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  LETTER TO ELDERS CONCERNING THE NEW ELDERS BOOK.

  by iknowall558 in

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  Oz Govt following UK & French lead on Tax/Charity status

  by Mattieu in

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  2. scandals

  just another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.

  http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.

  now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.

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  A JW MOTHER'S SO CALLED LOVE

  by elm in

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  before i tell you my story i just want to say thank you to everyone on this forum for their sometimes funny,and sometimes sad, and sometimes very thought provoking posts, it has helped me a lot.. my family, which consists of a younger brother and a younger sister and my parents.

  we began studying with the jw's as a family (mother's insistence) in the mid 1980's.. i was then 13, my sister 12, my brother 7, my mother thought she found the answer to all life's problems and became fully brainwashed, and hence if we wanted to be a happy family we had to all become jw's, and so because we were young and mainly to keep our mother happy we all became jw's.. all i can say is my parents life might have been, happier but mine was far from happy.

  i left home as soon as i could i was 16.. my sister at 18 got married to a jw, and they bought a house and settled in to married life, when my sister had her first child at 19 her son was 6 weeks old when my parents moved into their home for a few weeks, while their new home was ready to move into.. during their stay in my sisters home they all got on really well despite a small house and no room to move.

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  A Short Introduction............

  by Night Owl in

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  2. experiences

  i am a former ms and have been active and inactive since i stepped down about 20 years ago.

  i am currently inactive.

  i may attend a meeting or two a month, sometimes none.. i have no feelings of animosity towards the organization, or anyone in it.

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  My 'cross to bear' so to speak

  by Aussie Oz in

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  2. friends

  nothing in life is free... not even freedom.

  it's the weekend for my kids to come down and it seems dear old dad just aint that important anymore.... son who now has his licence has left school to work (i found out on facebook) and seems to be too busy, daughter has a party (with j dubs) she wants to go to saturday night.

  of course the mother is delighted by this...as they are a two hour drive away it just stuffs up the whole weekend really.

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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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  Pagan Origins

  by brotherdan in

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  2. beliefs

  so all of us that grew up as witnesses never did certain things because of them having pagan origins.

  why don't we celebrate christmas?

  pagan origins.

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  YOU KNOW IT'S THE TRUTH BECAUSE, THE WATCHTOWER TELLS YOU IT IS

  by elm in

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  2. bible

  the study editionof the watchtower for september 15th 2010, p13 states "similarly today, a governing body composed of spirit-anointed christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation.

  the governing body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages.

  this spiritual food is based on god's word.

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  WHO ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS TODAY?

  by Dogpatch in

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  who are the false prophets today.

  by barbara anderson.

  in 1991, one of the watch tower societys senior writers, colin quackenbush, told me in the privacy of his office about letters which the society had received from prominent and credible elders, not apostates (thats exactly what he said), who were concerned about the increase in accusations saying that jehovahs witnesses were false prophets.

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  2010 district convention badge

  by thundarr in

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  2. friends

  hi all.

  do anyone a scan of the badge card.

  i move and it convention time ths weekend an need to replace my family card before friday.

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