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  2017 JWN Christmas Card Exchange

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  in years gone by i have organized and coordinated this.

  pm me if you want to be added to the list giving me your snail mail address and/or your e-mail for those with tech skills and a safe e-mail.. do this by december 14, and i will pm the list to each person on it.

  latecomers will be added but you may not get it by christmas.

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  Hi Blondie, May I ask you how it works ( sorry ignoramus here)
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  New Resolution?

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  had our midweek meeting last night.

  they had a resolution to send an extra (i wanna say $1100 but i only remember it was at least $1000) per month to forward the kingdom preaching work etc.. you know how they work in the kh...no one votes against anything.

  i abstained as i almost have always done.

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  D'you notice how "Happy giving widow grandma" has miraculously got a fatter, fuller healthier looking face than poor "sad starving widow grandma". So even though you have literally nothing to eat, if you give your last money to Watchtower God will make sure you eat enough to put on weight.

  I cannot tell you how angry that Watchtower article made me.
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  Extreme joy from Witnesses regarding President "Tribulation" Trump!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  so sunday afternoon tea with my "anionted" mum and her old witness holy friends.

  they start talking trump how he "is gonna do somthing to start armegedon.

  " no sad faces about this apocalipse.

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  Diogenesister

  They also wrote all their Babylon the Great theories when only Christianity carried any weight in their myopic Westernized world view.

  Even if the UN was able to somehow suppress religion in the west, how on earth do they think it would hold any sway in, for example, large swathes of Asia with it's many localised religious beliefs or the Islamic countries....I'd like to see the UN try to stop those Pathan tribesmen in the Afgan mountains from their weekly mozey down to the mosque!
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  My mom contacted me last night...

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as i have revealed in other threads my mother and i havent talked in over 2 years.

  she has been keeping her distance, therefore staying loyal to jehovah.

  she found me on facebook.

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  Diogenesister

  Giordano an hour ago

  No it doesn't apply to god as he, she or it remains silent so all we have are bad translations of that silence. The WTBTS simply make's up stuff.

  Its like S.E.T.I. started telling us that Aliens were saying if we all wear underpants on our heads and walk around in wellies full of beer they will come visit. We'd know the folks at S.E.T.I. were making it up.
  

  Unfortunately, although the radio's silent at the Watchtower when they make things up it's dangerous and cruel - like the blood stance and shunning.
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  Memories of Grace Gough

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone;i'm not on here too much anymore, but i've been asked to write a brief biography of our dear grace gough ('mouthy' on here).

  i'm writing my own memories of her but it was also suggested that i maybe contact others who knew her to see if they had a nice memory or two of her they'd like to share.

  it would only have to be a paragraph or two and your name can be kept confidential if you like.

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  Diogenesister

  I was reading some old posts on here last year. I didn't ever know Mouthy ( Grace) and it's often hard to get a real sense of the person through forum posts....but I was touched by the level of warmth that emanated from her, the lady's character really shone through as loving, fun and compationate. I'm envious of those of you who had her in your lives.

  I know I'm preaching to the choir but what evil the Watchtower has to answer for, for causing a dear old grandmother to be shunned and alone in her old age because her good conscience could not go along with their rulings.
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  Help from you fine folks here. "Hope and wishes for baby"

  by James Mixon in

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  2. friends

  baby shower for my son (raised a jw) and his wife mormon, a baby boy.

  so a "hopes and wishes list" for the baby was handed out , any ideas.. i hope you know________________.

  and i hope_______________________.. love grandpa.

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  Diogenesister

  I hope you know that we never stop learning

  I hope you learn patience

  I hope you experience real, unconditional friendships

  I hope you love all kinds of people

  I hope you try harder when things get hard

  I hope you aren't afraid to differ from your friends, it's easy to disagree from your enemies

  I hope you become comfortable with who you are

  I hope you never forget how many have suffered and died to make this world the peaceful, free one you live in

  I hope you have a big happy family, and a great relationship with your SO whoever HE or She May be!
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  JWAdvisor website is freakin' AWESOME!

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this site is absolutely hilarious!

  it's jws anonymously asking questions and getting g anonymous answers.

  the level of deep is insane.. https://jwadvisor.blogspot.de/?m=1.

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  It's just some egotistical wannabe using the sheep's utter gullibility to dish out orders. And the idiots answer "yesirrr!"
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  Update on MIL shunning

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello on this beautiful sunday!

  just a quick little update to the post i made a few months ago about my mil shunning us.

  quick recap: during a convo after she attended the rc and was going on and on about how powerful it was and how great the videos were, blah, blah, blah...i couldn't take it anymore and told her that's not our lives anymore and i didn't want to hear anymore about it and to please respect that and move on to something else to talk about.

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  Freddo they are clever in using the example of a married man with wife and young children, by doing so they are reinforcing to witnesses to shun those not living under your roof regardless of relationship, whist fooling non witnesses that " normal family affection and dealings continue"
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  Election Post-Mortem

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

  really, wtf!.

  the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

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  Nathan don't be an ass of course they exist. Most major newspapers in the UK have had an outline for the Queens obituary for years....doesn't mean they want her to die. They would have had a leader prepared for either win.
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  What Songs Best Fit you when you learned TATT and Afterwards?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  2. experiences

  the work of john lennon best fit my situation.

  first, i found out.

  i found out.

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  Diogenesister

  Oh god Baker!!! that " Just around the corner" song is SO CRUEL. I thought it was a spoof at first, it's so absurd, but then I saw the WT " watermark" on the video and realized it was for real. It made me cry with sadness and anger...to squeeze these old folks for every penny they've got and every spare moment they have aside from work, all on the basis of a false promise to reunite them with their long dead young daughter. How cruel. But remember, one false step...get on the wrong side of the elders and that's it...you will never see your child again, even if you have served faithfully for 70 years...one ciggie and it's eternal death for even the kindest soul in the world.