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What is special about 09/09/09?
by bluecanary in
1. jw
2. friends
it's my birthday!

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Attended DC this weekend, quick recap...the End may not be imminent could take a million years but its still coming
by shopaholic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
attended the dc this weekend in california with a jw acquaintance of mine that wanted to go 'jw man-hunting' and didn't want to go alone.

she knows i'm not active and haven't been to a meeting in a long time and have no interest in jw men.

i think she feels like she has the best of both worlds with me, anyway it was interesting...the gb appears to be changing their tune and i don't think the masses even realize it.. br.
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How does it worK?
by greenie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm curious about bethel and brooklyn.

how does bethel work?

i'm told that no one gets paids and everyone's work there is voluntary.
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When bad spelling trolls leave, new bad spellers (studies, JW's, JW lovers) arrive
by OnTheWayOut in
1. jw
2. friends
i will totally leave names out, as many get all huffy about that.

it's also possible that i am wrong, though i doubt it.. it's just that some trolls seem to deliberately be terrible spellers to make themselves look more naive and when they leave here for whatever reason, some new bad speller comes along in less than a week with an impossible problem or a complicated love situation with a jw or they are a firm believer with questions.

just watch out.
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Why can a JW get a boob job but not a tatoo???
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
that makes no sense to me.

you'd get yourself in a jc for a tatoo but i've seen a couple of jws get a boob job and nothing happen... the hypocrisy in endless... .
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Do mixed marriages work? What about kids?
by greenie in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm new and have posted something along these lines recently on another thread, but i'm wondering, do marriages between non-jws and jws work?

by "work" i mean can they be loving and happy?

and what about kids?
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Is there a copy of the September 2009 OKM available for reading/download?
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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So confused
by greenie in
1. jw
2. friends
so i've been reading this board for a while but never posted.

so, go easy on me!

i have a lot of thoughts, but they're not going to be totally clear.. my story: i was dating a guy, not long, but totally fell in love with him.
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What do you do for canker sores?
by daniel-p in
1. social
2. physical
because mine is hurting like a mofo here... it's at the back of my cheek, where my lower and upper jaw connect,and i can't close my teeth without chomping on it because its swollen out.

my lymph glands under my neck hurt to the touch, the entire side of my head down to my shoulders hurt.. i've tried peroxide mouthwash, salt mouthwash, orajel (which help for about 30 seconds), and aspirin placed on it (which helps for about ten minutes).

today, at work, i put a bunch of salt directly on it which just stung like the dickens for about 10 minutes and now i'm back to square one with the ongoing pain.
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Persecution Wanes/Banning Blood Garners Publicity
by compound complex in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sheer madness --- perpetuated by two madmen who prevailed over the judge [almost].

"after the judge's death, as world war ii was ending and persecution against the witnesses began declining, along with the attendant drop in news-media publicity, hayden c. covington told the author [of the four presidents] that fred franz saw the prohibition against blood transfusions as a way to accomplish two things: to continue to publicize the religion, and to create an uproar in the community.

this reaction would convince the membership they were being "persecuted" and "suffering for righteousness sake," a sure sign they were "in the truth.".