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  Field Service Question

  by zzaphod in

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  i know that the wts say`s that the jw`s are ever on the increase, more people, more studies etc.

  yet where i live, (a residential suburb of quite a large city), i rarely see the jehovah`s witnesses going from door to door.

  i think that they`ve knocked on my door once, and i got a memorial invite pushed through the letter box a few weeks ago.

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  Tragic

  by zzaphod in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279252/jehovahs-witness-15-dies-refusing-blood-following-crash.html.

  tragic: joshua mcauley survived a car crash but died after refusing a blood transfusion because of his faith.

  a schoolboy died after refusing a blood transfusion following a car crash because he was a jehovahs witness.. joshua mcauley, 15, suffered life-threatening injuries to his legs and abdomen after being pinned against a shop front by an out-of-control car as he went to buy sweets.. he survived the crash in smethwick, west midlands, and remained conscious, but lost a massive amount of blood and was airlifted to hospital for a transfusion.

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  Your Current thoughts

  by zzaphod in

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  if you had to sum up your current thoughts on the wts/jw experience what word/phrase would you use?.

  anger?.

  confusion?.

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  Are these things still frowned upon/banned?.

  by zzaphod in

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  thinking back, there were a few things i was told then, that now seem rather odd and petty.

  i was wondering if these thing are common in the wts or was it just that my girlfriend at the time was a pioneer, and her father was an elder.

  (so perhap a bit more "enthusiastic" than others).

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  Anyone listen to The Overcomer Ministry?

  by zzaphod in

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  i sometimes listen to this chap (brother stair) on my shortwave set, he`s on the air on 6.110mhz and audible here in the uk between about 14.00 and 17.00 gmt.. or can be heard on his website (i won`t post a link, because it`s the messiest website i`ve seen, and for some reason causes my pc to hang), but you can find it via google if interested.. i ask this question in the entertainment section, because although he rambles on about the last generation, yahweh, and the rest, he`s also a bit of a conspiracy nut.. i find him entertaining, even funny at times.. if nothing else this chap is devoted to his message, i don`t think i could really take him seriously as a minister though.. i was wondering if he has a large following in the usa, he`s based in walterboro, north carolina.. i`ve travelled around the south east of the usa a couple of times, including nc, but i don`t remember hearing him on the am band when i was last there.. btw talk radio in america is the funniest thing i`ve ever heard, much better than our stuffy, and definitely un-funny bbc, which sounds more and more like pravda as time goes by.. .

  all the best.

  paul uk.

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  Jw`s and Charities

  by zzaphod in

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  2. experiences

  hi all, i left the wts in the late `80s, i`ve not really given them a thought, until one sleepless night recently i was trawling the `tinterweb, and came across various videos on youtube.

  anyway`s, the reasons i left were many and varied, and one day i`ll sit down and relate them, but two things have always stuck in my mind, once i was asked "if someone could convince you that without a doubt "the truth" was wrong, would you believe them?

  ", to which i answered "of course i would", - that was me marked.

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