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  My grandson is interviewing with Harvard tomorrow

  by coffee_black in

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  i'm doing the happy dance!

  just got word a few minutes ago.

  his odds are pretty good!

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  Education opens up your life! Wonderful news!
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  Confidential File-1980 Watchtower Insurance Manual!

  by Atlantis in

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  this file is usually kept in the congregation legal folder, and most jehovah's witnesses have never seen it or even know that it was ever published.. .. .

  1980 insurance manual for congregations of jehovah's witnesses.--------------------------------------------------------who is covered by the society's insurance arrangement (see page 12).the society's arrangement insures your congregation if you regularly meet in a kingdom hall which has one of the following:.1. an insurance account with the society.2.

  a loan from the society.3.

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  Atlantis, you are amazing!
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  New here

  by His Excellency in

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  for the record, i am not a native english speaker, infact i recently just started studying english about 18months ago.

  so apologies for any error you may encounter in the process of making sense of my logic.. i am from a small village in a destitute and war ravaged african country, 80 percent of people in my town live on less than 50cent in a day and myself included, no roads, no hospital, no public institution, no social welfare support, no national security institutiion, nothing, just tribal factions exchanging agricultural produce and i have always wondered why jehovah would have to put the preaching work ahead of a poverty eradication program at this desperate time of our existence.. .

  it was an emotional adventure on finding answers to that question that led me here.

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  We all had questions and this is just the place to get them answered. Welcome.

  bsmart
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  It would be a lovely letter

  by Defianttruth in

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  letter from the governing body.. .

  dear brothers due to our failed attempts of interrupting scripture and completely false, multiple prophecies, we as the governing body are going to implement a few new changes to god's earthly organization.. .

  we are not god's earthly organization.

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  Good letter, wishful thinking!
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  Is it wrong to stay in?

  by confusedteenager in

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  i feel like, i don't believe in the majority of what the gb teaches, but all of my friends and family are invested in this organization and i feel it would be easier on me to just play the part and continue going through the motions then try to leave right now.

  is this taking the coward way out?.

  i just feel like i wouldn't have much to look forward if i stepped away..

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  One of the reasons I left after I graduated high school, was I knew that I couldnt take the subjection thing... The guys were so not what I wanted in a husband. I wanted a say in my own life.
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  My 66th birthday is today!!

  by Terry in

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  once i was little boy in fort worth, texas living with my maw maw and paw paw and mommy.. then, i was an 18 year old 6'4'' skinny 165lb religious nut being dipped in a baptismal during a local assembly.. suddenly, i was 20 and listening to a jail cell door clang behind me as a conscientious objector.. wow!

  23 years old and put on parole until my 6 years sentence was ended!

  i got married to a nice jw girl and had 3 kids!.

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  bsmart

  Happy Birthday!

  Have a good one....
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  A THANK YOU to the board

  by Jerohobobonadad in

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  hello again.. i just thought i'd say "thanks" to all of the contributors to this board (and other boards/ websites, but mostly to this board).. i only started looking on the internet for info on the wtbts about 2 months ago.

  for years i had huge doubts about the org, but no facts to rationalise these doubts.

  some individuals have obviously spent many hours going through the societies literature and researching the history of the org and made this research widely available on line.. i can only imagine what it must have been like 10 or 20 years ago if a "witness" had doubts - where would you go to find out the facts?

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  I am so greateful that answers are available all over the net and especially here at JWN. I left long before the internet but sometimes "worried".

  Now, no worries!
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  Will JW's still be allowed to be teachers in Wisconsin?

  by JH in

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  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218067,00.html.

  wisconsin state lawmaker proposes arming teachers after recent shootings.

  thursday , october 05, 2006. .

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  In light of recent events, I thought this interesting.
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  Did You Give Much $$$ To The Kingdom Hall And/Or Watchtower Society?

  by minimus in

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  i typically gave $$$ to the local kh and seldom gave donations to the society.. i always am amazed how some church going people have very little materially, yet make sure the church and the pastors are well taken care of..

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  Maybe $20.00 total, left as soon as I graduated high school and that cash came out of my babysitting money. I am still a little tight with the budget.
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  Question about this site

  by free2beme in

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  i have come to this site for almost a decade.

  even though i do not stop by much anymore, i wonder why it has not been upgraded or changed to a more modern format.

  it seems like it has basically just been left to what it was upgraded to several years ago.

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  A lot of us are older too, we kind of match. I've gotten to like it... familiarity and all that.