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  Larry Graham and Prince over by my house- smile

  by JT in

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  i was sent this email - i gave a couple of talks in this hall, in fact it is not that far from where we have built our new home.. and they say jw don't do creature worship.

  james.

  > this past sunday (rainy and dreary) at our 3:30 p.m. meeting in bowie, a .

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  Prince and Larry need to re-work the Bee Molesting song.
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  elder emails me after nearly 6 months... myresponse

  by losingit in

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  just letting you know that today's meeting is cancelled.. it's been a while since we have seen the girls - if we need to change something so they can attend and or make their bible study - please let me know.. hope we see you at the meeting soon.. bro brown".

  my response.... "simon,.

  please remove me from your email contact list.

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  According to him "you let yourself lie with demons" . What an assho!*. Does he regularly consult them to know who their bedfellows are???? Your response was great yet much better than he deserved. Aren't you glad you have stopped putting your life in his hands?
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  Christmas Songs?

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are certain songs sung at christmas time that have nothing whatsoever to do with christmas.

  i've been reading lyrics lately to make sure, then i make comments to my uber-jw wife, who really, really hates what i'm saying.

  for example, the song, "let it snow" has nothing to do with christmas.

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  SFPW, LOL LOL
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  My Story

  by Brother Mike in

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  my story is long, heart stopping, tragic, and puzzling.

  since i posted what was said to be my last post, i received a private message which sparked my attention about the watchtower.

  immediately i did research, and have found not only proof from outside sources, but the watchtower openly admitting it.

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  I am so sorry for the pain you are suffering Bro Mike. Death of your father is so difficult and then to have your faith shaken is like having the rug pulled out from underneath you. Please keep reading, keep questioning, keep in touch here so we can help as much as possible. You, my friend, are not alone.
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  Crazy JW urban legend

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a sure guarantee that this was bogus (really, any reasoning is required at all?

  ) was that it did the rounds applied to john denver, annie lennox and others.. basically, they relied on satan (oh yes) for their musical ability (i knew it) and any jws in the audience would be asked to leave because ... (drum roll) ... they blocked the signal to satan so couldn't perform with them present!.

  anyone else remember that gem?.

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  I too, heard the John Denver rumor but only that he asked if there were any JWs at his concert and if so, would they please leave. As a witness who gullibly believed it I was offended at the time. I figured some stupid Witness had given him a bad (isolated) experience. HA!
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  My friend's Mom apologized to her kids for teaching them lies!

  by Hortenzie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  she has been a witness most of her life.

  her three kids were brought up as jw in a communist country and the whole family suffered reprisals from the regime for being in the org.

  (father was well know elder).

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  Your friend did the right thing. About a year ago I did the same. My daughter was very gracious and told me she knew I was teaching what i sincrely believed would be best for her. wooo hooo! Our relationship was noticebly strengthened afterwards.
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  10 Years out of the JW Organization- What I've Learned ( For what it's Worth)

  by flipper in

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  10 years ago i stopped attending jehovah's witness meetings for good.

  walked out of the kingdom hall cold turkey never to return based on injustices i observed among others and myself at the hands of elders giving out not god's counsel but personal opinions as counsel .

  some of them weren't even giving out wt society counsel- just personal opinions.

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  Flipper, I have told the exJWs I have spoken to that you are THE REAL DEAL! You and your "worldly" wife have shown hubby and me more kindness and love in a couple of short visits than we EVER experienced in the WTBT&. (almost 6 decades!)Cheers
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  I regret my disassociation.

  by Zoos in

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  if i knew then what i know now, i might never have disassociated myself.

  i realize all i can do is speculate on what could have been.

  however, when i consider the number of people i might have been able to help by dropping little thought-provoking seeds, i really regret having jumped to the decision to disassociate so quickly.. ive read the accounts of several people on this forum telling of how stressful it is to be in the position that i just described above.

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  Jeffro brings up a point I have been grappling with which is :even if you don't formally DA the elders may decide you have done so by your actions. Then they can make the announcement at the Hall that you wouldn't even know about if you are no longer attending. I think if I am facing being offically kicked out I would enjoy writing an embarassing (to them) letter like Confusedandalone did. He took control from them and left them between a rock and a hard place.
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  Is there an official name for this comedic device?

  by Island Man in

  1. social
  2. humour

  is there an official name for the comedic device where one replaces one word with another word having a similar pronounciation but a different (usually derisive) meaning?.

  for example, some skeptics deride the bible by spelling it "buy-bull".

  same or simliar pronounciation but entirely different meaning.

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  Adamah, while I agree that these puns may not qualify as valid argument, for me, they served an important purpose. As I was learning TTATT these funny words described what I was now noticing. Piosneers made me LOL as well as helped to marginalize their importance in my life. Who cares what an El duh thinks? ASSembly aptly describe the event. These words help new ones distance themselves from the cult and break away from its language.
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  Can you be DFd if you were never really baptised?

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here's a question.

  i was baptised at a very early age.

  it may have been as early as ten years old.

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  3rdgen

  While i was never a Captain Video's rocket ranger, I was baptised at 12 and later at 16 joined the Columbia record club where i was promised 10 or 12 (I have forgotton) free albums of my choice. 5 albums came that i didn't order along with a large monthly bill. My mother gave me hell, called her attorney who reminded them that there never was a valid contract as i was not the leagal age of consent. of course that was the end of the matter. However, I'm still obligated to the whim of a little girl who had turned twelve a week before baptism in the early 60's before any questions were asked beforehand. Now at nearly 62 I'm still bound????? hahaaaaaahahah.