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  Identity Theft

  by Jerryh in

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  this forum offers the stories of folks with as many variations as there are folks and a “great crowd” of lurkers whose stories may never be offered.

  i am an outsider with a broken heart for some insiders that i love more than they know.

  after reading nearly every “apostate” book ever written, lurking, being worn out searching the wt cd, i have come to an idea that i present for your appraisal..

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  Diogenesister

  Ps really enjoyed your post btw - you've put a great deal of thought into this - I really wish you all the best whatever the outcome.
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  Identity Theft

  by Jerryh in

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  this forum offers the stories of folks with as many variations as there are folks and a “great crowd” of lurkers whose stories may never be offered.

  i am an outsider with a broken heart for some insiders that i love more than they know.

  after reading nearly every “apostate” book ever written, lurking, being worn out searching the wt cd, i have come to an idea that i present for your appraisal..

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  Diogenesister

  In a word, no.

  there is only one tenet that a JW must believe - that the governing body IS the faithful and discreet slave, the representatives of God on earth.

  As you so correctly pointed out, if they don't know who THEY ARE can one be sure they know who you are? As for older ones there may be some room for them to not keep up with the chariot and believe that all the anointed 144,000 are the FDS but that's all the leeway a JW might get. To believe that ALL Christians are Christs brothers,saved , anointed with Holy Spirit or however you wish to put it - well, that would simply get you disfellowshipped if you spoke out which a Christian must do as Christ commanded to preach the good news.

  sorry if this is going to be hard on you, were you perhaps thinking of joining for those you love???
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  44 years old and having I.V.F help to have a baby thanks too bastard "this Generation" lies!! Wife wants kids in 2016! My story.

  by Witness 007 in

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  as a young witness married couple in the 1990's we knew "this generation" of 1914 did not have long to go!

  oh how cute a young pioneer couple we were.

  we wont have kids till "afew more years pass" and we are in the new system.

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  nowwhat?4 hours ago

  I just got in under the wire I am now 55 with 3 teenagers. I would seriously consider adoption

  
  

  LOL Nowwhat!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  IF you cannot manage DEFINATELY consider alternatives like adoption, tho!

  
  

  
  
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  44 years old and having I.V.F help to have a baby thanks too bastard "this Generation" lies!! Wife wants kids in 2016! My story.

  by Witness 007 in

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  as a young witness married couple in the 1990's we knew "this generation" of 1914 did not have long to go!

  oh how cute a young pioneer couple we were.

  we wont have kids till "afew more years pass" and we are in the new system.

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  Hi there and remember CALM DOWN SIR!! YOU MUSTN'T GET WORKED UP OR YOU WONT GET PREGNANT!!!That said, I wish you all the luck in the world..give it your ALL because u will never. Ever find anything that gives u more joy than kids of your own.

  This is what I HATE so so so much about the org. I remember reading it was Ray Franze's only real regret...having no kids. I am so glad u are in a position to have kids but DO try to keep the misses stress free..enjoy yourselves , have the odd drink too( I think getting too worked up and health freaky has the opposite effect).

  Thank goodness you and darkknight757 realized in time before it really WAS too late. Had my twins at 40...don't worry!!!
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  Evolution is a Fact #7 - Human Egg Yolk Gene

  by cofty in

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  exploring the human genome is like roaming around an historic town.

  some places are pristine and obviously still in everyday use.

  others have been unused for a while and starting to show signs of decay and if you look carefully there are relics of buildings that were abandoned long ago.. in this post we are going to look at a gene that we still carry in every cell in our body but which fell into disuse 10s of millions of years ago.. humans are placental mammals.

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  I'm pretty certain you can see a vestigial yolk sac on a human fetus ...its called an umbilical vesicle...
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  The Demons were messing with me last night!

  by olongapo joe in

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  so said my pops one morning.

  we were visiting my sister in eastern tennessee and the night before after everyone else went to bed pops was watching tv when all of a sudden and completely on it's own the tv changed to the tonight show, holy smokes!!

  must be demons cause pops didn't change it!

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  😂😂😂😂😂 ha ha ha keep em coming - I love these stories!!
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  Volunteer workers pushed to renounce to their social rights

  by sp74bb in

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  surprisingly in spain, a large quantity of bethel volunteers (nice to words to say workers) have received their letter telling they are not anymore required.

  in this country, government obliged bethel to give social rights such as basic social security (doctors, etc..) to the volunteers as they understand that it is a business relationship.. all of them have been pushed to sign a letter stating they renounce to their work and then go outside bethel with not a single right (unemployment, etc...).

  it is really unfortunately but silly from bethel office to arrange it this way.

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  hey're a disgrace of a printing company. They want all the benefits wider society provide but refuse to acknowledge any social responsibility themselves.

  THIS ^^^^ sums up their whole attitude to everything - from donated blood fractions to human rights law when it benefits the org
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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  Anything with " ONES" in like "HONEST HEARTED ONES" especially "THESE ONES". Ughhh!!

  Evidently!!!

  Really, then......( some bs)

  Never would we want to......( some bs)
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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

  1. jw
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  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  SPIRITUAL FOOOOOOD ( especially the way David Splane says it)

  GOVERNING BWOHDY (the way Toni morris 3rd says it)

  Christ Jesus ( not Jesus Christ)

  This system of things ( what a mouthful) I like ' the man' better
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  I was ashamed

  by Happeanna in

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  i was once a person who believed in god destroying 7 billion people so a few people could live in paradise.. when the penny finally dropped and i realised what as a jehovah's witnesses i was really praying for , it made me feel sick.

  what is attractive about a person that prays for this world to end .

  i was ashamed to have been a witness deeply ashamed .

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  Paul from Cleveland I can totally relate to everything you said, I was very much the same.