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  Still waiting ... since 1975 !

  by Amazing in

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  2. friends

  what have i done with my life since 1975?

  became a jw in the late 1960s ... looked forward to 1975 as early as 1968 ... so, out of a sense of duty and spirit inspired organizational hounding ... when 1974 arrived, i sold the house, sold the car, sold the wife and kids ... then moved to where the great are needed ... 1975 came and went ... .

  so did ... 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 walk away from the organization ... 1993, 1994 then it was 80 years of a special mighty generation since 1914 ... finally, 20 years later it was 1995 when i was forcibly disassociated by wts legal department ... 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 ... yikes!

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  If you could have dinner with any historical person...(top 3 choices)

  by Ron1968 in

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  if you could have dinner with any athlete, scientist, president, artist, or religious figure what would be your top 3 choices?.

  ron

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  Ray Franz.....LIAR?

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of my witness family members agreed to take a look at crisis of conscience, and after.

  perusing the first couple of chapters, said that she thought it could be all made up.

  agreed that the documents presented could be legitimate, but as far as franz's personal.

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  Is the WTBTS still an NGO????

  by Tashawaa in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is there proof?.

  i know they "disassociated" from the dpi, but did they also disassociate completely from the un as an ngo?

  i wrote and asked the wtbts, but never got a response.

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  WTBS Inc. ...'Theocratic appointments'!

  by MacHislopp in

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  2. friends

  it is clear , after baptism, they ".. will receive the free gift of the holy spirit" .

  "but he, being full of holy spirit,

  *** and who today will performs the " laying of the hands "

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  Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs

  by Duncan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear all,.

  i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

  i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.

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  200 JWs Go Bowling on Christmas

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2002/12/22christmasaholid.html

  christmas: a holiday of many hues.

  activities range from secular scenes to doing nothing at all .

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  Utter Disgust !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Infrared in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just returned home from the hospital.

  my sister in law had a mis- carriage today.

  it was a very sad day for her and my wifes family.

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  JW'S AND GOSSIP...MY GOD!

  by airwlk149 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  geez- does gossip spread in j dub land.

  last night when i got home there was a message from a jw friend asking me to call her.

  well, i did and she had heard that i had moved in with a "worldly" person and asked me how i was, etc... i asked her where she had heard that and she told me so&so told her.

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  No Invalid Baptisms

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  from what i gather at the service dept., there is no such thing as.

  an invalid baptism.

  they defined it out of existence.

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