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  "Ooooohhhh I just CANT WAIT for Armageddon!"

  by TimothyT in

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  in my congregation i could name at least 10 brothers, and likely more, who just couldnt wait for armageddon to come.

  the way they spoke about it clearly showed that they were just so excited.

  you could just see their eyes light up at the prospect of the wicked being destroyed and removed from this earth.

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  Some of the people at my former hall used to talk about whether everyone would go naked in the new system.
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  untitled

  by mrsjones5 in

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  got a twenty pound turkey last november.

  a very kind organization gave my family another turkey and all the fixin's so i needed to store the first turkey.

  asked my mother to do it.

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  I like to buy turkeys when they are on sale and save them for later. Everyone at my house really likes turkey, and it's hard to find one at the store anytime except right at Thanksgiving, Christmas and maybe Easter. I want turkey more than 3 times a year.
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  untitled

  by mrsjones5 in

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  got a twenty pound turkey last november.

  a very kind organization gave my family another turkey and all the fixin's so i needed to store the first turkey.

  asked my mother to do it.

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  It's an apostaturkey - tempting all who lay eyes upon it to celebrate the unholy trinity - turkey, stuffing, and gravy
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  BEARDS: Why JW men don't have them

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this has been dished over before, but when i was doing some research i discovered a couple of interesting points.

  as far as i can find, there is only one wt article that implies that jw men should not have beards.

  *** w75 8/15 pp.

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  Beards are sexy. The borg does not want sexy brothers. Just Ron was just too sexy for the Borg.
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  New here...need some support

  by Freeof1914 in

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  2. friends

  first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.

  i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.

  my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.

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  welcome!!

  your wife may wake up too. it took Just Ron and I 10 years to get on the same page and get out of the borg. they are experts in driving a wedge between marriage partners. there were many times when one of us would feel like we wanted out, but were too afraid to say anything for fear of losing our marriage. i am so grateful that Ron didn't bail on me when he first realized it wasn't the truth, because I was really blind then and it could well have ended our marriage. now we are both out, our kids are still young, and we are enjoying life together.
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  Ray Franz - Crisis of Conscience

  by Celestial in

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  i've never read crisis of conscience.

  could someone briefly describe some of his observations that clashed with his moral compass?

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  I am reading it right now. The one thing that stands out to me is the fact that witnesses in mexico were allowed to bribe officials to get a military card while not actually participating in the military training, but witnesses in Malawi were required to refuse to buy a party card, even though there was only one party and buying the card was a legal practice in that country. Also, witnesses in the US at the time were expected to go to prison rather than accept alternative service when drafted. It was a hypocritical stance, without any sort of scriptural support for either position. It really bothered Franz, and even though those events happened long ago, they really bother me now as well.
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  "The Family Who Missed Meeting, And Their Child Was Hit By A Bus"

  by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you heard this skit, about the family that decided to stay home from meeting.

  instead of attending the t.m.s.

  and book study, they stayed at home to watch the tv.

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  In my former hall, there is a sister whose husband was killed in a car accident returning home from an assembly in November 2006. SHe and another passenger survived (barely), and she still has medical problems related to her injuries. They weren't assigned to that assembly, but they went in order to see a relative get baptized.

  Another girl, a born in who wasn't baptized, skipped the Sunday session of the circuit assembly and died on her way home from work. It's thought she went into sudden cardiac arrest and crashed her car. Many people said if she'd been at the circuit assembly instead, she'd have maybe survived because they had AED devices at the assembly facility and it was only a few blocks from a good hospital instead of having to wait for a Lifeflight helicopter. That was in June 2005.
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  Such a tragedy: My cousin and her BF died in a apartment fire in Kansas...

  by Joliette in

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  2. friends

  this is sad news...my j-dub mom called me today to tell me that my cousin and her bf died in a apartment fire.

  the batteries in their smoke detector was not in...there were no batteries in their smoke dectators.

  her mom couldnt talk for two days.

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  so very sad
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  185 people died in a matter of seconds

  by sizemik in

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  in exactly 1 hours time, we will stop and remember a moment that changed my life forever .

  chrictchurch at 12:58 pm 22/02/2011 .

  7 minutes after a 6.3 quake struck at 5km deep directly beneath the city.. rip to my friends dominic and woodsy .

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  I'm so sorry sizmik
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  Do You Believe Abortion Is Wrong? Should It Be Against The Law?

  by minimus in

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  what say you?.

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  I am anti abortion. I think there are better ways to deal with the consequences of sex. I genuinely believe that it is wrong to purposely interfere with the natural development of a fertilized egg. I don't have a problem avoiding fertilization - take the pill, wear a condom, get your tubes tied - I don't see anything unethical with those methods.

  However, there are situations where I feel it is unethical refuse a woman an abortion. If the continuation of the pregnancy is causing an immediate threat to the mother's life, then I don't think she should be forced to carry on. I am unsure of how to proceed in the case of rape or incest. The mental trauma to both the woman and the child could be massive, and it doesn't seem fair to force a woman to carry a baby who is the product of a crime. It also doesn't seem fair to end the life of a person based on who the father is.