Age 15 - September 1975 - 1 month before 6,000 years were up - insurance policy you understand - still waiting for it to pay up...
Posts by KenUK
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30Were you baptized too young?
by sandy in2 peter 2.
22there has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, the dog turns back to his own vomit, and, the sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire..
i remember when i was going over my baptismal questions the elder spouted off this scripture to me.. looking back at it i wonder how could he be such a moron!
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HELP ME...
by POOH ini am posting this so that other jw will help me to figure out what i need to do.
my husband was born and raised as a jehovahs witness.
when we got married he never metioned it to me.
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KenUK
Hi Northern Girl,
As I understand it, not longer after my d/f in 1993 the elders were meant to visit each year.
I've had one visit some 6 years ago, and in the village I live only had 2 (yes 2!!) general jw calls in 10 years.
Reason for PO contact now is the time is short (well shorter than before..)
Ken
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HELP ME...
by POOH ini am posting this so that other jw will help me to figure out what i need to do.
my husband was born and raised as a jehovahs witness.
when we got married he never metioned it to me.
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KenUK
Hi Pooh & Northern Girl,
As one of the most prolific posters here (not!) may I welcome you. Mainly a lurker and happy to read and follow threads..
Pooh - ouch - I have no advice - perhaps a tad of sympathy - having spent the first 33 years of my life as a jw and the last 10 not, prepare for a lifestyle change.
Northern Girl - perhaps I have more to say (and I'm qualified coz I'm from Newcastle!!).
Apostate site - perhaps the expression that brings the fear into many jw's perhaps a few ex jw's too. Relevance for saying this - just finished a phone call from my dad (a jw) who wants to visit me with the Presiding Overseer (who d/f me 10 years ago) - the jury is out at the moment on this. In our chat I mentioned the fact that a) the arrogance of todays jw puts me off as those who represent the "truth" and b) I have some genuine questions about the belief's of jw's, that, if asked, would constitute apostasy. e.g. 1914 - the generation that saw 1914 would see Armageddon. I have a genuine problem with that - is that apostasy?? As a jw 10 years ago I would have challenged anyone who questioned my beliefs as a a jw as apostasy but actually its a reaonable question - one that we'd encounter when door knocking. So why can't a jw ask it? My dad says they can ask it - oh yeh?
So Northern Girl - not an attack (I'm purely non judgemental - or a fence sitter) but being here last couple of years has shown a bunch of genuine guys (some ex jw's, some still in there) who have real problem with jw's and their beliefs. Many may be genuine some may not but "jehovah" gave us that free will - don't knock it.
Couple of final conclusions - as a jw I was so proud I was so humble - ouch - and b) as I wish I had, challenge the jw beliefs, not for the point of necessarily destroying, but for your own logical piece of mind.
Phew
Us Northern men don't talk this much!
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What were your favourite TV cartoons?
by JH in.
which cartoons did you like the most on tv when you were a youngster?
http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/tweety/lttw_003.wav.
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KenUK
Banana Splits - Tra lala la la la - Not quite cartoons though they had an Ali Baba & Forty Thieves cartoon methinks - used to do "the hour" on a Saturday morning to get back and watch this on TV!
JH - notice your 11 mails a day - have proposed to Simon that I can sell some of mine:-)
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Bruce Springsteen in concert and a big thank-you !
by Simon inwhat a night !.
we were very kindly treated to a night out at an open-air concert last night by one of the posters who was up in the area (kenuk and his wife).
amazingly, for manchester, it was a warm and sunny evening and perfect weather to be sat at old trafford cc.. wow !
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KenUK
Hi Simon & Angharad,
Superb time indeed - however I shall not volunteer for any Kareoke ever!
My punishment has come however - I'm now going to a concert of Lesley's choice.... Robbie Williams in Edinburgh on Saturday. Somehow i fancy that meal in Manchester a bit more!!
See you in WSM - B&B booked
Cheers
Ken
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Getting Baptized, did you really want to, or did you feel extreme pressure?
by run dont walk ini was never baptized, but boy did i feel the pressure ....... what are you waiting for ???
don't you love jehovah ???
(i was in my late teens and brought up in the borg)
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KenUK
Circuit assembly, Newcastle Upon Tyne, September the something 1975...Aged 14 - and with the 6,000 years up it seemed the smart thing to do... (insurance policy etc etc)
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What Is Your Animal Personality? (QUIZ)
by Gizmo inok ok i stole this from a site syn introduced me to, didn't know this black hole even existed, so blame the springbok...hehehehe.
http://quizilla.com/users/emryswolf/quizzes/what%20is%20your%20animal%20personality%3f.
hehehehe it's no gremlin, but er...close enough!.
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KenUK
Another Badger
The UK Ken P:-)
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Whats your favorite music?
by Stefanie inwhats everbodys favorite band, or song?
i like rock.
favorite song of all time is jumper from third eye blind.
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KenUK
Favourite Music?
"Oh Alan Shearer I wanna know how you scored that goal.." Whoops wrong forum:-)
Gotta be the boss - Springsteen - here in the UK in May - have tickets for all his concerts - Simon - it better not rain in Manchester May 29!
Ken
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100 Greatest Britons
by ScoobySnax in.
well out of that lot in the top ten, i had to vote diana.....does that make me shallow?
"darwin" anyway??
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KenUK
Alan Shearer..
nuff said:-)
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JWs mentioned on Coronation Street !
by Simon in.
ha ha ... 'we' got a mention on coronation street.
fizz (the plump girl with the ginger hair) tells her friend toya battersby that her mum used to tell them they were jehovahs witnesses so she didn't have to but them christmas and birthday presents.. lol
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KenUK
Simon
"Say it ain't so....." You weren't watching Coronation Street... or did Angharad tell you about it:-))
Ken