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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

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  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  bumped for "millions" to see
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  Why so many Atheist VS. Christian discussions here?

  by mindmelda in

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  i notice a lot of the discussions seem to be atheist vs christian here.

  or is that just my perception?.

  but, do the other people who are neither just not care to debate as much or are there just fewer or them, or both?.

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  i'm definitely an atheist--i think

  (whats an atheist?)
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  last day at the kingdom hall

  by ex-Special Pioneer in

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  prologue.

  get out shouted the audience you must be ashamed of yourself.

  the crowd was in a hysterical state, every time that we tried to say something we were silenced by the clapping and screams which got louder and louder of the majority of the two hundred people in attendance.

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  ex special pioneer wrote

  "Letters and phone calls to the London Branch office (talking to Peter Ellis)"

  i knew Peter Ellis when he was a circuit servant in the west midlands ( UK ) in the 1960's
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  Is it possible for very religious unmarried folks to have regular sex before marriage?

  by Iamallcool in

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  bigmac

  just a suggestion--

  --if you--

  are very religious

  are unmarried

  are about to have intercourse--

  then pray out loud & long to your preferred god for forgiveness--

  --most likely it will kill the mood stone dead.
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  Is it normal to quote without naming the source like WT does?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i am noticing here and there that the wt literature will say things like "one bible dictionary says ..." or "one scholar says ..." and then proceed with a quotation.

  my immediate reaction is to ask myself why they didn't provide the specific source of the quote - author, publication, page #, etc.

  so i am wondering, do other magazines do this?

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  bigmac

  its just typical of the arrogance of the watchtower society--they believe they are infallable & directly plugged into god.

  the publications are aimed primarily at their trapped audience, who are only too happy to lap it all up, without the need to bother to check if any of "the truth" is , in fact , true.
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  Do You Ever Think Of "God"?

  by minimus in

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  even those that no longer believe in "god", i wonder, do you ever ever think of god, believing possibly he may exist?.

  for those that do believe in god, do you feel you have more of a relationship than when you were a witness?.

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  its not whether i believe in the Great Barman in the Sky---

  ---its whether He believes in me.
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  Oh, hi by the way!

  by Reality79 in

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  reality79 here, hailing from the uk!

  i've made a couple of posts but didn't introduce myself.. my story is a looooong one.

  i'm a faded jw and have been inactive for a while now.

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  bigmac

  hello reality 79 & welcome to this site.

  there are a lot of us brits here & ive bumped a thread for you to read some.

  there is a UK site you might care to visit--

  http://www.exjw-reunited.co.uk--

  many of us here are on both sites

  the world-wide "brotherhood" (yuk) of ex-JW's is enormous----you will find many true friends here
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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

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  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  bigmac

  bumped for reality 79 to see
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  IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

  by watersprout in

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  it's my birthday todaaaaayyyyy!!!!.

  carrot is making me pancakes and taking me out for lunch!

  i love my birthday, cause it's all about meeeeee!!!!!!!!.

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  is it still your birthday?--whoopeeee enjoy!!
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  Im New!

  by Medina in

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  have been a lurker for over a year, and a faded guy for over 2 years.

  21 years of age and enjoying the good life!

  thanks for all your gents/ladies posts you make, some are funny, some are true, some are sad, i like em!.

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  bigmac

  @ medina--referring to your username---i live on the Isle of Wight, an island just off the south coast of England, near Portsmouth----

  the principle river here is the river Medina, which runs through the main town of Newport, north into the Solent, at Cowes.