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  Former Poster (TMS) Returns During Coronavirus Lockdown

  by ReinventedTwice in

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  2. friends

  my old user account says i joined this forum 19 years ago, an intermittent poster starting 102 topics, the last about 12 years ago.

  with my community under a volunteer stay-at-home policy and a mandatory curfew, i took the time to read all of my old posts and the replies, reminding me of how informative and therapeutic this forum was during my jw to ex-jw transition.. in 2018, my life took another turn with the death of my wife of 49-1/2 years after a long illness.

  my writing, according to observers, lost its edge and purpose.. i travelled to asia, meeting a beautiful, intelligent woman in cagayan de oro, philippines, 33 years my junior.

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  My Pseudo-Education Hasn't Hurt Me None, I Can Still Read the Writing on King Belshazzar's Wall~Part II

  by TMS in

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  2. experiences

  what a risk; installing part ii before determining if anyone ever cares for part i. .

  joe b. barnett, a cool, charismatic jw, married my aunt doris.

  he sold his '55 orange and white chevy convertible, bought a vw bug and pioneered.

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  THE PLEDGE

  by Masterji in

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  2. child-abuse

  to make a pledge of any kind is to declare war against nature;.

  for a pledge is a chain that is always clanking and reminding the wearer of it.

  that he is not a free man.. .

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  Why are some of you guys calling this new arrangement tithing?

  by neverendingjourney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the risk of being shouted down, i thought i'd point out that "tithing" means giving 10 percent of your income to a church.

  it comes from the old english word teogotha meaning tenth.

  i've seen nothing that establishes tithing in the watchtower.. while i'm all in favor of pointing out the watchtower's lies, hypocrisies and faults, the language we use matters.

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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-16-2014 WT Study (MAKE SACRIFICES)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 02-16-2014 wt study (december 15, 2013, pages 11-15 (make sacrifices).

  review comments will be in black.

  wt material from today's wt will be in a quote box.

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  BUM WITNESSES

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?

  i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.

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  A little bit of news about WT selling high-speed presses

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  some news someone out there might be interested in - i have copied it as i received it from a former jw in spain.

  "watchtower, through an australian witness and its staff in the .

  branch offices in germany, is selling high-speed presses, including that .

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  Looking for transcript of the "Miracle Wheat" trial

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as the title of this thread says, i am looking for the transcript of the "miracle wheat" trial.. any clues?.

  thanks,.

  doug.

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  If the Governing Body had candor ....

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another newbie thought ... i believe i saw another recent post mention a similar thought ... it is about the candor of those eaking the lead of jehovah's wintesses, namely, the governing body.. i have been bothered by this for some time now.

  our publications point out one of the reasons we trust the bible's accuracy is the candor of its writers ... (yes, our publications, it is the natural was for me to speak at this time).. if only.

  i really don't think i would have gotten to the point i am at if the organization was candor about mistakes.

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  Not Getting Over It! Ex-JWs Face Residual Psychological, Physical Damage

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is not an essay or "my story".

  these are just a few personal observations from someone who lived, breathed and.

  slept the jw religion for over 50 years.

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