there from merseyside

  by dannywalsh in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi guys i posted on this forum a couple of months ago to find out how many ex jws there are from my region, i am interested to find out how many have left the witnesses and perhaps start a support group for ex jws in our area

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  I'm from Manchester. I know an ex JW in the 'pool area.....Searchforthetruth..........hes not been too well of late, though.

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  MDS' Book "The Report" (1994) Predicts Global War Ahead!

  by bjc2read in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the following information is a direct quote taken from the "report" volume i pages 94-100 made back in 1994.. ("the report" written & copyrighted 1994.).

  what do "many lands" have to do with this one land, the "land of decoration?

  but who is he, that is the "king of the north?

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  Does that mean i just have to grow a weird beard...to be saved and stuff?

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  Finally received our "shepherding call" today

  by Jourles in

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  2. friends

  it was inevitable.

  after dodging the bullet for a few weeks, the elders finally made their way to our house today.

  the reason i think this to be so, is because he asked me what he should write down for my report.

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  Hey Joules, interesting! Keep us posted. I guess quite a few of us have this to come! If you refused or showed a 'bad' heart condition.....would they have DA'd you?

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  Should we let 13 yr. old daughter go with JW sisters and husbands?

  by Robotnomore in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i resigned from the wtbs last year.

  we have a 13 yr. old daughter left at home.

  we have 2 married daughters that have nothing to do with us but want to associate with their little sister.

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  Do you want her to marry a 50 yr old elder?!

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  JW Urban Legends

  by Azalo in

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  did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?

  for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.

  got any j-dub urban legends?

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  Wait up!

  Remember this one,.........faithful dub sister goes to Doctor for a routine test and he ends up taking a blood sample. They then later tell her she has AIDS! She says I am a goody goody JW wife that does not even do oral.......so how can it be!? They say it is and she has to think who she has been sleeping with. She then confronts husband who tells the whole tale of immorality to her and that he is so sorry for giving her AIDS.

  The Doctor/clinic phone the next day to say it was a big mistake and her records were confused with someone elses! Moral = Jehovah is all seeing and brings things out when he sees fit.

  (Er........right, but can let child abuse fester for years.)

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  "They're Downsizing"/"Going to Hell?"

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i had a conversation with an elder and his wife who have a son in bethel.

  they said they had not heard of bethelites with.

  less than 5 years service being asked to leave but only that the society is "encouraging" brothers to consider.

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  I heard they were out out sourcing the printing. Is that right?

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