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  Max Larson died today at 96 yrs...Watchtower President since 2000

  by williamhconley in

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  watchtower society of new york president max larson died today at the age of 96.. served in bethel since 1938 (73 yrs at bethel) long before geoffrey jackson & anthony morris of the gb were even born.. http://www.jw-archive.org/2011/09/bro-max-larson-died-today.html.

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  Did anyone else catch the typo in the opening part of the article? When giving backround about his mother it said ' the man in which whom HE would marry '. Anyhow, never heard of him. R.I.P. peaceAll paulnotsaul
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  Baby mama drama

  by fadethisbitch in

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  hi everyone... i've been lurking here for a few months.

  i'm currently in the middle of a fade and have found the experiences here very helpful.... maybe i'll give my personal story sometime.

  but i thought i would share some of the latest drama with the fam.. quick background.... my wife's nephew has been diffed 2x, this last time he has been out at least 3yrs.

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  paulnotsaul

  Hi bitch. Welcome to the forum/family. Sorry to hear about all your drama. We are here for ya. peacetoya paulnotsaul
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  Are YOU a Believer, Atheist, Agnostic, Active JW or WHAT?

  by Greybeard in

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  sorry if this has been asked before but i would love to know the current ratio on this forum.. i'm a believer/christian former jw for 45 years... born in .

  what are you now and what were you?.

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  I was born a JW. About a year ago I converted to Christianity. The Judgemental Hate I learned as a JW is so far from what I learn now. It doesn't even come close to the Christian Non-Judgemental Love I experience. If JW's taught Christianity, they took Christ right out of it! I do enjoy hearing all sides though. peaceAll paulnotsaul
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  What was your favorite convention beverage?

  by i_drank_the_wine in

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  there's so many good choices, i can barely pick!.

  dart?.

  shasta cola?.

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  You don't remember those delicious beeners? Thats what my dad called them. I had to have no less than two of them. A half frozen chocolate puddin and a lemon lime soda to wash it all down. Always the high lite of the program. Lunch. By the second half of the program I would be all gassed up and waiting for an applause or a song to let it out. Man, those farts sure stunk. What the hell did they put in those things? peaceAll paulnotsaul
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  Everyone has an opinion

  by sizemik in

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  in the modern world everybody wants to be "politcally correct".

  but what they feel others want to hear.. in a way .

  it's a kind of deception.. well .

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  The more we evolve as a people the more senitive and sugar coated we become as a society. I never thought growing up I would see this day of 'political correctness'. What happened to the honest in your face tongue in cheek realness in conversation of the days of old. Everyones so dam afraid of offending someone. At my job the bluntness of honesty is refreshing. I've noticed sometimes this is a class/social thing. The more higher up you are education/status the more 'politically correct' you start to talk/act. Its sad that some people can't handle the realness and truth in conversation without having their presious feelings hurt. BOO-HOO! Good topic sizemike. I enjoy your topics and replies. Even if I don't agree with you, your always the calm voice of reason. peaceAll paulnotsaul
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  After leaving the Faith, do you celebrate all of the Holidays?

  by Quarterback in

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  i could never understand how some who don't follow some of the moral restrictions in the jw faith, are strong against celebrating the .

  religious holidays such as christmas, and easter etc.. do you celebrate the holidays knowing some of their origins?.

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  MrsJones5, I can accept that answer. At one time maybe not. My wife helped me to open my eyes to new concepts. I used to ask her why she watched such shallow programs on T.V. She told me because she didn't want to think but to be entertained. How could I argue with that? I am thankful for her. Cause in all my complexity, I became the simpleton. peaceAll paulnotsaul
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  After leaving the Faith, do you celebrate all of the Holidays?

  by Quarterback in

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  i could never understand how some who don't follow some of the moral restrictions in the jw faith, are strong against celebrating the .

  religious holidays such as christmas, and easter etc.. do you celebrate the holidays knowing some of their origins?.

