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  What has the WTS EVER "predicted" that has actually come true?

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  you'd think they could point to something right?

  obviously we're the one true religion".. i can't fathom how anyone of any intelligence would be willing to join up with this org after doing even rudimentary research.. for years they have taught that it's wrong to seek advanced education or to plan for a "worldly" future by trusting in this system of things and then this past sunday the watchtower article rips on people for not planning for the future in regard to their elderly relatives.

  maybe if they hadn't been teaching for 100 yr's that the end was "just around the corner" and telling us we'd better believe that fact...or else, we would have planned better for a future that you said without reservation would not even occur.. what mind blowing prediction can they point to that would convince someone "oh yeah..these guys have it right"...?.

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  "Religion is a snare and a racket! " Rutherfraud
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  How do you cope with impaired mobility?

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  greetings, my aging friends!

  before asking you this question, i tried to do some research on the thought that 'hard work never killed anyone,' but, man, can it cripple you!

  what i wanted to figure out is something better than you're getting older and tireder.. many of us have done hard physical labor most of our lives and see no prospect of retirement.

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  I have started getting the injections in my knees (the one described in the TV comercials as from a roosters comb.) It has to be repeated every 6 months but to me is worth it. Fortunatly is covered by Medicare. It helps a lot! I am trying to avoid surgery and this has helped for about 2 years.
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  Posters that make an impact

  by JH in

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  what posters do you like the most on this forum and why?.

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  From a long time ago, but we still have the posts of these wonderful people.

  Newbies please check out Alan F's posts and check the members link at the top of the page. Farkels posts on Rutherford. Blondie still knows how to find something in a heartbeat.

  Check them out and add a few more!
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  That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leaving the university with my degree!.

  exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.

  i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!

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  WELL DONE!!! We are so proud of you.
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  Meaningless Handshakes

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the first time i set foot in a k.h., i was surprised by the numerous handshakes being given here and there.

  it looked unreal.

  so many smiles and they seemed so sinceer.

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  I dont want any, unless its a green handshake
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  It is now 2003.... Where is Armageddon?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find it extremely amusing how each year is passing without armageddon.

  "for the year 2000, i visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise!

  but i don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. we are living in the last days of the system of things.

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  They can't decide which corner its around! Better get a map. The maps in my bible are really old.
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  How to keep the meeting from getting boring

  by is there help out there in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12689429&ch=4226716&src=news.

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  now the brotherr and sister can walk around wasted..

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  Great stuff! Bumping so a new "generation" can appreciate the ideas.
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  Orange County NY friends, you there?

  by FMonroe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is frieda.

  i grew up next door to the jehovah's witnesses kingdom hall in monroe ny, which is now the village of kiryas joel.

  i am doing research for a family history and i'm trying to get a picture of the kh before it was destroyed.

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  Bumping so someone in the are might see it. Sorry I am in another part of the US.
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  Upcoming Surgery and Blood

  by HeyThere in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am a newly unbaptised publisher.

  recently i found out i need to have major surgery and the jw's tried to rush a blood card in my hand.

  i was so relieved when the elders said i could not have one until i was baptised.. but they rushed to get me copies of the blood videos.

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  I hope you heal quickly and are feeling stronger soon!
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  My Story

  by XJW4EVR in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was adopted into a jw family in southern california.

  my birth mother gave me up after 6 months (the terms mom & dad refer to my adoptive/real parents).

  she gave me up due to the fact that she already had a three year old boy, and back in the late sixties it was not as socially acceptable to be a single mother.

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  Lovely compelling story; if you are still around how are you doing these days?