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  D'oh. Just outed myself to a mate unintentionally.. Elephant - meet room.

  by Captain Blithering in

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  picked up by a friend (not an appointed man) in his car, linked my phone to his bluetooth stereo for music, the big screen immediately showed what i'd been listening to previously.

  a podcast from healing x outreach on jw's new light.

  awkward much?

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  There are many poo filled landmines when trying to fade. Like real ones you never know where or when you'll set one off!
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  What % of JW's would have a blood transfusion?

  by jwfacts in

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  2. medical

  on the current thread about blood simon made an interesting point that the stats are skewed because we don't know how many jehovah's witnesses secretly accept blood.

  what are your thoughts about how high this figure may be, and did you or anyone you found out about ever accept blood?.

  as a side note.

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  In response to Newyork: I agree! My Elder realative had a baby who was born needing a blood transfusion. The baby was made a ward of the court as is now routine in these cases. The elder told me more than once how GLAD he is that the decision was taken out of his hands because the baby is alive and well.
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  What % of JW's would have a blood transfusion?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  on the current thread about blood simon made an interesting point that the stats are skewed because we don't know how many jehovah's witnesses secretly accept blood.

  what are your thoughts about how high this figure may be, and did you or anyone you found out about ever accept blood?.

  as a side note.

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  Some years ago the wife of the PO in our cong had a blood transfusion. Even though it was common knowledge this occured neither she or her husband had any announcement made about them or priveledges removed. The excuse they circulated was that their daughter had given permission without their knowledge. Mind you, nobody believed a word of it because they never took any action against the daughter, the doctors, or the hospital. The PO was a "good 'ole boy" with other rumors about him, not the least of which, was incest. When the CO leaned on him a little he simply moved (temporarily) then returned a couple of years later when it was all forgotton. He is still an elder!
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  Since most JW's HATE giving talks and doing meeting parts, why does the Watchtower Society still require it?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  i loathed giving talks and doing meeting parts.

  i dreaded all assignments.

  i was intelligent enough and always did a good job, but all my jw life (born in to mid-30's) i enjoyed giving talks about as much as a visit to the dentist.. i am sure that 90% of all jw's similarly dislike it.

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  JWs is a religion for extraverts. If you aren't you are screwed.
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  Celebrate my first post of many :)

  by Mellow in

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  hi everyone, my name is mellow (some names have been changed) lol.

  as no doubt many of you were, i was born in.

  i am now in my mid 20s living in a jehovah's witness household.

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  Welcome mellow! You have most of your life ahead of you. It is awesome that you can now persue your dreams/goals without guilt. Go for it!
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  Hi

  by LucidChimp in

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  i've been lurking here for a year or two now (since i stumbled across ttatt and was stumbled by it), i even started an account some while back and asked a couple of questions.. but i never actually stood up and said hi... so hi, my name's jon and i'm a dubaholic.. .

  i was "born in" in the 80s - and grew up on a liquid diet of cheap suits and revelation book pictures (i mean really, group after group just staring at the pictures while not listening, i must have spent more time staring at those pictures than i have any work of art in my life, literally hours at each lurid picture).

  i "left" in my teens, but apparently lacking any kind of actual sense, returned to studying with a childhood friend from the congregation in my twenties (although i was never baptised, my entire small family were dubs, so i saw more witnesses than "worldly people" on a regular basis.. they love bombed my arse for years!)..

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  Welcome Lucidchimp! Congrats on seeing through the "love bombing' and not getting baptised. You are entering the best years of your life free from the stranglehold of the Watchtower.It looks as though you have your family too. Woo hoo
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  How do I Know?

  by mouthy in

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  how do i know my youth is all spent?.

  but in spite of it all i am able to grin,.

  when i think of the places my get-up has been.

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  My granny died.

  by LouBelle in

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  last week friday i was delayed in going to work, for which i am glad.

  it was an opportunity for me to help my gran one last time.

  she thanked me, told me she loved me and that i would be very blessed.

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  Loubelle, I am very sorry for your loss. She must have been a great person for you and you family to love her so much. She was blessed with a long life and a lovely grandaughter. (you!) Cheers to you both
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  December 2014 km

  by factfinder in

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  does anyone have a scan of the december 2014 km ?.

  thanks!.

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  Slayer, LOL!
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  just when you think you've made friends with a "normal" person

  by Hortensia in

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  rode over to the farmer's market with a couple of neighbors, nice women, seem sensible.

  the driver stopped in the middle of a block and stared at the coca-cola truck that was parked there.

  she said, "do you see the round tower?

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  And I thought MY neighbors were weird.....