Topics Started by leo999

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The Blood muddle
by leo999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i could do with some help to sort out this fraction muddle .we are inactive and of the conscious class , but trying to help others see the 'light' in whatever ways we can .. a couple of years ago , i asked an elder about the fractions , questioning particularly the 33% hemoglobin allowed in the 06 km insert .

when i was a wee girl growing up , nothing of any part was allowed and we were fanatical to even write manufacturers and question their ingredients !!.

i would like to have a list of allowable fractions according to the societies current light , and also what fractions are not allowed .
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Its driving me mad
by leo999 in
1. jw
2. friends
ok , im 9 months into a serious fade , inactive in fm and very spasmodic at meetings .

mum and bro the elder came by to deliver the mags to me now , and yesterday showed the very interesting article on the tetragramaton .

i refused to take them and told him to put them on the table .
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What I hate most about missing the meetings...
by gutted in
1. jw
2. experiences
...is when people ask why i wasn't there.

usually i tell them, that i was sick, or not feeling well, which for the most part is true.

what is irritating is when someone presses it, especially someone you are closer with in the congregation.
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Help deconstructing argument :)
by leo999 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi , this is a part of an email sent by my bro to a 'friend ' the ' friend ' needs some help in pulling his arguments apart .

any takers ?

:)) btw , the 'friend' is a pretend bible study , ex catholic :)).
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What year Did you Stop Attending Meetings - How Long were you a JW ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm trying to compare some statistics and figures on this to share later in the thread to see if more long-time witnesses are exiting- or are newer witnesses exiting after a shorter period of time.

and - are more people exiting in the last 10 to 15 years than before.

so your answers would be helpful in looking into this .
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607
by leo999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi all ,.

is there anyone else at all , apart from the wt that does believe that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce , or are they totally all alone in this ?.

leo999.
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Faders are indeed a large army...
by undercover in
1. jw
2. friends
...and i think it's starting to show.. i started a thread the other day about being hounded after several years of having successfully(?

) faded.

i've been taken aback a bit the recent developments but i'm making a new strategy...one that depends more on sticking to my guns and laying the cards on the table.
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How many have left your congregation ?
by leo999 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone ,.

there are many new folk joining here everyday , and i thought it may be interesting and fun to just see how many people have left the congregation that you have attended in the past 5 years .

i dont mean of course people who are active jw's moving to another cong , but people that have left the wt religion , faded , da'd or df'd .. so , i will start off with my own cong .there have been 9 leave , 8 completely gone , myself hardly ever there and ' inactive ' .. leo999.
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Missing meetings due to the weather, and then attending meetings is making me Bipolar I think.
by miseryloveselders in
1. jw
2. friends
without divulging too much information about myself, i'm on the east coast, up north.

we've been hammered by snow storms, and from what i hear we've got another one on the way tommorrow night.

this month, i've missed 4 meetings total.
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Leaving bethel References ?
by leo999 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to know from anyone who has left bethel .

do the brothers give the people leaving bethel an employment reference , and how is it worded ?

i would prefer to think that if someone is asked to leave due to downsizing , or restructuring , that the bros do everything they can to enable that one to find employment and cope outside .