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  Facial hair and Witnesses

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i never understood why the society was against beards or goatees but completely okay with mustaches.

  what's the difference?

  facial hair is facial hair, whether it's above your lip or around your cheeks or under your chin.

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  Ever bump in to a JW acquaintance at the gym?

  by Vetiver in

  1. social
  2. physical

  this has happened to me on 4 occasions.

  3 times it was an elder and i simply pretended i didn't know him and avoided eye contact.

  the other time was someone of my age that didn't really talk to me of the opposite sex.

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  Carts in Florence/pisa

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just had a holiday.

  i don't get many so this was special.

  i went to italy.

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  The "shunned" podcast is now up and ready to go...

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alright, we're now itunes official, and the new podcast has been approved.

  the first episode is my wife's story, and after that i'll be helping others to tell their stories as well.

  my goal is to shed light on the real lives of the shunned, to tell the stories that these religions don't want you to hear.

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  Will hurricane Harvey infuse the WTBT$ with more money? Or cost them more money?

  by exjwlemming in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in the past, i have known many brothers that had trekked down to the southern us to perform relief work on behalf of the wtbt$.

  they return as heros.

  they shared the repairing and rebuilding of kh and the property of fellow believers.

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  What have been some of the funniest local needs talks that you have heard?

  by DaPriest in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember once in berlin south germany there was a local needs part for the men only, and how they should use the toilet.

  in all seriousness for ten minutes a retarded nigerian was going on about how men need to sit down when using the toilet.

  no mention of anything else.. it transpired that some little kraut boy from an "interested" family would aim for the side of the toilet and leave a great big puddle for others to clean up.

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  Christian Longo on death row – is he up for a new trial?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  for those who don’t remember, longo was a life-long witness (even a one-time ministerial servant) who strangled and/or drowned his wife, mary jane, and their three children, zachery, sadie and madison.

  longo has been on death row in marion county, oregon, since 2003.. http://www.biography.com/people/christian-longo.

  well, yesterday i talked to a woman who works with one of mary jane’s sisters who told me that longo was coming up for a new trial.

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  In Honor of Jimmy Olson October 31, 1973

  by sparky1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in memory of jimmy olson, i have provided a link to his story below.

  many who now post here are new to the forum and i felt it was necessary to honor his memory.

  although i never knew him, his brother was my roommate for a time at watchtower farms.

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  'American Pickers' Star and her Jehovah's Witness upbringing

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  danielle colby went from jehovah's witnesses to burlesque dancer to vintage decor goddess.

  dallas news | by joy tipping.

  january 30, 2014. .

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  does anybody remember "marking?"

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for a while there was this arrangement, based on 2thess:3:14, wherby a talk was given on the service meeting describing a dangerous influence in the congregation, and reference was made to that scripture, thereby indicating to the congregation that this threat exists here, and that you should distance yourselves from anybody fitting that description.

  frankly, it bothered me because even if somebody didn't know who was really being referred to, they felt like they might, so the congregation formed little fractures of suspicion.

  i wrote to the society because of this divisive effect (that i'm sure wasn't the intended effect; creating a phantom "marked man," breaking up the unity in the cong...etc.).

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