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  This past weekend I lost my mom

  by lola28 in

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  the cancer finally got to her and now my sisters and i are left without our mother.

  we take comfort only in knowing that she is no longer in pain.

  how do people move on from such a massive loss?.

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  Sincere condolences to you all.

  jlp
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  Is there a correlation between personality type and leaving the WT?...

  by Tuesday in

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  on facebook tonight there was a post asking to take a personality test, in posting the personality tests a trend started emerging that certain personality types seem to leave around the same time.. i came out as an intj which is introverted intuitive thinking judging.

  which a good paragraph describing it was:.

  intjs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "does it work?

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  INTJ

  Age 54

  Left 37

  left because up until then I considered that I had more to lose than to gain and then realized (accepted ) that in fact I had more to gain than to lose. I guess, in fact, that the time was then right for me. I had long thought, logically speaking, that it was not THE truth.

  I completely changed my life and have no regrets.

  Interesting test. Thanks for posting it...........bro/fellow INTJ
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  IS THE UK A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY NOW ?

  by Hairyhegoat in

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  well here we have kids and old age pensioners living below the poverty line, and the prime minister promises 1.4 billion to overseas aid for jabs... the uk is a dumping ground for immigrants, and they all get houses and cars payed for by the tax payer.

  i am not racisit but when my country is bankrupt then we need to close the borders and look after our own.

  the freeloader imigrants need to find a new place to squat as the uk has run out of money, schools , hospitals, and most of all jobs.

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  I agree with dgp when he said:

  I think you're way above Third World in more than one sense. And it would be very difficult for the UK to slide down that much.

  I have often thought of past world powers ( as viewed by WTB$, because there are others):

  Egypt: where are they now?

  Babylon( Iraq): where are they now?

  Persia (Iran) where are they now?

  Greece: where are they now?

  Italy even: where are they now?

  Anglo-America: where are they heading?

  I think its just the natural cycle.

  And that other countries can have a share of the cake is called solidarity. We mustn't be too selfish, though I accept that it could be anguishing.
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  if the yorkshire ripper and baby ps killer is a jehovahs witness now are you insulted that your familys would be more willing to talk to these monsters than you ?

  by looloo in

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  2. scandals

  i have read articles about peter sutcliffe (he brutally killed 13 women in the north of england in the 70s ) becoming a jehovahs witness in broadmoor and jehovahs witnesses have commented about him being a "changed man " etc and also the man who is serving 5 years for his part in the death of baby p becoming a jehovahs witness , i commented to my husband that his mum (jw ) would technically feel more comfortable having a chat and a coffee with them (because they love "the truth" ) than her own disfellowshipped children !

  does this kind of story annoy those of you who are slandered for being "apostate" etc by family ?

  and why dosnt it make die hard jws see the craziness of it all ?.

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  JWs are dumber than the parole board.
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  It's DC Season (Conventions)

  by RagingBull in

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  tell me what you enjoy (or miss) the most at district conventions that get (or got) you thru them.. i like seeing what people are wearing, especially the females with super high-heel "stripper" shoes.

  but i dread getting beat up and ran over by jws trying to get "good seats"..

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  The bacon butties in the morning.

  But that was phased out a long while ago.
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  Circuit Servant (Overseer) Just Another Elder?

  by blondie in

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  for years congregation servants (no elders yet) feared the co visit who wielded a great deal of power over the servants.

  if the cs said jump, the congregation servants said how high.

  selective memories............ *** w71 11/15 p. 700 a body of elders with rotating chairmanship ***does a circuit servant when he visits a congregation have more authority than the elders of the congregation and can he change things in the congregation, such as times of meetings, the arrangement of the hall, or change brothers in the various positions of oversight?

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  The circuit servant or district servant should never think himself superior to the “body of elders” .

  If they said that in a WT, it must mean that there WAS a problem.
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  QUESTION

  by scottmedeiros in

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  42. You need to ask the white mice. They're the ones who commissioned the computor to come up with the answer.
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  Rutherford 1942 "Don't have kids till after Armagedon...Watchtower 2008 same advice!! Sick!

  by Witness 007 in

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  i was shocked to read in the "witnesses only" study watchtower this stupid rutherford policy was still in place, compare.. rutherfords last book "children" {ironic title} 1942 - page 281 "wait until after armagedon to bring children into the world...it is only afew years...until armagedon...those with infants will have greater woe...it will be a far greater difficulty to care for them during the tribulation...".

  so if you were 20 years old in 1942 and waited......till 2011.....do the math.. wachtower 2008 april 15 p.19 "heading: "single and childless for a noble purpose.

  " ...numerous couples have decided to remain childless...to remain free to serve jehovah...putting kingdom interests above some of the privledges that go with marriage...jehovah will not forget...there will be a great tribulation...it will be a difficult time for us adults and children alike...".

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  THERE WILL BE A GREAT TRIBULATION...IT WILL BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR US ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE..."

  Just what is the point in serving a god who doesn't seem to be able to protect his followers from hardship at all.Ever.
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  Wachtower says 97% of teens masturbate....is it realistic that 100% Witness teens don't?

  by Witness 007 in

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  "young people ask" book admits 97% of youths masturbate...to put it into perspective, it's like saying 97% of the worlds population own a phone or a t.v!!

  so is it realistic to believe these witnesses going thru puberty and teenage years won't on penalty of death?.

  i always thought, if nearly 100% of teens do it isn't it normal?.

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  And if you did masturbate, you were encouraged to go and tell an elder!

  I wonder how many did that.

  And for those who did, how many sleepless nights they had beforehand.

  The Eldership for Dummys manual does state that masturbation is not porneia, so at least you wouldn't be DFd for it.
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  Wachtower says 97% of teens masturbate....is it realistic that 100% Witness teens don't?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "young people ask" book admits 97% of youths masturbate...to put it into perspective, it's like saying 97% of the worlds population own a phone or a t.v!!

  so is it realistic to believe these witnesses going thru puberty and teenage years won't on penalty of death?.

  i always thought, if nearly 100% of teens do it isn't it normal?.

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  ................and the other 3% are lying.