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  TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  ok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.

  ttatt in a can!!.

  enjoy ;).

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  bookmarked

  great effort

  thanks
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  Do you have all your WT literature? If so why?

  by KateWild in

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  many on this board are still in and have all the literature.

  do you read all your books regularly?

  do you have old magazines that you have underlined and still keep?

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  I have long dumped all the mags and books, not even a bible left in the house, i do have some items in digital format, but very rarely read
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  Which Bible Translation?

  by Blackbird Fly in

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  2. bible

  just wondering which is your favorite translation of the bible?

  we only have the nwt (pre 2013 revision) here, curently.

  but i wouldnt be opposed to having another translation to refer to....

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  I hear Harry Potter is more accurate a book
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  Meeting after meeeting

  by molybdenum in

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  2. beliefs

  i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

  with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

  i wonder why.. .

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  is the meeting over already, guess i slept thro it
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  On a Scale of 1 to 10---How Devoted Were You To Being One of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  as i grew up in the religion, i was a 10. i wanted to be made a "servant" because that was instilled in me from infancy.

  i diligently studied ever piece of watchtower literature and defended my religion intensely.. when i got into my 30's, i started to see little cracks in the watchtower's surface but decided to "wait on jehovah".

  then i started to research a little more critically and realized i couldn't defend the prophecies, the treatment of people and the hypocrisy that was becoming more obvious, that especially an elder can see.. it was a gradual thing---from a 10 to a zero!.

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  never above 3

  i hated everything about being a jw

  never wanted to reachout to become a ms/elder/pioneer and never did become one.

  gave talks on only a handfull of occasions
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  What are you reading right now??

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i am reading "stranger in a strange land" by robert a. heinlein.

  i read it over 20 years ago.

  now i am reading it from a completely different perspective.

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  This thread

  and i just started reading the Posting Guidelines just under the posting window,

  now I reading what I have just writen

  now I'm reading the KFC packaging my dinner came in

  now I will shut up
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  Do you pray over your meals? If so why? If not, when did you stop and why?

  by BU2B in

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  2. friends

  to answer my question, no i do not pray over meals anymore exept for when i am with other jws i do a 15 second head bow for appearances sake.

  i just came to the realization god had nothing to do with whether i ate or not.

  many believers are starving right now whilst many non-believers are eating like kings.. also why should god give me food while he lets little children in dprk concentration camps starve to death.

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  nope, never did, when I had to as at a convention I just shut my eyes and counted to 100
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  My Explanation of Why They Got it Wrong About Blood Using Only the NWT

  by cofty in

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  2. medical

  10 " any israelite or any alien living among them who eats any bloodi will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people.

  12 therefore i say to the israelites, "none of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood.

  15 'anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then he will be clean.

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  HANDLING CHEMOTHERAPY - Advice anyone?

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. friends

  i have just been diagnosed with colorectal cancer (tuesday).. the consultant told me i am to get a scan to see how far it has spread.. i am going to have surgery to remove it, then chemotherapy with a break in the middle.. strange to say i am more terrified of dying under the anesthetic than anything.

  but i have a fear of nausea and vomiting, which chemo caused in all my relatives who have had it.. any advice for coping with this?.

  hb.

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  finallysomepride

  hi hampsterbait sorry to hear about the situation you are in.

  i had my chemo over 30 years ago, firstly they gave me by mistake a double dose & i lost my hair after only 3 days, i had a little nausea but never was sick. i also continued to work all the way through it.

  the chemo drugs i was on were vinchristene?, prednisone & 1 other i can't recall but do have it's name somewhere.

  maintaining a good healthy diet, as many have already advised.

  pot sounds like a good idea if you can get it legally

  i wish you well with your treatment
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  stayed in bed this morning!!!

  by quellycatface in

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  i didn't get to church this morning.it was raining so bad.stayed in bed.got up late and had a boozy lunch instead.no guilt, no concerned phone calls.freedom!!!

  next week, for sure..

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  finallysomepride

  i would have stayed in bed this morning, but iwas woken at 6:30 by the cat jumping on me, once i'm awake no use stayin in bed.

  been 12 years since i have had to get up for a kh meeting no guilt ever.

  now i need to figure out how not to get up for work and still have an income