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  He Wouldn't Sell to Me Because I'm Not a JW

  by JW_Researcher in

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  2. bible

  this has got to be one of the silliest things i've had happen in a bit:

  i wrote steve searle ([email protected]) who has literature for sale on e-bay (marley coles books on cd) and on his website at

  http://www.geocities.com/searlsa123/watchtowerantiquarian

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  wasanelder, What is

  the F'n DS ?
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  Recovering from Meeting Withdrawl

  by Nosferatu in

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  2. friends

  after i quit going to meetings, tuesdays, thursdays, and sundays felt really strange.

  it was so weird having all this time to myself that i never had before.

  it took about 1-2 years for me to fully adjust to this new found free time.. anyone else experience this?

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  Withdrawl --- YES; But I felt free. I could breathe and shower and walk my dogs. I felt that a tight belt constricting my chest was released. Like when the incredible Hulk would turn into well the Inredible Hulk. ;-)
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  One person got baptized at Circuit Ass. today (powerhouse circuit)

  by thecarpenter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just got a call from a friend who told me only one person got baptized today in a ciruit assembly in nyc.

  this is in a powerhouse circuit that had tremendous growth 10~20 years ago but is now seeing a steady decline to the point that congregations are starting to merge because so many are leaving.

  what could be the cause of this decline?

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  Well, they are known for low brow theatrics already, so why not hire real actors. After all it isn't really a lie if you believe its true.
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  Had the Circuit Overseer

  by KW13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  downstairs yesterday we had the circuit overseer.

  i hate how they are supposed to be humble men, yet they have everyone worried.

  its more like the boss checking on your work.

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  During our last few years as dubs Mr.Panda used to remark "Is it just me or has the quality of COs gone downhill?" Maybe MrPanda was just wising up to the rhetoric?

  I've never had a CO either --- doesn't look like much fun really.
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  WITNESSING ALL ALONG BETHEL BROOKLYN

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  bethel has a witnessing stand in brooklyn heights, along brooklyn bridge blvd.

  and jarolomen st. which is run a by local congregation.

  all along the watchtower (fulton st. (mall)) there are many older friends witnessing along the benches.

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  My my my ... door to door continues as a useless method for sales.
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  Yikes, there was a tract in my door

  by MissBehave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i just went out for the mail and a folded up tract falls out of my screen door.

  they must have rung the bell while i was on the treadmill.

  praise the lord for wireless headphones!.

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  I hope you had a good laugh! Just imagine that adults are handing out these comics tracts. You'd think that they'd aim for better educated recruits. Oh well ... laugh and toss it.
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  Update on my dad's health

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few weeks ago, i told you guys that my dad was diagnosed with intestinal cancer.

  well, he went to the hospital monday for an operation.

  prior to the operation, with scans and x rays of all types, they saw that he had a tumor on his liver as well as on his lungs.

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  I want to ditto what Elsewhere wrote. I have seen family who refused the pain control drugs ... no one should die like that. Recently a friends dad died from cancer. For the last 2 weeks he was at home on a morphine drip. He wasn't unconscious at all. Both he and his family had wonderful visits and dicussions about the past. When the pain doesn't take over and the drugs work you and your family will have a great bonding with your Dad. The saddness is great, but you'll feel better not letting your Dad suffer.
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  How a Baptist minister was responsible for strengthening me in Mormonism

  by Qcmbr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been mulling over noggin's story and how i experienced the same scenarios on my mission and i wanted to share the flip side to that story - the one where i was not deconverted at all.

  the curent religious crisis in my own life is also at a mature enough point to share some parts.

  please note i want to use ths cathartically so excuse my dogmatism - i'm not preaching.

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  Have you heard the saying [that] the more you think you know, the more you need to know... How true... When I read these posts I thought that this was precisely why I was interested in studying religion and eventually anthropology (which is heavily influenced today by DNA research. In fact pretty much every area of science is improved on because of DNA and gene research). Science and the scientific method used to define scientific data are concrete and experimentally proofed. You cannot do this with faith or beliefs because these things are based on myths. Now myths are great instruments for learning culture and societal structure. Religions are so full of the supernatural that we've got to treat this stuff as what it is , literature. These books don't prove anything about any god. God is a hypotheical concept which is dependent on your cultural resources. So, any argument or statement about your faith remains untestable.
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  Double Standards?

  by OpenFireGlass in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  talk about a dysfunctional family life.... did anyone else experience growing up in a dub family that had a double standard for siblings?.

  my younger sister was allowed too: have new kids on the block posters on her wall, as well as gotten taken to a nkotb concert... have & play a keyboard.

  pick her own music, & have a boom box in her room.

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  I will always wonder what the heck goes on in parents minds. I definitely find it hard to believe all siblings can be treated the same, but love and understanding of your kids interests don't cost a dime.

  I wasn't raised a JW but I saw the way each kid was treated. My 4 older brothers hated me because I was the first girl (and the only female grandchild in my fathers family) So to brothers Matthew, John, Mark and Luke --- I was first despised and later f****ed for years and years. Child molester was a 3rd sibling of the same sex as the first 2. This is usually a position of non-entity and frequent beatings. I say my parents created that monster. So anyway, yeah I got stuff, things and vacations... but what a price to pay!
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  Just recieved this email off my mum

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey all got a text this morning that they had sent me an email opened it straight away, here is there email and my reply.. .

  esther,.

  we hope this message clarifies some misconceptions you may have.

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  ES your parents really crossed the line of acceptable behavior when they attempted to influence your son with negative statements about you. How ffff---ing sick! Your answer to their obviously self righteous mail was perfect. They will continue to try to influence your children with negative ideas about you. Personaly, I believe you will be better off to treat them with tough love. That means you allow them the misery they claim. Let them enjoy their martyrdom and get loving and empathetic hugs at the KH; meanwhile you will be enjoying a productively loving life with hubby and kids. You are doing better and better than merely fine... they'll never have that, never.