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What exactly is the WTS?

by meat pie in

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i have often asked and tried to research this question, perhaps someone out there has been a member.what i mean is what is the wts?

how does someone become a member.

we once had a co who said he could say he represented the wts because he was a member, but we weren't.

meat pie

Thanks for your replies so far, I still don't understand it though.

Dear Fred, I knew that definition but it isn't an explanation, ta anyway.

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What exactly is the WTS?

by meat pie in

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i have often asked and tried to research this question, perhaps someone out there has been a member.what i mean is what is the wts?

how does someone become a member.

we once had a co who said he could say he represented the wts because he was a member, but we weren't.

I have often asked and tried to research this question, perhaps someone out there has been a member.What I mean is what is the WTS? how does someone become a member. We once had a CO who said he could say he represented the WTS because he was a member, but we weren't. What decisions do they make? are there 'minutes' recorded, do they have to submit reports to any legal authorities, are they answerable for the worlwide organization? The only answers I could get as a Dub were too vague.The AGM was referred to in the Watchtower, but nothing much else. Any answers please?

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Do you love people more now that you're out?

by writerpen in

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i was thinking about this the other day.

since i've left the borg, i find myself loving other humans more.

like all the little children being abducted, the miners trapped in the mine last week, the victims of car accidents that i pass on the road, a woman crying in the car next to me while waiting for the green light, the homeless that i see every weekend at a local soup kitchen where i volunteer, etc.

meat pie

I agree with Fire Dragon and Rekless, I am not as judgmental (negatively) as we were ENCOURAGED to be, regardless of the double-talk, we were expected to consider ourselves 'set apart' , the pitiable people 'in the world' could be like us if they were only humble enough. !!!

I recall telling an elder of the sad case of a little boy at school with my son, about 6 years old, his mother had died a year or so before then his father suddenly died of a heart attack.He had a brother a year or two older than himself, but no relatives for hundreds of miles.The elders response?The family weren't in the truth were they, oh, someone will look after them.Fortunately for the little boys someone did look after them, not JW's.

To be positive now, yes I do hope I am generally a better person now, and care more for other people.

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sickness

by kat7302 in

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i have decided to include you all in every step of my shock pregnancy!

after boasting about not having sickness this time and being so relieved, i woke up this morning and have felt terrible aaaaaaallllllll day.

i need some sympathy here.

meat pie

Poor Kat, I found oranges helped, or just orange juice. Also a cold wet cloth on the back of the neck if the sickness came with that fainty feeling.Hope it doesn't last too long.

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Facial Hair Poll

by LittleToe in

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the background to this thread is that i love wearing (?

) a beard, but my wife hates it.

i've changed my profile pic to reflect four states of facial hairiness (if it doesn't show, hit "refresh" on your browser).. i'm interested in your opinions.

meat pie

Number 4,

second choice,Number 3.

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I'm back from my hols now...

by meat pie in

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i just got back and i wanted to say thanks to eman and her ladyship for a really great bbq.

it was fun meeting lots of lovely people too.

now i've got a lot of catching up to do...ps> if anyone's got any pictures of me they can put them up i don't mind.

meat pie

I just got back and I wanted to say THANKS to Eman and Her Ladyship for a really great BBQ. It was fun meeting lots of lovely people too. Now I've got a lot of catching up to do...PS> IF anyone's got any pictures of me they can put them up I don't mind.

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Panorama after shox

by meat pie in

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when the dateline thing happened i discussed it with quite a few non jw friends and i said that if it became general knowledge here (uk) i thought i would df myself in a regional paper.

well have i got the guts?

i hope so, it might become a trend!

meat pie

When the Dateline thing happened I discussed it with quite a few non JW friends and I said that if it became general knowledge here (UK) I thought I would DF myself in a regional paper. Well have I got the guts? I hope so, it might become a trend! I will be away on hols but my husband will video it for me, and I would have to do the dF thing when I got home i think. Why then? a catalyst, but also because I cannot go round to every person I spoke to as a JW and apologize, it might also keep the subject in people's minds, who knows.I have found that if I tell a lot of people I'm going to do something I generally do it.First and foremost though I really hope this TV publicity will help the victims.

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How secure are airlines?

by Simon in

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in an article in the guardian:.

airlines warn of huge delays over blunkett security plan.

it says:the government wants airlines to provide the name, gender and home address of each passenger, together with the number of pieces of luggage they are carrying, before each plane can take off.. .

meat pie

Here's a silly thing, my MIL and her 80 yr old friend flew EZjet Luton to Aberdabberdeen t'other day and they had to have photo IDs signed by doctors in order to board. 20 odd years ago I flew to N Ireland and had to fill out a form stating I wasn't a terrorist.How does signing bits of paper make any difference? If anyone was up to no good they'd either have fake ID or wouldn't care who knew anyway after the event.The only way it could help is if every check in desk had a list/photo of every possible suspect person on the planet and they could check each one.Might as well walk! More important would be Xrays and searches.Can't do that on trains though and I'm travelling with the kids next week...I'm not saying don't do anything, but logic and common sense should play a bigger part!

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