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  BOE Letter: New Adjustments

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  **this was predicted from some members here**.

  to all congregations .

  re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .

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  cantleave

  JW kids have never had it so good, much less time attending boring assemblies and conventions!!!.
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  Unquestioning obedience

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been demanded over the years by the wt.

  it used to be mildly subtle the way the words were couched.. then they came out with, what they have repeated recently, that it is necessary to obey, even if you cannot understand the reasons, cannot understand why you are being asked to do something.. as a born in i knew nothing of it being a cult, and was only aware of the mind control in a foggy sort of way, accepting it as their way of trying to keep control.. but when i saw those words about unquestioning obedience, my blood ran cold, it then hit me that something was wrong, badly wrong.. how did you react ?.

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  cantleave

  I found those words chilling too. My thoughts went out to my young nephews who are being indoctrinated into this cult by my fanatical brother.
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  Arrested by French authorities for wanting to perform Female Genital Mutilation

  by Syme in

  1. social
  2. current

  here's the story, from guardian:.

  http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/10/france-tough-stance-female-genital-mutilation-fgm.

  these are very interesting news.

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  cantleave

  Men who have been circumcised can still have a normal sex life.

  Not true.

  http://www.livescience.com/27769-does-circumcision-reduce-sexual-pleasure.html

  Also, "Men" don't make the decision to have themselves cut, it is an imposition made on them when they are infants.
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  At what point did you destroy your Blood card?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know for me it was soon after lurking here for awhile and reading some threads on the issue.

  i remenber when i tore it into little tiny pieces.

  it felt so liberating..

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  cantleave

  The first thing you see when I open my wallet is my Blood Donation card.
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  Dub Glossary

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of you have already seen this, but there are also many new ones posting and lurking.

  this is a little handy reference to help you understand dub-speak.

  i've updated it an added a number of new terms and expressions.. ----------------------.

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  cantleave

  Classic
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  The Literature Trolley Has Arrived in My Little Town

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think the time has come for another letter to the local paper to alert the nice people of berwick what its all about.. my last letter went down well.... .

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  cantleave

  Malc, the local congregation buys them from the branch.
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  3 years of study, Just found out!

  by impala63rag in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello friends, .

  i would like some advice from those that are inpartial, and are familiar with the teachings of jw.

  i studied with a wonderful jw couple weekly for 3 years.

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  cantleave

  Run, Run, Run away!!!
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  What are you doing on Valentine's? I was invited to a party... er... a JC

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i go to that dinner with my parents.

  it worked great!

  i think i increased my mom's cog dis just by showing her i am the same good person, and having fun.

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  cantleave

  I will be flying back to the UK from Los Angeles.

  An 11 hr flight is still preferable to a JC.
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  The earliest human footprints outside Africa found in Norfolk, UK

  by Earnest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  footprints found in ancient estuary mud are thought to be over 800,000 years old.

  the british museum, which is part of the happisburgh project, reports:.

  the discovery was made on the foreshore at low tide where heavy seas had removed the beach sand to reveal the normally flat estuarine muds.

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  cantleave

  I love old maps ballistic. There are loads of old rights of way in this area most drawn along old herding routes. This is walking along one a couple of miles from home

  
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  Anyone here involved in the building of the U.K. Bristol Assembly Hall

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the assembly hall in bristol was completed around 1995. i have a brochure which i could upload if there is enough interest.. were any of you involved with the construction?

  any stories?.

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  cantleave

  Not personally, the Hampshire circuits went to Haysbridge at that time.