Posts by AnonJW

As a side point, please help me to sift through the quagmire of crap, lies, falsehood so that I get to know the real you - it's of great importance to me.

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JWs Celebrating Brithdays

by Franklin Massey in

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i keep hearing of more and more jws that are celebrating their birthdays or, doing "special days" for their children on the day of their birth.

i'm sure this has always been done but what interests me is that many people aren't ashamed to admit it since they have used their own fully functioning minds to figure out that the society's birthday ban doesn't hold up.

one young couple with two kids (he's an ms, she's an ex-pioneer who dropped off the list to tend to the kids) explained it to me this way.... "the happiest days of our lives include the births of our children.

AnonJW

It's a very close member of my family's birthday today. I am not in a position to celebrate it at present. Sadly, I can't even let them know how I feel about it (not sure how they would respond) but every piece of me wants to. The birthday thing is a total heap of crap.

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Child Safeguarding Policy

by AnonJW in

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anybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document?

or have i missed the thread?.

AnonJW

I would add that it's a UK & Ireland policy, and is to be made available to any in the cong that request to see it.

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Child Safeguarding Policy

by AnonJW in

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anybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document?

or have i missed the thread?.

AnonJW

Anybody know the details of this 7page 2011 document? Or have I missed the thread?

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ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT DINOSAURS AREN'T MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD!

by Mary in

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yesterday, i went out for lunch with my parents when my mother made mention of something she had read in the newspaper about some new discovery of species that went extinct millions of years ago.

she asked my father what method is used to determine the age of something, because of course, this flies directly in face of the biblical account of life on this planet being only a few thousand years old.. anyway, my father related a story that some brother he ran into recently at the assembly told him.

this [unnamed] brother related a story told to him by another [unnamed] elder who knew an [unnamed] circuit serpent who was "really chummy with one of the [unnamed] executives at the royal ontario museum".

AnonJW

Mary is that you in the avatar pic? Will you marry me? Sorry, off the subject.

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How do they pick the C.O.T.B.O.E / P.O ?

by Pitchess Co-Gen in

how do they go about picking the leader of the congregation?.

AnonJW

Or, mad sweeney (as has been my experience on more than one occasion, right or wrong). A group of well meaning guys (mislead, whatever) select one of the group that they feel would be the best man for the job.

Sorry, some of the above comments impute that ALL BOE around the globe are corrupt glory hunters. Truth is, they are not. Some are misguided perhaps but genuine in what they believe.

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Song Lyrics that have hite a chord!

by AnonJW in

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ever listened to a song, and the lyrics really touched & hit a nerve with what you are going through faith wise?.

i listened to an album the other day for the first time and there was a lot - quite a few of the songs hit.

i'm not afraid to say that driving along, some made tears well up a bit - it was the robbie williams escapology album, the songs "better man" and "come undone" had lines in them that really hit home.

AnonJW

Ever listened to a song, and the lyrics really touched & hit a nerve with what you are going through faith wise?

I listened to an album the other day for the first time and there was a lot - quite a few of the songs hit. I'm not afraid to say that driving along, some made tears well up a bit - It was the Robbie Williams Escapology album, the songs "Better Man" and "Come undone" had lines in them that really hit home. For example "If I stop lying I will just disappoint you, watch me come undone". And "Lord, I'm doing all I can, to be a better man".