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  Which book of the Bible creates the highest number of awakenings?

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, it has been agreed that i will be reading the bible with my jw friends.

  straight bible no wt.. we tried to start with matthew and move through the new testament.

  i insisted on using the esvs i purchased from amazon for $.49 a piece so we could write in them.

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  Jonah, to be told to believe that crazy story is true is very hard to SWALLOW! hehehe!
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  Hello

  by Benjie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first time now that i'm registered.

  i've been reading here for a while though.. it's been a long journey to get here, but now i have turned my back on everything i've known for such a long time, but a new road lies ahead, and this is one of the first steps on it.. .

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  A very warm welcome to you and congrats on getting your family out.
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  When mothers "mother" too much

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  what do you suggest?

  one day, all of this will "try" to be dumped on my household.

  i am now hearing rumblings of it.. my in laws have their almost 40 year old daughter living with them.

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  When mothers "mother" too much

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  what do you suggest?

  one day, all of this will "try" to be dumped on my household.

  i am now hearing rumblings of it.. my in laws have their almost 40 year old daughter living with them.

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  skeeter-This is an important topic. Many mothers sabotage their own kids, forcing their own fears upon their offspring. My mother tried to, and sometimes succeeded, in doing this to me, but I got out of the house. I never did get the education I wanted, but did end up with a decent job in law enforcement.

  Since having my own kids, I have established time thresholds for them to be out of the house and on their own, telling them by the age of 23, they WILL be out, living their own lives. My teenager wants to move to an expensive, tropical area. Many who hear of his plans pooh pooh him, including my mother, but I keep telling him to go for it. Get an apartment there and look for room mates, find a niche not being filled very well job wise, get as much education as you possibly can.

  It is always sad to see people leading stunted lives. Kids need to make mistakes to grow into strong adults. Parents need to let their kids fail sometimes and not pick up the pieces for them.

  There are occasions when an adult child may need to temporarily live with the parents i.e., house fire, health, downsizing...but don't make your adult kid dependent on you, and adult kids, don't let your parents make you dependent on them...live you own life...get out of the house.
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  FREE Home Bible Study?!?!?

  by Christ Alone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i finally took a deep breath and watched the annual meeting report.

  i found a little nugget before the "new light" discussion began.

  there was a report about the "public preaching" that was taking place in manhattan.

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  Regarding bibles-I received one at a local county fair, there were people just handing them out...I was also approached, ironically enough, while sitting in my car at the grocery store, by a woman who was handing out bibles and literature. She saw me glance at her, making eye contact and offering a smile, and she decided to offer me her literature and bible. She seemed very nice, and I'm sure I looked like every 'householder' ever encountered who was too nice to refuse what we were offering in FS, lol!
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  Shunned while my Son copes with Cancer.

  by phil the fish filleter in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi guys, i am known to some on here and to prevent further problems from the trolls that may identify my son from what i am disclosing i have a different name.

  so, my 26 year old son gets the diagnosis ocular melanoma back on june 14th this year with a very bleak outlook.

  i walked away from the cult some years ago, however my son stayed in as he was engaged to an uber witness girl.

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  phil-I am so sorry that your son and your family are going thru this difficult and scary time. It was good to learn the doctors got the tumor out, hopefully your son will respond to the other treatments the doctors are likely to give.

  It is even more horrible that his in-laws are trying to blackmail your son into never seeing you. It is good that his wife is refusing to go along with her disillusioned, demented parents.

  I wish you and your son and your family the very best of outcomes!

  PTN
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  DAMN

  by never a jw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in the last six months i have learned so much about jw's from the "apostate" books and web sites such as jwfacts and this great site.

  ever since i started my research on jw's three adjectives to describe the wts leadership came to mind: deceptive, arrogant and manipulative.

  i just noticed today that the first letters create the acronym dam.

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  Nincompoops
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  When You Were Sitting During The Meetings What Were You Really Thinkng About?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to listen to all the stupid comments and wonder if i could sneak out of there and scram!

  even after i resigned as an elder, i went for a while and eventually began missing more and more meetings.

  but while i was there, i'd listen to comments, chuckle to myself how dumb it all was and then go home with the knowledge that my days were numbered there..

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  darth-hahah! I was doing the same thing, but in reverse, 'which brothers here are hot'? Also, I would count how many people were wearing what colors...15 wearing different shades of green, 12 reds, 7 blue and so on. At assemblies, I'd count the number of sisters wearing hats, seating section by seating section. The black sisters always were far in the lead in sheer numbers of hat wearing, they also tended to wear them so much better...why is that?
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  Lincoln

  by glenster in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  lincoln's fight for the thirteenth amendment in the last four months.

  of his life.. steven spielberg dir.. daniel day-lewis, sally field, david strathairn, joseph gordon-.

  levitt, james spader, hal holbrook, tommy lee jones, jackie earle.

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  I can hard wait to see this movie. I'm a huge Lincoln fan

  Whenever they would ask at the meeting who you most wanted to meet in the New System / New World, I would always anwer 'Abraham Lincoln'...complete silence in the KH...not the correct answer!
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  My wife and I bought a bar !!

  by elder-schmelder in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think that we are a little crazy but we bought a bar in wisconsin last week.

  here is a picture of my wife behind the bar.. .

  i still work for my jw family, but my wife is going to run the bar.. .

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  Congrats on the bar! Lots of hard work, but it seems like it would be fun too! Go Vikings!!!