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  143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. humour

  quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.

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  Please, oh please let them do a rock song.
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  Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?

  ) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.

  (or married to an unbelieving mate?

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  In high school I had a friend with Tourette's, he could get away with anything.
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  China Opens World's First Quantum Communications Line

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the people's daily reports the opening of the world's first, totally secure, quantum communications line.

  the line connects shanghai to beijing and some points in between.. .

  guests attend the opening ceremony of the jing-hu, or beijing-shanghai,trunk line, in beijing, capital of china, sept. 29, 2017. .

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  WT this year: "True Christians bring honour to the Most High when they prayerfully consider the dangers of using worldly technology."

  WT in five years: "Are we not thrilled to see the World wide increase of secure downloads of Bible based literature? Certainly this is evidence of Jehovah's backing."
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  What is behind your choice of forum user name?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.

  there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.

  i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.

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  My user name describes my mental, emotional, and physical condition as a result of 40 years of indoctrination: born in, denied college, pioneered after high school, 10 years MS, 10 years Elder, nu-lite always moving the goal posts further and further away... ruined my physical health with alcohol, emotionally drained, wanting death.

  I was completely BURNED OUT.
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  ARC Live Streaming site ?

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the exact live streaming site for the arc today in sydney?

  i hope someone or more here will be watching and giving info/quips throughout the case.

  also, will someone here or elsewhere be able to 'save' a video of this (all or part).

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  O'Brien didn't know what the word 'pastoral' means! The commissioner laughed then had to draw a little word picture for him...
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  Are they studying the Truth book in Sunday's photo?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this got buried in a thread, so i'll ask in a new thread.. in the 2017 convention program is this photo for sunday.

  can someone with better eyes tell me if those are truth books?.

  https://assetsnffrgf-a.akamaihd.net/assets/m/1102017403/univ/art/1102017403_univ_lsr_lg.jpg.

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  I did a double take when I first saw the photo. A Truth Book!!!
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  NPR News: Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah's Witnesses

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/510585965/poor-education-leads-to-lost-dreams-and-low-income-for-many-jehovahs-witnesses.

  can't comment on this right now because i'm heading off to school .

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  I shared this on fb and soon received a message from a still-in that I should let go of my hate...

  I do not have any hate, only regrets that after graduating high school I was not in college but trying to hand out magazines that no one wanted.
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  Another Burnt Out Elder

  by Spoletta in

  1. social
  2. family

  young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night.

  nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.. it got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff.

  literally ran him ragged.. he's still in good standing, gave the final prayer.

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  After 10 years as a MS followed by 10 years as an Elder, I had a spectacular public burnout. My alcoholism and anxiety put me in the hospital and nearly killed me, other times I wanted to take my own life just to make it all stop.

  Watchtower's yoke is strangling and the load is crushingly heavy...

  I repeatedly asked for less responsibilities, but was not taken seriously until I flipped out right before I was going to start the meeting. THEN they realized I was DONE.
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  US vs THEM

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i still remember that feeling.

  thank god it's gone for good.

  i used to be part of us witnesses.

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  Incredible read! I have had similar experiences but can not put it into words as you have.
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  Has WT actually drafted an End of Days tract?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard in years past that there was such a tract planned for the great tribulation.

  my father at the time denied this, and reasoned that that would not be a loving thing for them to do, to essentially say, "told ya so!".

  last year, the bunker videos had brother brown mention "a message of judgment".. has such material been drafted or is this just another bluff?.

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  Good one, BOC!!!