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  I decided to get baptized!!!!

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  happy april fool's day everyone.... it was someone else's idea.... .

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  Happy april fool's day everyone.... it was someone else's idea....

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  who is bill bowen???

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  am new and have seen a few posts with that name..... who is he???.

  thanks

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  sorry good idea... not the most computer savy person you know.... i barely am able to post.....

  thanks sam
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  who is bill bowen???

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  am new and have seen a few posts with that name..... who is he???.

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  bill.... i want to ask you some questions if you don't mind.... i am curious to get answers from you.... not to use against you or anything else... but maybe get both sides viewpoint ... do you know what i mean... i have a story to tell but... it's long and complicated..... and probably boring to everyone else but ... nonetheless would like to hear your viewpoint...
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  quick question for senior people...

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  i was reading a couple of posts earlier this morning... and anyhow.... some the senior members said something to the extent ..."i smell a rat... 3 newbies all at the same time" and i noticed that everyone quickly ended that thread...... .

  why do you do that?????

  sorry for my newness to all of this

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  i was reading a couple of posts earlier this morning... and anyhow.... some the senior members said something to the extent ..."i smell a rat... 3 newbies all at the same time" and i noticed that everyone quickly ended that thread......

  why do you do that????? Sorry for my newness to all of this
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  who is bill bowen???

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  am new and have seen a few posts with that name..... who is he???.

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  thank you both for the info.... nathan and bigboi
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  Personal Experience

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  my experience.

  read, enjoy.. i grew up in another religion.

  i believed in everything i heard.

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  Dear Joe,....

  Not necessarily a positive response but neither a negative. Here it goes.... Umm.... Why do you post when you know that you will get a overwhelming negative answer? Why do you not go to a get together and strike up a bible based discussion?...... You could find out how they came into the truth and receive that postive answers that you were looking for.
  I'm not asking to be sarcastic but more out of genuine curiousity. See I am new to being out of the truth. It makes it 2 weeks today that i haven't been to a meeting. (not including the memorial) In fact if i were back home i would be sitting in a kingdom hall at this very moment. I would like to talk to you though... the negatitivity i understand from many of these board members. Some have suffered much as that is their perception (and that is their right). However, i would like to hear yours.... you know have a balance.... and unlike you... i cannot go to a meeting right now...(i am not df'd or da'd or anything else) Just stopped going. I needed to clear my head and know that i am doing it for me and no one else. Cause i was doing it for all the wrong reasons before.

  anyhow let me know
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  who is bill bowen???

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  am new and have seen a few posts with that name..... who is he???.

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  lostmyself

  am new and have seen a few posts with that name..... who is he???

  thanks
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  One Partaker

  by Jourles in

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  the memorial last night was nothing new.

  the routine never changes.

  two congregations joined together for the night in one building.

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  your post was quite brilliantly written.... mine probably won't be as vivid... but nonetheless......

  I was in a congregation that one might say was quite blessed..... I went to a congregation a few years ago that had roughly 100 publishers and on a good day i would say only about 60-70 attending. Anyhow, you never knew who would be coming out of the woodwork when memorial came around. I remember going to memorial and thinking that i had attended a different kingdom hall. Anyhow, the point of my story...

  One year, out of several, i remember seeing more and more crackers on plates being arranged and more and more glasses of wine up on the table. It always looked we were going to have a great big slosh fest with all the glasses of wine arranged up there. The question always was, "who's not partaking this year." I remember having local needs talk earlier that month just to ward off the "crunching" during the memorial. Heck,... even as a kid i remember thinking why don't the save anything for me??? Why can't i have a cracker? Anyhow... the all time high count for my itty bitty congregation was five. It may sound like it is an exaggeration, but i swear it...

  I'll have to find out if they topped it this year... but just reminded me of a few memories....
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  dantheman....i posted this elsewhere recently ....

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  but conscience hit hard with me..... and things didn't work out and i went to the elders to tell them of how i felt.... and what i did..... to be honest they were really great.... and have been.

  i don't know.... don't really care to think about it at the moment.

  take care all.. love me.

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  i appreciate your response..... i don't know necessarily what to write.... i'm still kinda at a loss for words.... i know what i feel, but my thoughts... and organizing them in actual words is somewhat difficult.... unfortunately i don't live in ohio.... anywhere but the east coast would be nice for the moment.... i'm actually in arizona visiting my brother (non-witness) and just feeling good to be away from all the people.... i didn't attend memorial in my own congregatioin cause i was out of state ......so i know there will be 101 messages on my phone when i get back... my cell pnone has been ringing non-stop.... (i only told the limited few that i cared about that i was no longer attending meetings).....

  but i would like to hear from you more... and i will type some more later... in the meantime.... i am headed out to do some mountain biking.....

  have a good one... it was nice chatting with you
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  dantheman....i posted this elsewhere recently ....

  by lostmyself in

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  but conscience hit hard with me..... and things didn't work out and i went to the elders to tell them of how i felt.... and what i did..... to be honest they were really great.... and have been.

  i don't know.... don't really care to think about it at the moment.

  take care all.. love me.

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  if anybody else has comments, advice, or similar situation... i would more than like to hear about them