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Dreaded Ministry School Speakers!
by TR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm sure every hall has or had a "student" or speaker that they just dreaded to listen to.

wether it was poor reading and pronunciation, or repetitive words, there are those grueling speakers that are murder to listen to.

and they never got better.. in one hall i went to, this bro, actually a friend of mine, had the speach mannerism "you know".
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Are JW Kids Worse Disproportionately?
by patio34 in
1. jw
2. friends
in a conversation with my son, we were going over all the young people he grew up with that were jws.

there seemed to be an inordinate proportion of felons among them, compared to the "worldly" people in his school.

and also compared to the people at work that i know whose kids are doing fine now.. our tentative theory is that raising kids as jws can be very damaging to many of them.
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JT - we're both right and wrong
by bluesapphire in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wanted to tell you that i found information in an old catechism.

basically, it shows that *some* archdioceses abstained from meat on all fridays prior to vatican ii.

it is up to the bishop of each archdiocese and most dioceses in the roman catholic rite in the us had that.
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Let me give you my story....
by nita6368 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi there everyone, i have posted a few times but after reading some life stories i decided to put mine on here in a condensed version.i don't know about anyone else but it helps me to read other peoples life stories, kind of validates that "hey, i'm not crazy, it was the org.

that was so warped.

" ok, here goes...i was raised catholic-12 years of parochial school and all only to find myself pregnant at 18 and being told by the monseniour(higher-up priest, really old guy)that it would be bettter for my child to be born a bastard(exact word used) than for me to marry the unbelieving father-he was a baptist.
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JW Rules That Are Just "Too Much"!
by Ephanyminitas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm curious: what rules have you dealt with that were just "too much" -- whether they were "official" (i.e.

in print) or not?.

i think a good, general one is r-rated movies.
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I've been studying for about a year now...
by Meow921 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been studying with the jw's for about a year now.

i know that by nature (or nurture!

) i have an addictive personality so i have tried to be real careful that i'm doing the right thing by getting involved with them.
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BEATING KIDS IN THE WASHROOM
by Rags in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am 36 yr old female originally from toronto ontario canada.

was raised jw till i was about 14. has anyone else had this happen in their hall?

the mom's (thank god never mine!
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I Went To The KH Yesterday Afternoon
by TheRecordCollector in
1. jw
2. experiences
i went to the kh yesterday afternoon.

i met a friend there that i haven't seen in a while.

she and her husband used to be regulars there until her husband died, then she moved back to california to live with her daughter.
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I AM NO LONGER A JW STATISTIC
by Cassiline in
1. jw
2. experiences
this has taken a lot of courage to post.

my life with the jws has been one hardship after another.

i am sharing this to help others see that jws claim to be loving and forgiving people while they are not.
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MAJOR UN/WTS NEWS- UN LETTER & 1992 Press R...
by hawkaw in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
as of 6:02 pm last night i received a facsimile from paul hoeffel at the un on the wts.. he gave me 3 of the 4 things i requested in two paragraphs.. i have sent a scanned version to steve bates and someone else.. i sent it to kent and randy.

and kent and randy have posted the official united nations letter on their web sites.. here is the letter - put your cursor on the image and then right click on your mouse and hit "save image" to your computer.. .

after you look at kent's web site and you people still think this it is a fake letter, phone paul hoeffel yourself at (212) 963-8070.. hawk