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  Sleeping with the enemy

  by Nickolas in

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  2. friends

  i have been wondering of late about the extent to which jwn's minions (one of whom i am beginning to see myself to some extent) differentiate the machine from its parts.

  what i mean is, what degree of separation is discerned between the watchtower bible and tract society and its individual members?.

  henry milner, who is a polical scientist at the university of montreal, posits that those who rely heavily on the internet for their information ultimately become dogmatic.

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  How do you handle ... being shunned?

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my da announcement was last tuesday, so i have been on the official jw shun list for about a week now.... i am curious how you handle shunning.my situation:.

  i have spoken with my family (my parents and 1 brother) and discussed whether they will shun me.

  i explained that biblically they should not shun me since i am not an antichrist, and i have not rejected the teaching that jesus cam in the flesh.

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  Today's public talk - emotional manipulation

  by mac n cheese in

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  2. friends

  so i'm sitting in the kh today, and the speaker is really pretty good.

  he's one of those really kind, in-it-for-others type of guys and it really comes through in his talk.

  he starts reading scriptures about how j is near to those crushed in spirit, and how j will hear our cries for help.. and because we've been through the wringer with elders in the past, all the hurt that i thought i put behind me comes roaring back with a vengeance.

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  Re-Appointment as an Elder or Servant

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  were you at any time after being removed, or resigned as an elder or servant tempted to reach out for the position a second or third time?

  if the answer is yes, for goodness sake put me out of my misery and tell me why?.

  be kind because i have not posted for a while.

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  The Great Tribulation is picking up speed!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by unbaptized in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the tribulation is really starting to speed up it's pace.

  i just read that atleast 3 types of animal and plant life go extinct every hour.

  global warming threatens the entire planet, crimes against women and children are at a all time high, honeybees dying off for unexplained reasons, the threat of nuclear war, the ravage of infectious disease.

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  Re: What do you do for a living?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as many of you are aware being brought up in the organisation, there was a general directive from the wt that secular education was good, but not encouraged as far as university and further education was concerned.

  many witnesses left school in the 70s with no formal qualifications.

  my question therefore is 2 fold.. 1. what would you have liked to become as far as your career is concerned?.

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  English Soccer. Will England win the world cup?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

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  2. friends

  the simple answer is no.

  but i had a funny text from an irish friend that said the following:.

  "the govt has done a survey on the size of an english penis.

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  Circuit Overseers Tales of Grief and Woe

  by Balaams Ass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  <div>hi i am in the middle of writing some memoirs of my time on the travelling work.

  well anyone be interested in reading them?????

  i have some heavy editing to do to protect identies and the like, but i should be finished at the end of the week.

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  Hi every one!

  by wifey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i may not post much cause i'm really busy with work and raising 3 grandkids but some times see posts i would like to comment on.

  glad to meet all of you.. later, .

  wifey

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  What are your reasons for not joining another religion?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am going to start this debate of by saying that those of us who were raised in the so called truth, and i being one of them, can only come to terms with our past by accepting that our parents infected our minds like a virus infects a computer.

  we wouldn't categorise children according to their parents' political stance, since they are too young to make up their minds about such matters.

  but they (jw) segregate them from the world.

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