Posts by whathappened

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Hubby went out in service today.

by KariOtt in

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i can't believe hubby and sis in law actually went out in service today.

when he left this morrning i reminded him to inform those who didn't slam their doors on them that if they join your cult that this will be the last christmas, holiday and birthday they will be allowed to celebrate.

i thought it very inapproiate going out today to knock on doors trying to get converts..

whathappened

I think it would indeed save the witnesses a great deal of time if they taught about the disfellowshipping, the shunning, the wardrobe/grooming police, the pedophilia and blood issue right on the first visit. That way they wouldn't be wasting time studying with anyone.

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Need scan of a Greber related letter

by JWOP in

i keep finding references to the wts replying in a letter the following (a letter dated march 15, 1983) anyone know where i can get an actual scan of this?:.

no doubt you have had opportunity to read the comments in our letter dated december 31, 1982, to brother jack gottfried, secretary of your congregation.

in our letter we addressed the issue of the propriety of the society in quoting johannes greber's translation as an example of another translation that agreed with the new world translation.

whathappened

bumping this thread...JWOP have you used the Search engine on this site?

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Just sent letter to my parents that I no longer want to be a JW

by ?evrything in

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i was a born in.

both parents are uber dubs and mother has been depressed lately.

so i m super nervous.

whathappened

Best of luck to you. It isn't going to be easy, but it has got to be done. They deserve to know the truth and you deserve to be heard.

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What a great first Christmas!

by dazed but not confused in

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what a great day!.

once the kids were in bed, i set up my daughters new kitchen play set took me a little over 2 hours but was fun.

this morning we came down stairs and the joy on my kids faces and the wow!

whathappened

This is all for the kids...they deserve it. Have some fun...go for it!

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Where the need is greater: TTATT in Spanish

by Londo111 in

it seems most of the us growth is in spanish-speaking territory, and of course, there is growth in the nations where spanish is the predominant language.

most sites oriented around ttatt, are english-speaking.

there seems then to be a great need for translators...for instance, imagine if there was a spanish version of www.jwfacts.com.. unfortunately, i dont speak this language.

whathappened

You know Crisis of Conscience is also available in Spanish. Be sure to link that to jwfacts English and Spanish. It could save thousands of peoples lives.

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Name your Top Ten or However Many you can Favorite Comedy Movies

by flipper in

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started one thread serious, so thought i'd go light and easy on this one.

so what say yee to this?

here are mr. flippers, about in this order, but not necessarily.

whathappened

The Heat (with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthey is hillarious).

Meet the Millers

Bird on a Wire

Private Benjamin

Overboard

Fletch

So I Married an Ax Murderer (with Mike Myers...too, too funny)

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Part Two: The non Bethel alternative.

by Giordano in

after i had graduated high school in the early 1960s i decided to make a commitment to pioneer.

for my mother even pioneering was not good enough.......... her first choice was bethel.

pioneering in my home area.....boring.

whathappened

Great story. I would have beat it out of there with the bullet holes and all the walks outside just to relieve yourself.

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The watchtower quoting itself as if it were scripture about weddings...

by EndofMysteries in

the 1997 wt, 4/15 page 26 is about weddings and more rules the wt tries to enforce to take the fun out of even weddings.

"while a disfellowshipped person could be allowed to attend the talk at the kingdom hall, the watchtower of april 15, 1984, said: it would be unfitting to have in the wedding party people who are disfellowshipped or whose scandalous life-style grossly conflicts with bible principles.

- isn't that funny?

whathappened

At my daughters wedding, one of the elders teenage sons hijacked the DJ and had him play really bad,tasteless and obscure songs at the reception. I paid the DJ and felt he had no right to change the choices my daughter and the groom had chosen. Elders kids can be the worst offenders at the hall.

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