Topics Started by noolite

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JW Son dead in German plane crash, no big deal!
by noolite in
1. jw
2. friends
seems to be a jw connection with the crash after all, but it wasn't the co-pilot as some had surmised.

the father of the only american male killed in the crash weighs in with a very mild assessment of the mass murderer, and doesn't seem overly concerned about his son, now deceased.. ---------------------------------------------------------------- .

"the parents of an american victim of the french alps plane crash said on 27 march they feel sadness for the parents of the co-pilot rather than feeling anger for the loss of their son.. robert tansill oliver, a jehovah's witness, lost his 37-year-old son robert oliver calvo in the germanwings plane crash.. "i don t feel anger.
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RIP Alan Henning - murdered by IS.
by quellycatface in
1. social
2. current
shocking and sad news.. i cannot begin to express how i feel.

it is the stuff of nightmares.. may his family have peace.. .

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Survey---who is inactive, disfellowshipped/disassociated or active?
by minimus in
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2. friends
i am inactive for about 10 years now..
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Anyone recall asemblies actually being fun?
by tim hooper in
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2. friends
when i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.

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http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.
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WBATS = MCDONALDS
by ADJUSTMENTS in
1. jw
2. experiences
wbats operations are comparable to any fast food organization, namely mcdonalds.

just a for fun post but it does make you think.... .

watchtower bible and tract society = mcdonalds.
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Sing Dirges to Jehovah?
by donny in
1. jw
2. experiences
back in 1985 my then-wife and i were having a lunchtime "gathering" at our place to show some support to the ones in our congregation who were full-time pioneers.

i had just recently received the vinyl collection of the songs featured in the song book "sing praises to jehovah" which had been released the previous year.. .

many of these melodies sounded depressing to me although i would have never admitted it at the time.
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Help with past bulling!
by Joshinaz in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys.

i need to speak about something that has haunted me in the past and has affected me still today.. in school from 3rd to 8th grade i have been severly bullied because i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

kids everyday would beat and me call me "jo-ho" and chant the name on the school grounds, and the school bus everyday without stop!
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Does Anyone Remember the "Around The World Assemblies"?
by titch in
1. jw
2. experiences
so, being that it is 2013, i recall that it was 50 years ago, that the "around the world assemblies" were held.

for those of us who lived in southern california, the first week of september was when we had the assembly, and it was held at the rose bowl in pasadena.

yep, the rose bowl, with no seats, per se, but just those hard benches as seats.
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Kurt does "field service" in a laundromat and is not even a Jehovah's Witness
by kurtbethel in
1. jw
2. friends
the recent socal rain storms had me needing to go to a launrdomat to dry some clothes.

so i get inside and see that one of the friendly neighborhood jehovah's witnesses has left a little dish of spiritual food.

being the benevolent soul that i am, i took my handy pen and added some additional spice to the bland spiritual food offered by the watchtower.. .
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Who here lives in California?
by TimothyT in
1. jw
2. friends
if you do tell me a bit about where you live in just a few words.

:).

timmy :).