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  Happy Thanksgiving from Canada, This one is not a DF offense.

  by Quarterback in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  well, well....i know that you have your turkeys, and your pumpkin, or pecan pies, and i know that you had your family over and all.. but, you really aren't celebrating thanksgiving, are you?.

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  This was one of those "don't ask, don't tell" gray areas. My mother always had family over & I always took my family out for Thanksgiving.
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  Has anyone else noticed all the advertizing the Mormons are starting to do.

  by life is to short in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i live in the pacific northwest and in the last week i have started to see bill boards popping up all over the city with pictures of people who are doctors, stay at home mom's, lawyers, plumbers, etc.

  they all look very normal just living life and below their picture it says i am a mormon.. i have also started in just the last few days to see commercials on tv showing a soccer mom running her kids to games and she stops to look at the camera and says i am a mormon, or they showed a doctor who stops and says i am a mormon.. i think this campaign with the mormons has to do with mitt romney.. has anyone else noticed this?

  i wonder what the gb would do to make the jw's look normal, as our kids do not do school sports, we do not go to college so we do not have many doctors or lawyers, or even plumbers and electricians, etc for that matter.

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  We've had them in NY on TV for a while already. The GB should spend a billion or so on similar ads to improve their image.
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  I just can't do this anymore

  by Awen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dear friends:.

  for years now after my exit from the wtbts i have searched for god.

  as i have previously mentioned in other threads i looked into many other religions, including druidry, zen and tibetan buddhism (not really a religion), asatru, native american shamanism, kemetic orthodoxy, gnosticism and pandeism.

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  Although many things taught by Witnesses are way off base, I believe a few are reasonable. The point of Jah answering the greater questions of who has the right to rule man & would any be loyal out of love & appreciation. The time that such answers would take. God's view of time as opposed to ours. A resurrection of everyone unless you directly piss off God. So why no answers to prayers now? It's just not the time yet. The JWs (and a few on this site) believe the end near. I don't see it. Life continues on as it has for thousands of years. At some point I believe God will intervene & correct everything. In the meantime, Live Well......Enjoy Life.
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  Did YOU Actually Believe That You Would Never Die?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even though i was raised a witness, i was never convinced that the end would be in 1975 or even in my lifetime..

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  Iconoclast: My father- in-law knew Rutherford personally. We had dinner with the Schroeders from time to time. Used to go the Bethel farm when it was in Lansing, NY. First four congregations I met at as a kid were in homes, storefronts or converted apartments. I've been around awhile.
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  Did YOU Actually Believe That You Would Never Die?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even though i was raised a witness, i was never convinced that the end would be in 1975 or even in my lifetime..

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  Yes, I did. I believed for 45 years of my life I would not die. I believed my mother would not die. This is the most cruel trick any organization could ever play on another human being. And to use this as a recruitment tool is downright criminal. I had to watch my mother die. I have come to the realization that I too will die. I can't put into words the anger and betrayal I feel. For those in who rationalize "Well, it wasn't all bad, was it?" That's like telling the woman who conceived a child from a rape "Well, it wasn't all bad, was it?"
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  JW's - Hard to admit that much of life was a waste

  by xelder in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  from my observations, i think many (especially older) jw's hold through the stupid doctrinal changes because they can't admit the alternative.. i had wished the jw kingdom hope was true, i needed it to be true.

  i'm 5th generation and my parents, grandparents, great grand.....ect needed it to be true.

  i have watched many "faithful" relatives hang on and die disappointed.

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  This goes along with the "zebra mentality" that the lion may get one or two but the rest of the herd will survive. My mother repeated that phrase "Armageddon is right around the corner" for 50 years. She died, as have millions of others, never realizing it was all a lie. Older witnesses will never leave. They'll die off as the rest of the herd waits for their reward of everlasting life.
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  Some JWs are exhibiting signs of violence because of WT hate speech. Read the threat to me and others posted at Topix yesterday

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday, i opened a topix account so i could post the information about watch tower representatives attending the political ocse meeting in poland for two weeks and the proof that they are an ngo.

  one of the posters responded with these words: .

  "barbs-info," eh?

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  What happened to " vengeance is mine, I shall repay saith the Lord". What he do, give these guys his checkbook?
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  For Obves: It's the 29th of September, and we are still here.

  by african GB Member in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's actually 4pm right now in south africa.

  is the hour of the end still on the way?.

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  I can't believe the Almighty didn't destroy those New Zealanders & Australians. I'm sure you South Africans are on the way out.
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  Mass defection possible?

  by stuckinamovement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many of us who are trapped within the religion and are looking at leaving.

  i was wondering..... if there was an organized and well publicized effort to leave the organization en-masse on a certain date yet to be determined, how many do you think would participate?.

  one person leaves the org and it creates a small ripple.

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  That would be great to see. Kick the Koolaide stand over!!
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  "Mentally diseased" article to be published in The Independent tomorrow

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi everyone.

  as a parting gift to you all before i take a much needed break from this forum, i thought you would be pleased to know that the independent, a leading uk newspaper, will be publishing a piece on the "mentally diseased" watchtower article in tomorrow's edition.. i would like to thank everybody who has assisted the journalist, jerome taylor, in his investigation.. best wishes to all of you,.

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  It's amazing what "mentally diseased" people can do when you piss em off.