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  Paint Nite - fun evening and a new hobby

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we (and by 'we', i mean my wife) decided that we should try something new and she, erm, i mean 'we', liked the idea of painting.

  so i enthusiastically (i.e.

  begrudgingly) went along for the night to the "pain nite" event she'd booked us for a couple of weeks ago.. the premise is pretty simple: it's held in a pub or restaurant, all the art supplies are provided, the instructor then walks you through how to reproduce a painting they have chosen for the night and you have a glass of wine or beer, do some painting, have something to eat, have some more wine, more painting, more wine, realize you are drinking the dirty paint water and so on.. here's the site: https://www.paintnite.com/.

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  Great work!
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  Anybody see this?

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just saw a couple of news stories from israel.

  apparently the jw's were attempting to hold some kind of convention there, and the the town ruled against the jw's, but another court sided with the jw's and they were allowed to have their event.

  it turns out several hundred local orthodox jews turned out to protest this event, and it did turn violent at one point.

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  15 days ago, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/210610012/israeli-town-council-cancels-jehovahs-witnesses-event
  we got ya covered
  
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  Would you call JW HQ???

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a friend who is still in.

  this friend is a partaker, but has serious doubts about the org.

  this friend wants to stand up as a man, and wants to call wtbts hq.

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  bsmart

  Sounds like this friend hasn't heard the new light about only the GB are are the "Slave". Of course you can have the friend ask about scriptural basis of it. If anything their response will help him out of Witness mindset. Dont expect too much.
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  Simon was a witness when he started the site. I think you are all alone.
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  Gods Total Management Survey

  by SolidSender in

  1. social
  2. humour

  please fill in and return to god.

  god would like to personally thank you for your belief and continued.

  ___ divine inspiration.

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  I couldn't take the survey due to unbelief but thought that the rest of us would like to have a chuckle too.
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  Thank God For Disfellowshipping!

  by Nicola.threeangelsmessage in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had the misfortune of being born into the jw faith.

  however, i thank god every day that i was disfellowshipped otherwise i would never have found the truth.

  good riddance to the watchtower bible track societys false publications, especially that book they claim contains the holy scriptures it is deceitful and full of darkness, and gets darker with every revision!

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  Welcome! It's nice knowing the big A is not just around the corner.
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  Has This Site Ever Hurt You In Your Journey Out Of The JW Religion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this site has gone through many metamorphosis over the years.

  i believe it is a kinder, less edgy place tan it was a few years ago.

  i wonder how many people were helped versus turned off by this place.

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  Vinman

  Take a break, it happens. You may well be back...our journey takes many detours. I always call it the scenic route.
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  BART EHRMAN answers my question

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as a member on bart ehrman's blog, i am able to ask him direct questions.is jehovah in the bible?.

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  how firmly grounded in reality is the claim of jehovahs witnesses that the divine name (jehovah) belongs in the new testament?.

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  I remember when the green NWT came out (as a teenager) I was under the impression the writers had access to the Dead Sea Scrolls. They were a recent discovery and it made sense to me. I dont recall it ever being said at an assembly or from the podium. I am pretty sure I heard it in the car while we were going door to door.

  Now of course, I know different; no Jehovah in the dead sea scrolls either.
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  Hilight topics once read

  by zeb in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  it would be useful if subjects were hilighted once they have been read.

  i go back to the index and forget where ive been due to interruptions, having to leave and come back.. so, friends becomes friends while the site is open.. just a thought..

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  I notice you have different colors for the amounts of replies to a post, is this related to how many replies there are or some other issue?
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  Advice needed on Crisis of Conscience

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, some of you may have seen my thread from yesterday about my wife waking up.. we had further discussion yesterday evening after i sent her the pbs video on the abuse scandals plaguing the watchtower.

  she was so furious and pissed off at wt hq.

  apparently a close relative of her's was abused by an elder and the only reason he was reproved and removed as an elder was because he confessed.

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  Once in a while it comes up on ebay for a reasonable price. Put it on a saved search and you will get an email if it comes up. Use different search terms once in a while as it can depend on what the seller puts in the name of the item.