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  In Your Opinion: Who Was The Greatest Person That Ever Lived?

  by minimus in

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  my answer: jesus christ.....yours??

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  Sir Thomas Crapper - inventor of the toilet.
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  What do you do with your old liturature?

  by Gadget in

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  i'm in the middle of decorating my new house, and was a bit stuck as to what to use to mask off the furniture/carpets etc until i spotted an oldv pile of watchtowers that i'd been meaning to throw out.

  i now have paint spattered watchtowers all over my living room.. anybody else got any good things to use old liturature for?

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  The mags would line my parakeets' cage perfectly.
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  Ever come close to blows with another witness?

  by Dimples in

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  i once went to a baby shower for a sister and planned on having a good time.

  there were only sisters there and some brought their children.

  the shower was held at a community center clubhouse.

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  No....But can I now, please?
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  Remind Your Relatives To Shun You!

  by metatron in

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  look, i get confused!.

  the problem is that witnesses these days are often so uninvolved and lacking in real friendship that i don't know if they're.

  shunning me or not!

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  Hey, Gopher. It's Jimmer. Who's that you're talkin' 'bout?
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  How long do you think being a JW will affect you?

  by Adam in

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  i haven't been on this board for a while.

  i've been on a conservative ezboard trying to see if we can't do something about political issues.

  i've also got a new job, had to get the car fixed, been best man in a wedding, and watched the two towers on vhs.

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  I've been out for 24 years. It still gnaws at me a couple times a year when I think about my folks (they're still in).
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  Stumbling on John 3:16

  by Beans in

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  from what i can tell having searched the watchtower site and discs there seems to be no reference to this scripture as it goes against the teachings of the watchtower.

  when the two sisters came to my door and i brought up the topic they were stumbled and on another jw web site the question was asked if there was anywhere in the bible where it says that other than gods chosen people could they be saved the jw's did not accept this scripture as well.. does is not seem odd that as one of the scriptures avoided by the watchtower, it is so avoided that it has never sunk into there brains to have any meaning!.

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  "...He gave His only begotten son..."

  Interesting... If He gave his son (not sold), why do the dubs work so hard to get approved?
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  I've heard all about you!

  by SM62 in

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  i have heard about this forum from someone, but i won't say who as i don't want to expose them.

  i am in the process of evaluating my life as a jw.

  it has been a pretty sad life - without a real feeling of 'belonging'.

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  Welcome, always!

  Just be you and all will work out.. Enjoy the freedom to think for yourself.
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  Clean, Clean the Kingdom Hall

  by Euphemism in

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  three pages of this month's insert are dedicated to the article "let us keep our place of worship in good repair.

  " yes, that's 38 minutes of service meeting time devoted to instructions on cleaning and maintaining the kingdom hall.. aside from just the utter ridiculousness and infantilization of this, what really struck me was: "when was the last time that there was a three-page insert on visiting the sick?

  " if the wts devoted half as much organization and attention to such a basic christian duty as it does to the cleaning of the kingdom hall, the organization would be a better place.. i know, nothing new.

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  I once drove by the KH I used to attend I saw my Dad vacuuming the parking lot. Unreal!
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  Moral absolutes

  by Aztec in

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  i keep saying i am going to start a thread on this topic so here goes.... what, if anything, is always morally wrong?

  murder, rape, incest?

  how much do you think your belief, or lack thereof, in a higher power influences your opinion?.

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  My two bits are: Saying,"There are no moral absolutes," is asserting a moral absolute in-and-of-itself.

  Hmmm...
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  Assembly picketing

  by freedom96 in

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  when i went to the assemblies, i would see people picketing, holding signs up, etc.

  you would have "security" to look out for green bibles, and keep opostates out.. i never looked at them with hatred, never really gave it much thought at all.. i am curious if anyone here has participated in protesting the assemblies, and what were the reactions?

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  Jimmer

  Oh, by the way, my family still shuns me. (I wonder why?!)