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  My Son and I have about 5 Months Left

  by bavman in

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  hello, i haven't been on here in awhile and it looks like a whole new crowd.

  i disassociated myself about 8 years ago.

  went through a divorce and shunning from most my family.

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  PaintedToeNail

  bavman-I am so very, very sorry, words do not express how sad I am for you.

  PTN
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  Hi! I'm New Here

  by alecholmesthedetective in

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  hi there, as was suggested to me, i'm starting this thread to say hi to everyone.. my awakening began recently, after the new light on the 'slave'.

  i felt it didn't add up and went to check and found out ttatt.

  for a while i tried to find evidence of whether the wt might still be god's organization, i needn't say i couldn't.. i had already resigned as a ministerial servant and a pioneer, had already had several issues with the elders and did not put up with their nonsense for a long.

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  Hello and welcome.
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  What is the most valuable thing your mother taught you?

  by usualusername in

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  what is the most valuable thing your mother taught you?.

  as an aside was she a witness or not at the time?.

  uun .

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  Not to be afraid of life...she is afraid of everything, and is a constant downer-she will see the bad side of anything!
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  So where is all this supposed worldwide persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Reality79 in

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  for years, it was drummed into our heads that the whole world lies in the hands of the wicked one who hates us and a result, mankind particularly hates the jws with a passion.. now that i think about it, i've seen very little evidence of that.

  i mean yes, in places like malawi, germany and some other countries the witnesses have been through real persecution - not the type that the average dub would call it like doors being slammed in the face.

  but what have they experienced that many other religions in other countries haven't?

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  Recently, I met a JW who said "Satan is persecuting JW's by all the good jobs requiring higher education"... Seriously.

  JW's can use anything that makes them have a bad day be persecution by Satan, most other people would think these things were just life.
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  Love Thy Neighbor? Not my JW neighbors.

  by jws in

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  i live next to jw neighbors.

  i was a jw 1000 miles away over 20 years ago, never here.

  as far as i know, nobody here knows i once was, including the neighbors.. so there wouldn't be any reason for them to shun me.

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  Maybe they are completely oblivious. I have an older male JW relative who has to be told to zip his pants up every single time he comes out of the bathroom-no kidding-he also misplaces his glasses, pens, keys and so on. He always has to be reminded to put the garbage out, he has been living in the same home for 18 years and has had the same garbage day for that same length of time. literally hundreds of times the garbage has been taken to the curb, and he needs reminded. He never remembers anything. He is completely oblivious to things, yet can do difficult math problems and is really good at drawing and figuring out how to make things work.
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  Hello from North Dakota

  by ndmom73 in

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  i am fairly new here.

  i came across this site a few years ago and tried to join but i wasn't approved as a member for whatever reason.

  well, recently i came across this site again and decided to reapply to be a member and it was approved.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome!
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  Talked to Phone Witnessing JWs

  by jamiebowers in

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  i usually can't hear someone knocking on the door of our enclosed porch, so i haven't spoken to a jw in person in the ten years that we've been at this house.

  and being that the temperatures are currently very cold in northeast ohio, i suppose the jws are doing telephone witnessing.

  so, today i had the opportunity to talk to two real live jws.

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  Wow! You think fast when you need to! Way to go!
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  Cold and beautiful!

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  it is wonderfully cold and clear outside.

  the sun light is glistening on the snow.

  when you step outside the snow squeeks and squiggs underfoot.

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  It is wonderfully cold and clear outside. The sun light is glistening on the snow. When you step outside the snow squeeks and squiggs underfoot. Birds flutter to and fro the birdfeeders. A fire snaps jauntily in the fireplace, my tea is hot, and I am surrounded by pets lounging on the rug. A perfect winter day.
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  Glaring omission in yesterday’s Watchtower Study

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

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  So, sidetracking a little from the original thread, to DATA-DOG's comment about the Messiah, why couldn't the Messiah have come from another of David's sons? Why did the linet have to be from Bathsheba through Solomon? Why not from Abigail or one of his other numerous wives?
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  I wrote a review for Anthony Mathenia's new book, Paradise Earth: Day Zero

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.anthonymathenia.com/barbara-anderson-reviews-paradise-earth-day-zero/.

  we know that the publishing of mathenia's new book, paradise earth: day zero was announced here on jwn some weeks ago.

  we sincerely hope that many of you reading this post have read part one of this three-part series already.

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  Now I have a book to buy!