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  Did your responsibilities in the congregation prevent you from travelling?

  by truthseeker in

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  if you were a ministerial servant, or an elder, did your congregational responsibilities hurt your travel plans?

  did you go to the meeting instead of going out with other witnesses for a vacation?.

  did you say, "i'm taking out the group" or "i'm doing the sound" ?.

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  Hmmm, I didn't have responsibilities (being a girl!) but I tried to pioneer & worked part-time & so never had the time or money to go travelling. Now I am married with a toddler & busy with uni - but I'll get there one day!
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  has this happened to you???

  by donald in

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  back when i was in high school i was in deca...i won national trophies for public speaking.......upon gradrution...i was offerd a scolarship to a major college....for public speaking.....but the elders conveinced me to go into the pioneer service...i did a dead end job to cover expenses...and it became my permant job when i got married a copule of years later.....with no college...and almost no help to find another job...to rake care of my wife and three kids...i feel i might have thrown my life away....well onr good thing about being on dialsys is ill get an education.donald

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  EvilForce, that book sounds like a great idea!

  I agree with Frog, it's never too late to go to uni - quite a few of my friends at uni are in their 40s and 50s, and one lady is almost 70 & loving it & getting great marks!
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  Were You a Little Prude JW?

  by minimus in

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  were you a prude as a jw?

  are you still one?

  prudes, (especially jws) are so judgmental.

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  I was, but I didn't know any better! Didn't want to be!!
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  Hi, I'm new

  by JE1234 in

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  hi iv'e been lurking around for a few weeks.

  getting the nerve to post something..i'm from ny.

  iv'e been inactive for 8 years.

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  Welcome JE!
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  Anyone know anything about the Puritans?

  by JW83 in

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  2. bible

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  hi, just wondering if any scholars out there can point me in the direction of good stuff on the puritans?

  thanks, jayne

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  LOL, I'll be sure to include your bits of interesting information in my essay!
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  I just turned in my master's thesis

  by ChrisVance in

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  after working on it for a year.

  now the judicial comittee thesis committee has two weeks to decide if it's good enough.

  if not i don't graduate until they say it's good enough.

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  Hi Chris! Good luck! I'm handing in my honours thesis in 3 weeks - keep me in your thoughts, too, cos the mark I get determines whether I can do a PhD or not!!
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  Anyone know anything about the Puritans?

  by JW83 in

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  hi, just wondering if any scholars out there can point me in the direction of good stuff on the puritans?

  thanks, jayne

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  Hi, just wondering if any scholars out there can point me in the direction of good stuff on the Puritans?!

  Thanks, Jayne
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  I'm more interested in the Bible now that I believe it isn't inspired (?!)

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  i downloaded a ton of 'the teaching company' lectures on the formation of christianity and the gnostics, and have been reading books on the creation of the bible for the past six months or so.

  if you havent looked into this stuff already, i'm telling ya it is some really facinating stuff.

  are you at all like me and have become more interested in the bible since realizing it isn't inspired??

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  GBL, what is the Teaching Company, & could you write my next essay for me?!!
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  True Funny WW2 Experience

  by JW83 in

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  this is taken from daily telegraph, sydney, 22.9.42, after a convention had not been allowed to go ahead.

  mrs inez stoop, a jws tract distributor, said yesterday: 'do not ask me why the conference was not held.

  you are from a newspaper, and all newspapers and their reporters are of the devil.

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  Actually, sorry to mislead you guys - I don't know whether it actually appeared in the newspaper, cos I got it from the censors, who may or may not have passed it for publication.
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  "I prayed for you"

  by Scully in

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  2. beliefs

  if you aren't a "believer", does it bother you when someone says "i'll pray for you" or "i prayed for you"?.

  one of my colleagues is an incredibly kind and sweet person, and i know she says it because she believes she's doing something good on my behalf.

  i always say "thank you for thinking of me", because i know that's the spirit she's intending to convey and that she cares about the situation i'm in vis-a-vis my jw relatives, but she knows i no longer believe in god (at least not in the sense that she does) - i wonder does she think that a few prayers are going to change my mind?

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  LOL at Terry!

  Scully, I find it really offensive, mainly because as an ex-dub, I've also been arrogant & prissy & just plain annoying!

  My mother-in-law sent me a prayer card when my parents were shunning me (she is Catholic). I knew she had good intentions, but it was very condescending, particularly since I am AGNOSTIC and of the GODLESS LEFT!! Thank you people - don't pray for me!!