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  i must apologise to active jw members

  by bigmac in

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  i must apologise to any active members who are still practising jw's., i'm sorry if i have caused any offence or stress in other posts i have sent in.. when i first joined this forum i had no idea there would be so many members who still are classed as jw, for whatever reason.. i know after i resigned, i still "dithered" for several years, purely to silence the endless nagging from the spouse.. however, i think the time will come for each of you to jump off the sinking ship--.

  stinking shit.. .

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  what does "calling you out "mean

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  i'm english --uk--& not sure what the phrase means or implies.

  "asking you out"----inviting (usually) a woman for a date.

  "offering you out"---usually one man inviting another man to "step outside" for a fight ( punch-up ).

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  female elders

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  traditionally, women have had a poor deal from the society: no positions of responsibility, no priviledges.. at the same time, the congregations have suffered from an acute shortage of elders.. ( the society have long realised that many elders are simply puppets, with their wife's hand inserted within pulling the strings).

  all is about to change!.

  new light has been revealed!.

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  can anyone tell me if these words are in the bible?

  by bigmac in

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  i'm hoping to get clarity on a few points, but please, don't think i'm too lazy to do my own research: i do not have a bible in my house.. or the koran.

  or the book of mormon.

  or a copy of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (unfortunately ).

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  how many times is 144,000 mentioned in the bible

  by bigmac in

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  can someone help me with this: how many times & where is the 144,000 referred to in the bible?.

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  questions to jw waverers ,members on this site

  by bigmac in

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  ok i'm new here , posted a few times & still trying to figure out "who's what".

  i thought i'd start a thread directed at members who say they are still actively involved within the wt society.

  a few questions they might wish to address.

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  DF'd ones who still believe they are JW

  by bigmac in

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  i wonder how many disfellowshipped ones there are out there who still believe or claim to be jw, but know they cant get re-instated for whatever reason?.

  obvious examples being those in a loving relationship but not able to marry.. i suppose we will never know, it being unlikely they would be reading this site, probably regarding it as apostate.. what a lonely place they must be in..

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  "weak" witnesses

  by bigmac in

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  when i was an active jw, 40 -odd years ago in the uk, in the 2 congs i went to, we had a fair number of brothers privately called "weak".

  this was implied if a bro ( or sis )didn't attend most meetings, answer up, do field service, talks etc.. they weren't reprooved for this ( as far as i know ) but "marked" so to speak'.

  is this still the case?

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  tell me how to preview

  by bigmac in

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  can someone please tell me how i can preview before submitting post?

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  i'm trying out google chrome & i'm trying to paste photos, but i need to see if the site converts the text to picture..

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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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