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  paulnotsaul

  So where does that put you if your celebrating the holidays? If not for either pagan or christian, then why? peace paulnotsaul
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  After leaving the Faith, do you celebrate all of the Holidays?

  by Quarterback in

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  i could never understand how some who don't follow some of the moral restrictions in the jw faith, are strong against celebrating the .

  religious holidays such as christmas, and easter etc.. do you celebrate the holidays knowing some of their origins?.

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  Our family celebrates everything but Halloween. The church we attend admits their origins. But if you read Roman chapter 14 it goes into detail about this topic. I personally bought a book on the history of christmas. Lots of pagan rituals. But with in reason all things that are celebrated to the glory of God are justifiable. I don't believe Jesus was born Dec. 25. The Catholic faith does. But for us its a day to celebrate the fact that our savior was born. We like to keep the christ in christmas. As far as Easter. This is a day picked to celebrate the ressurection of Jesus. And where I attend this is a whole month of activites surrounding Jesus. As a Christian I celebrate the Christ aspect of it. But if your a Pagan maybe your reasons are different. I DON'T JUDGE! peacetoAll paulnotsaul
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  i was happy in and i'm happy out

  by never been happier in

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  can i tell my story,briefly.

  i spent 18 yrs on the ministry,11 of them as an unbaptised publisher,i refused to get baptised because the dedication was a vow to the society,not a vow to god as defined in scripture,this led to many many debates with the elders and i often raised the "millions now living will never die" issue and several other points but was always told about the "light getting brighter" and "imperfect men" but eventually i relented and jumped in the water.i wish now that i'd read bro franz's books,particularly crisis of conscience before doing that,would have saved many hours preaching false doctrines of men, as doctrines of god.but once i got on the internet and started researching....what,bro russell is buried with a huge pyramid,was into numerology,loved freemasons,had ancient egyptian symbols on his books,couldn't prophesy what the name of tomorrow would be,said jesus was already present since 1799,1874,1878,1914,1918,.. and the judge was even worse"1925 is even more clearly prophesied in scripture than 1914" "millions now living will never die"(recently re-written as millions now living may never die),built a lovely house beth sarim for the returning brothers to live in,but lived in it him self,and drove around in their car.then came the new name jehovahs witnesses,but jc said we would be witnesses of him ,and suffer because of his name,thats what christianity is.then 1935 and heaven was closed to new entrants until 2005 when 2 new bros were put on the gb who weren't even born in 1935.no one in my congregation batted an eye to it...but the doctrines were still true...weren't they????????

  sorry but they have more holes than my watering can.. they resorted to quoting the johanas greber bible,written under trance by grebo and his spirit medium wife and used to back up the wts version of john 1:1.so jumping ahead,when i was pointed to the un deception(an organisation which hosts the temple of set in th un tower) it was time to bale out,simple as that.they won't hear anything i have to say but oddly they haven't called a judicial for me either.i was in my late 20's when i joined and i got my child-hood buddy into it about 10 yrs ago,but he now refuses to acknowledge me and he only lives 100yds away,and apart from 2 or 3 others thats it as far as contact goes.but the crucial saving for me was the fact that i always kept association with outside friends and my wife never joined so the change was much easier than some of you have had.ihaven't found a new church,yet,i loved god before the wts stuck their ore in and i still love god since i got out.

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  Welcome! Looking forward to your joys and concerns. I wish you success on your spiritual journey. Continue to Love one another. Judge not that ye not be judged. peacehappy1 paulnotsaul
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  A warning for all from Totally ADD

  by TotallyADD in

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  it has been four days since i have been on jwn.

  because i am not as young as i used to be.

  as many know my wife and i are opening up a donut store.

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  A wise person learns from their mistakes. But a wiser person not only learns from their own but others mistakes a well. Thanks ADD! I'll remember this advise 'old man'. Hoping you a speedy recovery. peacegrampa paulnotsaul