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Paradise Lost
by galaxy7 in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone remember the book paradise lost to paradise regained?

i was made to study the scary parts evertime i misbehaved which must have been all the time as the book imprinted into my brain.all i wanted in life as a child was to join the girl guides go hang out at the ywca with my friends and take part in sports day at school.so my mother asked the then congregation servant if i was demonized,they decided i would be fertalizer for my mothers pear tree.

anyway i grew up fairly normal,took me ages not to be afraid of lightning.had children who never entered a kingdom hall.most of my family served in some capacity at bethel so they dont talk to me.since then i have been a searcher looking for somthing to fill the void.has anyone found anything??
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586/587 the K.I.S.S. approach --- no VAT4956, Ptolemy, Josephus needed
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
nabonidus -- 17 years.

nebuchadnezzar -- 43 years.

nabonidus -- 17 years
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Kingdom Hall Spankings
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
most meetings i went to, children were brought to the washrooms in the back to be disciplined.

often i could hear a child yell or cry due to the spanking given by the parent.

people in the hall would have that look on their face meaning that it was alright to discipline a child by spanking him.
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Would/Do you wear a Cross around your neck ??
by Prisca in
1. jw
2. friends
after all that we had drummed into us about not the cross, and particularly about not venerating the symbol itself, i have been wondering about this issue.. so, what are your views about wearing a cross around your neck ?

is it just a fashion accessory, or does it mean something to you ?.

inquiring minds would like to know
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Are there any ex-missionaries here??
by fulano in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

ere other experiences?
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JW's and Chronic Fatigue Syndrone!
by cornish in
1. jw
2. friends
chronic fatigue syndrone, m e, yuppie flu.

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i dont know if anyone else has noticed the alarming number of jws who claim to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrone,i mean hear in cornwall there tend to be several sufferers in every congregation,outside the jws out of the many people i know i dont know anyone,although there are obviosly many outside the jws who suffer this illness,percentage wise it seems that jws have a much,much larger occorance of the illness.. for example my brother in law has not worked and been living on invalidity benefits for more than 10 years since his mid twenties,his brother is also in the same boat, an m.e sufferer.. i wonder if anyone has looked into this a bit more?
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WHO SURVIVED...."75"..?
by OUTLAW in
1. social
2. relationships
who survived..."1975"...,i`m just curious,how many of us,are there?those of us that lived though this,will know what i mean.
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Greenlees & Chitty -- Some Sources
by AlanF in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
posted on an email message board:.

posted on an email message board:.

posted recently to the h2o message board:.
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Window Cleaners?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
like a lot of others here, i gave higher education a miss when i left school (1980).

under the encouragement of the society i pioneered for three years instead!.

now i clean windows for a living.
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JW Preaching Work Ends in 20th Century ?
by Scorpion in
1. jw
2. friends
page 12 of the january 1,1989 wt original magazine paragraph 8 ends with the statement that the apostle paul's missionary activity laid a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.".

(a subtle prophecy that 'the end' will come by the year 2000 a.d.).

this sentence is changed in the bound volume reprint to read "a work that would be completed in our day.