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  Circuit Assembly Notes

  by Mister Biggs in

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  hello, everyone.. i somehow managed to endure a circuit assembly this past weekend.

  the two positives that came out of it are:.

  1) i can easily beat any test of endurance and.

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  I always presumed they always got enough dosh after the announcement was made; else they topped it up with the regular donations from the individual congregations to the circuit. I have never heard a special appeal or any resolution at the KH that asked for extra money for a Circuit Assembly. I would like to know what happens too.

  Following on… Have you noticed that recently, at the Circuit Assembly baptism (depending on whether your hall has a pool near the stage), the chairman doesn’t say “Can you please reserve your applause until the final candidate has been immersed” like they used to? This means that you have to clap yourselves silly after every nut has taken the plunge. Your hands get sore and you feel like a performing seal. I notice that some candidates get louder and more boisterous applause than others, demonstrating that right from the start, as a JW you have to book your place in the popularity pecking order!
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  Jehovah-Witness members who post here

  by U.2.K. in

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  first of all i'm confused about this http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum, either people who post here, is ignorant and dont wanna believe, or it's alot of ex-jw's.. cause i came here to discuss the bible(make note: i only read from the king james version and i'm not a witness) and everyone here is not agreeing with me on nothing..< at the witness-online.com when it was up, everybody was accepting that we are living in the last days... .

  if you dont believe in the bible, why bother posting here, cause i wanna discuss the bible...

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  And U.2.K. remember also that everyone else's opinion is just as valid as yours. You won't win anyone over by acting like a know-it-all. People are often rude to you because your posts are a little bit too preachy!
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  Jehovah-Witness members who post here

  by U.2.K. in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all i'm confused about this http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum, either people who post here, is ignorant and dont wanna believe, or it's alot of ex-jw's.. cause i came here to discuss the bible(make note: i only read from the king james version and i'm not a witness) and everyone here is not agreeing with me on nothing..< at the witness-online.com when it was up, everybody was accepting that we are living in the last days... .

  if you dont believe in the bible, why bother posting here, cause i wanna discuss the bible...

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  Perhaps it doesn't fulfil it's original remit, but that's just the way the site has evolved over the last couple of years. There are a lot of damaged people here, including myself, that need the support that this forum gives. Ex-witnesses are going to be cynical. Get used to it. But please don't let it put you off posting!

  Love
  Matt
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  For Silentlambs

  by Bendrr in

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  2. friends

  http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/7cfd2c28/bc/yahoo!+photo+album/slflag.jpg?bcaja38agud3mry0

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  Me neither. And I cut and pasted the url to the address field - I didn't just click on it!?
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  BOWEN HAS A THIRD EYE, AND EATS DEAD BABIES DAILY!

  by dedalus in

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  Three eyes? I heard he has only one. Like a cyclops.
  I also heard he eats kittens.
  And he leaves the toilet seat up.
  And he leaves empty ice-cube trays in the freezer.

  Disgusting!
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  Calgary Girl Brainwashed

  by deddaisy in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the edmonton sun .

  april 14, 2002 sunday, final edition .

  section: editorial/opinion; pg.

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  most JWs are convinced that refusing blood transfusions is a wise medical decision

  deddaisy, I don't pretend I know anything about the issue. All I know is that I trusted the FDS and the Hospital Liason Committee elders. I trusted them to know what they were talking about. Well, you can imagine what I think now, can't you?
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  The Watchtower's Chernobyl

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, guys and gals, that's what this is!.

  the whole sexual abuse coverup and repression of.

  whistleblowers splattered all over newspapers and.

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  metatron, too true - and the people of the Ukraine are still suffering for it now.

  I think that this is an excellent defining name for what is going on now in the WTBTS.

  It doesn't seem to have made a big splash outside the United States yet - my family and friends are blissfully ignorant of everything to do with this case. I would hope to see something in the UK Guardian newspaper or perhaps BBC News 24 sometime soon - is it on the cards? Apologies if this has been covered already - I can't cope with all the posts that have come in the last couple of days!
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  Suggestion re: Attacks on Bill Bowen

  by Kismet in

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  2. friends

  it seems that we have many new aliases popping up right now.

  all posting attacks against bill bowen personally.. note they cannot argue the facts of abuse occuring but decide to go after one of the faces that represent the whole issue at hand, bill bowen.. it just goes to show how desperate some people become trying to protect their high control religion regardless the cost to children and adult children of past abuse.. i would like to suggest that we adopt the same advice our parent's gave us while growing up as dubs.

  just ignore the taunts, the insults.

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  bttt!

  A discussion about Bill Bowen's "motives" is ducking the real issues that are involved. Are we talking about one or two people that have been brutally abused here with no justice? No we aren't. IT'S THOUSANDS.

  What the hell do you think he wants for himself? Does he want fame so that he can get a recording contract or a part in a soap opera or something?

  Luke 6:42
  How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, allow me to extract the straw that is in your eye,' while you yourself are not looking at the rafter in that eye of yours? Hypocrite! First extract the rafter from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to extract the straw that is in your brother's eye.
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  We got DF'd/ Assoc. Press called

  by ARoarer in

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  2. friends

  well we got the phone call from the elder to let us know of the decision to disfellowship us.

  the one elder called while the other sat on the phone as a "witness".

  the second elder was once a close friend.

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  ((((Barbara))))

  The so called "brothers and sisters" that have infected this discussion group, far from bringing objective opinion to the site, have made me more determined to get out. Their bigotry has spelt it out to me very clearly, so I guess I must thank them.

  This will take time to filter through to the local Kingdom Hall in smalltown USA or Europe or Australia. But it will get through. We shall see.

  Justice will be done.

  Luke 6:27-28
  But I say to you who are listening, Continue to love your enemies, to do good to those hating you, to bless those cursing you, to pray for those who are insulting you.

  John 13:34-35
  I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.
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  blood policy in the papers

  by ballistic in

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  2. friends

  this was printed in june 2000 as far as i can make out.

  what do you make of it?.

  http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/top_story.html?in_review_id=290588&in_review_text_id=235269.

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  Lee - Yes, that is how I understand it from what I know – it’s true that no official announcements have been made to the R&F.

  Any witness that accepts a blood transfusion is automatically registered as disassociated rather than disfellowshipped. The difference? No Judicial Committee need be involved – basically because it’s an open and shut case that does not need further discussion - the person involved has made their decision. Of course this is unless they are subsequently “repentant”, then they will be re-associated.

  Any further inside info would be appreciated.