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  Worldly people

  by Akid48 in

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  as i have come to see i have way more friends at school than my kingdom hall but if i get asked about school and i say something about my friends or ask to hang out with my friends to my aunt she gives me a talk about not to like worldly people to much.. for example i ask to go to my friends house (that is a girl)i have known her from 1st grade and my aunt gets mad at me saying what if she says i raped her or something but she lets me go by my self with brothers to hang out if i want but theres a chance i will get raped there to.. read my other posts to understand my story .

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  exjwlemming: that was heartbreaking. Have you ever told your mother this?
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  Worldly people

  by Akid48 in

  1. jw
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  as i have come to see i have way more friends at school than my kingdom hall but if i get asked about school and i say something about my friends or ask to hang out with my friends to my aunt she gives me a talk about not to like worldly people to much.. for example i ask to go to my friends house (that is a girl)i have known her from 1st grade and my aunt gets mad at me saying what if she says i raped her or something but she lets me go by my self with brothers to hang out if i want but theres a chance i will get raped there to.. read my other posts to understand my story .

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  > your friend might say you raped her

  what a horrible thing for a grown woman to say to a 13 yr old boy who wants to go play with his friend.

  I mean what if an elephant goes into musk in the local zoo, breaks out, charges you and you become a paraplegic? That could happen too, you know.

  sheesh.
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  Question for those who went to the RC

  by joe134cd in

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  i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

  what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

  has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

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  I don't understand what the big deal is with choirs anyway. Well I do, can't have anyone enjoying themselves.
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  Finds in Jerusalem shore up biblical account of Babylonian conquest (586 BCE date)

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a nice article about archaeological finds, what caught my attention is the use of 586 bce as the date for the destruction of jerusalem.. according to biblical descriptions, in 586 bce, the babylonian king nebuchadnezzar vanquished the judaean king zedekiah and razed his capital city, jerusalem.

  the babylonian captain of the guard nebuzaradan was dispatched into the city, where, as told in the book of jeremiah, he “burned the house of the lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire.”.

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-jerusalem-finds-shore-up-biblical-account-of-babylonian-conquest/.

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  Most interesting is the naked statue of a women, a goddess most likely AND a necklace of Sekhmet Egypt Ian goddess of War( whoo whoo Watchtower... pagans in David's Holy City, in the Temple buildings no less!!)
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  Finds in Jerusalem shore up biblical account of Babylonian conquest (586 BCE date)

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a nice article about archaeological finds, what caught my attention is the use of 586 bce as the date for the destruction of jerusalem.. according to biblical descriptions, in 586 bce, the babylonian king nebuchadnezzar vanquished the judaean king zedekiah and razed his capital city, jerusalem.

  the babylonian captain of the guard nebuzaradan was dispatched into the city, where, as told in the book of jeremiah, he “burned the house of the lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire.”.

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-jerusalem-finds-shore-up-biblical-account-of-babylonian-conquest/.

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  who used to show up on every 607 post? I always hoped he lived long enough to see the WT drop the significance of that date.

  Am I missing something ? They haven't dropped the significance of 607 have they?
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  I went Elder Hunting yesterday!

  by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in

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  win my first post i introduced you to tweedle dee and tweedle dum, ( surprise elders visit ).

  well last sunday night i got phone call from t- dum, he informed me that t-dee was listening in, no doubt practicing his short hand.

  t-dum went on to say how he was concerned that we were making the biggest mistake of our lives, yada yada.

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  Great story, very amusingly written.

  At first, I thought oh, c'mon, just let it go but you know what...their behaviour stinks. They know darn well what they do..." keep your mouth shut" How dare he!!! Honestly, they are like the mafia ( minus the violence)NOT YOU! Threatening people like that especially when they hold your family hostage.
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  Dunkirk.

  by zeb in

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  i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

  do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

  (not for kids).

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  I can't wait to see it.

  The truth is, though, that it was Hitler's resistance to finishing his trapped prey off that allowed them to escape.
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  Apparently, ISIS fighters have been caught fleeing Mosul dressed as women ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i suppose this is one of those pieces of news that could have been posted in the entertainment section.. yes, isis fighters have been caught by the iraqi army trying to flee mosul dressed as women.. some have been caught wearing the full face veil.

  a sensible choice, as it hides those masculine cheekbones, heavy jaw or five o' clock shadow.

  others have been more creative, dressing like prostitutes in a shakespeare play.

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  might have helped if Mrs. Upper right had shaved her beard!!
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  Dunkirk.

  by zeb in

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  i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

  do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

  (not for kids).

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  >Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion

  Er.....WW1???

  I would say France was the Russia of WW1. I know it's a meme but just sayin'
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  Jehovah's people are not happy people

  by Phoebe in

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  i finally stopped attending the meetings about 4 months go.

  i won't be going back - ever.. but i've decided the best reply to the watchtower is to be happy and i do try to be happy every day even thought i wasted my entire life on this religion.

  i cherish every day, practice mindfulness and do my best to be content with the life i have.. it is only now that i see that most jws i know are deeply unhappy people.

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  PheobeIt's a strange, but nice feeling, taking each day as it comes without worrying that I'm not good enough and if I didn't do better God would kill me. Jeez! 60 odd years of that!!! I can't get the time back but think myself lucky that I did finally see the truth and been set free.

  Many awake younger JWs don't know whether they should help awaken their 50 plus mum's and Dads , often very depressed people on meds, who bemoan their lack of friends at the hall. One lassie's mum's husband left her, she was desperately miserable until she found a hobby and a wonderful worldly friend. Well, wouldn't you know it they guilted her into giving that up in order to " do more" for the Org.

  I would love people like her to see your post - I always encourage them wake their parents unless their is a very particular extenuating factor.